Eggs in the USA are washed in the factory with chlorine. This washes off the natural protecting part off the egg. So they need to be cooled. In europe this isn’t allowed and it is not needed. Eggs are a natural product that is fine without the chlorine.
I am from the Netherlands and utterly glad we do not have our eggs washed with chlorine (are you crazy??) ... we LOVE our eggs natural and not freakingly cold! Just keep things natural!
Refrigerated/unrefrigerated eggs is a health issue thing. Salmonella in particular. In the EU chickens are vaccinated against salmonella by law and thus the egg are salmonella free. In for example the USA chickens aren’t vaccinated by default and the eggs and egg shells can potentially harbour salmonella. Washing the eggs gets rid of the salmonella on the shell, however the protective wax-like layer that eggs naturally have has been washed off. This layer prevents outside pathogens from entering the egg. With the layer still on, refrigeration is optional. With the layer off refrigeration is mandatory. If done correctly and kept refrigerated at the right temperature, there’s not much of a difference health-wise. Optically unwashed eggs sometimes look less appealing (chicken poo on them does occasionaly happen), environmentally washed eggs are more of a burden, since they have to be refrigerated continuously once they have been washed, including when on transport. This of course requires a lot more energy than not having to refrigerate them.
Way more simple, eggs don't need to be refrigerated. They aren't in nature ever. Once refrigerated you will have to keep them refrigerated because condensation. Moist will make them go bad. Just store eggs dry.
It depends on if the eggs are cleaned or not. If the eggs come from filthy barns (like the US) you will have to wash the eggs because they are filthy o the outside. When they are washed they lose there natural protection and you have to put them in your fridge. If your eggs come from clean and healthyer barns the eggs are not filthy on the outside. Therefore you don't wash them and the eggs keep their natural protection. No need for the fridge. So when you buy eggs that need to be in the fridge you know now that those chickens are kept under verry bad conditions.......
In the netherlands there can occasionally be a couple of feathers or a little bit of feces on the outside of an egg. Almost never, but it happens. But that does not justify washing the egg before selling. You can wash it right before cooking, so the protective layer is still intact in the fridge. (Also prevents the egg from absorbing aroma’s, you can have an onion right next to it) And yes, most people store them in the fridge when they get home, and that way the shelf life is wayyy longer than 2-3 weeks. A lot of people buy eggs, so they’re never in the store for long. Also a lot of (hobby) farmers sell their own, and those are often so fresh that they’re hard to peel.
We use debit cards or we have the debit card on our phone, people paying with their phone are not per se using Apple Pay, a lot of people have Android phones and they use the digital form of their bank card. A lot of people only have a credit card because if you go abroad you usually need one to rent a car or to make hotel reservations, we dont use a credit card in daily life.
Also the fact that if you have a depit card from one bank you can still pay everywhere and even pin everywhere with you're specific card. Even online we use a system that includes all banks in the Netherlands for payment. Very usefull.
@@michelschildmeijer7457 This will change soon, as pinnen at shops will include that option soon, that you kan pay later. Next year or in two years, IDEAL and Meastro will be gone and move slowly but steady to the American system.
@@michelschildmeijer7457 I refuse to use a credit card because they can be harmful but I think in the USA it's almost a must to use CC's. If your credit score isn't high enough, good luck with getting a mortgage.
In the Netherlands we have a system that you normally only can pay if you have the money to pay. So you pay in cash or with debitcard (card/phone or smartwatch). The money will come direcly from your bank account. No money no payment. Credit Cards are not very common because you get the bill after a couple of time and if you can't pay it you have a problem.
Lijkt me een stuk gezonder toch? 😅 Al zijn er wel wat nuances. Je kunt nog steeds in het rood staan, maar je kunt er ook voor kiezen om dit uit te zetten.
@@MatthijsvanDuinIk moest het expliciet vragen om UIT te zetten. Vond dit toen zelf belachelijk, want andersom lijkt mij veel gezonder. Gelukkig is dat dus nu het geval 😁
Well, that depends. There is also a lot of unhealthy food around in the Netherlands. Getting sick in other countries is often related to making bad and uninformed choices in selecting restaurants etc.
@@jeroenverkaart9131 the food could be better if the farmers used less manure and pesticide with PFAS in them..... the veggies in the Netherlands are full of PFAS, the farmers know of this health issue and refuse to look at alternetives......
Fanta is orange juice based and orange has natural sugar, if you take all the sugar out of orange it's kind of light poisen, [i work in an juice factory] orange without any sugar will burn your throat if you drink it regular, so the original sugar from the orange is still [minimum] in the juice so you must write it on the can.
They're talking about drinks that aren't labled as diet stil having artificial sweeteners in them, your comment makes me think you think they're talking about there being sugars (from the fruit orange itself) stil being in the drink while the drink is labeled sugarfree.
You have reguelar fanta en zero sugar fanta and by there video he turn the reguelar fanta around en yes there is suiker in it but the another one is without so is a small mistake to make....just look at the top of the can one have no silver line and the nother one have a silver line the silver is mean you have a can without sugar
@@patrickblanker866 Regular Fizzy Drinks in Europe contain much less added sugars than those in the USA. And some of the sugar in regular drinks is replaced with artificial sweeteners which makes fizzy drinks less unhealthy than those in the USA.
The Dutch not working after 5 does not apply to all businesses. Most are open until 18:00 with supermarkets often until 20:00 or sometimes even later than that. But white collar/office jobs generally are.
I work in a callcenter with hours varying from 7:00 till 15:00 to 13:30 till 22:00. But they specifaclly mean something like "once you're done, you're done". We dont take work home.
Translating Sinasappel (orange) to chinese apple is a new one for me. I never heard that. I learned something China was called Sina before it became China.
In NL the banks worked together in a joint venture to set up safe online payments. This applies to online wire transfer but mostly to online payments with iDeal. These payment methods gained dominant market share in the early stages of the internet. These payment systems are both much faster and safer but also cheaper for the merchant. Credit cards skim lot of money from the margin but also provide an insurance for an unsafe system (thats why cc's still dont require a pin in most cases). The reason is why many Dutch stores or even online shops don't accept cc is because of both the cost of payment and because of the security of banking payments. If a customer makes a European card payment the vendor will receive that money at midnight - no questions asked. If there is a matter of fraud, its a matter between the bank and the card holder and therefore most Dutch merchants do not require a fraud department whereas Anglosaxon companies need to charge 3-5% more because of their fraud processing. Edit: Please note that when people say that they use Apple Pay they're actually referring to using their local "card" with Apple Authentication and in NL that's almost in all cases using the local bank card.
The system is so good that the EU is looking at how to implement it EU wide. They want an easy to use, safe and quick system and Ideal is like a blueprint for that system.
I was so confused about the Apple Pay thing, that makes a lot more sense. They're just using their debit card basically, just like you can do with most Dutch banking apps.
ideal is the bomb for online payment you can just choose your bank, then you get a QR code to scan with your bank app and you pay from there on, it's dead easy and instant for payment with the bank card in stores , we have used maestro/cirrus for a long time, later down the road, rfid chips were added that allow for quicker handling, you can set a limit of how much you want to be able to pay before you get asked your pin code, which defaults at like 25 bucs, so if the card gets nicked and they don't know the code, you're only really in the hole for 25 bucks, it's something one can overcome :D well they could do it for multiple days if you don't block the card the same day, but even then they would eventually hit a check where it wants the pin code on certain intervals that are also part of the program, every once in a while it just wants that code anyway as an extra check to limit the damage bad actors can do. minor purchases can be done quickly with just the rfid without asking the pin every single time, and you could even disable that "wallet" functionality if you relly wanted to none of the latter have to do with ideal, but i'm just pointing out how payments are done in most of the phsyical dutch world :D
also almost all banks in the Netherlands have a direct transfer of money, it just take a few seconds to transfer money to an account from another bank.
Since July 1ste 2024 catcalling and sexual harassment in public is illegal by law. Victims can report the crime to the police and the perpetrator can be prosecuted.
I mean yeah if it can be proven you did it, but I doubt many people will get prosecuted because the capacity at the courts is already way too low and dealing with such cases as catcalling isn't really a priority now is it.
We hardly have any diet products, because of the law. A healthy diet doesn't contain those products. But there is ''light' (no sugar added) and sugar-free (Zero sugar, but often sweeteners). So orange, pineapple, grape or apple juice light contains the natural sugars from the fruit. Dairy products light idem dito, no added sugars or thickeners.
Credit cards are typically only accepted at places with a lot of natural international interactions, such as hotels and gas stations. The average retail shops and supermarkets don’t accept credit cards. Main reason is that the vendor has to pay a percentage to the credit card company and why would they when everybody here has debit cards instead.
I'm 65 and Dutch, but never new that Sinaasappel was derived from "Chinese Apple". However; it is correct. My etymologic dictionary says so. So it must be...
Dat is ook niet zoo! Sinaas, is iets anders dan Chinees. Wat sinaas betekent, weet ik niet. Mensen moeten ook niet van ieder klein stukje woord een betekenis willen weten.
@@demooisteNAAM Ik ga er vanuit dat mijn Van Dale Etymologisch woordenboek correct is. En wat mensen wel en niet willen weten mogen ze wat mij betreft zelf bepalen. Vriendelijke groet.
@@galliglobal het is ook niet eens zo vergezocht. Ik heb me eerder afgevraagd waar het woord sinaasappel vandaan komt en dit klinkt ook wel logisch. China klinkt bijna precies als sina dus een appel van/uit China wordt dan een sinaasappel. Sinologie is trouwens ook de Nederlandse naam voor de studie die in het Engels China Studies heet, dus raar zie je hetzelfde patroon in het woord. Etymologie is fascinerend.
About the no sugar (#3): the labeling most likely refers to ADDED sugar, not the sugar already present in the fruits used for the soda, so for fanta oranges.
As a dutchy ive just always put my eggs in the fridge. Just like anything that can go bad in a week orso meats some cheeses etc outsidr of fridge i just cool all of it. Vegetarian aswell but when i used to eat meat even dried out stuff yep fridge. Just overall feels like less risk and no downsides to me
We pay most things with debit card, could be via Apple Pay. Most people will not have a credit card. You rarely need it, only for some webshops and when going abroad to some countries. Cash is becoming rare for us, most supermarkets will have self checkout, with debit card or Apple Pay options. Credit card is super rare.
I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure this is an old video of Michelle and Eric's. The catcalling had been a problem with mostly Islamic teen boys who didn't understand the individuality and freedom of Dutch teen girls and young women, which didn't mean they were like whores and shouldn't be treated disdainfully or condescendingly. I don't think this is such a problem today because of better social educating - thank social media - and Dutch girls aren't shy and would have no problem getting back in their faces...hahaha I always refrigerate my eggs after bringing them home too. Commerce is now catering more to the foreigner than before, say, the Pandemic years. A lot of stores when I first came here wouldn't accept credit cards which do now. And if they don't there's a bank machine (ATM) around the corner. And I think Dutch public broadcasting stations are more concerned with abuse than swearing and public affection, though the culture itself isn't much into displays of public affection anyway.
That the Dutch do not work after 5:00 PM is a lie. I work in Logistics and I also work after that time. I think they have an office job and yes, work in the office stops after 5:00 PM. But he said that "the Dutch" stopping work after that time is a lie.
Most people only have a credit card because we once a year go on vacation and we know that in a lot of foreign countries the credit card is mandatory to secure a hotel reservation. Personally other than that, I do not use my credit card at all. Only to book a hotel with. But nowadays, even that, can be paid fully in advance now. For me it is only to have a back up, or for example, they do not accept cash or my Dutch debit bank card (Maestro) does not work and my Apple Pay does not work.
The annoying part about only using your credit card for holidays is that those “once a year payments” in a foreign country often get flagged by the bank as “suspicious”. So far I had my card blocked while on vacation on two different occasions XD
The apple pay one actually surprised me, just like the idea that you pay with cash only here sometimes. The Netherlands is one of the most advanced countries when it comes to online payments, and there are actually many cities in the Netherlands where most places have card only pay rather than cash only.
There is a huge diffrence between debit and credit cards. We have a system Pinnen, by Maestro, that Americans do have not. Debit card is still something different than Pinnen by VPay or Meastro.
The eggs that are sold here in the Netherlands are not washed. In fact, the sellers are, by law, not allowed to wash their eggs. Unless they state clearly on the packaging that they are washed and should be stored refrigerated. Washing eggs is rarely done, and I have not seen such packing in any supermarket. This leaves the natural protective layer on the eggshell in tact, which delays spoilage substantially. We can and sometimes do store our eggs in the refrigerator. Refrigeration will extend the time the eggs can be safely consumed to more than four weeks. Many people here buy eggs in a six-pack, and these are typically consumed within a week, so storing them in the fridge is not necessary. And no, we have not had any outbreaks of salmonella or other nasty diseases. Practicing normal good hygiene is sufficient to prevent this.
When we buy fries then on the package it says Patattes Frites. In the north of the Netherlands they say Pattat when they want to buy fries and in the South we say Friet (that is how the frites of pattates frites is pronounced). Pattat(es) means potato and frites mean (fried). I don’t care, as long as I get my friets 😅 We almost never use credit cards to pay in stores or restaurants. I do have a credit card to pay for my Apple and other devices. But in restaurants or shops I use Apple Pay or the standard bankcard and that works super easy. We never give our credit card to someone else, but it’s no problem to give you my bank number (which is something the Americans are shocked about). The store is always reasonably cool and the eggs are only a short time in the shelves before you actually buy them. But my eggs go straight into the fridge when I’m at home :) And the TV series/shows have always been uncensored here. We can swear like the best 😂 When we first heard the f-word we used it everywhere (it was sexy to use English words), but most of us had no idea what we were actually saying. Only later we knew, but by that time it was normal to use the word :) And a few decennia ago we had a campaign to make people aware of how much sugar there is in every day products. You get scared if you see how many sugar there is in Heinz ketchup. To replace the normal sugar they used sugar replacements to keep the same taste I guess. Money is more important than the buyer’s health. But still… I’m convinced that the European product is always better for your health than the US equivalent.
The different words for French fries (or chips) is called the patat-friet border, or friet border. There is an article on the Dutch Wikipedia about it.
Dutch use a bank card most. Can be physical or digital. Then there is no extra tax on it. You can easy set limits on it. Much much much easier then a credit card
When eggs are refrigerated, and you bring them home. The change in temperature spoil the eggs faster. We buy them from the shelf, and at home we put them in the refrigerator. So the temperature while moving the eggs stay the same and don’t spoil in the meantime. That’s the reason.
Well actually… if eggs are refrigerated in the supermarket and taken home in normal temperature condensation can form on the shell which damages the protective layer. So once it’s in the fridge it needs to stay in the fridge.
Actually, neither one is correct. In the USA eggs are treated with a substance supposedly preventing salmonella infection. However, Thar treatment also makes the shell more porous, which then turns them bad faster. That is why eggs in the USA need to refrigerated and in the Netherlands you can keep them for up to a month outside the refrigerator. If you want, you can refrigerate them, though…
I think many people actually do have a credit card but that they mainly use them for holidays, booking concert tickets or hotels etc. Well that's why I have one ;-) I rarely use it when going shopping actually. Ik like to only spend money that's actually in my bank account and I guess most Dutch people feel this way.
I am dutch and I always put my eggs in the refrigerator right after I come home from the supermarket. I don’t know why I do that but it is just how my parents do it and I think everyone else does this as well but I’ve never paid attention to it really
@@knol1969 The debit card is only a small part of the bank charges. If you have a credit card you need a bank account to pay it off so you pay €26 and €38.60
Actually true that "sinasappel" stems from "China Apple". Originally the word "appelsien" was used, so "apple from China". In some regions the word "appelsien" is still used mainly by the older generation and one juice brand uses the name "Appelsientje". I think the "a" in the word "China" was left out because in the 17/18th century it was a must for the Dutch upper classes to speak French and they were the only ones who could afford to eat oranges and probably used the name "Pomme de Chine" which translated to "Appelsien".
Appelsien is the standard word for orange in Flanders, Belgium. No matter the age. It is the standard. Also German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian use a form of "appelsin" (Scandinavian) "apfelsinen" (Germany)
@@amberalbertinia1286 Is inderdaad vreemd waarom we in Nederland "appelsien" niet meer gebruiken. Persoonlijk vermoed ik dat de fabricatie van limonades hier iets mee te maken heeft.
The eggs: in europe we dont wash them so we dont need to cool them to prevent salmonella. CC, most shops dont allow CC payments. Apple pay and the likes is a more recent thing, but electronic payments by debit card is super normal.
I heard that eggs dry out faster in the refrigerator (the shell breathes) and that they are sterile inside when laid, but after buying them I always keep them in the fridge.
You see swearing on tv here all the time but not in kids shows obviously. Theres no time restriction, they just know "ok so kids wont watch this, you can swear" We dont use credit cards, only debit. We dont like to be in debt.
Our municipalities are very efficient. Recently I renewed my driver's license, as well as my passport. Online I could check which office (which quarter) had the nearest available time lock. In the past you went, pulled your number and waited.... In all occasions I was assisted exactly on time, or within five minutes (for which I received an apology). My new driver's license and my passport I could pick up within five business days. When I left after renewing I was advised to make an appointment immediately, on the spot. That's what I did. I could pick my day and time. All in all (four visits) I was in our municipality office for 40 minutes (again, four visits in and out). My cousin in California told me, they had to wait weeks before her passport arrived. BTW there's also a URGENT service, against a small surcharge. Then one can get a passport in three days, or (also a surcharge) it being couriered to you.
You don’t need to schedule the pickup of documents, you can schedule it but you for pickup it’s not needed, just takes a little bit longer because you have to wait your turn
In america you use a lot of cheques to pay bills as an example. We don't use cheques any more. (I think in the 90's we stopped using them.) Sometimes people get a cheque from somebody from the usa and they can't cash it in the Netherlands. It's useless overhere.
Eggs last longer when refrigerated, but they can be kept for some time in outside temperatures. It's easy to test if eggs are still edible. First, look if the shell is unbroken. If the shell is broken, don't eat the egg. If the shell is perfect, test it like this: put it in a pot of water. If it lays on its side in the bottom, it's very fresh. If it sits on the bottom with the pointy part up, it's still pretty fresh. If the round part sits up, it's still fresh enough to eat safely. If it floats to the surface, it has gone bad.
Luckily I've never been cat called but I'm from a small town in the countryside, so maybe that has something to do with it. I do go to uni in Utrecht, but still live at home.
To me (I'm Dutch) point no. 3 is really a pain to be honest. I get a really nasty bitter after taste from artificial sweeteners like Aspartame, Acesulfame-K , Sucralose and the likes (not from Stevia tho). It's getting increasingly hard to find drinks without artificial sweeteners in them, because I now have to check every ingrediënt list, instead of only looking for sugar sweetened or Stevia sweetened beverages (the last one being quite rare). I hate it when I have to ask the waiter to check for artificial sweeteners in every drink l like to order, instead of just ordering a regular with just sugar in it, like before. :/
it's far better than drinking 500 calories while you could have basicaly the same taste and avoid all the calories + Diabetes people want something to drink too
@@Pleezath But that's the whole problem: it isn't the same taste! If it were, I wouldn't be complaining here about the nasty bitter after taste. ;) I drink sugar sweetened beverages very moderately (1 to 2 litres a month at the max.) and in my opinion everyone should have the ability to choose for themself if they want to drink sugar or artificially sweetened beverages. If the governments want the people to drink less sugar sweetened beverages, they should make the sugar sweetened beverages more expensive (by adding a sugar tax) instead of gradually adding artificial sweetener to every single beverage. I agree with you on that last remark, and the choice of beverages for people with diabetes is well covered by now. :)
Eggs are protected naturally by a certain (wax) layer. That's why eggs stay good outside the refrigerator for weeks. In nature an egg is hatched in three weeks.... Doesn't need refrigeration 😉 I learnt in the USA slaughtered chickens are washes with bleached and also the eggs are washed. The washing rinses off the natural protection, hence American eggs must be kept in a refrigerator. In the Netherlands it's advised against to put eggs in the refrigerator, despite there's always a tray for eggs. The food in the Netherlands is more fresh, anyway. My supermarkets (two) are in a five minutes walk distance. I don't own a refrigerator but buy everything fresh daily. By the way: a simple test to find out if eggs are good or not. Put an egg in water. If it sinks it's fresh/good to consume. If it's standing up, under water: still good to eat but not that fresh. Does it floot.... Not good at all. Throw it away. That's how I survived plus half a century, eating Dutch unrefrigerated egss.
I haven’t heard of an advice against putting eggs in the fridge, only that once you put them in there, they have to stay in there until use. If you take them out a condensation layer will form on the shell which damages the protective layer.
@@bentels5340 I see you vote left and you get your opinions from the party policy. Us right voters get our opinions from actually being out there and living, instead of being a: "Havermelkelitist"
Yes, the word sinaasappel comes from chinese apple. The potatoes (earth apples): for a lot of years, the standard meal in nl had potatoes, meat and 1 or 2 vegetables. And gravy. Every. Single. Meal. The same. Only variation was the kind of meat and the kind of veg.
@@paulbulk7044 not complaining but explaining. In a lot of countries potatoes are used as a vegetable as far as i know. Here it was the standard carb. I’m glad that we now also know how to make a dinner with bread,pasta, rice, etc.
My friend from Florida came to visit me in NL and had lots of cash with him (€100 bills from the ATM). After 2 weeks he still had the cash and almost could not get rid of it... we really are almost a cashless society and €100 bills don’t get accepted anywhere! 😊😂
We had family who came with a few €500 bills from South America we had to bring it to a bank because no one would accept them. I never saw them before or after again and they are not made anymore but I always wondered how those bills ended up in South America.
I went to a theater performance recently. The performer held a survey and asked the audience in every theater where her tour took her throughout the country to state with conviction what the local word for this product was in 3..2..1 I think she was drawing a national frites / patat demarcation line on the map.
Eggs do have a special layer on the shell. In the USA they wash it away and therefor eggs need to be kept in the fridge. In the nerherlands they keep the layer untouched so it can do what its ment for
We had a municipal system to transfer money from one business to the other without walking in the street with bags of money, it was called Giro. The government had a deposit system where people could (temporarily) store their money without the risks connected to private banks.And we had a post cheque system for payment through the post office with ID, without money in the envelope. These services were combined into the national 'Post Cheque en Giro Dienst' for efficiency. In the early 1960's the government started to use this service for all money interactions with citizens, be it old age pension, widow pension, student study payment, etc., so to receive money all involved had to open an account at the PCGD. From which they could transfer it to their own bank if wanted. But many did not and used the post office as a kind of bank. The deposit and saving system (Rijkspostspaarbank) merged in, and together they formed a national bank with all services. In the 1970's most Dutch people had an account at the PCGD and banking services were getting modernized and computerized. Because of their size they became the most advanced bank in the Netherlands. Any product of this Postbank was accepted by all. So it was a hard competition for privit banks. After the debit card and internet banking the EU forced the government to privatize the bank, but it remained the biggest by far. The ING card, with immediate transfer of payment from one account to the other, is still the most common way to pay.
Good to know some background, why do Dutch ppl arn't told this history anymore. I have still my old giro postbank account from the nineties. No need to change, although they have too low interest for savings, since the Dutch system is not competitive enough, so I transfer my money to other EU accounts, where rent is more close to the rent the ECB is advising.
stores used to sell the tampons with aplicators here up till really not that long ago....but they were one of the first things to go when we got all iffy about single use plastics over here.....i only know coz the missus was not best pleased when they dissapeared almost over night
I do put them in the fridge. But my parents don't. They have this built in half-cellar closet where it's cold enough for the eggs not to go bad. My house is simply not that big so fridge is the best option.
I don't put eggs in the fridge no. Some people do. I live in Utrecht, before in Rotterdam and the catcalling was a lot in Rotterdam. In Utrecht it seems to be way less.
The campaign, and fines, really seems to work for some. Men start to address each other for not doing it, out of decency or 'fine fear'. Btw it is unlawful now, but hey so is wrong parking.
I don't know what happened to the labeling, but it used to be compulsory to show very clearly if a product contained artificial sweeteners. Now you really have to read the label, for it will NOT show if it has artificial sweeteners when it also has sugar in it. I personally find this a very bad trend here in the Netherlands. Sure, too much sugar is bad, but I doubt that chemical stuff is healthy either.
To prevent problems with bacteria, we refrigerate our eggs after they are processed. But outside the U.S., most countries leave that protective cuticle intact. They also employ other methods to ward against salmonella, like vaccinating hens and packing and selling eggs near where they are laid
Logically speaking you should be ashamed to live on credit cards. In most countries in Europe people don't spend money on credit, they pay instantly by debit card (or cash).
The idea of using credit cards is insane. Paying several percent fee for the benefit of delaying payment? That seems horrible financial practice. And there is no such thing as "apple pay versus debit cards or..." If you are using Apple Pay you are paying using the card that Apple remembered. It's either the plastic card or the phone to deliver the info, but you are always using either bank card or credit card.
I think you are misinformed on the use of credit cards. Using them the correct way increases your credit score and you don't pay any fees if you pay your bill on time and fully. Also you get some percent in cash ack or points by using it. Like I have a credit card where I get 3 % back if I use it at restaurants. Another I get 2% on any kind of purchase. I've never had to pay a single fee because I've always paid my bill the full amount.
The catcalling in the big cities is a great shame, those men should be punished. As a woman I feel degraded, filthy, attacked. Those men and boys have not been brought up to see Women as human beings who should be respected and honoured.
Cat Calling woman is due to the large amount of immigrants from islamic countries. Not so much from native Dutch guys. And of construction workers standing on scaffolding. But that's more of a compliment than sexual harassment.
The problem in the US is that companies market nationwide, but taxes are set, in part, at the state level. So you can't really advertise a price everyone will pay unless the assumption is that state taxes are calculated at the end, which is what they do. Burger King gets to say WhateverCombo for 5.99, and states collect their cut, it's not optimal, but it works for the most part.
8:18 "ff naar de appie" (de Albert Heijn) is what I often say. It's usualy the supermarket me, my family and friends go to. It is almost everywhere and even has mini versions called AH to go. It's not the cheapest tho but it has great quallity and the best 'slager' (butcher) in my opinion.
Hmm i live in Amsterdam but i didnt knew about the number 1.. Crazy sometimes to get to know more about my country/city by youtube reactions! So thank you for that!
Creditcards in stores are not used very often and for stores it's relatively expensive to have that option in the store. Online people do use creditcards, but still it's not a favorite way to pay, mainly because of high interest rates for users in comparison to other payment methods.
I think you replied to sugars being in the diet soda, but they we're talking about the non diet ones? They showed the ingredients for the regular fanta, I've checked the diet version and it doesn't have sugar or sucralose in the ingredients list..
Most people hold their eggs in the refrigerator, because this way they can be used for a much longer time than the expiry date .. outside the fridge, you better adhere to expiry date. I don't know about the US but we have here "free walk out eggs", where chickens have the opportunity to go outside and be chickens (make a mess of the garden), these are of course more expensive than normal eggs, but other than that quality should be about the same.
For the appointments you schedule the pick up at the same time as you do the admitting just x days later depending how long it takes to proces the aplication.
Huh? Are we going full Inception now? Watching a video about a couple reacting to something else. Next we re going to have someone reacting to this video reacting to a couple reacting to something else. But OK..
Eggs: Eggs in America are washed a certain way which removes the natural protective layer. So they HAVE to be refrigerated. Here in the Netherlands that's not even allowed. So eggs don't HAVE to be refrigerated. However I do refrigerate them, as if you keep them out of the fridge they stay good for maybe 2 weeks tops. But if you refrigerate them they can stay good for 4~5 weeks. And I don't eat a lot of eggs, so yea. Cat calling: I've honestly never seen this happen, ever. But I don't live in the more touristy areas. Maybe in the "big" cities like Amsterdam and Rotterdam it's a lot worse. Appointment culture: It's both a boon and a hindrance imo. Yes it makes things a lot more organized and predictable. But it also means you have to wait for very basic stuff more. Oh you want to see the doctor? Unless it's an emergency, make an appointment and we'll see you in 4~8 days. Oh you want to renew your driver's license? Make an appointment and we might have a spot in 2 weeks time. Oh you need to have your car checked to make sure it's up to par to the country's code, and it has to happen within 3 weeks\? Make an appointment and if you're lucky you can get a spot on the third week. Credit cards: Yea the normal way to pay for something here is to use a bank card. From one of the local banks no less. So I bet foreigners have a difficult time paying for stuff here unless they pay with cash. :P
in general people use debitcards and the get accepted everywere, even most vending machines have them or public restrooms. there are even places that don't accept only debit cards. it is safer to have a business were no cash is so it has no value to robbers, or for the owners to go to the bank with lots of cash to make a deposit. but many places, often in the cervising industry like hotels accept credit cards, but most regular chops and grocery chops like supermarkets
About the 'zero' drinks. I absolutely hate them as well. Aspartame is really gross and has (at least for me) a bitter and sour aftertaste that doesn't fit a sweet drink at all. What I know is: artificial sweetener is very potent compared to sugar. (I'm not sure but I think it's about 200 times sweeter) And well, what do you think is the cheapest, transporting 200 kg of sugar or 1kg of sweetener?
About the ‘cat-calling’; we haven’t had that for a long time, unfortunately with refugees from other cultures coming in in vast amounts, this became a problem. ‘We’ are a people that dress more freely than the cultures these people are coming from, and that sparks some nasty language shouted at women here.
Eggs are awesome and have a really long shelf life( i think it would not be very good for the bird species when eggs jusy spoil in their nests), i keep eggs outside of the fridge for sometimes 2 months and when i use them they always fresh enough
Sinaasappel does indeed refer to China. The Dutch word is derived from the French pomme de Sine, which means China apple. Sina is the old word for China. The sweet orange was brought to Europe by the Portuguese from southern China in the sixteenth century.
The stuff about softdrinks is actually the opposite. We have loads of regulations regarding chemical compounds in our food in the EU afaik. When I went to the states, and got a Fanta, I felt my teeth degrading per sip.
Americans tend to believe (or are quite certain) that everything what is different is automatically worse, are mind blown about things they 'discovered' and talk in a condescending way about differences they often see in the wrong context or completely misunderstand.....
In the USA eggs are washed before they are send to the supermarkets. This basically removes the natural protection that the shell offers against salmonella and dehydration. Credit card fees are much higher for a store than for Debit cards.
The main reason why supermarket don't accept credit cards, in my view is that they have to pay for every transactions and supermarkets don't want that...Jumbo (supermarket chain) did for a while but stopped that...
Americans confuse their credit card with our bankcard which is directly linked to my account. So I don't get credit as it goes immediately off my account. I am Belgien, but I can use my card in the Netherlands, Germany, France as they are all linked to the same system. So in the shop they have a card reader but not for credit cards which we don't use. So don't blame us and our system is better, I think.
Sugar-free', 'low-sugar' and 'no added sugars' Products may contain various claims regarding the sugars contained. For example, you may find that a product is 'sugar-free' or 'low-sugar', but also that no sugars have been added. European legislation prescribes that a product may have the title 'sugar-free' if it contains a maximum of 0.5 grams of sugar or other sweeteners acting as sugar per 100 grams/milliliter. To call a product 'low in sugar', the sugar content may not exceed 5 grams per 100 grams or 2.5 grams per 100 milliliters. Some products say 'without added sugars'. In that case, no sugars have been added, but there may be natural sugars in the product. Fruit and dairy are some examples of this. All these rules arise from agreements within the European Union. '0 grams of sugar' in a product that consists of 94.5 percent sugar? In the United States, manufacturers are allowed to put 0 grams of sugar on a product if it contains less than 0.5 grams of sugar. This rule allows Tic-Tac sweets to contain '0 grams of sugar', even though the sweets consist of 94.5 percent sugar. This is because each candy weighs only 0.49 grams and therefore naturally contains less than 0.5 grams of sugar. Such an extreme scenario is not possible in the Netherlands due to European legislation, but it does show how manufacturers push the boundaries of what is acceptable with their nutritional claims.
even if our boss calls us up after 5 or at least when you are free from work you dont have to answer it. you are free from work if it was important they would have talk with you at work that day. and work emails can wait for the next day as well.
Fanta in the Netherlands is completely different from what they sell in the US (which is bright orange and much sweeter), so they were in for a big disappointment there anyway :P. But if you want to avoid artificial sweeteners for whatever reason, just go for the regular version of that particular drink. The "zero" and "no sugar" versions are typically meant to mimic the taste of the original, so the sweetness has to come from somewhere :). However, some newer sodas have been introduced only in a zero version, following the example of Sprite (which became zero-only in NL a couple of years ago).
I ve never heard of cat calling before, but after watching I knew what it is. If I'm honest I didn't know it was such a big problem in these bigger city's. Never experienced something like that that it made me feel insecure or in danger. So maybe it also depends on where you live?
Of course Dutch eggs are magical 🤣 Just kidding 😉. Eggs I put in de fridge when I come home. We have a special box in the fridge for eggs. And usually we eat them quite quickley, so no danger for them getting rotten, or we getting sick. And most of them come in a 6-pack, so you need to buy fresh eggs often. Large packs are usually bought for baking cakes or by big familiy’s🥚
Eggs in the USA are washed in the factory with chlorine. This washes off the natural protecting part off the egg. So they need to be cooled.
In europe this isn’t allowed and it is not needed.
Eggs are a natural product that is fine without the chlorine.
Even washing with water can degrade the protection layer
That's disgusting 😅
I am from the Netherlands and utterly glad we do not have our eggs washed with chlorine (are you crazy??) ... we LOVE our eggs natural and not freakingly cold!
Just keep things natural!
@@Jiesta1256 Ik moet er niet aan denken dat eieren met chloor gewassen worden, gatverdamme.
@@dannydejongh9408 What the hell is wrong with Americans? Haven't they learned anything?
Refrigerated/unrefrigerated eggs is a health issue thing. Salmonella in particular. In the EU chickens are vaccinated against salmonella by law and thus the egg are salmonella free. In for example the USA chickens aren’t vaccinated by default and the eggs and egg shells can potentially harbour salmonella. Washing the eggs gets rid of the salmonella on the shell, however the protective wax-like layer that eggs naturally have has been washed off. This layer prevents outside pathogens from entering the egg. With the layer still on, refrigeration is optional. With the layer off refrigeration is mandatory. If done correctly and kept refrigerated at the right temperature, there’s not much of a difference health-wise. Optically unwashed eggs sometimes look less appealing (chicken poo on them does occasionaly happen), environmentally washed eggs are more of a burden, since they have to be refrigerated continuously once they have been washed, including when on transport. This of course requires a lot more energy than not having to refrigerate them.
But the crazy Americans dip the Meat of the chicken in chlorine!!
And that is not allowed in Europe
Way more simple, eggs don't need to be refrigerated. They aren't in nature ever. Once refrigerated you will have to keep them refrigerated because condensation. Moist will make them go bad. Just store eggs dry.
It depends on if the eggs are cleaned or not. If the eggs come from filthy barns (like the US) you will have to wash the eggs because they are filthy o the outside. When they are washed they lose there natural protection and you have to put them in your fridge. If your eggs come from clean and healthyer barns the eggs are not filthy on the outside. Therefore you don't wash them and the eggs keep their natural protection. No need for the fridge. So when you buy eggs that need to be in the fridge you know now that those chickens are kept under verry bad conditions.......
@@robbertbaart1499and this is indeed the correct answer 😂
In the netherlands there can occasionally be a couple of feathers or a little bit of feces on the outside of an egg. Almost never, but it happens. But that does not justify washing the egg before selling. You can wash it right before cooking, so the protective layer is still intact in the fridge. (Also prevents the egg from absorbing aroma’s, you can have an onion right next to it) And yes, most people store them in the fridge when they get home, and that way the shelf life is wayyy longer than 2-3 weeks.
A lot of people buy eggs, so they’re never in the store for long.
Also a lot of (hobby) farmers sell their own, and those are often so fresh that they’re hard to peel.
We use debit cards or we have the debit card on our phone, people paying with their phone are not per se using Apple Pay, a lot of people have Android phones and they use the digital form of their bank card.
A lot of people only have a credit card because if you go abroad you usually need one to rent a car or to make hotel reservations, we dont use a credit card in daily life.
Also the fact that if you have a depit card from one bank you can still pay everywhere and even pin everywhere with you're specific card. Even online we use a system that includes all banks in the Netherlands for payment. Very usefull.
Its because our society is based on only spending money what you have instead making a debt and pay later like a credit card
@@michelschildmeijer7457 This will change soon, as pinnen at shops will include that option soon, that you kan pay later. Next year or in two years, IDEAL and Meastro will be gone and move slowly but steady to the American system.
@@michelschildmeijer7457 I refuse to use a credit card because they can be harmful but I think in the USA it's almost a must to use CC's. If your credit score isn't high enough, good luck with getting a mortgage.
In the Netherlands we have a system that you normally only can pay if you have the money to pay. So you pay in cash or with debitcard (card/phone or smartwatch). The money will come direcly from your bank account. No money no payment.
Credit Cards are not very common because you get the bill after a couple of time and if you can't pay it you have a problem.
Lijkt me een stuk gezonder toch? 😅 Al zijn er wel wat nuances. Je kunt nog steeds in het rood staan, maar je kunt er ook voor kiezen om dit uit te zetten.
@@Art_by_Nicole omgekeerd, je kan alleen rood staan als je die mogelijkheid expliciet hebt aangevraagd
@@MatthijsvanDuinIk moest het expliciet vragen om UIT te zetten. Vond dit toen zelf belachelijk, want andersom lijkt mij veel gezonder. Gelukkig is dat dus nu het geval 😁
We in The Netherlands always heve good quallity food. That's why when we go on holiday to an other country usually we get sick for the first few days
Depends on what you buy. Many ‘foods’ are in fact highly processed foods and therefore not that healthy.
Well, that depends. There is also a lot of unhealthy food around in the Netherlands. Getting sick in other countries is often related to making bad and uninformed choices in selecting restaurants etc.
@@jeroenverkaart9131 the food could be better if the farmers used less manure and pesticide with PFAS in them..... the veggies in the Netherlands are full of PFAS, the farmers know of this health issue and refuse to look at alternetives......
Fanta is orange juice based and orange has natural sugar, if you take all the sugar out of orange it's kind of light poisen, [i work in an juice factory] orange without any sugar will burn your throat if you drink it regular, so the original sugar from the orange is still [minimum] in the juice so you must write it on the can.
They're talking about drinks that aren't labled as diet stil having artificial sweeteners in them, your comment makes me think you think they're talking about there being sugars (from the fruit orange itself) stil being in the drink while the drink is labeled sugarfree.
You have reguelar fanta en zero sugar fanta and by there video he turn the reguelar fanta around en yes there is suiker in it but the another one is without so is a small mistake to make....just look at the top of the can one have no silver line and the nother one have a silver line the silver is mean you have a can without sugar
@@patrickblanker866 Regular Fizzy Drinks in Europe contain much less added sugars than those in the USA.
And some of the sugar in regular drinks is replaced with artificial sweeteners which makes fizzy drinks less unhealthy than those in the USA.
Americans have Fanta even more than in holland.
The Dutch not working after 5 does not apply to all businesses. Most are open until 18:00 with supermarkets often until 20:00 or sometimes even later than that. But white collar/office jobs generally are.
I work in a callcenter with hours varying from 7:00 till 15:00 to 13:30 till 22:00. But they specifaclly mean something like "once you're done, you're done". We dont take work home.
Translating Sinasappel (orange) to chinese apple is a new one for me. I never heard that. I learned something China was called Sina before it became China.
It is total nonsense to call it chinese apple
It's Sinaasappel. Double a.
We have Gordon Ramsey uncensored every day at 18.00.. That says it all
Even Eric Cartman says you fucking Jew at 8 in the morning or 2 in the afternoon. That says it all
The air turns blue!!!!!!1
In NL the banks worked together in a joint venture to set up safe online payments. This applies to online wire transfer but mostly to online payments with iDeal. These payment methods gained dominant market share in the early stages of the internet. These payment systems are both much faster and safer but also cheaper for the merchant. Credit cards skim lot of money from the margin but also provide an insurance for an unsafe system (thats why cc's still dont require a pin in most cases). The reason is why many Dutch stores or even online shops don't accept cc is because of both the cost of payment and because of the security of banking payments. If a customer makes a European card payment the vendor will receive that money at midnight - no questions asked. If there is a matter of fraud, its a matter between the bank and the card holder and therefore most Dutch merchants do not require a fraud department whereas Anglosaxon companies need to charge 3-5% more because of their fraud processing.
Edit: Please note that when people say that they use Apple Pay they're actually referring to using their local "card" with Apple Authentication and in NL that's almost in all cases using the local bank card.
The system is so good that the EU is looking at how to implement it EU wide.
They want an easy to use, safe and quick system and Ideal is like a blueprint for that system.
I was so confused about the Apple Pay thing, that makes a lot more sense. They're just using their debit card basically, just like you can do with most Dutch banking apps.
ideal is the bomb
for online payment you can just choose your bank, then you get a QR code to scan with your bank app and you pay from there on, it's dead easy and instant
for payment with the bank card in stores , we have used maestro/cirrus for a long time, later down the road, rfid chips were added that allow for quicker handling, you can set a limit of how much you want to be able to pay before you get asked your pin code, which defaults at like 25 bucs, so if the card gets nicked and they don't know the code, you're only really in the hole for 25 bucks, it's something one can overcome :D
well they could do it for multiple days if you don't block the card the same day, but even then they would eventually hit a check where it wants the pin code on certain intervals that are also part of the program, every once in a while it just wants that code anyway as an extra check to limit the damage bad actors can do.
minor purchases can be done quickly with just the rfid without asking the pin every single time,
and you could even disable that "wallet" functionality if you relly wanted to
none of the latter have to do with ideal, but i'm just pointing out how payments are done in most of the phsyical dutch world :D
@@StepwaveMusic Right ? I just turn on NFC on my phone and my bank app does the rest... Bleep.
also almost all banks in the Netherlands have a direct transfer of money, it just take a few seconds to transfer money to an account from another bank.
I once noticed a builder on a jetty whistle to a woman, but she stopped and yelled from across the street: your wife had a headache again last night?
wel seems that she coudnt take a compliment and let her rage out rofl.
Since July 1ste 2024 catcalling and sexual harassment in public is illegal by law. Victims can report the crime to the police and the perpetrator can be prosecuted.
I mean yeah if it can be proven you did it, but I doubt many people will get prosecuted because the capacity at the courts is already way too low and dealing with such cases as catcalling isn't really a priority now is it.
We hardly have any diet products, because of the law. A healthy diet doesn't contain those products.
But there is ''light' (no sugar added) and sugar-free (Zero sugar, but often sweeteners).
So orange, pineapple, grape or apple juice light contains the natural sugars from the fruit.
Dairy products light idem dito, no added sugars or thickeners.
then why is it impossible to find a 500 ml bottle of ginger ale regular and not the sugar free option, same goes for sprite
Credit cards are typically only accepted at places with a lot of natural international interactions, such as hotels and gas stations. The average retail shops and supermarkets don’t accept credit cards. Main reason is that the vendor has to pay a percentage to the credit card company and why would they when everybody here has debit cards instead.
I'm 65 and Dutch, but never new that Sinaasappel was derived from "Chinese Apple". However; it is correct. My etymologic dictionary says so. So it must be...
I was surprised as well, every day I learn something new hahaha
Dat is ook niet zoo! Sinaas, is iets anders dan Chinees. Wat sinaas betekent, weet ik niet. Mensen moeten ook niet van ieder klein stukje woord een betekenis willen weten.
@@demooisteNAAM weet jij wat een etymologisch woordenboek is?
@@demooisteNAAM Ik ga er vanuit dat mijn Van Dale Etymologisch woordenboek correct is. En wat mensen wel en niet willen weten mogen ze wat mij betreft zelf bepalen. Vriendelijke groet.
@@galliglobal het is ook niet eens zo vergezocht. Ik heb me eerder afgevraagd waar het woord sinaasappel vandaan komt en dit klinkt ook wel logisch.
China klinkt bijna precies als sina dus een appel van/uit China wordt dan een sinaasappel.
Sinologie is trouwens ook de Nederlandse naam voor de studie die in het Engels China Studies heet, dus raar zie je hetzelfde patroon in het woord.
Etymologie is fascinerend.
We don’t need a credit card. We use our bank card or smartphone or smartwatch to pay electronically in shops.
About the no sugar (#3): the labeling most likely refers to ADDED sugar, not the sugar already present in the fruits used for the soda, so for fanta oranges.
As a dutchy ive just always put my eggs in the fridge. Just like anything that can go bad in a week orso meats some cheeses etc outsidr of fridge i just cool all of it. Vegetarian aswell but when i used to eat meat even dried out stuff yep fridge. Just overall feels like less risk and no downsides to me
As a Dutchmen Never heard someone refer to a Sinasappel as a Chinese Apple
Learnjng somehing new every day
Credit Cards are not widely accepted (touristy places do) but bank cards and phones to pay are quite normal. Some places don’t even accept cash.
Its the credit part. We dont like having expensive loans, we dont like paying interest on simple purchases. Also: we have actual consumer warranties
We pay most things with debit card, could be via Apple Pay. Most people will not have a credit card. You rarely need it, only for some webshops and when going abroad to some countries. Cash is becoming rare for us, most supermarkets will have self checkout, with debit card or Apple Pay options. Credit card is super rare.
The funny and stupid thing is the catcalling is mostly done by the turkish and maroccan men living in the Netherlands
Yeah ive even seen these "men" catcalling 12 year old schoolchilderen
Don't blame them, but blame their (grand)parents who refused to assimilate.
@@chipdale490No, blame them. Definitely blame them.
I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure this is an old video of Michelle and Eric's. The catcalling had been a problem with mostly Islamic teen boys who didn't understand the individuality and freedom of Dutch teen girls and young women, which didn't mean they were like whores and shouldn't be treated disdainfully or condescendingly. I don't think this is such a problem today because of better social educating - thank social media - and Dutch girls aren't shy and would have no problem getting back in their faces...hahaha
I always refrigerate my eggs after bringing them home too.
Commerce is now catering more to the foreigner than before, say, the Pandemic years. A lot of stores when I first came here wouldn't accept credit cards which do now. And if they don't there's a bank machine (ATM) around the corner.
And I think Dutch public broadcasting stations are more concerned with abuse than swearing and public affection, though the culture itself isn't much into displays of public affection anyway.
That the Dutch do not work after 5:00 PM is a lie. I work in Logistics and I also work after that time. I think they have an office job and yes, work in the office stops after 5:00 PM. But he said that "the Dutch"
stopping work after that time is a lie.
Most people only have a credit card because we once a year go on vacation and we know that in a lot of foreign countries the credit card is mandatory to secure a hotel reservation. Personally other than that, I do not use my credit card at all. Only to book a hotel with. But nowadays, even that, can be paid fully in advance now. For me it is only to have a back up, or for example, they do not accept cash or my Dutch debit bank card (Maestro) does not work and my Apple Pay does not work.
But in most of Europe your bank card will work just fine 😉
The annoying part about only using your credit card for holidays is that those “once a year payments” in a foreign country often get flagged by the bank as “suspicious”. So far I had my card blocked while on vacation on two different occasions XD
The apple pay one actually surprised me, just like the idea that you pay with cash only here sometimes. The Netherlands is one of the most advanced countries when it comes to online payments, and there are actually many cities in the Netherlands where most places have card only pay rather than cash only.
I carry €50 for emergencies but the same note has been in my pockets for ages! Never use cash.
There is a huge diffrence between debit and credit cards.
We have a system Pinnen, by Maestro, that Americans do have not. Debit card is still something different than Pinnen by VPay or Meastro.
Moet populair supermarkets in the Netherlands:
1: Albert Heijn €16,4 bil/yr
2: Jumbo €10 bil/yr
3: Lidl €4,5 bil/yr
4: Aldi €3 bil/yr
The eggs that are sold here in the Netherlands are not washed. In fact, the sellers are, by law, not allowed to wash their eggs. Unless they state clearly on the packaging that they are washed and should be stored refrigerated. Washing eggs is rarely done, and I have not seen such packing in any supermarket. This leaves the natural protective layer on the eggshell in tact, which delays spoilage substantially.
We can and sometimes do store our eggs in the refrigerator. Refrigeration will extend the time the eggs can be safely consumed to more than four weeks. Many people here buy eggs in a six-pack, and these are typically consumed within a week, so storing them in the fridge is not necessary. And no, we have not had any outbreaks of salmonella or other nasty diseases. Practicing normal good hygiene is sufficient to prevent this.
When we buy fries then on the package it says Patattes Frites. In the north of the Netherlands they say Pattat when they want to buy fries and in the South we say Friet (that is how the frites of pattates frites is pronounced). Pattat(es) means potato and frites mean (fried). I don’t care, as long as I get my friets 😅
We almost never use credit cards to pay in stores or restaurants. I do have a credit card to pay for my Apple and other devices. But in restaurants or shops I use Apple Pay or the standard bankcard and that works super easy. We never give our credit card to someone else, but it’s no problem to give you my bank number (which is something the Americans are shocked about).
The store is always reasonably cool and the eggs are only a short time in the shelves before you actually buy them. But my eggs go straight into the fridge when I’m at home :)
And the TV series/shows have always been uncensored here. We can swear like the best 😂
When we first heard the f-word we used it everywhere (it was sexy to use English words), but most of us had no idea what we were actually saying. Only later we knew, but by that time it was normal to use the word :)
And a few decennia ago we had a campaign to make people aware of how much sugar there is in every day products. You get scared if you see how many sugar there is in Heinz ketchup. To replace the normal sugar they used sugar replacements to keep the same taste I guess. Money is more important than the buyer’s health. But still… I’m convinced that the European product is always better for your health than the US equivalent.
Are your frites fried or do you fry your friets!!!!!!!!!
The different words for French fries (or chips) is called the patat-friet border, or friet border. There is an article on the Dutch Wikipedia about it.
Dutch use a bank card most. Can be physical or digital. Then there is no extra tax on it.
You can easy set limits on it.
Much much much easier then a credit card
When eggs are refrigerated, and you bring them home. The change in temperature spoil the eggs faster.
We buy them from the shelf, and at home we put them in the refrigerator. So the temperature while moving the eggs stay the same and don’t spoil in the meantime. That’s the reason.
Well actually… if eggs are refrigerated in the supermarket and taken home in normal temperature condensation can form on the shell which damages the protective layer. So once it’s in the fridge it needs to stay in the fridge.
Actually, neither one is correct. In the USA eggs are treated with a substance supposedly preventing salmonella infection. However, Thar treatment also makes the shell more porous, which then turns them bad faster. That is why eggs in the USA need to refrigerated and in the Netherlands you can keep them for up to a month outside the refrigerator. If you want, you can refrigerate them, though…
I think many people actually do have a credit card but that they mainly use them for holidays, booking concert tickets or hotels etc. Well that's why I have one ;-) I rarely use it when going shopping actually. Ik like to only spend money that's actually in my bank account and I guess most Dutch people feel this way.
I am dutch and I always put my eggs in the refrigerator right after I come home from the supermarket. I don’t know why I do that but it is just how my parents do it and I think everyone else does this as well but I’ve never paid attention to it really
I dont do that
Gewoon buiten de koelkast
The cost of creditcards is much much higher then the cost of the debetcards (which everybody has with a bankaccount).
Not true. My creditcard cost €26/year and my bankaccount €38,60/year.
@@knol1969 I mean the cost for the shops are much higher. The cost of a CC can be up to 2,5% per transaction, pin around €0,10 per transaction.
@@knol1969 The debit card is only a small part of the bank charges. If you have a credit card you need a bank account to pay it off so you pay €26 and €38.60
Actually true that "sinasappel" stems from "China Apple". Originally the word "appelsien" was used, so "apple from China". In some regions the word "appelsien" is still used mainly by the older generation and one juice brand uses the name "Appelsientje". I think the "a" in the word "China" was left out because in the 17/18th century it was a must for the Dutch upper classes to speak French and they were the only ones who could afford to eat oranges and probably used the name "Pomme de Chine" which translated to "Appelsien".
Appelsien is the standard word for orange in Flanders, Belgium. No matter the age. It is the standard.
Also German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian use a form of "appelsin" (Scandinavian) "apfelsinen" (Germany)
@@amberalbertinia1286 Is inderdaad vreemd waarom we in Nederland "appelsien" niet meer gebruiken. Persoonlijk vermoed ik dat de fabricatie van limonades hier iets mee te maken heeft.
The eggs: in europe we dont wash them so we dont need to cool them to prevent salmonella.
CC, most shops dont allow CC payments. Apple pay and the likes is a more recent thing, but electronic payments by debit card is super normal.
I heard that eggs dry out faster in the refrigerator (the shell breathes) and that they are sterile inside when laid, but after buying them I always keep them in the fridge.
I'm Dutch and keep the eggs in the fridge. I don't know people here who don't.
I dont do that. Why should i
I'm dutch and i never did. Why would i?
Tourists who come live here don’t 😂
You see swearing on tv here all the time but not in kids shows obviously. Theres no time restriction, they just know "ok so kids wont watch this, you can swear"
We dont use credit cards, only debit. We dont like to be in debt.
Our municipalities are very efficient. Recently I renewed my driver's license, as well as my passport. Online I could check which office (which quarter) had the nearest available time lock.
In the past you went, pulled your number and waited....
In all occasions I was assisted exactly on time, or within five minutes (for which I received an apology). My new driver's license and my passport I could pick up within five business days. When I left after renewing I was advised to make an appointment immediately, on the spot. That's what I did. I could pick my day and time.
All in all (four visits) I was in our municipality office for 40 minutes (again, four visits in and out).
My cousin in California told me, they had to wait weeks before her passport arrived.
BTW there's also a URGENT service, against a small surcharge. Then one can get a passport in three days, or (also a surcharge) it being couriered to you.
You don’t need to schedule the pickup of documents, you can schedule it but you for pickup it’s not needed, just takes a little bit longer because you have to wait your turn
In america you use a lot of cheques to pay bills as an example.
We don't use cheques any more. (I think in the 90's we stopped using them.)
Sometimes people get a cheque from somebody from the usa and they can't cash it in the Netherlands.
It's useless overhere.
Eggs last longer when refrigerated, but they can be kept for some time in outside temperatures. It's easy to test if eggs are still edible. First, look if the shell is unbroken. If the shell is broken, don't eat the egg. If the shell is perfect, test it like this: put it in a pot of water. If it lays on its side in the bottom, it's very fresh. If it sits on the bottom with the pointy part up, it's still pretty fresh. If the round part sits up, it's still fresh enough to eat safely. If it floats to the surface, it has gone bad.
Luckily I've never been cat called but I'm from a small town in the countryside, so maybe that has something to do with it. I do go to uni in Utrecht, but still live at home.
To me (I'm Dutch) point no. 3 is really a pain to be honest. I get a really nasty bitter after taste from artificial sweeteners like Aspartame, Acesulfame-K , Sucralose and the likes (not from Stevia tho). It's getting increasingly hard to find drinks without artificial sweeteners in them, because I now have to check every ingrediënt list, instead of only looking for sugar sweetened or Stevia sweetened beverages (the last one being quite rare). I hate it when I have to ask the waiter to check for artificial sweeteners in every drink l like to order, instead of just ordering a regular with just sugar in it, like before. :/
it's far better than drinking 500 calories while you could have basicaly the same taste and avoid all the calories + Diabetes people want something to drink too
@@Pleezath
But that's the whole problem: it isn't the same taste! If it were, I wouldn't be complaining here about the nasty bitter after taste. ;)
I drink sugar sweetened beverages very moderately (1 to 2 litres a month at the max.) and in my opinion everyone should have the ability to choose for themself if they want to drink sugar or artificially sweetened beverages.
If the governments want the people to drink less sugar sweetened beverages, they should make the sugar sweetened beverages more expensive (by adding a sugar tax) instead of gradually adding artificial sweetener to every single beverage.
I agree with you on that last remark, and the choice of beverages for people with diabetes is well covered by now. :)
we do not call a orange a chinese appel . we just call them sinaasappel :)
Sina komt van China waar ze origineel vandaan komen. Dus we noemen ze wel degelijk China appels.
Eggs are protected naturally by a certain (wax) layer. That's why eggs stay good outside the refrigerator for weeks.
In nature an egg is hatched in three weeks.... Doesn't need refrigeration 😉
I learnt in the USA slaughtered chickens are washes with bleached and also the eggs are washed. The washing rinses off the natural protection, hence American eggs must be kept in a refrigerator.
In the Netherlands it's advised against to put eggs in the refrigerator, despite there's always a tray for eggs.
The food in the Netherlands is more fresh, anyway. My supermarkets (two) are in a five minutes walk distance.
I don't own a refrigerator but buy everything fresh daily.
By the way: a simple test to find out if eggs are good or not.
Put an egg in water. If it sinks it's fresh/good to consume. If it's standing up, under water: still good to eat but not that fresh.
Does it floot.... Not good at all. Throw it away. That's how I survived plus half a century, eating Dutch unrefrigerated egss.
I haven’t heard of an advice against putting eggs in the fridge, only that once you put them in there, they have to stay in there until use. If you take them out a condensation layer will form on the shell which damages the protective layer.
Aaah, they adopted the Dutch culture as a sponge. Two of my favorite Americans.
Cat Calling woman is due to the large amount of immigrants from islamic countries. Not so much from native Dutch guys.
BS. Total BS. That kind of rudeness occurs in men whose families were here in 1560 as much as it occurs in new and first generation immigrants.
@@bentels5340 Tuurlijk joh, vooral lekker woke doen en de realiteit ontkennen
@@bentels5340 I see you vote left and you get your opinions from the party policy.
Us right voters get our opinions from actually being out there and living, instead of being a: "Havermelkelitist"
@@bentels5340 Source?
@@Jeroen1983 Bouwvakkers. Oh, en Corpsballen.
Yes, the word sinaasappel comes from chinese apple. The potatoes (earth apples): for a lot of years, the standard meal in nl had potatoes, meat and 1 or 2 vegetables. And gravy. Every. Single. Meal. The same. Only variation was the kind of meat and the kind of veg.
So? In other countries it's the same but they use rice instead
@@paulbulk7044 not complaining but explaining. In a lot of countries potatoes are used as a vegetable as far as i know. Here it was the standard carb. I’m glad that we now also know how to make a dinner with bread,pasta, rice, etc.
My friend from Florida came to visit me in NL and had lots of cash with him (€100 bills from the ATM). After 2 weeks he still had the cash and almost could not get rid of it... we really are almost a cashless society and €100 bills don’t get accepted anywhere! 😊😂
We had family who came with a few €500 bills from South America we had to bring it to a bank because no one would accept them. I never saw them before or after again and they are not made anymore but I always wondered how those bills ended up in South America.
Fries is Patat or Friet depends on the region you live in
I went to a theater performance recently. The performer held a survey and asked the audience in every theater where her tour took her throughout the country to state with conviction what the local word for this product was in 3..2..1
I think she was drawing a national frites / patat demarcation line on the map.
Eggs do have a special layer on the shell. In the USA they wash it away and therefor eggs need to be kept in the fridge. In the nerherlands they keep the layer untouched so it can do what its ment for
We had a municipal system to transfer money from one business to the other without walking in the street with bags of money, it was called Giro. The government had a deposit system where people could (temporarily) store their money without the risks connected to private banks.And we had a post cheque system for payment through the post office with ID, without money in the envelope.
These services were combined into the national 'Post Cheque en Giro Dienst' for efficiency.
In the early 1960's the government started to use this service for all money interactions with citizens, be it old age pension, widow pension, student study payment, etc., so to receive money all involved had to open an account at the PCGD. From which they could transfer it to their own bank if wanted.
But many did not and used the post office as a kind of bank. The deposit and saving system (Rijkspostspaarbank) merged in, and together they formed a national bank with all services.
In the 1970's most Dutch people had an account at the PCGD and banking services were getting modernized and computerized. Because of their size they became the most advanced bank in the Netherlands. Any product of this Postbank was accepted by all. So it was a hard competition for privit banks. After the debit card and internet banking the EU forced the government to privatize the bank, but it remained the biggest by far. The ING card, with immediate transfer of payment from one account to the other, is still the most common way to pay.
Good to know some background, why do Dutch ppl arn't told this history anymore. I have still my old giro postbank account from the nineties. No need to change, although they have too low interest for savings, since the Dutch system is not competitive enough, so I transfer my money to other EU accounts, where rent is more close to the rent the ECB is advising.
stores used to sell the tampons with aplicators here up till really not that long ago....but they were one of the first things to go when we got all iffy about single use plastics over here.....i only know coz the missus was not best pleased when they dissapeared almost over night
I do put them in the fridge. But my parents don't. They have this built in half-cellar closet where it's cold enough for the eggs not to go bad. My house is simply not that big so fridge is the best option.
I don't put eggs in the fridge no. Some people do.
I live in Utrecht, before in Rotterdam and the catcalling was a lot in Rotterdam. In Utrecht it seems to be way less.
The campaign, and fines, really seems to work for some. Men start to address each other for not doing it, out of decency or 'fine fear'. Btw it is unlawful now, but hey so is wrong parking.
@@dutchman7623 Yeah, I'ts a big reason I moved so I'm very happy :D
I don't know what happened to the labeling, but it used to be compulsory to show very clearly if a product contained artificial sweeteners. Now you really have to read the label, for it will NOT show if it has artificial sweeteners when it also has sugar in it.
I personally find this a very bad trend here in the Netherlands. Sure, too much sugar is bad, but I doubt that chemical stuff is healthy either.
No sugar means no sugar added but Orange have nature sugar in it
To prevent problems with bacteria, we refrigerate our eggs after they are processed. But outside the U.S., most countries leave that protective cuticle intact. They also employ other methods to ward against salmonella, like vaccinating hens and packing and selling eggs near where they are laid
Logically speaking you should be ashamed to live on credit cards. In most countries in Europe people don't spend money on credit, they pay instantly by debit card (or cash).
The idea of using credit cards is insane. Paying several percent fee for the benefit of delaying payment? That seems horrible financial practice.
And there is no such thing as "apple pay versus debit cards or..." If you are using Apple Pay you are paying using the card that Apple remembered. It's either the plastic card or the phone to deliver the info, but you are always using either bank card or credit card.
I think you are misinformed on the use of credit cards. Using them the correct way increases your credit score and you don't pay any fees if you pay your bill on time and fully. Also you get some percent in cash ack or points by using it. Like I have a credit card where I get 3 % back if I use it at restaurants. Another I get 2% on any kind of purchase. I've never had to pay a single fee because I've always paid my bill the full amount.
The catcalling in the big cities is a great shame, those men should be punished. As a woman I feel degraded, filthy, attacked. Those men and boys have not been brought up to see Women as human beings who should be respected and honoured.
Cat Calling woman is due to the large amount of immigrants from islamic countries. Not so much from native Dutch guys. And of construction workers standing on scaffolding. But that's more of a compliment than sexual harassment.
The problem in the US is that companies market nationwide, but taxes are set, in part, at the state level. So you can't really advertise a price everyone will pay unless the assumption is that state taxes are calculated at the end, which is what they do. Burger King gets to say WhateverCombo for 5.99, and states collect their cut, it's not optimal, but it works for the most part.
About the eggs, the packaging does usually say to put them in the fridge. You don't have to, but it does extend the shelf life.
8:18 "ff naar de appie" (de Albert Heijn) is what I often say. It's usualy the supermarket me, my family and friends go to. It is almost everywhere and even has mini versions called AH to go. It's not the cheapest tho but it has great quallity and the best 'slager' (butcher) in my opinion.
The only time I use my creditcard is when I have to pay something in the US, or something to do with the US
Use my bankcard at my phone . Creditcard in the Netherlands is mostly used for holidays.
Banks see this as a loan
Because it is a loan. It's a card that provides credit at an interest rate.
No sugar means no sugar . It doesn't mean that they don't have sweetner .
Yes, as a diabetic I can drink those drinks without worrying about my sugar level.
And about the pre cut veggies, we do know it is less fresh. So I personally only buy them if I'm in a hurry, otherwise I do try to avoid them
cat calling is not prevalent among the Batavian Dutch, just the ones that go to mosques
Exactly
Hmm i live in Amsterdam but i didnt knew about the number 1.. Crazy sometimes to get to know more about my country/city by youtube reactions! So thank you for that!
Creditcards in stores are not used very often and for stores it's relatively expensive to have that option in the store. Online people do use creditcards, but still it's not a favorite way to pay, mainly because of high interest rates for users in comparison to other payment methods.
I think you replied to sugars being in the diet soda, but they we're talking about the non diet ones? They showed the ingredients for the regular fanta, I've checked the diet version and it doesn't have sugar or sucralose in the ingredients list..
Most people hold their eggs in the refrigerator, because this way they can be used for a much longer time than the expiry date .. outside the fridge, you better adhere to expiry date.
I don't know about the US but we have here "free walk out eggs", where chickens have the opportunity to go outside and be chickens (make a mess of the garden), these are of course more expensive than normal eggs, but other than that quality should be about the same.
We don't really blur or bleep things out here on tv.
For the appointments you schedule the pick up at the same time as you do the admitting just x days later depending how long it takes to proces the aplication.
Huh? Are we going full Inception now? Watching a video about a couple reacting to something else. Next we re going to have someone reacting to this video reacting to a couple reacting to something else. But OK..
As of 1 July 2024 cat calling aka sexual haressment in public is criminalised in all of The Netherlands.
I've seen somewhere that taxes are not included in prices in the us to make very obvious how much the government increases the prices.
The name Sinaasappel is indeed a combination of sina, the old name of China and apple, it was thought that it resembled an apple with its round shape.
The people catcalling are the muslim immigrants. Point.
Was about to comment that because it’s the same in Belgium
Indeed
Lul niet zo'n onzin .. Je wilt niet weten hoevaak ik ben na gefloten of dingen na me kop gekregen heb door NL dames 😂😅
Eggs: Eggs in America are washed a certain way which removes the natural protective layer. So they HAVE to be refrigerated. Here in the Netherlands that's not even allowed. So eggs don't HAVE to be refrigerated. However I do refrigerate them, as if you keep them out of the fridge they stay good for maybe 2 weeks tops. But if you refrigerate them they can stay good for 4~5 weeks. And I don't eat a lot of eggs, so yea.
Cat calling: I've honestly never seen this happen, ever. But I don't live in the more touristy areas. Maybe in the "big" cities like Amsterdam and Rotterdam it's a lot worse.
Appointment culture: It's both a boon and a hindrance imo. Yes it makes things a lot more organized and predictable. But it also means you have to wait for very basic stuff more. Oh you want to see the doctor? Unless it's an emergency, make an appointment and we'll see you in 4~8 days. Oh you want to renew your driver's license? Make an appointment and we might have a spot in 2 weeks time. Oh you need to have your car checked to make sure it's up to par to the country's code, and it has to happen within 3 weeks\? Make an appointment and if you're lucky you can get a spot on the third week.
Credit cards: Yea the normal way to pay for something here is to use a bank card. From one of the local banks no less. So I bet foreigners have a difficult time paying for stuff here unless they pay with cash. :P
in general people use debitcards and the get accepted everywere, even most vending machines have them or public restrooms.
there are even places that don't accept only debit cards.
it is safer to have a business were no cash is so it has no value to robbers, or for the owners to go to the bank with lots of cash to make a deposit.
but many places, often in the cervising industry like hotels accept credit cards, but most regular chops and grocery chops like supermarkets
Credit cards are pretty much obsolete within the country. People only tend to get one for holidays abroad and (international) business purposes.
About the 'zero' drinks. I absolutely hate them as well. Aspartame is really gross and has (at least for me) a bitter and sour aftertaste that doesn't fit a sweet drink at all. What I know is: artificial sweetener is very potent compared to sugar. (I'm not sure but I think it's about 200 times sweeter) And well, what do you think is the cheapest, transporting 200 kg of sugar or 1kg of sweetener?
Plus it can give you cancer. I always avoid drinks with aspartame.
About the ‘cat-calling’; we haven’t had that for a long time, unfortunately with refugees from other cultures coming in in vast amounts, this became a problem. ‘We’ are a people that dress more freely than the cultures these people are coming from, and that sparks some nasty language shouted at women here.
Eggs are awesome and have a really long shelf life( i think it would not be very good for the bird species when eggs jusy spoil in their nests), i keep eggs outside of the fridge for sometimes 2 months and when i use them they always fresh enough
welcome to Rotterdam, the best city in The Netherlands...!!!!!
13:19... YEAH BOYS, YOU NEED TO RESPECT FEMALES.!!!!!
Sinaasappel does indeed refer to China. The Dutch word is derived from the French pomme de Sine, which means China apple. Sina is the old word for China. The sweet orange was brought to Europe by the Portuguese from southern China in the sixteenth century.
The stuff about softdrinks is actually the opposite. We have loads of regulations regarding chemical compounds in our food in the EU afaik. When I went to the states, and got a Fanta, I felt my teeth degrading per sip.
Americans tend to believe (or are quite certain) that everything what is different is automatically worse, are mind blown about things they 'discovered' and talk in a condescending way about differences they often see in the wrong context or completely misunderstand.....
In the USA eggs are washed before they are send to the supermarkets. This basically removes the natural protection that the shell offers against salmonella and dehydration.
Credit card fees are much higher for a store than for Debit cards.
The main reason why supermarket don't accept credit cards, in my view is that they have to pay for every transactions and supermarkets don't want that...Jumbo (supermarket chain) did for a while but stopped that...
Americans confuse their credit card with our bankcard which is directly linked to my account. So I don't get credit as it goes immediately off my account. I am Belgien, but I can use my card in the Netherlands, Germany, France as they are all linked to the same system. So in the shop they have a card reader but not for credit cards which we don't use. So don't blame us and our system is better, I think.
Sugar-free', 'low-sugar' and 'no added sugars'
Products may contain various claims regarding the sugars contained. For example, you may find that a product is 'sugar-free' or 'low-sugar', but also that no sugars have been added. European legislation prescribes that a product may have the title 'sugar-free' if it contains a maximum of 0.5 grams of sugar or other sweeteners acting as sugar per 100 grams/milliliter. To call a product 'low in sugar', the sugar content may not exceed 5 grams per 100 grams or 2.5 grams per 100 milliliters. Some products say 'without added sugars'. In that case, no sugars have been added, but there may be natural sugars in the product. Fruit and dairy are some examples of this. All these rules arise from agreements within the European Union.
'0 grams of sugar' in a product that consists of 94.5 percent sugar?
In the United States, manufacturers are allowed to put 0 grams of sugar on a product if it contains less than 0.5 grams of sugar. This rule allows Tic-Tac sweets to contain '0 grams of sugar', even though the sweets consist of 94.5 percent sugar. This is because each candy weighs only 0.49 grams and therefore naturally contains less than 0.5 grams of sugar. Such an extreme scenario is not possible in the Netherlands due to European legislation, but it does show how manufacturers push the boundaries of what is acceptable with their nutritional claims.
even if our boss calls us up after 5 or at least when you are free from work you dont have to answer it. you are free from work if it was important they would have talk with you at work that day. and work emails can wait for the next day as well.
Fanta in the Netherlands is completely different from what they sell in the US (which is bright orange and much sweeter), so they were in for a big disappointment there anyway :P. But if you want to avoid artificial sweeteners for whatever reason, just go for the regular version of that particular drink. The "zero" and "no sugar" versions are typically meant to mimic the taste of the original, so the sweetness has to come from somewhere :). However, some newer sodas have been introduced only in a zero version, following the example of Sprite (which became zero-only in NL a couple of years ago).
I ve never heard of cat calling before, but after watching I knew what it is.
If I'm honest I didn't know it was such a big problem in these bigger city's.
Never experienced something like that that it made me feel insecure or in danger.
So maybe it also depends on where you live?
Of course Dutch eggs are magical 🤣 Just kidding 😉. Eggs I put in de fridge when I come home. We have a special box in the fridge for eggs. And usually we eat them quite quickley, so no danger for them getting rotten, or we getting sick. And most of them come in a 6-pack, so you need to buy fresh eggs often. Large packs are usually bought for baking cakes or by big familiy’s🥚
I am Dutch and I only use my Visa if I buy something from the USA