What we'll 100% MISS FROM GERMANY | Can't get in USA
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Obviously, every country has its unique attractions, food, and people. So what will we miss most about the country of Germany when we eventually leave for good? Simply put there are too many things. Some things we don't even realize until it is too late, but we'll at least cover some of them today!
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Lucas has, without any shame, bought and eaten 20+ quarck balls within a week of releasing this video...
Yepp u gotta enyoy life
yolo!
... maybe a bit shorter now, but who cares as long he was happy while eating it?
I call them Crackballs, they are the only thing I get at the bakery
Quark has nothing common with yoghurt...just saying.
Quark is the basic product for making any kind of cheese when it is processed further either into any kind of cream cheese or any kind of soft cheese or any kind of hard cheese...Quark is basically the product of the very first step of the cheese making process, where milk got divided into pure milk-protein (= Quark) and whey...the technical term for the common speech term Quark is "Weißkäse" = in english "Curd cheese"
Quarkbällchen are actually very easy to make..done in 30 minutes...I found a recipe in english and I truely suggest to try it out..
selber-machen-selbstgemacht.de/en/quarkbaellchen-baecker-selber-machen-homemade-curd-balls-bakery/
But I highly recommend to use clarified butter (Butterschmalz) instead of oil for frying, trust me.
Can‘t blame him. Hahaha!
"Quark" - The difference to yogurt is curdling the milk with the addition of animal rennet. Yogurt is made by adding a bacteria to the milk.
Curd is basically the first step in making cheese. The next stages of maturity of cheese would be cottage cheese and cream cheese.
okay so it's like stopping after the first step, cool
I am an american who has lived away from America for over 40 years. I lived some years in Germany including Essen!!! I agree with you about the "cute little rolls" (brotchen) they are so easy and lovely to make sandwiches with. I also love Milka chocolate - and "Ritter" not sure if I remember that correctly but those are my favorite. Germany is excellent with Musli and the varieties are lovely. I also miss the smoked/cured meats (which are not so popular in England - where I now live) but one can buy them at a price. "Sprudel" the carbonated water is also something I love.
Quark is the first stage of cheese by natural fermented milk !
in England it is called curd, in France fromage blanc (white cheese) :)
ahhh, got it, thank you
Dear Folks
There are more but 3000 different typs of bread in germany,depending on region and season. From very sweet in christmas time to quite salty.Try every bread u can and choose ures.
I am comimg from the Rhine region.
We do love real dark black bread ( Schwarzbrot) Here in bavaria its not common.
But it needs to be fresh every day, so a big salute to our bakers who get up 02:00 in the morning so we can buy fresh bread.
Enjoy and discover german bread
yes we will! we love trying different breads, although we definitely have our favorites :D
There is a way to have all these things for a life: Stay!
Thanks! The decision is unfortunately not easy for us and results in us missing things from the US... Its like being torn between two worlds!
@@EllieandLucas When back in the US you are going to miss (and when you stay here you can enjoy)
1. up to six weeks of vacation a year
2. almost free health care
3. high developed public transportation (bus, tram, subway ... )
@@Elbe-Citizen and no fear of beeing gunned down
@@EllieandLucas understandable ..... home is home.... but good to see that you both enjoying our country sort of. All the best to both of you
I can get all that bakery stuff where I live in America, but the beer is where I agree 100% with you!
That one made me chuckle. We will miss all the bread ... and then you pull out a Chocolate Croissant and a Quarkbällchen 😇
And I'm glad you like Milka better than Hershey's Chocolate. When I was living in the US my american friends made me try Hershey's kisses when they heard I never had them before. I had a hart time figuring out how to politely convey that that is about the worst chocolate I ever had in my life.
hahahaha, yeah we can imagine that. Hershey's is definitely like the major chocolate in the USA, but it is true, Milka and plenty of other european chocolates are truly better. Personally, I (Lucas), had also always loved Hersheys until I traveled to Europe in High School and experience swiss-style chocolate.
@@EllieandLucas Belgian chocolate is also soooo good. My personal favorite, neuhaus. But expensive!
@@riaconradt2554 We do like Belgian Chocolate as well, but have not had it in a while. I have never had Neuhaus, so we will keep our eyes peeled for it!
Yes, me too! But supposedly tipical american:Sweet and fattening? Dabei das gute, gesunde deftige deutsche Brot verpassen!
very well done videos, just watching them atm, you deserve more subs
Thanks so much! Glad you like our channel!
Quarkinis! Yum! The bread variety is really something to miss when in the U.S.
I totally agree! We are definitely going to miss this. Thanks for watching and we hope to see you back soon!
Henk's market in Dallas carries a bunch of things that are usually only found in Germany. Darion was really surprised at the selection when I took him there
Oh that sounds cool! Chicago does a mini christmas market normally too, we went to it one or twice, but generally we haven't seen a lot of authentic german stuff in wisconsin
Lidl in the US has some of the bread. Some cities have a German bakery as well. Sometimes you can get quark at Aldi or Lidl. Some stuff can also be found at a World Market. A few areas also have German restaurants. Also German stores. Closest ice cream in the US is Gelato.
naw, Gelato is completely different, and does not have the same flavor as German ice cream.
@@EllieandLucas Depends on where you get it. It is similar. Definitely closer than American. Some taste different, but some gelato does taste like the German Ice Cream
They sell 4-ring binders here 😊
It‘s just a little more complicated to punch the holes in your papers; you can either buy a 4-hole-punch (very bulky) or adjust the paper gauge on your 2-hole one and punch it twice, once from each end.
How crazy! I was used to 3-holers, and now I am getting used to 2-holers, and now there are 4-holers! What is the world coming to?!
Thanks for the comment- I never knew there were 4 holed binders. I would see the pages hole-punched with 4-holes, occasionally, but never have seen a binder like that.
I'd HIGHLY recommend getting your beer from a Getränkemarkt instead of the grocery store. You'll find much more variety and quality there. Also, what you called a chocolate croissant was actually a Schokobrotchen (literally "little chocolate bread")...hence why it wasn't shaped like a croissant ;-)
thanks for the comment and watching our video!
Funfact: Milka is owned by Mondelez an US company based in Chicago, Illinois.
Cool!
I have seen Milka bars at my Aldi's, but didn't look to see what one it was. You can order them here in the States from economycandy.com/product/milka-kuhflecken-happy-cow-spots-3-52oz-bar/
matekochkoch I believe Milka belongs to Nestlé and Monsanto.
@@annaluisevogler9175 No! It's a brand of Mondelez, before that it belongs to Kraft and before that to Ph. Morris. Monsanto has no retail stuff at all and Nestlé has other brands, and most belong to Hershey's in the US.
Well, Milka is Swiss and owned by Mondelez.
If you like, there is also a very good German Brand that is still family owned.
Try "Ritter Sport"
yeah we have had ritter sport, personally i don't like it as much though haha -lucas
@@EllieandLucas Milka is too sweet.
@@tomodomo1000 Ellie agrees! She can't eat it
You had me at the bread (oh, the bread) then you showed the Moevenpick! It's our all time favorite ice cream brand and totally agree they need to come to the States. Fun fact on chocolate (which I love, especially Swiss for it's creamy texture). Walmart carries Sam's Club house brand which is imported Swiss chocolate and tastes just as good if not better than Milka and as good as Lindt for half the price.
yeah really can't get better than moevenpick. we love eating it, which says a lot because in the states we didn't like to eat ice cream that often from the grocery store, it never tasted right
@@EllieandLucas I think I had tried Movenpick but not sure, hmmm. I will surely check it out when I travel to Germany again. :).
Ahhhhhhh. I need this Tommye lol. : ) :)
I loved the way you showed it. I do not live in Germany but if I did I would sent you all these things you miss.
haha oh thank you! we will have to find a way when we eventually move
There are some kind of hand-driven pumps available in Germany, too, with which you can carbonate your own water for yourself. You could buy one of thise and take it back with you to the states to make your own carbonated water there. Just two minutes of pumping and you'll ne alright. Look for a bottle-shaped item.
Oh that's an interesting idea! We will have to check it out
Sodastream.
Oh yes Ice Cream! So you're telling us there are many many things to love from Germany? Just like in the Philippines, there are many things to miss, especially food! Thanks a lot for sharing all these! Such good things to try. I hope you can see mine too!
we will have to check it out!
How to pour HefeWeizen
Hefe Weizen Bier = cool it, then pour it down the side of a Weizenbierglas very slowly, so that it doesn't foam so much, but leave a gulp in the bottle.
When most of the beer is poured, slosh the remaining beer around in the bottle to loosen the Hefe (yeast) that is stuck on the bottom of the bottle.
Then add this last part to your beer making it way cloudier and tastier.
This works only with Hefe Bier. There is no left over yeast in Pilsner.
Thanks for sharing! Glad to have you share your knowledge with us
If you like dried fruit you have to try "fruchtpapier" it's amazing! At Most places you have to order it but I love it so much and it's for a good cause!
we'll have to find it!
@@EllieandLucas Amazon.
7:12 In the US you have some kind of soda stream, so you can get sparkling water very easily...
sure but then we have to purchase it, and continually purchase CO2 to refill it. the money adds up. we can also just buy sparkling water, the main point is simply it is MUCH cheaper here
We have Soda stream too !
Kessina 1989 but then you have no mineral water, just carbonated water from the tap. There is also a difference in taste.
@@annaluisevogler9175 Yes, but not in the 0,19 € range. When you look for "Spa Water", not the Belgian brand, but water from locations which offer spa treatments, then you will find differences in taste.
I am with you on bringing Mövenpick (including their coffee and the Marchès) to US as well as German bakeries and Croque restaurants and currywurst and Hachez chocolate and European cheese and wine prices and German food purity. Oh, and Fischbrötchen, too, please.
Agreed! (but maybe not the Fischbrötchen😉). Thanks for watching, glad to have you with us!
Zeide Erskine In the future, Hachez chocolate will be produced in Poland instead of Bremen. Very sad, I had a job there during the summer vacation, I was skinning almonds. And nibbled brandy beans. I love the bitter chocolate, and sometimes I pay the high price for it.
Hi Ellie & Lucas! It's so interesting to see the things Germany has that we don't here in the USA. I have been transitioning to a sugar-free diet so I love the recommendations on that type of food! Do you all know about @Van Vida Travels? or my other friend @Van Life with Gina? Hope you all are doing well, Marshall
Hey thanks for commenting and watching the video! I (Lucas) don't recall hearing about Van Vida Travels or Van Life with Gina, but we'll have to check them out! Thanks for all the support, we love seeing you drop by :D
There are many "German Bakeries" in the US, at least in the bigger cities.
we've never seen any🤷🏼♀️
6:09 The Milka Chocolate 🍫 is actually not from Germany 🇩🇪, but The Milka Chocolate 🍫 is actually and original from Switzerland 🇨🇭 🙂😎✌️
Totally, we understand, we know that the most of Milka is produced in Germany, and as it is readily found in Germany, we find it something we will miss from here. It's cool that it originated in a different country, but that doesn't discount the fact that it is widely found here
actually the Cocoa is from Ghana, Togo or the Ivory Coast, I am not sure where the sugar is from and the milk could actually be swiss, but I doubt these days that any of the products is from Switzerland ... it was just "assembled" there and most of the revenue stayed in Switzerland.
That is the reason why Ghana is not going to export raw cocoa to Switzerland anymore, as announced by their president ... and with that ... swiss chocolate is history.
You should try the Muller yoghurt IT IS SO GOOD
ok, it is on my list!
You got a abo from me right now. And of course a thumb up. Hallo from Wolfenbüttel.
Hallo! Vielen Dank! Wir freuen uns, dass Sie mitschauen!
There is "jam" in the cooling section from Mövenpick called "Gourmet-Frühstück". It used to be "Gekühlter Fruchtaufstrich"
It's like jam, but it appears more like fresh fruit taste wise.
Try that on a fresh Brötchen with butter in the morning. I recommend raspberry and strawberry.
It's sooo much better than simple jam.
Oh and it is very delicate. Only use clean cutlery and after opening the jar keep it in the fridge, or it will get moldy very quickly.
Well, the jars are small, so this won't be a problem, I guess.
I loled when Lucas did the ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ about the Milka...
Oh that sounds super yummy! we will have to try that. there have been a few comments today about different things we should try, maybe we'll have to make a video trying everything you all suggest!
If you take good organic whole fat milk and put it aside for one day or a bit longer , then press very strong the liquid out through cotton tissue you get quark.
You can make it with sugar or Honey and fruits or salted and seasoned with fresh herbs.
Yoghurt is made with special bacteria. You can buy here in germany yoghurt makers and these bacteria cultures.
Yoghurt is a bit softer and more like milk in texture .... You can also find here heavy cream yoghurt with 10 % fat wich is divine with fresh strawberries....
we will have to try this!
I wouldn't even leave Rhineland-Palatinate because of certain dishes we have here (in the Southwest).
agreed!
I'm German and I like a lot of the stuff in your video too, but:
Sparkling Water tastes very boring after a while if you are used to it, so I swap it out for other beverages.
I really like Müsli, but the one with fruits I hate, cause it has raisins in it. Same for cakes and bakeries, and Studentenfutter.
Müllermilch as well as Eiskaffee (Cold Coffee) are something I really like, but the only downsize is, that Müllermilch is kinda expensive. In Swabia you pay 99 cts for a 400ml Bottle of it :|, but the taste is worth it. :)
Joghurts are great too, and I like "Joghurt mit der Ecke" from Müller a lot :)
Expensive chocolate would be Lindt, which are so delicious, but so expensive. That's why they are usually used as a birthday gift or christmas gift.
Due to Corona, last years Christmas Market sadly was canceled, I really wanted a Bratwurst this year :(
The Ice Cream (called Gelato in America) is something tasty as well :)
There are Binders with a 4-ring-system as well.
Thanks for watching the video! yeah I (Lucas) can agree about the sparkling water. A couple weeks ago I would drink it a lot, but I also started getting bored of it, so I'm on to pineapple juice
So, if you will really miss all these things, why go back to where you can't find them. Wouldn't it be better to stay? From a really interested german.
I mean, we also miss things from the US, but that doesn't mean we will jump on the next plane because we don't want to be without them.
Right now, I really miss the friendliness that I am used to in the US. I find it really cheers me up and help me feel welcome and a part of something. I feel when I do that here, that it is too much, and people look at me weird.
You of course have to weigh the pros and cons when moving places, and there are a lot of them. It is not as easy as missing products. There are a lot more decisions that go into our decision to stay or to go, trust us on this.
@@EllieandLucas A trustworthy person would never ask for trust, so in this case you are of course right. I hear the word: " Trust me! " my alarm bell rings imediately.
@@schattensand6129 Sorry! We didn't mean it like that! We can use the phrase really seriously or somewhat loosely just to get a point across- this is what we meant
@@EllieandLucas
No sorry! It honoures you to even answer on that little attack. The use of this phrase always happens subconsciously until s.o reflects on it and is as well capable to understand the mechanism. Then he will never use this term again.
I live in Houston/Texas and can find Milka chocolate every store here.
Crazy! We never looked for it before, maybe we will have to look when we go back to the US!
You can find orange milk in the US. Also Strawberry milk.
I have never seen orange milk, but strawberry, chocolate, and banana are the only ones we know from our childhood!
@@EllieandLucas Find a Kroger. Comes in glass bottles. Tastes like an orange Creamsicle
Milka is easily found in the US. Even at Wal-Mart.
Not at the walmarts in our city!
Mövenpick is a Ice creation and no Cream because there is no real milk inside. Just milk powder. Best Ice is häagen dazs. You have to look on the name. Is it named Eiscreme than it’s the best quality.
We can actually get Häagen Daaz in the US. We actually really like Mövenpick, but everyone has their own preferences! Thanks for the comment, hope you keep watching!
Bauernschinken is , i think not smoked . its just dryed
oh okay, thank you!
Quark is a very fresh,unsalted chease.
We clearly need to actually try Quark! Thanks for the clarification!
@@EllieandLucas You are welcome:-)
Mövenpick !!! Yes!
definitely!
Its great to see how much you enjoy Germany. You say what you will miss when going back. But why don’t you just stay here? 😊
There are a lot of decisions that go into where we will eventually live- we are not sure where right now, but we will let you know!
Comment by Carmencita: Bread, pastries, yogurt sooo gooood in Germany!!!!!!
Quark is like half-processed cream cheese.
I think that is one of the best analogies we have heard so far! There really is not a word for it in English!
well these fluffy things... i like berliners more hahaha (they are bigger as well)
we'll have to try them!
@@EllieandLucas the are filled with uhh... marmelade (idk the english name)
Berliners are the best :)
Just a hint, anything that says Schinken is ham of some sort. Anything with Speck in the name is some form of bacon. And I think you were not referring to Lachs which is salmon, I guess you were referring to Lachsschinken, which ia a very lean type of Schinken. You might be confused as you probably only see our "Gekochter Schinken" as ham. But we have a lot of raw (ham) Schinken (that is smoked or cured), which is what you have here.
thanks for the clarifications! in this case ellie was actually talking about salmon. we aren't used to seeing it in thin slices in the states
@@EllieandLucas ah, ok. I understand. It's true, we have smoked and cured salmon in slices which we eat either on bread/baguette possibly with some slices of hardboiled egg and maybe some thinly sliced rings of onion (really anybody can do as they like, but you might find it like this on breakfast rolls [Brötchen/Semmeln/Schrippen *] in a bakery. But of course you also find the raw fresh or frozen salmon that you can prepare in the oven or pan, as you are probably used to.
[* I forget in which part of Germany you live, the name for the breakfast rolls differs throughout Germany and some names for bakery items can be especially confusing. I am thinking of Krapfen (Bavaria/South Germany) which are also Berliner Ballen or short Berliner (in the Rhein Ruhr area - a Berliner is also a citizen of Berlin) and are called Pfannkuchen (pancake) in Berlin. Basically it is very similar to doughnuts it taste and preparation. And to make things worse a Pfannkuchen (pancake) can be called Eierkuchen or Palatschinken (no ham involved) in other parts of Germany.
So basically even as a German you are screwed if you move around. Which I did and had to learn everything new, starting from how you greet people. I have lived in the US, Italy and in various places in Germany and there is one thing I learned: just go with it and stop wasting time and energy with comparisons and finding differences. Instead focus on the jmportant: enjoying live as it is - wherever you are. ]
Here you can find what Quark really is and how it's made. Nothing better for breakfast than a bread roll with 'Apfelkraut' (but not the one that is mixed with pears) and a thick layer of Quark. Also tastes good with finely chopped chives and a hint of salt. Just try.
Read more at: www.lebensmittellexikon.de/q0000060.php
Oh thanks for the link! We didn't realize it's more based on cream cheese (frishkasse)
Mövenick is a brand of Nestlè and should be available in the US, according to Wikipedia. And contrary to the comment of AndreasZollner ART, whole milk is used in most of the ice cream products, but it depends on the market - so a few exceptions may apply. As source I refer to a randomly selected flavor on the official website: www.moevenpick-icecream.com/sensations-cold-brew-coffee-chocolate - Anyway: Enjoy. :-)
Hmmmm, we will have to look around more then. We both used to work at grocery stores in the USA, and never saw Moevenpick. At least to our knowledge, just because Nestle owns it doesn't mean it is produced or shipped to the US, but maybe some smaller stores will have it??
@@EllieandLucas I am not really sure, his was just stated by Wikipedia. But in reality? I cant know. wish you best of luck.
Very nice video again ... even though I am pissed that you seem to leave ... WHY?
Thanks! We have not left yet. I am sure we will tell you more about that in the video when we come to that decision!
I don't know whether I unterstood it right. The beer you showed doesn't come from Garmisch. It's from munich. My I recommend an other brand to you. You should try Erdinger White beer. In my opion its the best white beer at all. And I'd like to recommend an other Chocolate brand as well. Your should try Ritter sport. Its much better in my opion cause it doesn't Taste so sweet.
Hi! You are correct, or rather I probably didn't really say what I meant very well. The beer I showed was simply what I had while we were in the southern part of germany, including Garmisch. I did not, prior to you telling me now, know where it actually originated from. I will definitely try Erdinger White beer!
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Jetzt hab ich Hunger
wir haben auch haha
Love milka too
it's so yummy! I just ate a bar...haha
I will miss you when you are back inthe USA!
We will miss it here!
its the first video i watched from u guys. How did you come to germany? Vacation or did you move to her?
hello! we hope you enjoyed it. we actually have a video that explains this a bit more, but put simply, ellie has been learning german for around 10 years starting in high school. In college she studied it more intensively and made multiple trips to Germany. Ellie would like to someday be a teacher, so she decided to get her masters in teaching here in Germany (she is already licensed to teach in the USA). She wanted to do this to better her German, and just for the experience. I (Lucas) tagged along for the ride. And so here we are!
@@EllieandLucas "he who has eyes..." my fault ;-) ...i watched me through most of the other videos. I like how other people see things from a different angle. Ellie is going to be a good teacher i guess. Not naiv at all, but open mindet. Thats how it should be.
So you went back tu the US to teach german in school, or ar you 2 are thinking of saddle here in Europe?
sorry we didn't see your reply, we seem to miss a lot of them for some reason...anyways, we will eventually go back to the USA. Right now the plan is to finish ellie's education, then assuming things improve (looking at you COVID-19), we want to travel the world for a year starting later this year or early next year, until our wedding, and then probably start looking to settle a bit
@@EllieandLucas Maybe Lucas can learn to make German breads and you two can open a bakery specializing in German breads and pastries in then U.S.. Then you won‘t have to miss it!
@@riaconradt2554 There we go! A new career! Thanks for the idea, glad to have you watching!
Buy yourself a Dörrmaschine. You can dry your own fruit and beef with it. then you just buy your fresh fruits and stuff and make it yourself anywhere, even america :P
Yeah someday that would be cool. Right now we still aren't really settled anywhere though, so we try not to buy a lot of major items because we don't want to move it all
Doesn't Trader Joe's sell unsweetened dried mango? Pretty sure I saw it there.
oh, good to know!
All fruit is converted into sugar, whether unsweetened or not, thus with starches as bread and most of what is mentioned explains why so many Germans as Americans are overweight and have metabolism problems.
Christopher Czaja Sager Yes, sugars are the building blocks of carbohydrates but what I say she is saying is that there is a extra sugar added to the fruit in the US. That might account for Germany doing better in the health stakes- Germany = 23.6%; US = 38.2%. In ranked tables of average BMI USA ranks equal 20th and Germany equal 77.
So the idea that all those breads are bad is not fully true- In a balanced diet with minimal refined sugars and some exercise it’s perfectly acceptable.
Milka chocolate ist a Brand of the american company Mondolez !
but can you get them in the USA? we've never seen them to be sure. of course many companies own other companies across the globe, but don't seem to offer the products internationally too?
@@EllieandLucas Milka is manufacturing in Germany and Bulgaria. This chocolate is a swiss brand.
@@EllieandLucas you can buy Milka in the US on walmart.com
Milka is over100 years old developed by a Swiss chocolatier by the name Suchard.
You like a lot of things... But wait - there is more? (maybe on a second video?)
we might have to do a video about all the foods that are being suggested in the comments from today! how would that sound?
@@EllieandLucas great, think about the Quark-suggestion 😉
Already planning your departure???
yes and no. traveling is complicated overall for us right now, regardless of COVID. all the same, we sure know what we will miss, whenever it is that we leave
hello lovely people. thank you.
you're welcome!
You mean Quark? It´s more dry then Joghurt.
Ah okay, makes sense. We haven't really tried it very often
Quark - the chesse in a hurry.
Lol that is a great interpretation!
Milka belongs to Mondelez
Thanks for the information!
Wait, they don't have Milka in the US? How sad is that.
yeah... :(
@@EllieandLucas Milka is available in the USA. I just bought some last night lol. :)
@@MagnificentGermanywithDarion At a specialty store?
I have seen Rittersport at Walmart, but haven't really looked outside of that
@@EllieandLucas You can 100% find Milka pretty easily in the US. The large grocery stores where I live all have it, though I didn't really notice it until after returning from living in Germany.
Milka is available in the us
So you won't miss the diversity of culture? Architecture, museums, clubs, concerts and festivals everywhere?Or was it not possible for you to get to know all of this because of Corona?
we have gone to museums, castles, concerts, and various festivals. of course we will miss them. for this video we were thinking more about purchasable or more every day items that we come across a lot here but cannot back home.
@@EllieandLucas Danke für die Antwort! Herzliche Grüße über das Meer!
More and more German things are available in the US
Sure, but not everything. We also find that Rittersport, for example, that is in America, tastes much different than Rittersport that you would find in Germany. But I will have to taste it again when back in the States!
@@EllieandLucas Hardest Ritter Sport to find in the US is Olympia. Used to get at the base exchange, but they dropped that one. I know you can't get everything, but I enjoy the ability to find more of it now than I previously was able to find. Especially since Lidl and Aldi are around, as well as World Market, and some stores with German sections.
If you like these kind of bread get the recipes... it's all on RUclips...😉👍
Yeah you are right. We've always been afraid of bread making, but lately Lucas has been getting into making pizza from scratch, so maybe he'll be our bread guy. Maybe when we go back to the USA we can open our own "German"-style fresh baked bakery. They are so hard to find in the USA
why do all english speakers call everything baked with lye prezel? prezel is the shape not the baking technique
Naja. In meiner Region heißt eine Laugenstange oder Laugenbrötchen auch Breznstang und Breznsemme 🤷♂️
for us personally, in the USA, anything that has the general outward appearance that a twisted pretzel or laugenstangen have, is generally just called a pretzel. So for us it has nothing to do with what or how it is cooked, simply, anything that looks like laugenstangen (twisted, straight, or otherwise) is called a pretzel
@@EllieandLucas Yep. In my region in bavaria we also call every Laugengebäck Brezn so pretzel 😉 Laugenstange is Breznstang, Laugenbrötchen is Breznsemmel 😁
The best thing in Germany that we can’t get here in the US is spargel...I have dreams about it...
I know what you mean! It is not the same. There is some asparagus in the supermarkets, but do you mean it doesn't taste the same? I have never seen white asparagus there, I don't think the US has that
@@EllieandLucas I’ve seen it in Safeway a few times but small. Not like the the giant spargel you get in Germany...Spargel and boiled potatoes with hollandaise...OMG...Frankfurt grüne soße is another fav with potatoes and hard boiled eggs...heaven!...I haven’t been in 3 years and in really feeling it now, so thanks for that 😜
@@bob5074 You're welcome! I really miss Safeway... We lived in Montana for a few years and they had a Safeway and we loved it! In Wisconsin, there are no Safeways.... 😕
@@EllieandLucas yeah, but you have Rewe!!
@@bob5074 Ja, das stimmt!
Looks like prosciutto
It could be- I am not fancy enough to know my meats. It definitely wasn't called prosciutto! And finding smoked lachs in the states is basically impossible, not like the various options you get at every grocery store here
What about kinder eggs? We had a lot of fun with them, then we found out you can't send them to the US due to a custom law from the 1930s.
Never knew you couldn't send them to the US! Is it because of the toy inside?
@@EllieandLucas Yes. It is because the toy is inside the chocolate that makes them illegal. They have a candy called Kinder Joy that is two plastic haof eggs put together t o form one egg. The candy is on one half the toy on the other. Not as great as a Kinder Egg..
pitty that good people leave the country. best wishes for the future.
Thanks, but we aren't going back yet!
You'll get a lot more of us before that!
@@EllieandLucas great!!!!!!!!!! germany needs lots of good people!!!!
Get a carbonator, and you can carbonate your own water in the US.
Sure, but not in a restaurant!
@@EllieandLucas Some have bottled carbonated water. Some you can get soda water
I don’t want to be rude but you don’t sound like typical Americans. Where are you from?
We come from Wisconsin. What about us sounds different? This is an interesting thought. Of course, regions of the USA have different ways of speaking just like Germany, so of course if you're used to just one region, like the middle south, we probably sound VERY different
For the Most Germans WE know LA and newyork Kind of speaking. Or original english. You both are very Calm and very good to understand in your pronauncian. I Like🥰
Milka ist original Form Swiss.
Fabricated in Vorarlberg, Austria
that is what we were thinking, thanks for the clarification!
Mövenpick is not from Germany, but from Switzerland☺️
oh interesting!
Weissbier is made out of wheat.
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yep, that's a fact!
Your premixed "Müsli" is full of sugar, expecially the crunchy one! You are talking all the time about avoiding sugar, so you should not buy/eat it. It has way more calories than pure oates. Better take oatflakes or other cereals and combine it with fresh ot dryed fruits, berrys to get a real Müsli.
Thanks for the comment! I am the one who avoids sugar, not Lucas. I don't eat these almost ever!
...and you will miss the windows ...!
It's not so easy to explain I suppose, but yes, they are nice.
Why on earth would you ever want to go back to the US?
for us it is certainly always a point of conversation! there are certainly so many good parts of german life, but the USA also has its own highlights, as do most countries. For us it ultimately comes down to the culture of the USA and that we have friends and family there
So you are basically eating only sweets the whole day. Good luck with that. Greets
This video is about things we will miss when we leave Germany. No where in it did we say this is our normal diet. These are treats for us, not our normal diet!
Quark = curd
This is like the best definition! Thanks for watching and for helping keep us informed!
technicly its the right translation, practicly i know from a us friend that curd is different than quark especially cause of the fat %. since german quark goes from low fat up to 40% while curd only goes up to 5% fat or something close to that. and the fat% really makes a different in quark depending what you want to cook with it. or if you only want to snack it with some fruits or müsli
Hello Guys, I don't know if you eat these things every day, but almost every product you bought is full of sugar. Maybe you want to think about it.
Thanks for the comment! No, we don't eat these things every day, these are special treats. Maybe you heard us say that we rarely drink Müllermilch and other items- they're only treats for us!
I would love to ship special German stuff to you in the US, if I you send me my beloved american stuff, too 😉
Thanks for the comment! What are some things Germans like from the US?
@@EllieandLucas I die for Snapples, Cinnamon Burst gum, Captain Crunch, Cheetos, all the peanut butter things, Royal Coke, Rice Crispie treats, the frozen joghurt shops and the list goes on and on. All the not healthy things 🤣
@@EllieandLucas every time I brought red potatoes, sour cream and butter from America. I missed the fresh fish from the Gulf Coast. I missed German coffee in the USA. But then I discovered Melitta coffee from California. After 6 months....
Quark has nothing to do with youghurt
that is debatable- both come from milk, and quark is often placed by yoghurt in the grocery stores. It was the best way I could think of explaining it to our American viewers
@@EllieandLucas Two different sort(s) of bacteria, two flavours widely apart
How are you both slim inspite of eating these fatty foods.
We don't eat them very often!
High carbohydrate advocates...lots of junk food.
You are correct, it is in fact a lot of junk food, but there's quite a good reason for that. We can get broccoli, apples, strawberries, bananas, carrots, cucumbers, zucchini, beets, grapes, turnips, radishes, lettuce, cilantro, potatoes, peaches, pears, blueberries, raspberries, noodles, beef, pork, chicken, salmon. This list goes on. In the USA. And what you might have noticed from the title of this video is we wanted to talk about what we will miss. the things that are hard to come by in the USA, and potentially other parts of the world. So while it is all high in carbs (which I'm not even saying is a good or bad thing), don't just assume you know what our diet or nutritional ideas are. Thanks for watching the video :)
If I were blind, I would imagine the voices of early adolescents, the comments, 12 year olds.Ohhh,typical Americans, saying " like"..." children in older bodies"
It seems clear you are just here to be unhappy. That is fine, you are welcome to continue watching our videos and hate every minute of them, but to be blunt, there are more than a few people in this community who enjoy what we do, and enjoy the foods we've talked about. If you don't like beer, that's fine, but I can think of many adults that do. I also know many adults that enjoy Milka chocolate and German bread. Simply put, if enjoying these foods, and telling our audience about them makes us children, then I'm glad to be one, because at least I will continue to be youthful and less scornful. Thanks again for watching the video :D
@@EllieandLucas some people are only happy when they write stupid comments to other people. This is happening all over the world, not typically German. That's what the German saying is for : lass dem Kind die Frikadelle, wenn es damit spielen will :)
I really love you both BUT please talk English. it is GROCERIES and NOT GROSHERIES
aww thanks! I suppose the exact pronunciation of certain words probably comes down to what part of the USA we come from right? For instance bag is also pronounced differently in different USA regions