I prefer the shelf in the toilet because I hate the backsplash sometimes simply happens on toilets without a shelf. And when you need a pooh sample every now and then for medical examinations it makes it way easier as well
I think this kind of toilets prevent the water from exploding up when your "number two" falls into the drain. The shelf is way nearer than the drain and does not contain water that could be splattering up to your butt 😄 At least that's why I like this kind of toilet.
jupp, anti splash ideal standard toilet bowls have several advantages. what i can think of is a dry experience, less toilet paper waste, since i personally dump toilet paper in the other kind of toilet bowls to prevent the splash, and also the ability to inspect your creation to evaluate your condition. there are probably more pros and cons, but thats what im thinking primarily.
One thing that really suprised me about this video: I have NEVER heard the expression "No. 2" for das "große Geschäft" before in my life. Is that common in English? I studied English, spent nearly 1 year in Canada and never came across this term. Stunning!
@@HerrTelef Internet? - Is this something to eat? And you forget cars - We all drive foreigners (like ohdi, Vee-double You, Porsh, Merc and Be ehm double You) :-)
I agree with you with Silvester. Lots of idiots using fireworks and lots of drunken peopele. Every firework has a description on its pacakge of how to use it safely. Its forbidden to do fireworking in oldcitytowns. It is dangerous but only because of the idiots. Also, lots of idiots injured themselfes. Blow up hands, loosing fingers or eyes. Because of those idiots, i avoid crowd too. I suggest you go with your family outside of your town, up to a hill where you have a good overview over your city and the horizon. But because of coroan, i dont know about 2020/2021
Apparently in Germany, on New Years Eve there is an old British comedy, called dinner for one, that is extremely popular, and watched by millions, in English. I have seen it and it is quite funny. Have you seen it?
@@johanna4456 same :D Every year, every single year😂 I still remember being a child and not understanding anything of it (I'm German), crazy to think I'm fluent now and English isn't a problem anymore.
Literally all of the things you mentioned are not just specifically German but pretty normal in Europe (not in the UK). Those types of toilettes are not made anymore, but you can still find them in older houses ( my grandma used to have one in her house that was built in the 1970’s)
About the shelved toilets. Back in the 1880 hospitals where newly equipped with flushable toilets. And to be able to take samples the toilets had shelves. The people coming back from hospitals where quite fond of flushable toilets. So they tried to get one them self, and the only type they got where the one uses in Hospitals. Because no one asked for different types only the shelved one where produced. This started to change in the 1950 and now most newly bought toilets are the deep one.
One advantage of the German ledge toilet is when taking a sample, for example for bowel cancer screening which is done here in the UK every two years for older people.
So true! I'm very ill and i have to control my poo every now and then. I live in an appartement with such a toilet - getting it out of my body and its already gone - damn I have to sit on a bucket if I want to do a thorough inspection and maybe get a little portion of it to take it to the physician. When my second leg is gone (which will be soon) how can I do that?
Yeah. Im born in germany and I still feel kinda uncomfortable on silvester (new year) when there are firecrackers just tossed arround so I really understand you there
In The Netherlands we have the same things you mentioned: Here we call a mix of ground beef and pork "half om", half beef half pork. Pork is fat, mixed with beef makes the whole leaner. In many kitchens the fridge is integrated into the so called kitchen furniture. Often also the dish washer, microwave and oven. The difference is though, that we do not take the kitchen with us when moving to another house. Which they do in Germany. We do have the same firework tradition, which is becoming a problem the last years due to the increasing number of casualties. A toilet with a shelf is old, also in The Netherlands. The advantage is that you can check your poo (so civilized to call it "number two", haha) visually to see if it looks "healthy". Can be important to detect, for example, traces of blood in an early stage. In most European countries eggs are not kept refrigerated. The egg shell has a protective layer called cuticula, which prevents bacteria and other harmfull stuff intruding into the egg. In the US eggs are washed, which removes the protective layer and therefor it has to be kept refrigerated.
moving with the kitchen is very common here! that is also why often when renting an appartment it doesnt have a kitchen unless the previous renter wants to leave it in and sell it. It can be very impractical, especially if you're younger, don't have that much money to put into a kitchen and know you might not live in the appartment very long...
That is partially not true. In Germany in most cases you don't take the kitchen with you when moving. Good kitchens are tailor-made to fit the room mostly, so we like to sell them off to the next tenant.
@@felimuller909 as soon as you have achieved a certain standard of living you will find it is rather uncommon. Except your taste in color and style is very extraordinary, like a red or orange kitchen. Most tenants would want you to take that stuff with you.
I’m a New Zealander married to an Englishman. Living in England. We have an integrated fridge in our kitchen. When we had our kitchen refitted the guys doing it suggested this. We also have an integrated dishwasher.
so interesting as a german to hear about your perspective. sometimes we do really weird things :D I can also recommend the book "Dear Germany" by Carol Kloeppel, an american married to a german and living in Germany. super funny and insightful. she also talks about german kitchens, or how one time her neighbourhood was evacuated because of an old ww2 bomb and she was so freaked out but for her neighbours it was totally normal :D
In fact if you buy refrigerated eggs they are cleaned so you need to keep them regrigerated Unrefrigerated eggs are ok to store on a shelf but once you put them in the fridge that's done The cabinet refrigerator are common in Europe
Hi Antionette. Just a quick comment. I was born and raised in Germany, I lived in Nuernberg. You are bringing my home back to me. I now live in Phoenix AZ. So thank you so much for making your videos, they bring my home back to me.
@@whocares2087.1 I am not sure I understand what you mean? Why do you think Phoenix Arizona has 2 cities? There are many cities in AZ. Maybe I'm just confused??
I'm german but actually I've celebrated new years eve in a really crowded place only once and absolutely hated it because of the Fireworks, it's so dangerous when drunk people start doing that right next to you
The fireworks are a disgrace! It’s dangerous and creates so much waste! Every little thing is regulated in Germany and than for a couple of hours it’s anarchy. The government should start with shutting this down instead of taking away people’s cars because they are not up to the latest standards.
All your points are the same in The Netherlands. The toilets are an older type of toilet. The minced meat, we call half-om-half and it's the porc part that gives a bit of a bacon flavour when backed or grilled and it makes the dish a bit more juicy. The eggs is an EU regulation.
Diese Toilettenschüsseln sind eigentlich nur noch in alten Toiletten (über 30 Jahre). Normalerweise nutzt die keiner mehr, wenn ein Bad neu gebaut oder renoviert wird.
The New Year's fireworks are also controversial in Germany. Some people are calling for a ban for safety, environmental and pet protection reasons. There are already strict rules: sales are only allowed on a few days before the New Year and ignition is only allowed in the first hours after midnight of New Year. Nevertheless some people do not care, and there are some injuries or even fatalities every year.
Über die Toiletten-Story lache ich immer noch 😂😂😂. Sorry, aber ich muss das auf Deutsch schreiben, dafür reicht mein Englisch nicht. Diese Form von Toiletten findet man meistens in älteren Häusern. Oftmals besteht keine Möglichkeit, ein Tiefspülklosett zu installieren (Lage des Abflussrohres, andere Platzgründe), so dass dieses sogenannte Flachspülklosett zum Einsatz kommt. In neuen Häusern werden eigentlich nur noch an der Wand hängende Tiefspülklosetts verbaut. Es hat also keinen gesundheitlichen Hintergrund, obwohl ein Flachspüler die Voruntersuchung zur Darmkrebsvorsorge doch sehr erleichtert 🤷♀️🤣. Nein, wir Deutschen neigen nicht dazu, jeden Morgen unseren Kot zu prüfen 😂😂😂, auch die Urinbeschau ist aus der Mode gekommen. Aber alle mal ist ein Flachspüler dem französischen Loch im Boden vorzuziehen. Aber das findet man in Frankreich ja auch nicht mehr 😂😂😂. Und Sylvester in Deutschland hat sich mittlerweile so entwickelt, dass man sich mehr an einen Straßenkrieg erinnert fühlt, als an ein fröhliches Fest!
Also ich schaue noch regelmäßig nach wie mein Stuhlgang aussieht, aber das ist bei mir auch darin begründet, das ich seit meiner Kindheit an einer schweren chronischen Darmerkrankung leide. Welche bei einem Unkontrollierten schweren Verlauf (wie ich ihn im alter von 10 bis 14 hatte) zum Darmkrebs hätte führen können und daher die Farbe, sowie ebenfalls die Konsistenz, ein großer Indikator dafür sind, ob ein neuer Krankheits-Schub gerade ausbricht bzw. bereits im Gange ist oder ob alles weiterhin in gewohnte/gewollte Bahnen verläuft.
@@emiliajojo5703 Mir ist der Titel nicht mehr eingefallen, Danke! Ja, ich erinnere mich deutlich an die langen Beschreibungen der morgendlichen Kloschau;-)))). Ich wußte noch, dass es Heinrich Böll war, immerhin🤦♀️
Na ja, dann antworte ich eben auch auf Deutsch. Löcher im Boden erinnern mich mehr an Indien oder Italien. Warum wir Deutschen immer noch die Flachspüler bevorzugen hat einen anderen Grund: Kein Mensch hat gerne nasse Arschbacken.
the thing with the toilet shape is not (only) made on purpose of curiosity. You're right it's absolutely for health reasons. As you already said it's to be able to inspect your "remains" but also it allows you to take samples for medical analysis. Thats why you generally can find this type of toilets in medical facilities. And a nice side effect is that your "stern" stays dry...
Yes, thank you, I hate the firework esclation in Germany! I'm just scared of (close) fireworks, but everybody makes fun of me because of that! My family does firework every year pretty close to our house and that is so uncomfortable, I stayed in the house for some years.
We don't mix pork and beef together in the U.S.A. either. Fireworks are state by state in the United States. Some states won't allow aerial Fireworks and some states allow year round sales. Some states allow Fireworks sales only around the 4th of July.
Egg cartons will generally have two dates printed on them, one of which is the expiration and the other a "recommended to refrigerate after" date. Fridges also generally come with egg compartments here, so it's more that we mix it up rather than exclusively keeping them at room temp.
I've lived all over the place in Germany except for the south, and in my experience these toilets with the "shelf" are an exception by now. They use to be more common in the past, I mean like decades ago, but almost every toilet that has been installed new within the last, say, 20 years would most likely not be one of those. So the only shelf toilets are leftovers from the last generation so to speak and there aren't many left, at least from what I have seen in 33 years in Germany. I don't think Germans like to look at their poop, and never did 😂 but it was about preventing the splash because it's unhygienic to get toilet water on your private parts. Love your Videos 🌸👍
On the egg issue: no need to be in the fridge. In supermarkets you usually buy them in a regular shelf. However, if you go home and put them in your fridge they need to stay there cooled. Otherwise they will not stay good and turn over in a short period of time. In case you decide to keep them out of the fridge, there is no need to store them in a fridge. I guess it is similar in NZ, the date of production is always printed on each egg. I hope this helps. 🤓
I agree, New Year's Eve in Germany can be dangerous when you are celebrating in a public place. Even though I am German I had never been to a public place to celebrate New Years Eve. I've often read articles in the newspaper about "New Year's Eves celebrations in... spinning out of control" so I decided to stay at home or at my friends homes to celebrate New Year's Eve in a controlled way. Do "Wunderkerzen" excist in New Zealand too? In Germany nearly every child loves them and it is like a "kids firework" just as "Knallerbsen". When I was a child I was very proud to hold a "Wunderkerze" in my hand and it was fun to let "Knallerbsen" explode on the ground.
Toilets: It's indeed a leftover from the times where it had been sort of mandatory to check the poop for tapeworms. And, in extension to this, you see the american style toilets in public places (except maybe in the individual hospital rooms) where it would be even less common to take a stool sample at.
In some European countries (England, for example) chickens are vaccinated against certain food poisoning bacteria such as ptomaine. So refrigeration isn’t needed. We don’t vaccinate chickens here in the US, supposedly because it will add to the cost. So we rely on refrigeration to reduce the risk of food poisoning.
@@rens8183 Thank you. Since British English is the mother of all other English forms, I'm sure now, every English form consists of these two special numbers. 👍🏻 By the way: In Gemany jokingly we call it "großes Geschäft" (big business) and "kleines Geschäft" (small business). I'm sure you can guess which is what. In child language we shorten it to "groß" (big) and "klein" (small). Children say: "Ich muss mal groß (machen)." (I have to (do) big.)
Try the mixed minced meat from a turkish/arabic supermarket. In the arabic world it's just as common to use a mix, but instead of pork it's a mix of beef with lamb. It's super delicious, you can use it in pretty much any dish you'd use the german "Mischhack" for.
What you didn't mention is that German eggs need to be refrigerated, too, just not straight away. They have a date on them which says when to start refridgerating them
Hanmacx Not refrigerated, the eggs do spoil about 3 weeks after being produced. If they’re kept refrigerated, they’ll last 2-4 weeks longer without being spoiled. Most German supermarkets do give 2-3 dates on their packaging: always a “best before” date, often a “keep refrigerated after” date and sometimes a “produced on” date. The practice of adding that refrigerated notice basically prolongs the “best before” date, giving the eggs a higher shelf life - both at the market and with the consumer.
Modern kitchens in NZ now also integrate fridges and dishwashers. Mixed mince makes it a little softer too. I must say I prefer the NZ toilets. It's so weird that German toilets are showing you the product.
I’m so relieved to hear I wasn’t the only one absolutely shocked by the Silvester fireworks haha like I was incredibly startled by how unsafe it seemed
We also had a fridge that looks like the cupboards for the first 17 years old my life, but recently my little brother broke the freezer, so we had to get a new fridge and now we have a different fridge
As a German I wish we had stricter regulations regarding fireworks. Don't get me wrong, it looks awesome - done right. But everyone just firering away without concept just doesn't look and sounds awful. I'd love a couple of public fireworks, carefully orchestrated around the city. I do see a trend amongst more eco-concious people to have fewer fireworks. Fewer fireworks mean fewer injuries and wildfires, less stress for pets and better air quality.
En Ink You mean hours, surely; this is Germany we’re talking about here! In my experience by 3am on 1st January you wouldn’t have known there was a party the night before. The municipal street sweepers have been ready to roll into action since 11.55pm!
More and more cities don't allow private firework close to hospitals and old buildings. Before that, in Aachen fireworks did destroy the interior of a church including the altar which survived half a dozen wars before.
Stephen Hartley , in which part of Germany are you living in ? The debris resulting from the fireworks remain very often three or four days in the streets of Berlin without being swept .
o.k. the toilett thing. the one with the shelf is the old one. today it is hard to buy one anymore. i am from the 70 ties and as a child i was totaly used to this kind of toilett. in fact using a "modern" toilett for the first time i really did not like it, because my butt got wet cause of the splash and i felt dirty. in most german hospitals we still got the ones with a shelf because the doctors want to see your "second" for diagnosis. i remember that as a child i once had worms, which is quiet normal for kids but without a shelf i would not have detected them. "poo diagnosis" is a serious term in medicine, so for me as a father and male nurse i was very lucky to be able to buy one of the old shelf toiletts. by the way it saves water and yes poo stinks.
Finally advertisement, last videos I was thinking why don't you have it :) I'm always happy when creators like you get smth from youtube because your amazing channel deserve it! PS Would be really interesting to hear more about NZ. And btw about toilets :D I think when it doesn't have a shelf water can come up and sprinkle at you, and it's not sanitary
Is this not a worldwide thing??? Ireland has the same about the fridge integrated into the kitchen and dishwashers. However its better sometimes not to do it if you intend to keep the kitchen a long time and need to change the appliances
@@enname1622 in my kitchen we have a very narrow dishwasher built into the kitchen....this type of dishwasher is not common as more common is american oversize dishwashers.....for that reason it can be tricky to change if the shape of the appliance no longer exists. Like in ireland people are now going for the doublesize american fridges instead of the smaller single tall one
@@enname1622 It can be. We do our best to keep our fridge alive, because this particular seize and arrangement isn't available anymore. Same for the microwave.
here in germany it is super common to have applicances built in! I just checked one of the bigger stores: free standing dishwasher 113 products - built in 333 - - fridge 140 vs 219 and so on. even washing machines and dryers are available as built ins. I personally prefer the more uniform look, especially in smaller kitchens it looks more harmonic. and the size is usually 60 cm (standard kichen cabinet) or 40 for small kitchens- rare, but not unsual, therefore it is very easy to replace an appliance in case it breaks.
I always love how some homes have the built in fridge. Its becoming a lil more common in households here. More so in newer homes. Omg the toilets are weird! I suppose not so weird for you now. But very different hehe!
Reasons for the shelf in some, though not all, toilets include: yes, checking your number two in size and colour and consistency for health reasons, though not everyone does, of course. But also an easy way to take stool samples for your doctor, especially for the very common tests for intestinal or colon cancer but also for microbiome analysis and lots of other tests including tests for toxic substances like mercury, arsenic or pesticides etc. you can get from your doctor or increasingly also from online laboratories. Moreover, avoid the splash when number two falls down. The splash is to me much more uncomfortable than the shelved number two. I mean, the splash brings up the dirty water covering my behind and often even splashing out of the toilet dotting the floor around it. I regret that i currently have a no-shelf toilet. I regret it Very much indeed.
Always interesting what you view as surprising! Love it! Fridge: It has been a long time that fridges and freezers have been hidden behind the decorative kitchen doors. A "newer" trend is to do the same with dish washers. They used to stand out with their metal doors longer. Fireworks: Sales are heavily limited to a few days before Sylvester, but the quantity has well become rampant! To me, it's a dangerous waste of money and a potential health hazard! Eggs: Unwashed and unrefrigerated eggs have a protective cover called Cuticula. In our climate, they may be stored at room temperature for at least three weeks.
Not that new...the one in our kitchen it is mostly hidden. And the kitchen is over 30 years old (no intention to ever change it, because it is in a timeless style of light cherry wood).
Der getarnte Einbau-Kühlschrank wird immer öfter in einer Einbauküche verwendet. In Küchen, die aus einzelnen Schränken bestehen, gibt es da eher Kühlschränke, die auf den ersten Blick zu erkennen sind.
Toilets: I think it's just the older toilets, that have the shelf. I have never seen that in newer bathrooms. But if you have to bring a sample of your "output" to the doctor, you will have a little problem with a newer toilet. (And yes, I know the solution) =;-)
We have the integrated fridge/freezers in the UK too so no surprise there. I noticed the other way around when I moved from Germany to the UK that they don’t sell any mixed mince. I guess you could always buy a pork and a beef mince and mix together at home.
Thing noone mentions: When those toilets were implementes, worms were spreading and many children even learned in schools on what to look out for. Its not just sampling for the doctor or looking out for size and consistency in genral, but also for things that should not be in there.
Yes, I have often seen them there when staying in holiday chalets or visiting cafes. Was always a bit surprised, as Netherlands are often more UK oriented in a lot of things, yet this seems so traditionally "German". I doubt you would ever find one in UK 😂 Oh, soz...I am referring to the Toiletten🤣
I always store eggs in the fridge, even when I buy them from the farm up the road. During recent visits to Germany prior to lockdown I was horrified by the price of eggs in the supermarkets. Way more expensive than in the UK. The farm eggs I buy (see above) are £1 for 6 or £1.25 for 12 if they're very small pullet eggs.
Love your perspectives of Germany. We have the pictures of pig and cow on the meat packages because we have a big muslim society. For them it would be a big problem to confuse porc and beef, but many are not perfect in German language. This is why we use pictures.
Pretty much all of them: same in Austria. We used to have a toilet like the one that shocked you, but now we don't. I'm not wild about the splashing tbh. That was better with the old one. And yeah, sometimes the doctor asks you about your "nr 2" and then what are you gonna say? lmao
😄 I had that wtf toilet experience just the other way round, when i visited the USA a few years ago. I never saw these kind of toilets before which are almost completely filled with water. I was afraid it would run over the edge. The german word for these toilets you are talking about btw is "Flachspüler".
The hackfleisch as a mix was a secret of housewives in the states for decades -- add a bit of pork to the beef to spice the flavor. But to do a full half and half, no way. Another food difference: check out the recipe for cranberries on the package. They suggest about 4 times as much sugar here as I am used to making them. And grits here are all sweet! I miss my cheesy grits... Thanks for the videos.
Eggs are perfectly protected by their shell. It is not necessary to store them in a fridge. This has nothing to do with cleaning the shell. The "problem" is that whenever you cool an egg you must keep it cool because the natural protection will no longer work. E.g. in the USA eggs are always cooled (in supermarkets) and therefore you will have to put them in the fridge otherwise they will go bad very fast. In Germany eggs are not cooled in the supermarkets so it is not necessary to store them cool at home. Many Germans are storing eggs in their refrigerator but this is not necessary...
So I come from Germany too, but I live in a village. With us, New Year's Eve is a little quieter and safer because everyone shoots something in their street, even in the next city (smaller city compared to Stuttgart) it is a little more dangerous but certainly not like in Stuttgart. I think the danger is mainly in big cities where many people are in one place.😊
😂 😂 😂 I am a German living in Mexico and I know how it feels when things are different but you're the only one thinking things are strange. Loved your number 2 story😂😂😂.
All houses I've ever been living in have that "shelf" toilet style, be it modern or not. And I like tis type much more because I hate getting a completely wet arse...
The mix of pork and beef minced meet is called "Halb und Halb" (half and half). In a butchery you can just order "500gr Halb und Halb" and they should know what it means.
My cousin Santo and his wife have a gorgeous home on LI, NY. I visited last year, went into the kitchen to get a soda...where the heck is the refrigerator??? Lol. I had to call his wife in. It looked like a closet. Haha. But they have one like that.
I guess the special type of toilets were also established because you do not use so much water at the bottom, which saves water. In addition there is no risk of splash... but maybe I'm wrong. But this type of tioliets are no more so common in new buildings
Könnte mich wegschmeißen wie native Speaker immer "Cupboard" sagen! Das toppt nur wie einmal ein Mitschüler es "Kuhboard" nannte!....LoL Ps. hast du den Geschirrspüler schon gefunden?...kleiner Tipp im Schrank ist nicht verkehrt...😂🤣😜
I'm German and 1. yes we do have a fridge like that 2. idk why but true too 3. yes it's really chaotic and I'm a bit afraid of it too at new years eve because everybody does it but it looks pretty 4. hahaha yeah it's like that 5. I think most of the Germans put them in the refrigerator too but in the supermarket they aren't refrigerated
lol at the toilet shelf. When we built our home, my mother-in-law implored us to have at least one shelf toilet “because as you age, you will need to provide a stool sample and that shelf is invaluable”. Yeah, no! I have never had a shelf in any house or apartment that I rented in my 20+ years here but once in an old restaurant. I scooted forward so nothing landed on that shelf. lol
The "shelf"-toilet is officially called "Flachspüler" and the reason why they exist you'll find e. g. here: www.bauredakteur.de/tiefspueler-oder-flachspueler-welches-wc-soll-es-sein/
Man, New Zealand must be another world really. I have lived in the UK and in Brazil and nothing, you found surprising in this video or in your other video about things you found only in Germany surprised me, and I never lived in Germany actually.
I come from Northern Germany and here it's normal to have toilets with shelves, in old and in new houses. But the toilets without shelves you can only find in very old houses from the time of the GDR.
I don't buy firework myself I just stand there and watch my neighbors battle xD it's really funny when you see someone makes a short break cause you know they run to the cellar to pick up the rest fireworks from last year xD
FIreworks are extremly regulated in germany as well, You're only allowed to buy them 2 days (or so) before "Silvester" and there are extremly strict rules which are allowed to ne bought. That being said, im still amazed on the low number of casualties is compared to the amount of explosives being set off.
German fireworks is tested by the BAM (Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung), so correct use will be safe. If an idiot throws a firecracker on other people's clothes, it is not correct use. By the way, I spend a fairly high amount of money for fireworks each year, but it is well chosen and arranged, and I am not drunken at all when starting my little show.
@@Astrofrank the german fireworks are quite safe (and well regulated, as I wrote) when handled correctly but idiots are everywhere, and the chance is high, that they're also drunk on New Years Eve
@@nobodx There are many idiots, correct, but I keep away from them. Celebrating the new year in a group of quite smart people makes it easier to avoid the contact with idiots. In 2004 it worked differently: I visited my girlfriend. She was a student, and other student throw firecrackers from the roof down to the street where I was arranging my fireworks. After half of it was shot, I noticed that there were no firecrackers exploding anymore. The reason: All the students from the roof were standing at the entrance of the building and watching my fireworks. Comment of one of them after a big volcano: "Bitte noch einen!" (with yearning voice). :-)
Vielen Dank, daß Sie so viel Geduld mit uns haben. Und diese neumodischen Toiletten sind wirklich der "letzte Scheiß", da hilft die beste Klobrille (muß ja einen Grund haben, daß das Ding so heißt) nichts mehr.
Speaking of Minced beef/pork , I love Mett. Every year me and a few friends slaughter a 2-3 pigs for the year and after work is done we all sit around enjoying Mett.
I have never seen eggs kept outside the fridge in Germany. Just in the supermarket, but everyone I know puts them into the fridge when they have bought some. I agree that the fireworks are very dangerous. And every year there is a discussion to forbid it. It's also very annoying, that the days before and after you hear explosions. Also a lot of people get hurt. They emergency rooms are full every new year. It's really a bad thing.
Yes, many people don't understand how this works. If you put the eggs into the fridge, they will spoil faster. You will get the most durability when you honour BOTH dates - yes there are TWO dates printed onto German egg packages. The big one is the normal expiration date, but the small one tells you when the natural protection wears off and you should put them into the fridge on that day.
@@gwahli9620 I ignore both dates, just put them in the fridge after buying them. Never had a problem. Even if I use them a month after the expiration date they are still good.
I'm living near the Dutch boarder and believe me, if you think Germans go crazy with fireworks, you haven't seen the Dutch. They will storm the German supermarkets the days before New Year Eve and buy everything they can get, because fireworks are much cheaper in Germany. On New Years Eve they will go nuts. Totally insane.
In America, I have only seen those hidden fridges in fancy rich people homes. Not totally rare, but certainly not common. I've never seen them in a home less than $500,000.
I think in Gremany it's exactly the other way around; as the typical "American" fridge is very huge, it costs much more space, which you don't always have in a kitchen. So you rather meet those huge fridges in bigger houses of more prosperous people in Germany while the "normal" fridge, that is integrated in your kitchen cupboard, is standard.
@@Rauschgenerator yes that has been my experience as well. In America, a standard fridge has a capacity of around 700 L, but these newer giant homes (aka McMansions) are often built for professional-grade refrigerators, which can range between somewhere between 850L and 1000L. Americans also rarely ever get to design their own kitchen, even when building their own home. New homes essentially just offer you a few different design options, but it is nothing even close to comparable to a German kitchen. There are pros and cons of this of course, but for an American, designing your own kitchen is a luxury most can only dream of.
I am now nearly 50 years old and only saw this kind of toilets 45 years ago the last time, i am really wondering how often i still hear that they still exist. Maybe in very very old houses of people who never put money in their hands to renovate their house u can find it but come on where do u find this toilets today ? Ok, maybe the bavarian area, but never in Northrhinewestphalia.
when we built our own house, we decided (after comparing all those pros and cons and in full controll of our minds I still think) to install those "Flachspüler" ("flat-flush" as you want) too. Easier to fix them at the wall so you can wipe the floor underneeth. Me personally, I won´t like this "backsplash" and you still have a chance to find things wich may fall in accidentally. Really can´t understand what should be wrong with seeing your own excrements for those very few seconds and even that might be avoidable. You must clean up anyway. I´ve seen many of those "Tiefspüler" ("deep-flush" as you want) in even worse hygienic conditions, so that just will depend on our own behavior. The good news are, you can chose. Just buy what you want. It defenitely has nothing to do with the age of the house, nothing with being "oldschool" or "modern", young or old, nothing with any kind of "perverted" couriosity.
Diese Klos sind doch wirklich kein Problem. Dass Leute damit ein Problem haben, ihre Ausscheidungen zu sehen zeigt nur, wie wenig sie mit ihrem Körper verbunden sind. Echt traurig. Und ich finds auch irgendwie heftig, dass du dich gewissermaßen verpflichtet fühlst, deine Entscheidung für so ein Klo zu rechtfertigen 🤷🏼♀️
@@enname1622 keine Verpflichtung, keine Entschuldigung, eher als Statement gegen diese "Entrüstung" gedacht. Bin gewissermaßen sogar "stolz" darauf, würde es jederzeit wieder so machen. Proud to be a "flat-flusher" 😎
@@ikw6262 wobei wir, als wir gebaut haben (2006) zwei "Hängewcs" (also keine Standwcs, man kann darunter wischen) haben, von denen eines ein Flach- und eines ein Tiefspüler ist (warum weiß ich nicht, ich glaube, wir haben darauf nicht einmal geachtet)
Hi there, German here living in NZ. I found that mixing meats is done in NZ as well... Especially cheap sausages have about every meat you can think of ground togehther 😉
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I prefer the shelf in the toilet because I hate the backsplash sometimes simply happens on toilets without a shelf. And when you need a pooh sample every now and then for medical examinations it makes it way easier as well
I think this kind of toilets prevent the water from exploding up when your "number two" falls into the drain. The shelf is way nearer than the drain and does not contain water that could be splattering up to your butt 😄 At least that's why I like this kind of toilet.
the anglo-american icecold surprise "Unterbodenwäsche" ... 😑
jupp, anti splash ideal standard toilet bowls have several advantages. what i can think of is a dry experience, less toilet paper waste, since i personally dump toilet paper in the other kind of toilet bowls to prevent the splash, and also the ability to inspect your creation to evaluate your condition. there are probably more pros and cons, but thats what im thinking primarily.
One thing that really suprised me about this video: I have NEVER heard the expression "No. 2" for das "große Geschäft" before in my life. Is that common in English? I studied English, spent nearly 1 year in Canada and never came across this term. Stunning!
Jessica N. I moved to New Zealand last year and this was also the first time I heard this expression. Apparently a kiwi thing ;)
@@alexandramonika22 Thanks for your explanation. I really appreciate those kinds of moments/conversatons that broaden my horizon. Have a nice day!
Do you have refrigerators in Germany?
No. It is very cold in Germany. So we store what we hunt in the trees.
Found this somewhere and liked it.
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I dig a hole in the ground and put my food into it.
I wash my clothes at the river.
I don't know what is a computer?
Where is this internet?
HerrTelef 'where is this internet' ... and how can I use it to catch fish!
@@HerrTelef Internet? - Is this something to eat? And you forget cars - We all drive foreigners (like ohdi, Vee-double You, Porsh, Merc and Be ehm double You) :-)
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I agree with you with Silvester. Lots of idiots using fireworks and lots of drunken peopele. Every firework has a description on its pacakge of how to use it safely. Its forbidden to do fireworking in oldcitytowns. It is dangerous but only because of the idiots. Also, lots of idiots injured themselfes. Blow up hands, loosing fingers or eyes. Because of those idiots, i avoid crowd too. I suggest you go with your family outside of your town, up to a hill where you have a good overview over your city and the horizon. But because of coroan, i dont know about 2020/2021
Apparently in Germany, on New Years Eve there is an old British comedy, called dinner for one, that is extremely popular, and watched by millions, in English. I have seen it and it is quite funny. Have you seen it?
Jurgen Rathjen I watch it every year since I was child 🤣
I watched it every year, if possible. Now you can watch it on RUclips: ruclips.net/video/m41zSmNoTmA/видео.html
@@johanna4456 same :D Every year, every single year😂 I still remember being a child and not understanding anything of it (I'm German), crazy to think I'm fluent now and English isn't a problem anymore.
it's not only _the same procedure as last year?_
but _the same procedure as every year!_
OMG!! I'm Norwegian and we also watch it every year! But on December 23rd instead of New Years Eve.
Literally all of the things you mentioned are not just specifically German but pretty normal in Europe (not in the UK). Those types of toilettes are not made anymore, but you can still find them in older houses ( my grandma used to have one in her house that was built in the 1970’s)
About the shelved toilets. Back in the 1880 hospitals where newly equipped with flushable toilets. And to be able to take samples the toilets had shelves. The people coming back from hospitals where quite fond of flushable toilets. So they tried to get one them self, and the only type they got where the one uses in Hospitals. Because no one asked for different types only the shelved one where produced. This started to change in the 1950 and now most newly bought toilets are the deep one.
One advantage of the German ledge toilet is when taking a sample, for example for bowel cancer screening which is done here in the UK every two years for older people.
So true! I'm very ill and i have to control my poo every now and then.
I live in an appartement with such a toilet - getting it out of my body and its already gone - damn I have to sit on a bucket if I want to do a thorough inspection and maybe get a little portion of it to take it to the physician. When my second leg is gone (which will be soon) how can I do that?
@@geraldettmayr8435 I'm very sorry, Gerald, to hear about your condition and hope you will find a way of coming to terms with it. Good luck.
@@geraldettmayr8435 wow damn ur leg will be gone soon
Yeah. Im born in germany and I still feel kinda uncomfortable on silvester (new year) when there are firecrackers just tossed arround so I really understand you there
In The Netherlands we have the same things you mentioned:
Here we call a mix of ground beef and pork "half om", half beef half pork. Pork is fat, mixed with beef makes the whole leaner.
In many kitchens the fridge is integrated into the so called kitchen furniture. Often also the dish washer, microwave and oven. The difference is though, that we do not take the kitchen with us when moving to another house. Which they do in Germany.
We do have the same firework tradition, which is becoming a problem the last years due to the increasing number of casualties.
A toilet with a shelf is old, also in The Netherlands. The advantage is that you can check your poo (so civilized to call it "number two", haha) visually to see if it looks "healthy". Can be important to detect, for example, traces of blood in an early stage.
In most European countries eggs are not kept refrigerated. The egg shell has a protective layer called cuticula, which prevents bacteria and other harmfull stuff intruding into the egg. In the US eggs are washed, which removes the protective layer and therefor it has to be kept refrigerated.
moving with the kitchen is very common here! that is also why often when renting an appartment it doesnt have a kitchen unless the previous renter wants to leave it in and sell it. It can be very impractical, especially if you're younger, don't have that much money to put into a kitchen and know you might not live in the appartment very long...
That is partially not true. In Germany in most cases you don't take the kitchen with you when moving. Good kitchens are tailor-made to fit the room mostly, so we like to sell them off to the next tenant.
@@felimuller909 as soon as you have achieved a certain standard of living you will find it is rather uncommon. Except your taste in color and style is very extraordinary, like a red or orange kitchen. Most tenants would want you to take that stuff with you.
Same is true for Luxembourg by the way, and in most of western Europe, too.
I’m a New Zealander married to an Englishman. Living in England. We have an integrated fridge in our kitchen. When we had our kitchen refitted the guys doing it suggested this. We also have an integrated dishwasher.
so interesting as a german to hear about your perspective. sometimes we do really weird things :D I can also recommend the book "Dear Germany" by Carol Kloeppel, an american married to a german and living in Germany. super funny and insightful. she also talks about german kitchens, or how one time her neighbourhood was evacuated because of an old ww2 bomb and she was so freaked out but for her neighbours it was totally normal :D
In fact if you buy refrigerated eggs they are cleaned so you need to keep them regrigerated
Unrefrigerated eggs are ok to store on a shelf but once you put them in the fridge that's done
The cabinet refrigerator are common in Europe
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@@FranziskaF. vielen dank. Ich vermisse zuhause so sehr
Ja das geht mir auch so
Why would you go to a state with two cities? Isn't that just a massive step down from Germany? Just sayin.
@@whocares2087.1 I am not sure I understand what you mean? Why do you think Phoenix Arizona has 2 cities? There are many cities in AZ. Maybe I'm just confused??
In the U.S. it's common to find ground pork and beef together. Usually for meat loaf.
Yeah because this combination makes the best meat loafs imo.
I'm german but actually I've celebrated new years eve in a really crowded place only once and absolutely hated it because of the Fireworks, it's so dangerous when drunk people start doing that right next to you
Yes, I am with you with this one.
but drunk people are always dangerous for example driving car drunk
Same. I hate it and avoid that too.
same totally agreed
The fireworks are a disgrace! It’s dangerous and creates so much waste! Every little thing is regulated in Germany and than for a couple of hours it’s anarchy. The government should start with shutting this down instead of taking away people’s cars because they are not up to the latest standards.
All your points are the same in The Netherlands. The toilets are an older type of toilet. The minced meat, we call half-om-half and it's the porc part that gives a bit of a bacon flavour when backed or grilled and it makes the dish a bit more juicy. The eggs is an EU regulation.
In China one also keeps eggs out of the fridge. In the USA the eggs are cleaned chemically and must be refrigerated, in other counties they do not
Diese Toilettenschüsseln sind eigentlich nur noch in alten Toiletten (über 30 Jahre). Normalerweise nutzt die keiner mehr, wenn ein Bad neu gebaut oder renoviert wird.
I don't have an integrated fridge and I actually have always preferred having it separate.
Germany is great! We have fridges in the kitchens :)
The New Year's fireworks are also controversial in Germany. Some people are calling for a ban for safety, environmental and pet protection reasons. There are already strict rules: sales are only allowed on a few days before the New Year and ignition is only allowed in the first hours after midnight of New Year. Nevertheless some people do not care, and there are some injuries or even fatalities every year.
Über die Toiletten-Story lache ich immer noch 😂😂😂. Sorry, aber ich muss das auf Deutsch schreiben, dafür reicht mein Englisch nicht. Diese Form von Toiletten findet man meistens in älteren Häusern. Oftmals besteht keine Möglichkeit, ein Tiefspülklosett zu installieren (Lage des Abflussrohres, andere Platzgründe), so dass dieses sogenannte Flachspülklosett zum Einsatz kommt. In neuen Häusern werden eigentlich nur noch an der Wand hängende Tiefspülklosetts verbaut. Es hat also keinen gesundheitlichen Hintergrund, obwohl ein Flachspüler die Voruntersuchung zur Darmkrebsvorsorge doch sehr erleichtert 🤷♀️🤣. Nein, wir Deutschen neigen nicht dazu, jeden Morgen unseren Kot zu prüfen 😂😂😂, auch die Urinbeschau ist aus der Mode gekommen. Aber alle mal ist ein Flachspüler dem französischen Loch im Boden vorzuziehen. Aber das findet man in Frankreich ja auch nicht mehr 😂😂😂. Und Sylvester in Deutschland hat sich mittlerweile so entwickelt, dass man sich mehr an einen Straßenkrieg erinnert fühlt, als an ein fröhliches Fest!
Also ich schaue noch regelmäßig nach wie mein Stuhlgang aussieht,
aber das ist bei mir auch darin begründet,
das ich seit meiner Kindheit an einer schweren chronischen Darmerkrankung leide.
Welche bei einem Unkontrollierten schweren Verlauf (wie ich ihn im alter von 10 bis 14 hatte) zum Darmkrebs hätte führen können und daher die Farbe, sowie ebenfalls die Konsistenz,
ein großer Indikator dafür sind, ob ein neuer Krankheits-Schub gerade ausbricht bzw. bereits im Gange ist oder ob alles weiterhin in gewohnte/gewollte Bahnen verläuft.
Kann ich dir nur mal gruppenbild mit Dame empfehlen!!!
@@emiliajojo5703 Mir ist der Titel nicht mehr eingefallen, Danke! Ja, ich erinnere mich deutlich an die langen Beschreibungen der morgendlichen Kloschau;-)))). Ich wußte noch, dass es Heinrich Böll war, immerhin🤦♀️
@@balidobbster9010 cool! Bleib gesund und alles Gute für dich und deine Familie!
Na ja, dann antworte ich eben auch auf Deutsch. Löcher im Boden erinnern mich mehr an Indien oder Italien. Warum wir Deutschen immer noch die Flachspüler bevorzugen hat einen anderen Grund: Kein Mensch hat gerne nasse Arschbacken.
Very interesting video as always, thanks! Being German I wished we'd have more of a New Zealandish kind of New Year's Eve...! :-)
I've got free standing fridge, they are a bit wider and bigger than the integrated ones.
the thing with the toilet shape is not (only) made on purpose of curiosity. You're right it's absolutely for health reasons. As you already said it's to be able to inspect your "remains" but also it allows you to take samples for medical analysis. Thats why you generally can find this type of toilets in medical facilities.
And a nice side effect is that your "stern" stays dry...
Yes, thank you, I hate the firework esclation in Germany! I'm just scared of (close) fireworks, but everybody makes fun of me because of that! My family does firework every year pretty close to our house and that is so uncomfortable, I stayed in the house for some years.
We don't mix pork and beef together in the U.S.A. either. Fireworks are state by state in the United States. Some states won't allow aerial Fireworks and some states allow year round sales. Some states allow Fireworks sales only around the 4th of July.
Egg cartons will generally have two dates printed on them, one of which is the expiration and the other a "recommended to refrigerate after" date. Fridges also generally come with egg compartments here, so it's more that we mix it up rather than exclusively keeping them at room temp.
The thing with the fridge is common in Europe and also in other areas of the world
I've lived all over the place in Germany except for the south, and in my experience these toilets with the "shelf" are an exception by now. They use to be more common in the past, I mean like decades ago, but almost every toilet that has been installed new within the last, say, 20 years would most likely not be one of those. So the only shelf toilets are leftovers from the last generation so to speak and there aren't many left, at least from what I have seen in 33 years in Germany.
I don't think Germans like to look at their poop, and never did 😂 but it was about preventing the splash because it's unhygienic to get toilet water on your private parts.
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On the egg issue: no need to be in the fridge. In supermarkets you usually buy them in a regular shelf. However, if you go home and put them in your fridge they need to stay there cooled. Otherwise they will not stay good and turn over in a short period of time. In case you decide to keep them out of the fridge, there is no need to store them in a fridge. I guess it is similar in NZ, the date of production is always printed on each egg. I hope this helps. 🤓
I agree, New Year's Eve in Germany can be dangerous when you are celebrating in a public place. Even though I am German I had never been to a public place to celebrate New Years Eve. I've often read articles in the newspaper about "New Year's Eves celebrations in... spinning out of control" so I decided to stay at home or at my friends homes to celebrate New Year's Eve in a controlled way.
Do "Wunderkerzen" excist in New Zealand too? In Germany nearly every child loves them and it is like a "kids firework" just as "Knallerbsen".
When I was a child I was very proud to hold a "Wunderkerze" in my hand and it was fun to let "Knallerbsen" explode on the ground.
Toilets: It's indeed a leftover from the times where it had been sort of mandatory to check the poop for tapeworms. And, in extension to this, you see the american style toilets in public places (except maybe in the individual hospital rooms) where it would be even less common to take a stool sample at.
In some European countries (England, for example) chickens are vaccinated against certain food poisoning bacteria such as ptomaine. So refrigeration isn’t needed. We don’t vaccinate chickens here in the US, supposedly because it will add to the cost. So we rely on refrigeration to reduce the risk of food poisoning.
In Switzerland too the fridges are integrated into the kitchen like this.
"Number Two" - still improving my vocabulary!
Same here! I never heard this before. You don't learn these things in an English lesson.
@@chrisMuc1966 Could be interesting to know whether this is a special term from New Zealand or called like this everywhere else. 🤔
@@larsx5926 Referred to as a "number 2" in Britain as well !! :)
@@rens8183 Thank you. Since British English is the mother of all other English forms, I'm sure now, every English form consists of these two special numbers. 👍🏻
By the way: In Gemany jokingly we call it "großes Geschäft" (big business) and "kleines Geschäft" (small business). I'm sure you can guess which is what. In child language we shorten it to "groß" (big) and "klein" (small). Children say: "Ich muss mal groß (machen)." (I have to (do) big.)
Try the mixed minced meat from a turkish/arabic supermarket. In the arabic world it's just as common to use a mix, but instead of pork it's a mix of beef with lamb. It's super delicious, you can use it in pretty much any dish you'd use the german "Mischhack" for.
What you didn't mention is that German eggs need to be refrigerated, too, just not straight away. They have a date on them which says when to start refridgerating them
Technically you don't have to because they stay fresh without fridge
Hanmacx Not refrigerated, the eggs do spoil about 3 weeks after being produced. If they’re kept refrigerated, they’ll last 2-4 weeks longer without being spoiled.
Most German supermarkets do give 2-3 dates on their packaging: always a “best before” date, often a “keep refrigerated after” date and sometimes a “produced on” date.
The practice of adding that refrigerated notice basically prolongs the “best before” date, giving the eggs a higher shelf life - both at the market and with the consumer.
Modern kitchens in NZ now also integrate fridges and dishwashers. Mixed mince makes it a little softer too.
I must say I prefer the NZ toilets. It's so weird that German toilets are showing you the product.
I’m so relieved to hear I wasn’t the only one absolutely shocked by the Silvester fireworks haha like I was incredibly startled by how unsafe it seemed
Our Glasgow air B&B had that type of frig, too. When we walked into the apartment kitchen I thought the same thing - where is the refrigerator?! 😊
We also had a fridge that looks like the cupboards for the first 17 years old my life, but recently my little brother broke the freezer, so we had to get a new fridge and now we have a different fridge
Same, we had a cupboard-fridge for a long time, but then we bought a bigger one that stands seperately.
Hahah, I bet many women are no staying away from public places during new years eve. Started 2015. No idea what happened there.
Great video! Didn't know that "camouflaged" fridges aren't a thing everywhere, it's the most normal thing for me to see...! Never stop learning! :-D
Wolf Michael Gerhäusser , the so-called camouflaged refrigerators exist everywhere in Europe in modern houses .
As a German I wish we had stricter regulations regarding fireworks. Don't get me wrong, it looks awesome - done right. But everyone just firering away without concept just doesn't look and sounds awful. I'd love a couple of public fireworks, carefully orchestrated around the city.
I do see a trend amongst more eco-concious people to have fewer fireworks. Fewer fireworks mean fewer injuries and wildfires, less stress for pets and better air quality.
I absolutely agree, Fireworks are beautiful but a lot of people don't use them in a responsable way
Not to mention how dirty the streets look after it for days or weeks...
En Ink You mean hours, surely; this is Germany we’re talking about here! In my experience by 3am on 1st January you wouldn’t have known there was a party the night before. The municipal street sweepers have been ready to roll into action since 11.55pm!
More and more cities don't allow private firework close to hospitals and old buildings. Before that, in Aachen fireworks did destroy the interior of a church including the altar which survived half a dozen wars before.
Stephen Hartley , in which part of Germany are you living in ? The debris resulting from the fireworks remain very often three or four days in the streets of Berlin without being swept .
o.k. the toilett thing. the one with the shelf is the old one. today it is hard to buy one anymore. i am from the 70 ties and as a child i was totaly used to this kind of toilett. in fact using a "modern" toilett for the first time i really did not like it, because my butt got wet cause of the splash and i felt dirty. in most german hospitals we still got the ones with a shelf because the doctors want to see your "second" for diagnosis. i remember that as a child i once had worms, which is quiet normal for kids but without a shelf i would not have detected them. "poo diagnosis" is a serious term in medicine, so for me as a father and male nurse i was very lucky to be able to buy one of the old shelf toiletts. by the way it saves water and yes poo stinks.
Thanks for your help. Keep up the good work and have a lovely day;)
Finally advertisement, last videos I was thinking why don't you have it :) I'm always happy when creators like you get smth from youtube because your amazing channel deserve it! PS Would be really interesting to hear more about NZ. And btw about toilets :D I think when it doesn't have a shelf water can come up and sprinkle at you, and it's not sanitary
Is this not a worldwide thing??? Ireland has the same about the fridge integrated into the kitchen and dishwashers. However its better sometimes not to do it if you intend to keep the kitchen a long time and need to change the appliances
You can change the appliances built in the kitchen. Thats no problem!
@@enname1622 in my kitchen we have a very narrow dishwasher built into the kitchen....this type of dishwasher is not common as more common is american oversize dishwashers.....for that reason it can be tricky to change if the shape of the appliance no longer exists. Like in ireland people are now going for the doublesize american fridges instead of the smaller single tall one
@@enname1622 It can be. We do our best to keep our fridge alive, because this particular seize and arrangement isn't available anymore. Same for the microwave.
here in germany it is super common to have applicances built in! I just checked one of the bigger stores: free standing dishwasher 113 products - built in 333 - - fridge 140 vs 219 and so on. even washing machines and dryers are available as built ins. I personally prefer the more uniform look, especially in smaller kitchens it looks more harmonic. and the size is usually 60 cm (standard kichen cabinet) or 40 for small kitchens- rare, but not unsual, therefore it is very easy to replace an appliance in case it breaks.
I always love how some homes have the built in fridge. Its becoming a lil more common in households here. More so in newer homes. Omg the toilets are weird! I suppose not so weird for you now. But very different hehe!
Reasons for the shelf in some, though not all, toilets include: yes, checking your number two in size and colour and consistency for health reasons, though not everyone does, of course. But also an easy way to take stool samples for your doctor, especially for the very common tests for intestinal or colon cancer but also for microbiome analysis and lots of other tests including tests for toxic substances like mercury, arsenic or pesticides etc. you can get from your doctor or increasingly also from online laboratories. Moreover, avoid the splash when number two falls down. The splash is to me much more uncomfortable than the shelved number two. I mean, the splash brings up the dirty water covering my behind and often even splashing out of the toilet dotting the floor around it. I regret that i currently have a no-shelf toilet. I regret it Very much indeed.
I always put a sheet of toilet paper in the water to avoid splashing.
Always interesting what you view as surprising! Love it!
Fridge: It has been a long time that fridges and freezers have been hidden behind the decorative kitchen doors. A "newer" trend is to do the same with dish washers. They used to stand out with their metal doors longer.
Fireworks: Sales are heavily limited to a few days before Sylvester, but the quantity has well become rampant! To me, it's a dangerous waste of money and a potential health hazard!
Eggs: Unwashed and unrefrigerated eggs have a protective cover called Cuticula. In our climate, they may be stored at room temperature for at least three weeks.
Not that new...the one in our kitchen it is mostly hidden. And the kitchen is over 30 years old (no intention to ever change it, because it is in a timeless style of light cherry wood).
Der getarnte Einbau-Kühlschrank wird immer öfter in einer Einbauküche verwendet. In Küchen, die aus einzelnen Schränken bestehen, gibt es da eher Kühlschränke, die auf den ersten Blick zu erkennen sind.
Toilets: I think it's just the older toilets, that have the shelf. I have never seen that in newer bathrooms. But if you have to bring a sample of your "output" to the doctor, you will have a little problem with a newer toilet. (And yes, I know the solution) =;-)
You can get them just as easily theses days, they're usually just a tad more expensive than the other kind.
We have the integrated fridge/freezers in the UK too so no surprise there. I noticed the other way around when I moved from Germany to the UK that they don’t sell any mixed mince. I guess you could always buy a pork and a beef mince and mix together at home.
I use pork and veal mix for lasagne and bolognaise in Australia.
That toilet-thing is usually in toilets from about the 70s
Thing noone mentions:
When those toilets were implementes, worms were spreading and many children even learned in schools on what to look out for. Its not just sampling for the doctor or looking out for size and consistency in genral, but also for things that should not be in there.
1,2and 3 are very common in the Netherlands too
Yes, I have often seen them there when staying in holiday chalets or visiting cafes. Was always a bit surprised, as Netherlands are often more UK oriented in a lot of things, yet this seems so traditionally "German". I doubt you would ever find one in UK 😂 Oh, soz...I am referring to the Toiletten🤣
Old Toiletts have the "shelf". New ones normaly don't.
I always store eggs in the fridge, even when I buy them from the farm up the road. During recent visits to Germany prior to lockdown I was horrified by the price of eggs in the supermarkets. Way more expensive than in the UK. The farm eggs I buy (see above) are £1 for 6 or £1.25 for 12 if they're very small pullet eggs.
Love your perspectives of Germany. We have the pictures of pig and cow on the meat packages because we have a big muslim society. For them it would be a big problem to confuse porc and beef, but many are not perfect in German language. This is why we use pictures.
Pretty much all of them: same in Austria. We used to have a toilet like the one that shocked you, but now we don't. I'm not wild about the splashing tbh. That was better with the old one. And yeah, sometimes the doctor asks you about your "nr 2" and then what are you gonna say? lmao
Man bekommt in der Apotheke spezielle Einlagen aus Papier für Tiefspülklosetts genau für diesen Zweck. Sonderbare Sache, aber sie funktioniert!
😄 I had that wtf toilet experience just the other way round, when i visited the USA a few years ago. I never saw these kind of toilets before which are almost completely filled with water. I was afraid it would run over the edge.
The german word for these toilets you are talking about btw is "Flachspüler".
In Bosnia we also mix beef and pork when the meat is minced
The hackfleisch as a mix was a secret of housewives in the states for decades -- add a bit of pork to the beef to spice the flavor. But to do a full half and half, no way. Another food difference: check out the recipe for cranberries on the package. They suggest about 4 times as much sugar here as I am used to making them. And grits here are all sweet! I miss my cheesy grits... Thanks for the videos.
Eggs are perfectly protected by their shell. It is not necessary to store them in a fridge. This has nothing to do with cleaning the shell. The "problem" is that whenever you cool an egg you must keep it cool because the natural protection will no longer work.
E.g. in the USA eggs are always cooled (in supermarkets) and therefore you will have to put them in the fridge otherwise they will go bad very fast. In Germany eggs are not cooled in the supermarkets so it is not necessary to store them cool at home. Many Germans are storing eggs in their refrigerator but this is not necessary...
In D and NL your eggs actually keep longer and can also be consumed raw. Do not do this during the local midsummer heatwave though.
Hahhaa yeah integrated kitchen tech is common in europe, mainly dishwasher and fridge
So I come from Germany too, but I live in a village. With us, New Year's Eve is a little quieter and safer because everyone shoots something in their street, even in the next city (smaller city compared to Stuttgart) it is a little more dangerous but certainly not like in Stuttgart. I think the danger is mainly in big cities where many people are in one place.😊
😂 😂 😂 I am a German living in Mexico and I know how it feels when things are different but you're the only one thinking things are strange. Loved your number 2 story😂😂😂.
Yes! About the eggs we do keep the eggs inside the refrigerator 🇨🇦but, in Germany it’s not 🤷♀️.
I've been living in Germany my whole life and I've only ever known one (or two) families who have a toilet like that.
Jup its mostly common in older houses :D
Funny Detail in oder Swiss houses, the zoilet is flushed with an ordinary tap! Very intelligent in public places like schools.. 😜
So you must be a (very) young person
All houses I've ever been living in have that "shelf" toilet style, be it modern or not. And I like tis type much more because I hate getting a completely wet arse...
@@Rauschgenerator Wet arse? Well i have no idea what kind of "bombs" you release but that never happens to me on the normal toilets either.... 🤣
The mix of pork and beef minced meet is called "Halb und Halb" (half and half). In a butchery you can just order "500gr Halb und Halb" and they should know what it means.
I think nobody would say "halb und halb", but rather "halb-halb". Or is it a dialect thing?
@@Rauschgenerator In the Lower Rhine Area we say "Halb und Halb".
@@Rauschgenerator I'd say halb-halb as well, might actually be a dialect thing.
you have to look on the packaging oft the eggs. there is written a date, in which you have to fridge the eggs.
My cousin Santo and his wife have a gorgeous home on LI, NY. I visited last year, went into the kitchen to get a soda...where the heck is the refrigerator??? Lol. I had to call his wife in. It looked like a closet. Haha. But they have one like that.
Ich war an Silvester immer nur zuhause und wir haben im Vorgarten ein paar Raketen gezündet :)
I guess the special type of toilets were also established because you do not use so much water at the bottom, which saves water. In addition there is no risk of splash... but maybe I'm wrong. But this type of tioliets are no more so common in new buildings
The Toilett Shelf have additional the Effect that you dont get Splashing Water to your Butt
And You can store your room temperature eggs inside.
A lot of shops here in Aus we now have the pork/beef combo in mince/meatballs
The Fireworks... its a dangerous thing and always Leads to lot of injuries. Its like war in some places.
Könnte mich wegschmeißen wie native Speaker immer "Cupboard" sagen! Das toppt nur wie einmal ein Mitschüler es "Kuhboard" nannte!....LoL
Ps. hast du den Geschirrspüler schon gefunden?...kleiner Tipp im Schrank ist nicht verkehrt...😂🤣😜
I'm German and 1. yes we do have a fridge like that 2. idk why but true too 3. yes it's really chaotic and I'm a bit afraid of it too at new years eve because everybody does it but it looks pretty 4. hahaha yeah it's like that 5. I think most of the Germans put them in the refrigerator too but in the supermarket they aren't refrigerated
lol at the toilet shelf. When we built our home, my mother-in-law implored us to have at least one shelf toilet “because as you age, you will need to provide a stool sample and that shelf is invaluable”. Yeah, no! I have never had a shelf in any house or apartment that I rented in my 20+ years here but once in an old restaurant. I scooted forward so nothing landed on that shelf. lol
The "shelf"-toilet is officially called "Flachspüler" and the reason why they exist you'll find e. g. here: www.bauredakteur.de/tiefspueler-oder-flachspueler-welches-wc-soll-es-sein/
Haha I always like our undercover fridges 😂😂😂
Man, New Zealand must be another world really. I have lived in the UK
and in Brazil and nothing, you found surprising in this video or in your
other video about things you found only in Germany surprised me, and I
never lived in Germany actually.
Most of the toilets in the Netherlands look the same. And also for the same reason! ;-) all the things you mentioned are th same on the Netherlands.
Those toilets with the shelves are mostly just rather old. At least in houses built / renovated in the last 30 years you won't find any of those
I come from Northern Germany and here it's normal to have toilets with shelves, in old and in new houses. But the toilets without shelves you can only find in very old houses from the time of the GDR.
No, I got a new one the other year and could choose. I took the shelf, like to examine what I produce.
New year fireworks at midnight are like the movie "the purge" .. 1-3h no rules with its peak on midnight .. and only the strongest survive. :D
I don't buy firework myself I just stand there and watch my neighbors battle xD it's really funny when you see someone makes a short break cause you know they run to the cellar to pick up the rest fireworks from last year xD
The moment you throw away that cigar while sucking on your smoking firecracker ... 🧨💥
FIreworks are extremly regulated in germany as well,
You're only allowed to buy them 2 days (or so) before "Silvester" and there are extremly strict rules which are allowed to ne bought.
That being said, im still amazed on the low number of casualties is compared to the amount of explosives being set off.
German fireworks is tested by the BAM (Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung), so correct use will be safe. If an idiot throws a firecracker on other people's clothes, it is not correct use. By the way, I spend a fairly high amount of money for fireworks each year, but it is well chosen and arranged, and I am not drunken at all when starting my little show.
@@Astrofrank the german fireworks are quite safe (and well regulated, as I wrote) when handled correctly but idiots are everywhere, and the chance is high, that they're also drunk on New Years Eve
@@nobodx There are many idiots, correct, but I keep away from them. Celebrating the new year in a group of quite smart people makes it easier to avoid the contact with idiots.
In 2004 it worked differently: I visited my girlfriend. She was a student, and other student throw firecrackers from the roof down to the street where I was arranging my fireworks. After half of it was shot, I noticed that there were no firecrackers exploding anymore. The reason: All the students from the roof were standing at the entrance of the building and watching my fireworks. Comment of one of them after a big volcano: "Bitte noch einen!" (with yearning voice). :-)
Vielen Dank, daß Sie so viel Geduld mit uns haben.
Und diese neumodischen Toiletten sind wirklich der "letzte Scheiß", da hilft die beste Klobrille (muß ja einen Grund haben, daß das Ding so heißt) nichts mehr.
Speaking of Minced beef/pork , I love Mett. Every year me and a few friends slaughter a 2-3 pigs for the year and after work is done we all sit around enjoying Mett.
I’m from Australia and those toilets freaked me out too!
I have never seen eggs kept outside the fridge in Germany. Just in the supermarket, but everyone I know puts them into the fridge when they have bought some.
I agree that the fireworks are very dangerous. And every year there is a discussion to forbid it. It's also very annoying, that the days before and after you hear explosions. Also a lot of people get hurt. They emergency rooms are full every new year. It's really a bad thing.
Yes, many people don't understand how this works. If you put the eggs into the fridge, they will spoil faster.
You will get the most durability when you honour BOTH dates - yes there are TWO dates printed onto German egg packages. The big one is the normal expiration date, but the small one tells you when the natural protection wears off and you should put them into the fridge on that day.
@@gwahli9620 I ignore both dates, just put them in the fridge after buying them. Never had a problem. Even if I use them a month after the expiration date they are still good.
I'm living near the Dutch boarder and believe me, if you think Germans go crazy with fireworks, you haven't seen the Dutch. They will storm the German supermarkets the days before New Year Eve and buy everything they can get, because fireworks are much cheaper in Germany. On New Years Eve they will go nuts. Totally insane.
In America, I have only seen those hidden fridges in fancy rich people homes. Not totally rare, but certainly not common. I've never seen them in a home less than $500,000.
I think in Gremany it's exactly the other way around; as the typical "American" fridge is very huge, it costs much more space, which you don't always have in a kitchen. So you rather meet those huge fridges in bigger houses of more prosperous people in Germany while the "normal" fridge, that is integrated in your kitchen cupboard, is standard.
@@Rauschgenerator yes that has been my experience as well. In America, a standard fridge has a capacity of around 700 L, but these newer giant homes (aka McMansions) are often built for professional-grade refrigerators, which can range between somewhere between 850L and 1000L. Americans also rarely ever get to design their own kitchen, even when building their own home. New homes essentially just offer you a few different design options, but it is nothing even close to comparable to a German kitchen. There are pros and cons of this of course, but for an American, designing your own kitchen is a luxury most can only dream of.
I am now nearly 50 years old and only saw this kind of toilets 45 years ago the last time, i am really wondering how often i still hear that they still exist. Maybe in very very old houses of people who never put money in their hands to renovate their house u can find it but come on where do u find this toilets today ? Ok, maybe the bavarian area, but never in Northrhinewestphalia.
when we built our own house, we decided (after comparing all those pros and cons and in full controll of our minds I still think) to install those "Flachspüler" ("flat-flush" as you want) too. Easier to fix them at the wall so you can wipe the floor underneeth.
Me personally, I won´t like this "backsplash" and you still have a chance to find things wich may fall in accidentally. Really can´t understand what should be wrong with seeing your own excrements for those very few seconds and even that might be avoidable. You must clean up anyway.
I´ve seen many of those "Tiefspüler" ("deep-flush" as you want) in even worse hygienic conditions, so that just will depend on our own behavior.
The good news are, you can chose. Just buy what you want.
It defenitely has nothing to do with the age of the house, nothing with being "oldschool" or "modern", young or old, nothing with any kind of "perverted" couriosity.
Diese Klos sind doch wirklich kein Problem. Dass Leute damit ein Problem haben, ihre Ausscheidungen zu sehen zeigt nur, wie wenig sie mit ihrem Körper verbunden sind. Echt traurig. Und ich finds auch irgendwie heftig, dass du dich gewissermaßen verpflichtet fühlst, deine Entscheidung für so ein Klo zu rechtfertigen 🤷🏼♀️
@@enname1622 keine Verpflichtung, keine Entschuldigung, eher als Statement gegen diese "Entrüstung" gedacht. Bin gewissermaßen sogar "stolz" darauf, würde es jederzeit wieder so machen. Proud to be a "flat-flusher" 😎
@@ikw6262 wobei wir, als wir gebaut haben (2006) zwei "Hängewcs" (also keine Standwcs, man kann darunter wischen) haben, von denen eines ein Flach- und eines ein Tiefspüler ist (warum weiß ich nicht, ich glaube, wir haben darauf nicht einmal geachtet)
Hi there, German here living in NZ. I found that mixing meats is done in NZ as well... Especially cheap sausages have about every meat you can think of ground togehther 😉