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In our Western cultures (when you go to France, Netherlands, Canada, USA for example) of course there are differences in way of life, but at least one still can understand, what they are doing there ;-). More or less, Europeans and North Americans do the same things, only in different ways. But in Asia (I was in Vietnam) you feel like an outer space alien when you come from the Western culture. This culture has absolutely NOTHING to do with our culture (you cannot guess words in their language, the food is strange for us, for Western people Asians often have a mysterious behaviour). Even in a supermarket you see lots of products and have no idea what that could be... ;-)
Because you love Knödel and you love Quark ..So let´s combine them. Let me share a recipe for Quark-Knödel filled with an apricote.. Well this is an famous Austrian recipe therefore we Austrians call them "Topfenknödel"..Quark = Topfen. It´s easy to make. Marillen -Topfenknödel (Quark dumplings filled with apricot) Ingediants 250gramm Magertopfen/Magerquark 1 Ei 70gramm Butter (Handwarm) 140gramm glattes Mehl 1 Prise Salz Filling: 6 Marillen/Aprikosen (alternatives: Zwetschgen/a special sort of Plums (ordinary plums loosing texture becoming way too mushy )...or Strawberries) 6 Würfelzucker (not needed for Strawberries) For rolling: 1 Esslöffel Butter 140gramm Semmelbrösel (at best few days old dried out white Brötchen/Semmeln finely grated, also for Schnitzel by the way...simply don´t use the ready made stuff from the groceries when you need breadcrumbs) Dough: Mix butter and the egg in a bowl till it is fluffy.Then Add the Topfen/Quark, flour and the pinch of salt and knead well until a dough is formed. Further Procedures: Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces. With floured hands press the individual pieces of dough into a flat round slice of dough Wash the apricots well, dry and halve them - removing the core. Instead of the core, add a sugarcube and put the two halves of the apricot back together. Now place the two halves of the apricot with the sugar in the middle, on the round, flatpressed pieces of dough and form with the dough into a dumpling - the apricot pieces should be completely covered by the dough. Bring saltwater to the boil, add the apricot dumplings to the water and cook while weakly boiling (simmer) for about 10-12 minutes - when they are ready this is noticeable when the dumplings float on the water surface. In the meantime, in a pan with a tablespoon of butter, you can roast the breadcrumbs briefly till those got golden brown..("Extrem sweet-teeth" also add a bit of sugar shortly right before the breadcrumbs got golden.) Finally, roll the ready-cooked dumplings in the pan with the breadcrumbs. And then put them on a plate At last put some iced sugar (or iced sugar mixed with cinnamon) on top ..and "Voila" I´ll guarantee, you will love them. By the way they look like this www.bing.com/images/search?q=marillenkn%c3%b6del&FORM=HDRSC2 I will just mention that you actually said "Coffee and kitchens"...that damned Umlaut Ü made that happen... Kuchen/cake = "coo-chen"...Küchen/kitchens And what was then really funny = as you quoted "Bei Rot musst du stehen, bei grün must du gehen" you said "grun" instead of "grün" mixing up "u" and "ü" the other way round..."No offence" I just was very amused.
Hey, if the Covid thing is over or at least has calmed down, I can show you the north of Germany if you're interested. My Dad has some kind of Airbnb (or in German "Ferienwohnung") 5 Minutes away from the beach. We're living close to the border to Poland, which is very interesting 😁. And we're living approx. 1,5 hours away from Bad Doberan, which is home to the Molly Steam Train. Maybe this is interesting to you. I don't know if you here in the north before. I'm honest I'm rather new to your channel, so I'm not as up to date as I should be 😅. Also we have probably the best fish you can get in Germany. Look for Zinnowitz on Google maps 😉 You can hit me up if interested on IG (JDCarnin) or just here. Maybe I can learn a bit from you too, because I'm a bit shy to speak English in person, but understanding and writing it, is just fine (I think). I'm a bit low on confidence in this regard 😅 Greetings! 😊
concerning your cake question: one of my favorite cakes - besides my favorite "schwarzwälder kirschtorte" - is "Maulwurfkuchen" (mole cake, mole referring to the animal) it's called like this because it looks like a molehill.. a lot of crumbs on the outside and filled with bananas and tons of cream you can find a cake mix/baking mixture for it from Dr. Oetker in stores that's what it looks like: www.einfachbacken.de/sites/einfachbacken.de/files/styles/full_width_tablet_4_3/public/2018-07/maulwurfkuchen-1.png it's delicious ... 💖🍰💖 when it comes to separate duvets you can always overlap them to snuggle. they don't keep you apart unless you want to... and sorry donnie, i hate to crush your dreams, but they don't offer any protection from your partners cold feet... just ask your male friends and they will for sure tell you that there is no escape from your wife's/girlfriend's cold feet 🥶
I was standing at a red light once, next to a little kid and the light took forever to turn green. It was hot and I had ice-cream in my backpack, so I turned to the kid and said : "Das darf man eigentlich nicht machen, aber ich habe Eis im Rucksack" then walked across the street and I regret it til this day for being a bad example
A number of years ago I was scolded by a kid waiting on the opposite side of the traffic lights across the street. I was waiting for the light to turn green and got a little impatient. So I decided to walk across the street, because no cars were approaching. And then the approx. 8-year-old girl started to scold me (understandably !) saying: "You simply don't do things like that!" I've never done it again. But I still think it's OK to walk on sometimes despite a red light in case of freezing temperatures, pouring rain etc IF there are no children around or cars approaching. One certainly should never give a bad example to children.
Pro Tip of the Day: Cross the street immediately NEXT to the red light. Because you always have the right to cross any street (except for Autobahn and such), when there is no danger. Crossing a red light, however, may cost you your driver's license even when walking. Be as German as German can be and know the rules :)
You were a good example in thinking for your own instead of blind obedeance to a lightbulb. (As a sidenote, it's actually "GIVING" an example, but "BEING a role model" in English).
I agree but also disagree. Some crosswalk lights won't turn green if you don't push the button on the pole. Normally when I should have been allowed to go, the light didn't turn green for me because that button wasn't pushed. I saw it many times. My turn to go, but the crosswalk light stays red because that button wasn't pushed. At the pole of the street or road you wanted to cross. I live in Dormagen Germany and when I get there too late to push that button, it actually stays red until the next time it's my turn.
😂 ich habe so gelacht als Aubrey sagte "emotionale Barriere" nur wegen Decken Mit zwei Decken kann man gemeinsam einschlafen, wenn sie ein wenig überlappen und wenn man nachts auseinander rutscht, ist trotzdem noch jeder zugedeckt. Es ist fantastisch, vor allem wenn sich der Partner nachts viel bewegt!
About the duvets: for cuddleing we just let them overlap on top of us and when we are done or want to turn around, we take our separate part with us. I have never had any problem with being close to my partner. Of course, if you roll yourself up in your duvet like a burrito, that doesn't work. But we just don't do it that way while we are cuddleing.
Well, I must say I'm clearly with Donnie on the Duvet thing. It's the best of both worlds. I can be warm at night and in the morning, I look at my husband, and he knows it's the sign for him to raise his arm and form a duvet cave that I can crawl under, and then it's time to snuggle. Whereas after spending the night being mad at the other person for engaging in major burrito activities, you're not really up for snuggling anymore :-)
I love your videos! And we so seldom get to hear you two speak German! I love it! As a Californian who spent 11th grade in Germany as an exchange student, I want to encourage you to be BOLD in pronouncing German ‘U’ sounds. I had the hardest time wrapping my American lips around this one. But the intentional practice is worth it! For example, when you said ‘Kuchen’ (cake) you pronounced it ‘Küchen’ (kitchens). Nobody will complain and everyone will understand you from context. But if you’re like me, you’d feel a little self-conscious about it because I always sensed something wasn’t quite right. Finally, about a month before I left, my host sister finally helped me figure out what I was doing. Most of the time, ‘u’ is pronounced like the pure ‘oo’ sound in ‘pool’. But as Americans, we often don’t make a pure oo sound - we usually start with oo and end with a short ‘uh’ sound. So we actually say ‘poo-uhl’ to let us end the word in an American ‘dark L’ on the back and sides of our tongue. And it’s so fast and so subtle that we barely even hear it. But Germans don’t do that last ‘uh’ sound. As uncomfortable and weird as it feels, if you try to put the ‘l’ sound right at the end of the ‘oo’ sound, you’ll get it! It will be more comfortable (and fully German sounding) if you drop the American “dark L” and just add the ‘l’ lightly behind your front teeth, it will feel weird, but you’ll hear the difference! That American ‘L’ shifts many of our vowels toward the back of our tongues. German tongue “posture” is much more central- and front-of-tongue. Americans do the same thing with ‘ü’. Often it’s the oo from ‘book’ and often it’s the ‘ew’ from ‘few’ (sort of in-between our two forms of oo), but without the full oo-uh that we end on. They do the same ‘pure’ vowel pronunciation things with other vowels. Usually if there’s a diphthong sound, it’s spelled out. Again, nobody will have trouble understanding you at all if you keep on keeping on. But if you pay attention to your tongue posture and the ‘purity’ of your vowel sounds, I think you guys would be so close to sounding like native speakers! Again, this is totally a response based on my own perceived struggles and overcoming them. I hope it wasn’t presumptive or insulting to offer it. I always wish I’d moved back to Germany (I lived in Schleswig-Holstein). But alas... kids, family, career... here we still are. :)
according to my kids: Pizza, Spaghetti - Carbonara, Bolognese and Salmone, Bratkartoffeln, Fischstäbchen with French Fries, Chicken Nuggets, Pfannkuchen, Kaiserschmarrn, Nudelsuppe, ... favourite cakes: Marzipantorte and all kinds of Eischwerkuchen
I have a German wife and I lived in Hessen in Germany for 11 years. I have come around to the 2 Duvet idea. I sleep hot and my wife sleeps cold (and also has ice cold feet). My Duvet is half the thickness of my wife's. This way we both sleep comfortably.
Hey guys. Here's the 5 BEST CAKES you need to try: - Lübecker Marzipantorte - Kalter Hund - Frankfurter Kranz - Sachertorte - Donauwelle Why don't you guys make a big "Kaffe & Kuchen" tasting video? Would love to watch that! :-D
Danube waves I like the most. Cherrycake with cream and chocolate cover. There is a variation called "Snow White Cake" because red as blood, white as snow and black as ebony. It has a layer of butter cookies that are dipped into brandy. It's directly under the chocolate layer.
There's one exception to jaywalkin: when your bus arrives and you need to run! Aside from that, I also always wait. Those few seconds won't make a difference to me and it's safer, both for me and drivers 😊
Haha, that’s a great point! We have seen that for trains as well. Especially since our town only gets one an hour, people really don’t want to miss those 😂
Most Germans jaywalk when they first go out without their Mama. No traffic, no police, no babies who can't handle this dangerous situation, no Mama to tell me off, here I go. We just like some privacy when jaywalking, but we all know how to do it.
Donnie, I have adopted my German husband's idea of two duvets and I have to say, sorry Aubrey, but I love this! You can still snuggle then wrap up in your own duvet. Now for the afternoon cake....have you tried any of the mohn or poppy seed, pastries? I love them and they are not available in the U.S. Mohn strudel or other poppy seed pastries are so yummy! My husband will make poppy seed cake for me occasionally but if we were in Germany I could just buy it at a bakery. Even here in the U.S. my husband likes his coffee and cake in the afternoon, it is a nice tradition,isn't it? Great video, thanks!
When a former boyfriend and I bought a single large duvet an mentioned this while having Kaffee & Kuchen with my family, my grandma spent the following night awake figuring out how to take duvet apart to make two separate ones. Well..
My first boyfriend gifted a huge duvet to me as christmas present totally misinterpreted my needs. We did not stay together much longer and he toock it with him...
Sharing a sheet and blanket when in a king size bed, is what I hate most about US hotels and motels. Therefore we always book rooms with two queen size beds. It is possible to move from one bed to the other, if you want to cuddle, you know 🤩. So I prefer my own duvet anytime.
I love your Channel, i really do. It's really cool to see how you've developed over the past few months, what progress you've made and how you've integrated into German culture. With all respect to Donnie, it was really cute how Aubrey pronounced "Baumkuchen, Bienenstich and Frankfurter Kranz". Macht weiter so und vielen Dank für den coolen Content.
haben sie doch schon selbst gekocht auch wenn das rezept nicht 100% befolgt wurde 😁 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lMM-hEueZWc.html metall kann die pfannenbeschichtung beschädigen ☝️
Da wir viel Grünkohl im Garten haben, dein Rezept aber viel Fleisch enthält (Kassler, Speck, Mettenden), essen wir gerne auch Grünkohlcurry: 2 Zwiebeln schneiden und in der Pfanne mit Öl dünsten. 500g Kartoffeln schälen, würfeln und mit in die Pfanne. Wasser dazu, bis die Kartoffeln bedeckt sind. 500g Grünkohl hacken und dazu. 10g Gemüsebrühpulver, 10g Currypulver und 1 Teelöffel Zimt dazu. 30 Minuten kochen.
I'm very surprised that there are no frozen Schnitzels in the USA! BTW, there is no law in Germany that tells you to only use your own duvet! You can halve overlay them and cuddle when falling asleep! When you fall into deep sleep and start moving, they separate and you have your own. Separate duvets never keeps us from physical contact when we want it!
I'm from Brandenburg, our "national dish" is "Pellkartoffeln und Quark mit Zwiebeln und Leinöl" - jacket potatos with Quark, onions and linseed oil. Very healthy, done very easily with simple ingredients. We make it every Saturday for lunch, sooo delicious and satisfying. Linseed oil is also a regional specialty, we have several oil mills in the Spreewald region :) And in my opinion the best cake is "Zupfkuchen", a combination of chocolate cake and cheese cake :D
About Kaffee und Kuchen: my all-time-favourites are Bienenstich and Apfelkuchen. If you love this culture and travelling is allowed again try it in Austria. You'll find another huge variety of pastries, cakes and süße Mehlspeisen.
In Austria we love "Marillenknödel" or "Topfenknödel" or "Topfennocken". It is a Knödel with Quarkdough. The Austrian word for Quark is Topfen. It is really easy to cook. You definitely have to try it!
7:00 I love "Linzer Torte" - my father makes it himself from time to time. It's a very chewy, dense cake, with cocoa powder and a cherry-jam filling. And it stays good for one or two weeks, even without refrigeration :) he actually mailed one of these to me for my birthday, and it arrived just fine! A cake that won't let you down. And 12:37 - It feels odd that you enjoy the Kuchenzeit and not having to think of time, but then again are anxious about those "precious seconds". Personally, I always wait for the green light, I don't chase after busses or trains - at the end of the day a few minutes are not so important to stress yourself about, I find. If I have an important appointment, I take one bus/train earlier than I would need to so that I have time to spare. And when I arrive at my destination early, it's also no problem. Take out a book or some headphones, and enjoy a few minutes in peace :)
The best cake is always the one your grandmother or mother made back when we were kids. But the second best cake for me is „Erdbeerboden mit Schlagsahne“ (strawberry cake with whipped cream). And all variations of cheese cake. 😉
You guys are just so genuinely sweet. Haha What a great couple you are. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us Krauts and the rest of the world of course. :)
I mostly hold me on traffic light, because that are streets where would be dangers not to do. On the other hand there are traffic so intense, that your near have no other chance. But where I live in our neighbourhood are cross-road where is no traffic lights, but on the other hand they are passed only one car per hour. But some time if I in hurry cam four in row. :D
@@theexchipmunk I hope you are saying this in jest. It is not legal to cross only 10m away. But some do as if. It has to be a considerable inconvenience, means detour, for a pedestrian to be allowed not to use the crosswalk.
Season quark with pepper and salt, mix in finely chopped onions and chives. The whole thing with freshly cooked potatoes and a salad. Much better than sour cream.
Guys, I don’t want to dissappoint you but all those things you listed from Knödel and Quark to separate duvets are not typically German but are common in all Central European countries 😉 I’m from Czechia and from my experience all those things are normal here, as well as Austria, Slovakia but also Sweden where I lived. PS: neither socks in sandals nor the jersey, sorry 🥴
Some typical staple meals: - Potatoes, red cabbage, Bratwurst and gravy - Pasta (Fusilli) or Spätzle with goulash - Schnitzel with French fries - Mashed potatoes, Sauerkraut and "Lufttrockene Mettenden" - Crepes (what we call "Pfannkuchen") - Spaghetti Bolognese - Grilled chicken with potato salad - Lasagna - Pizza BUT we also prepare a lot of non typical food like: - Sushi - Karaage - Cevapcici with djuvec rice - Shepherds Pie - Okonomiyaki etc. Best cake is a family recipe. As for cake you can buy: - Trüffeltörtchen at Rischart Best stuff you can get everywhere is hard to decide. Some favorites: - Apfelstrudel - Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte - Zitronentorte Best way to eat Quark: - Put fruit like raspberries or strawberries into it as well as quite a bit of sugar and eat it chilled
Hello, I‘m a german and I like watching your videos and your experience you make in Germany. One little correction of the pronunciation of the word “Kuchen”: the “u” is spoken like in the word “you”, also with the same length. I hope this was helpfully for you. Greetings from Stuttgart!
Your videos are so wholesome. You can feel that you are so excited to talk about the topics and it puts me as a viewer in a good mood immediately. Ananas Marzipan Kuchen is the Kuchen of my childhood! I don't think that you can get it in a Café but it is easy to bake so give it a try!
Great video! I really enjoyed watching it. I see that most of the best German Kuchen were already recommended in the comments by the others, but there's still one I can add to the list of recommendations: *Nussstrudel* It tastes really good, especially in combination with coffee. If you like hazelnuts in a cake and have no hazelnut allergy then it's something you need to try.
My grandma was an expert in Prinzregententorte. It was a rare treat because making it is not easy and requires time. But I still think of this cake. When I visited Boston, I did adopt the bostonian pastime of jaywalking. Also: You are close to the Saarland and I hope that as Knödel conaisseurs you try Gefüllde and Hoorige.
@Passport Two I'm very late to the party but I just have to mention this about jaywalking: A huge difference to the US is that usually children walk to school by themselves starting in 1st grade. Similarly they also walk or take their scooters to after school activities or friends houses by themselves. Since their parents are not around to watch out, it's incredibly important that they only cross streets when the light is green. Our society as a whole has the responsibility to be role models and thus keep the children safe
Favourite cakes and gateaus to try for the two of you: *Stachelbeer-Baiser-Torte (gooseberries plus meringue) *Bienenstich (which is a staple and not exactly easy to make[unless you know how to cheat on the buttercream ;)] but is great to impress grannies and mother-in-laws ;)] I make mine with canned tangerines inside the cream Frankfurter Kranz (that's extra yummy with additional red berry jam inside) Schwarzwälder Kirsch (as you've already mentioned, but try that homemade it's usually better than at a café.) Mokkatorte (cake with whipped coffee cream), Rotwein-Birne (Red wine plus pears), Brandteigteilchen with cream and fillings. And one of my favourites: Schmandkuchen (either baked [technically a bit like a cheese cake, but usually not as dry as that] or a cream topping with tangerines or cherries under it and sugar and cinnamon on top. It's great for warm summer days, as it usually got a bit of a yoghurt-like sour note which tastes really fresh and the cream isn't likely to "dissolve" as readily as regular whipped cream would ;)
Spätzle and Maultaschen are of Swabian origin. But poached dough lumps are at home all over Germany. They are just called differently in different regions, namely Knödel or Klöße or Klopse. But in fact, at least in North Rhine-Westphalia, they are actually prepared less often. My family only serves Klöße on a festive day in combination with roast and gravy.
Philadelphia Torte is actually something we grew up making every year for birthdays! Of course, we have a different name for it (either „cream cheese pie“ or „cheesecake“ even though it is obviously different from the real cheesecake) Love it 😊
Regarding Quark: One thing that you should try, if you haven't yet, is Quarkauflauf. Basically you mix the Quark with some other ingredients like sugar and eggs, put it in an ovenproof dish and bake it for about, like, 45 minutes.. It will rise and get fluffy and it's best if you eat it right away when it's still hot/warm. My mum used to make that dish on a regular basis when we were kids, and we loved it (even though she added raisins, which I am definitely not fond of, but I simply got them out of there before digging in). She always used a deep dish so that it wouldn't just overspill. You will find recipes for Quarkauflauf on German recipe websites like chefkoch. Oh, and you asked for favorite cakes... anything strawberry, really, and Sahnetorte without fruit (chocolate, vanilla, lemon flavor), and homemade New York Cheesecake! I also enjoy Maulwurfkuchen, which is a cupola cake including bananas, lots of cream and chocolate cake crumbles, so that it resembles a molehill, hence the name.
Here is some meal inspiration out of my family kitchen: 1. Fischstäbchen mit Kartoffelpüree und Rahmspinat (oder Gurkensalat) 2. Reibekuchen/Kartoffelpuffer mit Apfelmus 3. Frikadellen mit Kartoffelsalat (of course home made!) 4. Erbsensuppe or Linsensuppe (the canned one from "Erasco" ist quite ok) 5. Rinderrouladen mit Rotkohl und Semmelknödeln 6. Jägerschnitzel mit Pommes 7. Gefüllte Paprika (stuffed with cooked rice and minced meat mixed up with am Egg ans spices) 8. Eier in Senfsauce mit Kartoffeln 9. Milchreis mit roter Grütze (yes, this is really a warm sweet meal and no dessert. 🤭 My kids love it) 10. Bockwurst mit Nudelsalat Give it a try, if you like 👍 (I got hungry while writing down all those different dishes 🤣🤣🤣)
@@PassportTwo , Kaffee und Kuchen - Kuchen with an "oo"-sound like in spoon and a hard "ch" throat sound. There is a rule in German when it comes to pronunciation of "ch" depending on the vocal prior to it. In combination with o, a, u it is hard. With i, e, ü, ä, ö it is soft like in "kitchen".
My favourite cake is the "Donauwelle". It has a chocolate and vanilla cake with cherries baked in it and a buttercreme or sometimes just creme and then cocoa or chocolate on top.
You have to try Strawberry or Banana Quarkspeise if you like Quark so much. Pick 500 gramm of Quark, 400 to 500 gramm of Strawberrys or bananas, cut the Strawberrys in eighth or the bananas in slices. Mix the Quark with two packages of vanilla sugar and normal sugar as much as you like. While stiring pour milk in until you get a creamy consistency. Put the bananas or strawberrys in and enjoy the result.
P.S. we also have the single duvet It can be bought everywhere, even at Ikea 😉 And before I forget: Jaywalking in Germany can be quite expensive, and I didn't even see the police before 🙁
My favourite dish when I was a child: Kassler mit Sauerkraut und Kartoffelpüree. My favourite cake: Apfelstreusel. Concerning the "Kaffee und Kuchen" thing: Any fruit/nuts/bread with chocolate cream/or simply chocolate will do with a good cup of coffee after coming home from work. A freshly baked cake is rather reserved for saturday or sunday (at least in my family). Or when you invite people that you are not too close to. An invitation for "Kaffee an Kuchen" is a great opportunity if you don't have too much time because its less official than a dinner with starter, main dish and dessert. At least in my region. I grew up in Mönchengladbach. Kind regards from Düsseldorf.
I wanted to answer something about Mohnkuchen, but can't find the commentary anymore. So I want to give an advice, poppy seed should be ground with a machine what really squeeze the seeds, not using a coffee grinder with rotating knifes. Makes a difference in taste. Maybe using a grinder with a crank.
meine Mutter 91J. macht immer Mocca Creme Torte ist ganz ähnlich Sie hat das Rezept an Enkel und Urenkel weitergeben müssen! Wenn mein Vater von der Arbeit kam gab´s immer Kaffee manchmal mit Kuchen, Zopf oder Keks.
I'm from the UK and have lived in Germany for over 40 years now. I've served Knödel about twice in that time. I don't cook exclusively British food, though, and have often served quark with jacket potatoes. I do however draw the line at lentils with Spätzle. Best cake would be Rahmkuchen with fruit of the season. Why should I wear either socks with sandals or a football top?
Something that has become one of my husband's (native Canadian) go-to quick and easy staple foods, that he had never even heard of before we moved to Germany: Gebackener Camembert (baked camembert). It's whole little camemberts with a breading - the same that you have on Schnitzel for example - that are baked in the oven and eaten with Preiselbeersauce (something like cranberry sauce). So you have a crunchy crust with a semi-liquid (thick enough to eat it normally with cutlery) cheese core and a jam-like sauce on top. It's very tasty and takes literally less than a minute to prepare, plus 15 minutes waiting while it's in the oven. You can get these in every supermarket, in packs of 4 little camemberts, sauce included. Cheese plus fruit might sound weird to Americans, but this combination works really well. Just think of the French with their cheese+grapes habit (also delicious). So this is something, not very known /usually done in America, that I recommend for you to try out (: And re: how to best combine quark... Im traditional in that respect, the best way to eat quark is the 'classic' one. On a brötchen or slice of toast with marmelade or honey on top (also the best way to eat marmelade and honey btw, with quark underneath on Brötchen or Toast)!
Ohhh had never heard of Gebackener Camembert! We will have to look out for it to try it or find a recipe and make it! 😃 Cheese and fruit is actually very common in the US! 😊 Cheese plates almost always come with grapes, apple slice and other fruits on the side. It also is common in the Midwest to lay a big slice of cheese on top of Apple pie! 😂 We personally also don’t eat a grilled cheese sandwich without apple slices in it too. 😊
If you like yourself some cherry, but with less of an avalanche of cream as comes usually with the Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, try the unpretentious but stable genius of a Donauwelle instead. Also, if fresh and moist and not a day old, the multilayered Prinzregententorte may look very shades-of-brown plain, but can be a genuine epiphany!
Donauwelle is my favourite! But there is also "versunkener Kirschkuchen" or just recenly, we had a farily simply one with chocolate chips in the dough.
Since we did not have separated twin beds on German TVs in the 50s, there was no need for any progression :-). In my opinion a single duvet does more to seperate than to unite a couple. The constant fight over keeping yourself covert while the other person is turning around is does not occur when you have two duvets. Also, my boyfriend really gets really hot under the duvet after a while and I would not be able to find any sleep at all if I had to be under the same duvet with him at all times. It is true that you have to make small arrangements when you want to snuggle if you have two duvets, but these are very easily accomplished and you can just as easily undo it again. This might sound radical, but I think that in bed, just as in any other part of a healthy relationship, you have to be able to give the other person space and is just as important to be able to get away from each other as it is to be able to get together. A single duvet is in my opinion a tool that keeps a person from making such a move independently and it would definitely be a factor of stress rather than comfort for me and my partner.
On your pronounciation, you said K *ü* chen. The u ist pronounced more like oo 😘 Best cake for me depends on the season, so when it's cold Sachertorte, Christstollen or Prinzregententorte, right now Osterbrot and when it's hot some fruit cake, like raspberry- or strawberrycake 😋
@@PassportTwo don't worry, that happens 😄 at first I thought you wanted to say Küchle 😊 Also, the "Bei Rot musst du stehen, bei Grün darfst du gehen" was pronounced pretty mich flawlessly 👍
@@Pewtah It is. He did the version of ch that is like a hiss and not the version of ch that is like clearing your throat. And the vowel influences what kind of ch you speak afterwards and vice versa. After ü comes the hissy ch and after u (oo) comes the cough ch.
@@johannageisel5390 Indeed! After your response I did an experiment: * no-umlaut vowel + ch ach - och - uch result to a throat-y "ch" * umlaut + ch äch - öch - üch result to a hiss-y "ch" - you can not pronounce the throat-y "ch" with an umlaut. I never mind that before, although I am a native speaker of German. So if you use the throat-y "ch" like in "Achtung" - you'll get the correct "u" in "Kuchen".
Was Essen angeht: Ich liebe alle Suppen, "Eintopf" und saisonales Gemüse: Linsensuppe, Erbsensuppe, Grünkohl mit Kassler, Bohnen-Eintopf (eigenes Rezept zwischen Texas und Serbien), Steckrüben-Eintopf mit Kohlwurst, Spinat mit Kartoffelstampf und Spiegelei, Gulasch-Suppe, Geschnetzeltes mit Pilzen und Bandnudeln, Penne mit frischer Bolognese, Hühner-Frikassé mit Reis, Ofengemüse (Rote Beete, Kürbis und Sesam-Kartoffeln), natürlich Spagetti mit selbstgemachter Tomatensoße, Quark-Nudeln mit Speck und Erbsen, Bratkartoffeln mit Spiegelei oder Brathering, gedämpfter Blumenkohl mit Ofenkartoffeln, Kassler im Blätterteig, Schweinebraten mit Rotkohl und Klößen, Rosenkohl-Cremesuppe, Hühnersuppe mit viel Gemüse, Kohl-Rouladen .... Wir haben so viele Gerichte im Kopf, dass sich unser "Speiseplan" höchstens 1 mal monatlich wiederholt.
Not exactly. Fischstäbchen are usually made from minced and formed pollock meat, coated with a breadcrumb panade and pan fried. Backfisch is also made from pollock, but usually from cut filets, coated in batter and deep fried.
@@VoodooMcVee Backfischstäbchen bestehen nur zu 49% aus Fisch (Stiftung Warentest) . Zitat " nach den Leitsätzen des Deutschen Lebensmittelbuchs mindestens 65 Prozent sein."
Weekly´s: Kartoffelpüree mit Fischstäbchen und Spinat / Spaghetti Bolognese/ Semmelknödel mit Gulasch und Broccoli / Reis mit Hühnerfrikassé/ Pfannekuchen nur um ein paar zu nennen Ihr behauptet das man mit Zwei Decken nicht kuscheln kann - aber das ändert das Kuscheln garnicht und falls mal irgendwas voll mit ekeligem Zeug ist muss man evtl. nicht alles wechseln/waschen sondern nur die eine Hälfte.
the last time I jaywalked was when I realised the Fußgängerampel was somehow messed up and despite the "grün kommt" sign, every time the traffic lights for the car turned red and the Fußgängerampel was supposed to turn green, the traffic lights for the cars would turn green again right away. so after 3-4 cycles of this, I finally decided to run across the road (and I felt REALLY bad for doing so). also, you can't properly wrap yourself up in your duvet if you share one because you'll be missing one side AND it'll be too small. I think it's really nice you're making such an effort to integrate into german society though; I've met US-americans before who prided themselves in not doing that.
@@PassportTwo oh and if the person you are spying on recognizes you: just look angry at him/her and nod your head like you have seen something suspicious😅
You should try the "Bergische Kaffeetafel", it is traditional in the Bergische Land (NRW). You could visit Schloss Burg and try it there, the "Bergische Waffeln" that are part of every Kaffeetafel there are amazing (esp. The ones with cherries and vanilla ice as a topping). I love the videos and am looking forward to the next :)
I buy spiced steaks for grilling and eat these with a baguette, what is filled with butter and herbs or French fries. I also like Szeged style Gulash, spinach with scrambled eggs, bratwurst with sauerkraut, cordon bleu schnitzel with carrots and green peas and again fries, pizza, brawn with fried potatoes, lentils soup with potatoes and some metten. Noodles with tomato sauce and Jagdwurst. Chilly con Carne, potato soup, lasagne, chicken wings, potatoes, that are peeled after boiling with herb quark, butter and pickled herring. Boiled beef in mustard sauce, noodle soup with chicken or beef. Scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Fried fish and fries.
Hey. German living in America for 29 years. 6 of them in Okc hahah. Lived by quail springs and worked at babtist on northwest expressway. Will Return end of June and I am very nervous if I will be able to adapt again. Love your channel. Say hi sometime. So is it sooner boomer? Hahah
Wow! Quail Springs was our mall growing up until we got married and moved down next to Penn Square and that became our mall 😃 Small world! Nah, not Boomer Sooner for us, but in this situation we‘ll accept it 😉
Hey there. Well quail springs has all changed now. They just put an aquarium in there. Haven’t seen it yet. Downtown really improved. And hey never understood the football fanatic in Oklahoma. What I loved most are the ppl. Very friendly and soooo helpful.
One recipe I especially like regarding Quark are Quarkküchle or Quarkküchlein topped with a bit pre-mixed cinnamon&sugar and apple sauce. It's a very nice sweet meal for Lunch or dinner.
Coffee and cake is a popular choice in Australia too. Separate duvets are great. Patiently waiting for the crossing light to go green is wise because it's safer. You don't want to become the victim of a speeding driver. Have never worn an American football jersey or socks with sandals and so therefore don't know which one to choose.
If you look into a German home at night, you will probably see them eating bread with salmi, cheese and tomato. The main meal is usually lunch. Many German companies will have a "Kantine" where you can eat a full lunch. I love the "German" Döner (invented in Berlin by a Turkish immigrant) and of course the roast chicken. I love my goose daun duvet and the ease of making up the bed. If you have a daun pillow, forget it. you can never get any support, but there are versions with polyester filling that you can fold and get some support from and yes you usually would lay them flat on the bed. Recently I have added an 80x40 pillow that I prefer. Since you are in RP, you're in major wine country as opposed to beer and what do you think of their dialect? That would be worth a video. You get to know someone speaking "High German" and then you go to their home and don't understand a thing when they are speaking to their family!
Best cake as of right now is "Früchteschiffchen". Its puff Pastry filled with vanilla pudding and cut up fruits on top. Comes usually with a sweet sugar icing
First of all, the letter "u" in the words "und" and "Kuchen" is pronounce like the "oo" in "cool". Think of it like it would be written Koochen. I know the "u" is difficult for some people. But respect for getting the "ch" right. This is what most Americans, I met so far, had problems with. About the Duvet, this is a personal choice. I know some germans who use only one but this is quite the exception. Usually, in german you have to Duvets or blankets. Cuddling, in fact, is not a problem because in germany it is common to slip under the blanket of the other person to cuddle and ... other stuff. And afterwards you get back to your own blanket or duvet to sleep. Crossing the street when traffic lights are red is not as uncommon as you might think. If you watch people, you will see some people cross the street even if the lights are red. But there is in fact a difference to america. Most germans will first look if there are kids around and then look for cars before crossing the road. Ok.. and they probably look for cops too. Because if the cops see you crossing at red lights, you will get a Anzeige (report) and have to pay about 30€. If this is not the first time they caught you, you will have to pay even more. But overall it's very common to wait until the lights get green if you are not in hurry.
Fun fact, in the north-west german region "Ostfriesland" (That one I know for certain, others I'm not sure about) the "Kaffee und Kuchen" is "Tee und Kuchen". Up here we have our own tea drinking culture (that sadly is dwindling more and more). You'll still find it mostly with people of around age 50 and above (only generalizing, there are exceptions for both). So don't be confused if you visit over here and are offered a "Schwarzer Tee mit Kandis und Sahne" or in north german Plattdeutsch " 'n schwatten Tee mit Kluntje und saohn" 😉
As for cake, you should try Agnes-Bernauer-Torte, but it's only sold in some parts of Bavaria. Therefore if you travel to either the towns Straubing or Regensburg, you can buy it, or it is also possible to order it online and it gets sent to you by mail. Just look it up at the website of Cafe Krönner in Straubing.
Socks in sandals yes native German here. But one thing about g walking, you could save time and skip the g if you understand that there is no law that requires you to use the traffic light as a pedestrian. Cross the road (at minimum) 5meters away from the traffic light and the color of the traffic light did not apply to you until you made sure that there is no car coming from either side.
Kaffee und Kuchen is an Advent celebration everyday in December. Apart from that, it's an interesting orientation to watch the length of the days slowly change down and up during the autumn and winter months. Meditative in a down-to-earth way. Of course, it always has to be at the same time.
things that I regularily eat/cook: vegetable coconut/peanut curry with rice (sometimes with chicken breast), some kind of soup (pea soup with Maultaschen, lentil soup with sausage, cucumber soup, cheese-leek-soup), something with minced meat (meat balls with potato wedges and veggies, chili con carne, pasta bolognese...), pasta with creamy sauce and vegetables (spinach+gorgonzola, broccoli+créme fraîche...) and something with a ready-to-eat dough (quiche, Flammkuchen, homemade pizza...) I guess that is not typically German but imho modern and young Germans do not cook traditional meals very often
The best cake is the one that tastes best to you. For me it would be homemade Danube wave (Donauwelle). A flat sponge cake (similar to marble cake) with cherries, covered cream and chocolate cream (dough mixed through with cherries, then cream and over it chocolate cream). But in the summer I leave any cake for a strawberry cake (Erdbeertorte). Must try, you can find recipes on the net. The store-bought ones are usually not so good.
We are so used to eating big meals in the evening that I don’t know if this is something we would do every night, but sometimes when we aren’t feeling a big meal then we do Abendbrot for sure! It definitely seems to be uniquely German 😊
I'm in the US and my husband and I use separate blankets and duvets. Best bed decision ever! We each get the type of blanket or duvet we prefer, no stealing covers in the middle of the night. It's great! But we still have one large coverlet so when we make the bed it looks like traditional American bed.
I enjoy your videos pretty much. I had the opposite experience since I was working and so living in Pennsylvania for quite a while. So I can tell you, what I missed and what was somehow far above and far below my expectations. Talking about food, I think you should mention, that - just like with bread - Bratwurst is not just Bratwurst. You have various different kinds and tastes of Bratwurst and the same is it with Knödel… And so it is with some of the other things you mentioned in this video. 👍
You should try seasonal vegetables with your meals like white asparagus in spring, green or yellow beans in summer, beetroot and parsnip in fall and black salsify and kale in winter. Unfortunately, fruits and vegetables in German supermarket are just produced and imported to be cheap and good looking, but often lacking taste. But locally produce sold on a local outdoor market in Rhineland-Palatine is definitely a different story. Often there are stand with French goods and fruits with are often have more intense flavours. I would definitely check a out neighbouring Alsace, where you will find an interesting mixture of German and French cuisine, even when it comes to cakes.
Hey Guys, I like your Videos. Keep up the good spirit. Pretty sure you're living near Kaiserslautern? From the pictures of your other videos I'm guessing like Ramstein-Misenbach, Kindsbach or Weilerbach? Something like that? You guys asked for some of the best cakes? I would defenitly say, that is right now the right time to try Rhabarbakuchen (rhubarb cake). I'm pretty sure it counts as a german specialty and you can only get it in spring time because of the rhubarb. In Germany its a seasonal food you can only get in spring time ;-)
Best German food: Sauerbraten mit Kloesse und Rotkohl. Make it yourself cuz it's hard to find in restaurants. Cakes: I have never had a cake in Germany that I loved. They're just OK. I make Apfelpfannkuchen and Pflaumekuchen when our trees are full of apples and plums, but I don't eat them myself. I bake traditional American sweet breads (zucchini, banana, carrot cake) and make American cheesecake (with Aldi Frischkaese, not Quark). Also, choc chip cookies, brownies, lemon bars....tastes of my childhood that I'm not willing to give up. I've learned a lot of traditional German cooking from RU-vidr Calle Kocht. I think he's covered about every German meal, and it's all very simple but good.
Kaffee und Kuchen was for us usually a weekend thing, not for every day. If it happened during the week, it was more a break, where what goes with the coffee might have been just a cookie or actually a piece of Kuchen, as compared to Torte. Most of the things you named, were what we would call Torte, rather rich and left more as a special thing for the weekend. For Kuchen, our favorite was always Obstkuchen. Germany has a huge variety of those. There are belegte Obstboden - kind of cakes, yum. There is the famous Zwetschkenkuchen ( a seasonal dish for the summer, but soooo good), there are tons of Ruehrteig mit Obsteinlage (a poundcake like dough with fruits of the season baked into), and other varieties. While the creamy Torten are the most bombastic looking objects of pride for every baker, the reality of life is that they are typically not for every day. On the duvet situation, we settled on separate (my hubby is American), to get us both a good night's sleep, and we just push one duvet to the side while we want to be together, but then grab it again when it is time to roll over and actually go to sleep. And it makes for a much better sleep. But yes, the arguments are real, lol. And finally, we also jaywalk when nobody is watching, here as well as in Germany, so no worries, you seem to be becoming more accustomed to the German way of living by the day. Can't agree with you on the Rosetta stuff though, sorry. But each to their own.
I had to look up both names you said because we know the plants as just Fiddle Leaf Fig and Mother-In-Law's Tonuge...haha, but the Fiddle Leaf actually has just all of a sudden started to take off even though we have had it for over a year! We look for new leaves daily now! 😃
I agree with Aubrey on the duvet topic, in Belgium it is also normal to have one large mattress and a single cover for 2 ppl. And i have not changed that since i moved to Germany, i even got my German gf to ungermanise and understand the cozyness of having one duvet for two. I love to cuddle and that is just impossible when you each have your own blanket! I think ill have to go with socks and sandals, i don't wear any sports related clothes anyway... 🤷♂️
Since you made a video about American cheesecake vs. German Cheesecake you may want to try "Käsesahnekuchen"? That's quite different to regular German Cheesecake. When I grew up, many of the mums that stayed at home while their children were still little, met at regular weekdays for a "Kaffeekränzchen" or "Kaffeeklatsch". Having Kaffee und Kuchen on a Sunday is a staple for many. Other German cake classic recommendations for it: Donauwelle, Bienenstich, Zwetschgendatschi with a lot of cream (in the late summer), rhubarb cake (in spring time), Nussecken.
After spending some month in New York everybody at home scolded me for crossing the street on the red light. For me it had gotten so normal. About the duvet: in Italy they also have only one. We go there every year on holiday and still have not gotten used to it. We constantly fight over it bc I have cold feet all the time and my husband accuses me of rolling into the blanket and taking it away from him. It's even worse for our two sons who have to share one. Fortunately we only go there in the summer when it's hot, so it's not that bad. In winter we probably would kill each other😂😂😂
Thanks for another entertaining and informative video. The answer ist: absolutely no socks in sandals (😂). I would like to ask you something regarding the title of your channel: is it possible to have the German and the American nationality at the same time? 🤗
My parents always take socks with sandals and when I asked why, as it looks horrible, they said that in a shoe their feet would sweat, but sandals without socks tend to be cold, because they are older and their blood circulation isn‘t that good anymore.
