Every like helps me afford a trip back to Germany just to eat some bread 😭because.... I would really love a Kürbiskernsemmel with a bissl Butter 🍞🧈 watch my opposite version here: ruclips.net/video/Mgxwy4iO86s/видео.html
Haley, you are more than welcome, to come back to Germany ❤ Remember, I am a nursing teacher and we REALLY need good people in our hospitals, community health care and nursing homes. If you study in our school for three years and pass the examn, you automatically get the permanent living status in Germany. The Ausbildung will be paid from the state. With your knowledge, you will pass the examn like nothing and I could help you with Nachhilfe if necessary. Politics even discuss now, to accept people from abroad without further special studies to be a Erzieher to work in German kindergardens. Every day Kürbiskern- and Kartoffelbrötchen, real porcelan plates, Fußbodenheizung and farmermarkets.....
Couldn't agree more about the brot Hayley - if I ever leave, I will miss it for sure. I used to make my own bread in the UK - I've only made bread once here. Mind you, it was pretty good but it's also great to be able to go to a bakerei and just get something scrummy for a euro or two
I understand some households might require paperplates. I knew someone that had 9 kids and they used paperplates because trying to clean everything up after the fact was way too much work...plus they didnt have a dishwasher. I give some wiggle room for certain scenarios and I also try not to judge people too cruelly because you never know what their living situation is but it just seems excessive to use paper plates and that you don't care about yourself.
@@HayleyAlexis Yep i absolutly understand that scenario and everybody should and can do what they want. I also dont judge that at all 😊. My example i wanted to point out was in wich i have a guest at home and would serve them with paper plates. They would think i hate them 😅. ,,Nur das beste für unsere Gäste,, ,,Only the best for our guest,, my grandmas slogan 🙂
exept you have 20 or more people as guests and not enought plates. Otherwise always real plates 🙂 especially for guests. Than you pull out the realy good and expensive one not the every day one (if you have two sets).
Guess it depends where you live in Europe. In the south it’s not standard but in the middle to the north it’s very common. P.s. most Americans are shocked that in germany even most taxi are Mercedes
@@paulpanter1092 is that supposed to be a joke or are you just clueless? there’s no modern homes being built in Germany mate that’s why we have a housing crisis And even if we had modern houses then most people would still live in 50 year old houses
The only place where normal plates are not allowed is beside swimming pools. Or where suicidal people live. The ecological aspect is very important to people. Even Ball pens or lighters which cannot be refilled make people angry. And when we take a look on the enormous (a) mount of all this waste they are absolutely right! And someone who has the time for netflix or play station has ten minutes to wash the dishes!
Paper plates are for picnics, kids birthdays, and when you're feeling too lazy to cook and do the dishes (e.g. order a pizza and eat off of paper plates). The idea that 'real plates' are a luxury for Americans is completely absurd.
We always est even pizza off of real dishes. We have paper plates (because Florida and hurricanes), but they are from when we moved back to Florida four years ago. I think we might have used 10 of them (because I baked cookies for my coworkers a couple of times. My mother, who lives with, grew up during the Great Depression, and considers paper plates to be scandalously wasteful. She imparted that same attitude on my sister and me. We have everyday plates (bought on clearance at Macy's) and my Mom's fine china (1966-era Minton Ancestral Gold) which is only used for the big three holidays (Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas). I'm not well-off, but using paper plates for normal meals is mind-blowing.
Exactly. And, farmer's markets are very regional. Some will be very expensive and others won't be. But, you can get great produce at grocery stores, too.
Hey when we go camping or staying at my wife’s home we just use the stainless multi compartment military chow trays. No need to wash a bunch of dishes. One for each person and done. Plenty of room for every item.
Actually to avoid waste we even bring plates and Glases from home if we have outdoor events with our kids. Maybe this is not always standard, but in our town and neighbourhood in Germany this is normal.
We use Paperplates only on a BBQ or Birthday Party. Es ist ja auch eigentlich Party Besteck Haily ;) Paperplates in a Hotel ? I would just ask them what for a Bruchbude das hier ist :D
Germans are world champions in segregating trash for decades and they are very environment conscious as well as everything regarding the waste. After moving to USA directly from Germany I consider the Americans the very opposite. There is a lot of waste and buying too much and using too much energy. Because it's all much much cheaper
There’s s German lady who opened a bakery near my home in California and she’s tapped into the market for fresh bread here in the US. Lines down the block. All using natural ingredients. She just opened a second location in the next town. More Germans should come here and do the same!
Why should more germans go to messed up usa to bake more bread for americans? why can't americans finaly up their low grade cheap lifestyles 1 level, learn and bake quality bread for their family, friends or a business
good german bread seems to be in great demand in the usa and could also become a good source of income.🤔 if you want to have good bread you should look for the receipe for natural sourdough and good ingredients for it.then you can bake your own good bread at home and also know what's in it. you only need 2 ingredients,a little bit time 3 days in a row and a glas jar with a lid whit a hole in the lid to make the sourdough for a wholemeal rye bread: wholemeal rye flour,a little water and a jar with a lid that has a hole in it.
While this is nice for your community, I would never want to move to the US. I consider it a big downgrade. Been to the US two times and my best friend lives there and... I didn't really like it.
@@LanHikari90of course, no one’s forcing you. A lot of Germans come here for jobs in tech. I thought it was interesting that this couple moved here for his job in tech, she missed good bread and taught herself to bake, and now he’s working for her!
In Denmark paper plates are only used for informal bbq parties or if you have a picnic in a park. I have honestly never seen (or even heard of) anyone using paper plates for their daily meals at home.
Same here in Germany. If you are outside in your own garden we use plates for the BBQ, but if there is a bigger BBQ for lets say at a public BBQ Place, you bring paper plates and plastic cutlery
Same here (Slovenia). I was a little bit shocked to find out people use them as regular dining plates. Imagine the waste if Billions of people would do that outside the US.
When I was a student in the US I couldn‘t believe that everybody ate from plastic/paper dishes that were thrown away after every meal! What a lot of waste.
also a waste of money, paper plates ane not for free, and dishwashers are not so terribly expensive, so in the long run you save money by buying a dishwasher machine!
Like Chinese started to use one time chopsticks for each meal after the standard of living grew instead of washing them. Square kilometers of forests in Siberia cut down each year just for the use as material for chopsticks...
Selber backen 🙂 Kartoffelbrot mit Kürbiskernen 500 g Kartoffel(n), mehlig kochend, geschält gewogen 1 TL Salz 175 g Weizenmehl Type 405 300 g Weizenmehl Type 1050 2 TL Salz 85 g Wasser, lauwarm 1 Prise(n) Zucker 14 g Hefe 3 EL Olivenöl 130 g Kürbiskerne # # Zuerst die geschälten Kartoffeln mit 1 TL Salz in kochendem Wasser fertig garen. Abgießen und entweder mit einer Kartoffelpresse durchdrücken oder mit einem Stampfer sehr fein stampfen. Anschließend auf Zimmertemperatur abkühlen lassen. Die Mehlsorten mischen und beiseite stellen. Die Hefe in 85 g lauwarmen Wasser auflösen. Die Prise Zucker und 2 EL von der Mehlmischung unterrühren und ca. fünf Minuten stehen lassen. Jetzt zu den Kartoffeln das Hefewasser, das Öl, das Salz, die Kürbiskerne und das Mehl geben. Alles etwa fünf Minuten zu einem glatten Teig verkneten. Ich verwende hierzu meine Küchenmaschine mit Knethaken. Dann zu einer Kugel formen und abgedeckt ca. 40 - 50 Minuten gehen lassen, bis das Volumen gut zugenommen hat. Einen Römertopf oder Alugusstopf mit Backtrennspray einsprühen. Alternativ kann man den Topf auch mit Butter einfetten. Den Teig nochmals kurz durchkneten, dann zu einem Brot formen und mit dem Schluss nach unten in den Topf geben. Ich habe zum Backen einen runden Alugusstopf genommen, deswegen habe ich ein rundes Brot geformt. Wenn man einen ovalen Topf nimmt, muss man entsprechend ein ovales Brot formen. Den Deckel aufsetzen und auf einem Backblech auf die mittlere Schiene in den kalten Backofen geben. Den Ofen nun auf 240 Grad Ober-/Unterhitze stellen und das Brot 50 Minuten backen. Wer mag, kann 10 Minuten vor Backende den Deckel herunternehmen (Vorsicht: heiß) dann bekommt das Brot eine schöne Bräune. Klingt das Brot beim Dagegenklopfen hohl, ist es fertig und kann auf einem Gitter abkühlen.
We bake our own bread since we moved to Canada. It took us a while but the bread you can buy here has nothing to do with bread. Your German is so lovely!!!
8 gr. Hefe, 8 gr. Zucker 12 gr. Mehl 550er und 370 ml. Wasser. Mehr braucht es nicht für sehr gute Brötchen. 😂 Einfach in YT. "so backs du schnelle Brötchen wie ein profi" eingeben 👍
Wie kann man heute noch als Deutscher nach Canada oder in die States auswandern? Geht doch nur, wenn man viel Geld importiert und Arbeitsplätze schaffen kann, oder? Ich würde sooo gerne in Arizona leben, aber das ist absolut unmöglich, vor allem, weil ich gerade berentet bin. Darauf wartet dort niemand.
I live in the United States and it would never occur to me to use paper plates for my guest or family unless I was on a picnic. It’s wasteful, cost more to buy paper plates and it’s definitely doesn’t take much time even for can dishwashing to just fill the sink with a little bit of dish soap and water. Wipe them and put them to dry.
It took me to become an injured worker before I really began to focus on my health and well-being. Hayley is right. Value yourself because corporations value money.
They will replace you in a second and try to screw you over. I had a friend hurt themself on the job and they did not do the proper protocol regarding workmans comp and now is getting screwed left and right with medical bills.
@@HayleyAlexis If a work accident happens in Germany, the Employer's liability insurance association (Berufsgenossenschaft) pays all medical treatments and rehab. All employers have to pay for this insurance, and if there are many accidents at their site or branch, they have to pay more. If the employer messes up with the protocol, the statutory health insurance takes the costs and charges the employer later.
Even in the school, when they come together with the class, with kids and parents, every family takes their own plates, may be reusable from plastic, but even there you try to avoid any waste, like one-use plates. Yeah, with bread, we get everyone!
@@bognagruba7653 Polish bread is also very good... as a German I can confirm this. In general, the bread in Europe is better in comparison than the spongy white bread that Americans eat every day... when I think about what is made in the Balkans from a simple wheat flour dough, hmmm yummy.......even white bread doesn't have to taste so boring. It's not that there aren't any good bakeries in the US and you can't get good bread, but such bread is more expensive.
I also found it very interesting that in some schools (even early years) kids were served food in normal "porcelain" dishes. This wasn't always common but I did see it happening a few times which was so baffling.
Depends if you get the right ingredients. What i have learned watching many videos is that most generally available ingredients in the USA are unhealthy or even dangerous for your health.
@@wa2804 We have local farmers who sell their produce to the local Raiffeisen, that is the biggest agricultural cooperative in Europe or have long standing contracts with e.g. Agrana a local manufacturer of many agricultural products. Some produce apple juice, pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed oil which is sold in the local grocery stores. Some sell flowers (cut your own and pay what it is worth to you), strawberries, blackberries, apricot, quince, potatoes, cheese, ham, bacon, spices, paprika, poultry, chicken, eggs. Also all other plants that grow locally and are edible. In any form, raw, marinated, dried, or as flour. They are usually a bit cheaper than grocery stores because they do not have to pay taxes for such small amounts. And nobody will check on them. They are specifically exempt from taxes as long as they stay below the threshold of 20K per year. We do not have zoning for general jobs like farming. But for pigs, ostrich (yes we have some here), many chicken, cows you need a permit and must follow zoning rules. Only if you produce much noise or dust, emissions - you will be scrutinized and possibly forbidden to continue doing the job. One speciality: Our eggs are not stored in the fridge and not cleaned or washed. Our hens and poultry is not desinfacted but only a butchery with the correct permits is allowed to do the job. We do not have a Walmart or Costco, not even a Tesco (next one is in hungary). But we have Lidl, Aldi, Penny which do not sell local products and Spar, Billa, Adeg which all sell local produce as well. There are farmers markets mostly in the bigger cities. Here in the country side there are just not enough customers. In Vienna we have a permanent farmers market that goes back to the 19th century. That was founded in 1820. Some sell venison they shoot locally. But only in autumn when it is the correct time.
@@wolfgangpreier9160 German here. I regularly bake rolls and pretzels. It is wheat flour, water, yeast, salt. Everything else is optional. Are these 4 ingredients hard to find in the US? Difficult to understand for a German. It's so easy and cheap...and healthy with no chemicals. and delicious. The whole house smells. In fact, I think baking has many benefits. It begins with the meditative preparation of the dough. The smell that makes your mouth water. It naturally prepares the stomach for digestion. Nothing artificial.
If I went to a house, and they served me in paper plates, I would think they really hated me. I live in the UK, BTW, where even my employer provides real plates for use by the staff.
"where even my employer provides real plates for use by the staff" Same in Germany. It would be a bit disrespectful to satisfy the employees with cardboard. 😄 I mean... the toilets, the stairs... the whole house is REAL. And not made of cardboard.
I was quite stunned about the paper plates. I have been living in Germany since 14 years now and people will always use their best plates and cutlery when they invite you. The only time I was served on a paper plate was at a students‘ party.
Paper plates are only good for camping or a barbecue with lots of people, but in daily life it is a sign of having no culture and not caring about environmental damages caused by this.
for camping I use stainless steel plates and my Bundeswehr Feldbesteck. I don't think paper plates are good, as you then need to carry around the waste and they are also susceptible to moisture, which is common outdoors.
I'm a German and live here for 60 years but I never had an appartment with heated floor or this towel rack in the bathroom. On the other hand I do not think of cars like BMW 3-series or Mercedes C-Class as luxury cars (like many Americans do). Maybe there we have a kind of a balance.
I also do not think of certain German branded cars as "luxury" vehicles... Don't get me wrong... If I had a bunch of money, would I get a matte black BMW m8 competition 🫣... yes!
Fun fact. In 1975 I moved from Denmark to England to work for one year. In Denmark a luxury car was a Rolls Royce or a Bentley. In England they may be luxury cars too, but not something any sane young man or woman would dream of buying. To them a Mercedes was luxury ... and half of the taxis in Denmark were Mercedes then 😂 In 1989, when we bought our first car (a very used VW Polo) which we bought from a mechanic who was about to renovate an older Mecedes 500 for then 250,000 DKR (40,000 $), more than 15 times the money we paid for our Polo.😂
I have a towel rack, but never had a heated floor. I think it is still not common. Yes, the "big" cars. Too expensive and no parking places in cities. And no swimming pools!!
My husband lived here in Germany all his life. No floor heaters, no towel rack heaters, either. I think they are newer and the older places don't have them. Many of my friends don't have them either. A few do. I really could have used a floor heater in Leipzig when I lived on the ground floor and the cellar was one of the stone cellars that was one of those dungeon-like things that held the cold in winter.
With you Haley, paperplates is for when normal service isn't really an option, like if you're hauling a big picnic, if you're moving and have just packed up the last bits of the kitchen etc...
As a norwegian, yes, it is not a luxury! A cold country as Norway (and Sweden and Finland (Suomi)), it is a nessessity with heated floors. Though the building code is also different between US and Europe, I am thinking about how to keep the buildings warm during winter, our very loooong winter... I am a single woman, and does NOT use paperplates, ever! (or plastic cups!) Real china, glass and cutlery! The only time used paperplates/cups, is when we are on the beach or hiking. Though ALWAYS bring it back to dispose it properly, NEVER toss anything during hikes!
Good point! The idea that there could be any private individuals out there legally running around with guns seems completely absurd to me. I don't think I'd dare leave the house.
I couldn’t believe it when in the US the supplier I was visiting displayed a sign outside the building saying that I wasn’t allowed to bring my gun inside. Like … what? 🤣🤣🤣
Like in a good old western movie..😅 . But honestly, the american obsession with running around with firearms all day long 😢is quite unsettling for us europeans. We have the rule, that using forced is the privilege of the state. 'das Gewaltmonopol des Staates'. Nobody has the right to inforce his right with violence. You have the right to defend yourself or others. But you have not the right to run around with firearms all day just in case you have to defend yourself or others. If nobody is allowed to carry arms, there is no need to defend yourself or others with firearms. And that is not luxory, that is simple logic. If your law inforcement and your legal system works well, then there is no need to take your right by in your own hands.
@@harmseberhardharmseberhard9908 It's a matter of perspective. As a European I see your point and in our reality it works out fine so far. The US has a different history and a different reality as well. Life would be better without weapons, but it's a long way to general disarmament. As long as people live in fear and danger there'll be no change. And there's a huge industry behind it as well (European too).
I live in Germany and yes, you can buy paper plates and plastic cutlery here. But if anything (at least the people who I know) would never use them for "at home", only for BBQ or parties 😊
I am pretty shocked that people think paper plates would be _cheaper_ than normal plates - I could understand why one would think ordinary plates are time-consuming when you don't own a dishwasher (but then - I had guessed dishwashers are as usual in American homes than in German ones?), but cheaper?! Heated floors are also considered kinda luxurious in Germany, too, because most people live in older houses and heated floors are kind of a Neubau-thing. But of course you are right, they are not only in expensive homes - it is more a "You have heated floors? You're lucky" than a "You have heated floors? You're rich"-thing, I guess 😄
True. When the family of a friend of mine moved into a renovated home they got heated floors and they are not rich. I live in a very old house (my great grandfather built it) and I've got only a heated floor in tiny room by 'accident' because a pipe for hot water is under the floor and so that part is heated lol.
I now live in an old house in Hessen, Germany (relocated from the USA), which is 70 years old, and it already had heated bathroom floors. I've visited even older houses, and they also have heated bathrooms. Seems to be the usual thing here.
In NYC apparently having your own washing machine and tumble dryer is considered a luxury. I follow this property agent fella and he often shows apartments and it always seems special if a unit has its own laundry closet stocked with the appliances. Regarding paper plates - maybe for a barbecue party they would be used over here in Germany or after a party to give people some leftover cake to take home, but what is the advantage of not having to clean them (ever heard of a dishwasher for real dishes?). I think plastic cutlery and straws are slowly being banned in Germany for obvious environmental reasons. Tbh. I's rather be served food on a real plate with real functional cutlery than something disposable that is made so flimsy.
I don’t have a dishwasher but even washing dishes manually isn’t a problem. Nobody has dinner parties with lots of guests every day. The few times that there are many dishes I can either suck it up or my friends will help me😉. And in families with many children it’s normal that the children do the dishes.
Also in Switzerland, I moved to Switzerland in 2000, I had all 14 days 1 washingday, feed the machine with 20Rp-pieces, it was forbidden to put the own washing machine in the apartment. Also now, the more expensive apartments have own washing machines, cant affors that
movable shower heads, insulated windows, burglar-resistant doors and windows, affordable golden dental crowns. That' what came in my mind while watching 😎
Floor heating hasn't been that common for a long time because it's more costly and difficult to install than radiators. More recently heat pumps and district heating are becoming more widespread and since the temperature is lower than that from oil or gas heatings it requires larger areas to heat up. Nowadays a floor heating is standard in new apartments/houses. As a barefoot person I appreciate that in winter.
@@timhartherz5652 never had a german house/apartment that had floor heating. Here in Switzerland, it is de facto standard. What I find funny is that Europeans care more about insulation and proper building materials and then cheap out on any HVAC costs. Even modern houses are often not fitted with air conditioning and ventilation, leaving the need to open windows (with all the pollen, insects, noise pollution coming in) and just walking around in underwear in the summer or everyone stinking up the place with their sweat. Americans are the other way around. No desire for proper insulation, but paying 300 USD per month for electricity is ok.
Also Floor heating depends on the structure of the building. Older buildings often cannot have floor heating, because it is technically not possible to add them or it would be so expensive, that it would be better to tear down the whole house :D
My local farmer's market is just a shed where produce is dropped off in the morning. You go there and take what you want, read the price from a list on the wall, weigh the stuff yourself, and throw cash into a bucket. Works fine.
My SIL uses paper plates all the time! She even has a dishwasher so that's not a reason not to use the everyday dishes she has. When we visit, we insist on proper plates and bowls, and using the dishwasher.
I know plenty of people that use paper plates here in America. Most often they are used for BBQ’s, kids that just lean to eat from a plate, kids birthday parties and picnics!
Hi my Dear...German-Aboriginee here ;)...I cannot send you bread...but here is my favourite recipe..for baking BRÖTCHEN at home in almost NO TIME/effortless..NEBENBEI....as you let the dough rise overnight (not even in a fridge ) and bake THE BRÖTCHEN in the morning (for 15-20 min)..they keep fresh for at least a week...(without fridge..just put them in a BROT-Kasten or bag on your kitchen counter ) But usually they are soooo good, that they do not last a week ;) I did this because over here in Germany the really GOOD BRÖTCHEN are somehow slowly being sold like solid Gold in the bakeries and in supermarkets you cannot really find them anymore..and also you do not really know what kind of flower-mixture and artificial ingredients the supermarket stuff contains...(like they put colouring in the dough to make it seem as if it was wholewheat..or rhy or DINKEL...where as it is just cheap quality wheatflower..) ...and I did not want to eat that... Recipe: prepare in the evening: (takes 5 min) YOU NEED for the DOUGH: 500g Mehl (Dinkel, Weizen, Roggen) gemischt is best ;) 1 Päckchen Trockenhefe OR a tiny bit of fresh yeast (höchstens 1/5 Frischhefe-Würfel) 8-12g Salz 8g Zucker / Sugar optionally: 10g Brotgewürz (von Sonnentor)...I mix my Brotgewürz myself...it contains Kümmel, Fenchel , Koriander mainly..but also Anis, Kardamon, Schwarzkümmel, Mohn (according to your taste) 375 ml warm (not hot) water...(for the yeast to rise) Put all dry ingredients in a bowl, mix them...add the 375ml (not more)..of warm Water and KNEAD them (by hand) or with a Knet-handrührer..quickly until the dough is a lump that doesn't stick to the bowl..(doesn't take more than 2 to 3 min) put this dough into a another (greased (I take oliveoil) bowl or glas bowl..that is at least 3 times bigger as the dough as the dough will rise overnight immensely..Put a lid or tea towel over the glasbowl..for the dough to rest over night.. The best result is when the dough is left to rise for 10 to 12 hours...(but you try +/- 2 hours) So..when I want bread...I prepare the dough in the evening..say like..8pm...and I can bake the BRÖTCHEN in the morning at 8am.. Next morning: Preheat oven...Ober-Unterhitze..to 260°C, and ...for baking... get a glas/ovenproof bowl of (200ml) Water (to be put at the bottom of your preheated oven) DO NOT KNEAD the raised Dough again...(as kneading will destroy the fluffiness of the dough); Put flower on your kitchen counter..and then turn the bowl upside down..lifting it up slightly to let the dough simply and slowly fall out of the bowl by itself...have patience there... Cut the dough mass in 8 pieces...(with a sharp knife )..and put them on a Oventray/Backblech (you can use Backpapier, but not necessary), Treat the dough gently, NOT squeezing...touch it gently and caressingly as if it was your lovers cheek (quote from a professional baker ;)) You can sprinkle seeds of your choice on top of it..Sunflowers, poppyseed, Sesam..all optional. IMPORTANT: Before you put the tray in the oven...YOU MUST PUT the Bowl of Water in the preheated oven..the watervapour is needed for the dough to remain its moisture while baking. Bake for 15-20min..or until nice and crispy...(I bake it for 25min..as I like them crusty..) ENJOY...:) with butter and chives and a bit of salt..or honey..or ...Gurke..;) Give it a try...especially with the Brotgewürz and a mixture of your favourite flower-types..you will find..that preparing these Brötchen...is a quick and easy...as brushing your teeth.. it will simply blend into your daily life.. and you will have a little bit of German paradise at your place... and also it saves you a looot of money..just buy good ingredients (like good spices in single..mix them or use them single..and try ..what tastes best for you ...HAVE FUN.. lots of love..and GUTEN APPETIT....Seleina :)
Back in the nineties in Denmark we were volunteering for our daughter's swimming club arranging regional and national swimming events. We soon found out that it was much cheaper to rent real plates and cutlery than buy and use paper plates and plastic cutlery. After only 3 meals it was cheaper, and it was most appreciated by the swimmers and staff. Swimmers eat an awful lot and when they fill their plates with hot spaghetti or rice with hot tomato sauce or Indian curry they have great difficulty carrying the overfilled paper plates to their tables. A China plate will last for ever and be a stable base for bigger portions 😊 I have never used a paper plate in a private home in Denmark, not even when I was young or as a student except for kids birthdays.
Kackwohnung got me :) About the work-life boundaries: In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and so on you got laws. Switzerland in special, for me: If your boss wants you to work more then 8.5 hours a day, he has to pay extra or give you free time 1to1. IF he wants you to work after 6 PM (18:00), he has to pay 25% more per Hour. Or give you 25% per hour more free time. (It depends on the industry you working IF he want's you to work on Saturday, he pays 50% more per hour. If he wan'ts you to work on Saturday after 18:00/6 PM he pays 25% additional to the 50% more per hour. If he demands you to work on Sundays (christian free days) he pays up to 85% and additional stuff like after 18:00/6 PM +25% and so on. It is forbidden to crush your workers with more then 45 hours per week and so on. This incentivise the conpanies to M A N A G E and be efficient instead in throwing away peoples lifes. You in the US need really to cultivate your freedom to notwork.
I have noticed that millennials are requiring this work-life balance, and I am in favor of their I rarely had difficulties because I was able to be choosey about where I worked and who I worked for. A person shouldn't have to be choosey.
It is a normal part of the American culture now in the 2020's, to use paper plates and the standard red plastic cups in the USA. My classmates and colleagues would eat off paper plates all the time, at home, when we were working on projects or work (no party or event). It's either paper plates, aluminum foil or plastic plates, when I visited homes.
That Reinheitsgebot also has a negative impact on innovation, trying out new ideas. In Belgium without such a "Gebot" people try to make beer from anything legal.
Seriously, you're making me homesick. I never felt so truly happy and of my own self as when I studied in Germany. Back to my roots, I grew up hearing my great granny speak German in her beautifully German accented voice. Hayley, wo sind meinem Brotchen mit Butter?
Yeah, it's different over there. It is remarkable if a US American doesn't "feel" at home anymore and wants to go back. Have a save trip back to Germany.
Yeah...Once my current school program is over I will have a lot more time to travel back to Germany and visit for a few weeks/months. My next program is completely online so I have a lot of time :)
We do use paper plates, but to cover food in the microwave, and then the same one for a sandwich later. It's usually relatively clean. Never for dinner guests. Otherwise just picnics or when regular plates are not an option, like if you're moving and have packed up everything. Also, for the picnics I like to use the ones that are eco-friendly and will break down very quickly. This goes for the "plastic" utensils as well. If I can wash and re-use them I will. I don't have to worry about losing regular silverware. Hubby uses them at job sites where their "lunch room" is a seat on their coolers in the shade in summer. Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't.
So as you most likely know: In Germany we most likely use paper plates for events like "Grillparty" and so on, when you simply don't have enough plates for all your guests (or when it gets wetter(alcohol wise) and you don't want to risk to lose your expensive plates to drunk guests... ) [and of course they are broadly used at festivals, concerts and volksfest ect.] I for myself am getting more and more environmental aware and i'm trying to use less and less "one use items" for such occasions. Also towel heaters and heated floors are not standard in Germany and are more common in newly build flats/houses or renovated ones.
I think someone made a valid point... Dependent on where you live your house could be made completely out of plywood (or something similar) and it might not be the best option to install heated floors. Also a lot of homes have central AC/heating unlike in Germany so it is just a "difference" based on building preferences I suppose.
Actually it’s totally a modern thing to me and not something you regularly have in Germany - that being said, I am used to apartment hunting in Berlin and have seen dazillions of old „Altbau“ places, even with coal ovens and all that stuff.
I live in Germany and I consider floor heating a luxury... Only fancy new buildings that are expensive to rent have such stuff. I've only been once at a place that had it and that was rich person
Oh! We were served dinner on paper plates while down in Florida and were perplexed -- here in Canada they're reserved for picnics and children's birthday parties. And don't get me started on the bread. You can hunt down good stuff from bakeries, but from a supermarket? Nope. And sooooo sweeet, it's almost like cake down there. Our sliced bread is sweet, too, but not THAT sweet, and it also comes no sugar added. Even from Aldi. We fell in love with Aldi down there :)
Farmer Markets are grotesquely expensive in Germany too, the vast majority doesn't buy there. Those wall hanging heaters are getting popular but they aren't the norm. Floor heating is rare in most places. Those things are found in newly built homes, but most buildings have a much lower standard somewhere in between the standards of 1960 and 1980.
Really? Where do you live? The Viktualienmarkt near Munich’s Marienplatz is quite pricey but others that are farther from the city center are very reasonable.
Where do you live? I'm in rural Germany and the prices at farmer's markets are perfectly normal. Okay, they can't compete with discounters, but they are usually a bit cheaper than Edeka. And they often add something on top, like a free salad or one or two apples extra. Plus, their products are fresh and local.
Woah. We in Germany use paper plates as well. If you are going to a local barbecue or a rock concert or just having an open party, you can assume to get your food on a paper plate. But in my HOME? I don’t even own a single one. But is it really a luxury in the States, if normal plates are sold quite cheap? I suppose it’s more like a convenience thing so that you don’t have to do the dishes. And if you miss German bread - there are plenty of recipes to find online. You won’t get a 100% bakery result, but delicious anyway and a lot better than these white leafs you call bread - although I enjoy them from time to time - mostly when I am in the Netherlands. Have a nice day!
The only time I used paper plates was when I hosted an outdoor birthday party for my kids who were 3 or 4 years old. Any other use would have put me to shame.
Once I don`t understand dear Hayley, why people eat from paper plates and not from porcelain plates? Because most people probably have a dishwasher to wash their dishes.😉
I have lived in four different countries & each country has its magic & negative & positives. Comparing sometimes can be distressing. Living in Greece I was baffled that I couldn't get stuff in the supermarket that I could in the UK or buy Indian spices. But I accepted it & learned to cook Greek food.
To all the people saying we only use paper plate during picnic at parks: We were doing a bbq in the middle of the woods and my mom insisted we use our actual plates as we were inviting guests 🤣. Her reasoning: we would go there by car anyway and have enough space in the trunk. So there we were, in the middle of the woods, dining with porcelain on old wooden benches and tables. And yes, we brought our stainless steel cutlery as well.
I looove your comment on the Kackwohnung, beautiful! I once lived in a tiny, ugly Kackwohnung, too, in Osnabrück..but it also had a towel heater in the bathroom :D!! Now I live in some kind of a palace (for me) with heated floors, a towel heater, a huge bathtub and a balcony. Living my best life :DDD
Oh yes.... I remember when I finally left that apartment I was dancing around but sometimes I think about it and miss it so much. I was so broke but had so much fun in my little Kackwohnung 🥺🥺 may have had the loudest neighbors, the smelliest bathroom, and the tiniest fridge known to mankind BUT I was happy :)
After suffering through crappy bread for years in the US, I finally learned how to make my own sourdough, German-style bread. I haven’t bought bread in about three years now, and I am so glad that I learned it. It’s not that hard. But I do miss proper Brötchen. I haven’t mastered making those taste authentic. If you live near a WinCo supermarket, their fresh pizza dough works really well for pretzels. You dip them into a boiling solution of water and baking soda for about 30 seconds before baking, and they taste great. You need to thickly flour the baking sheet, though (cover it with parchment, or aluminium foil, which is completely covered with flour). Bake at 220 C until golden brown. You need to get creative here to get better tasting food. Also….paper plates….the first time I saw that I was incredulous. I live in a state that is very much into the environment, and even here people don’t bat an eye using them. SMH
I've lived in Schland since 1999. There's a farmer who drives his big truck around and stops all over our town and surrounding towns and he sells vegetables! I just have to walk out the door at 9:30 Friday mornings to buy produce. I also think you should mention that there are no "sick days" here. If you're sick, you're sick and you don't go into work and get everyone else sick. And along with the work-life balance, the vacation time in the US is quite pathetic in comparison to Germany. And people here take vacations! Every year! I always feel sad when my Amis visit and they have a maximum of 10 days and want to do it all in that time.
You forgot one thing, which for me is the biggest. It doesn't matter where you live, nature is only a few minutes away, either by car or on foot. There are hundreds of thousands of paths and trails between meadows and woods all over Germany, not even to speak of the mountains. IN the US, you have to drive hundreds of miles to a national park, where yo have to pay for parking and to enter, only to find a few trails that are only a few miles long. I used to drive between St. Augustine, Florida to San Diego with my two dogs, and guess what - I could NOT find ONE SINGLE trail into the woods on the side of roads, even back roads, where I could walk the dogs... No free recreational enjoyment of nature, and this in a huge country like the US, where the population density is one tenth of that in Germany. And oh yes, health care.... another subject. And all the outdoor cafes and beer gardens in summer or "Wirtshouses" (Pubs.Bistros, Restaurants) where you can stop for a pleasant experience with food and drink at the end of your hike/nature walk. Truly, living in Europe is living the good life, even on a modest income. Also worth mentioning are relatively affordable vacations all over Europe, especially with airlines like Ryan air. In the US, all those things, if they do exist, which is rare, are too expensive on a modest income!!!!. I rest my case!!!
We use paper plates at our house normally because when you compare the cost of water and electricity in our area to wash dishes after a meal, it works out the same. Plus, the plates we use we can add to the yard waste (compostable) barrel so they don’t add to the landfill. That being said, I would NEVER use paper plates for a guest.
Re bread, depends on where you live in the states I’m from NYC and we’ve always had fresh baked Italian, German, French breads. I live in Rome now and the bread in NY is just as good because of the quality of the water.
We regularly visited a hotel in Canada. For the breakfast they had styrofoam plates and cups. After a while they changed to ceramics. They told us it was cheaper - who would have guessed.
@sinjaja5836 I stayed at an "average" hotel in Miami. It wasn't the nicest but it did cost me almost $300 a night (that is a decent amount in Miami) and when I went down for breakfast they only had paperplates. They had expensive waffle machines, nice breads/pastries, and awesome varieties of food but I was so perplexed by the paperplates.
This is so interesting about paperplates! Usually people in Germany get their own set of China once they move out from their parents, or get married. Students might start with very low priced sets, or even fleamarket items, which can be very charming, and a set of porcellaine is usually a part of the "wedding table", where wedding guests can select the cutlery, crockery, glasses etc that the couple selected. And sometimes it's meant to be heirloom, because it comes from famous brands who create table art. I've never seen paper plates at home. We had 2 or 3 sets, one for weekdays, one for Sundays and guests, combined with fine wine glasses.. We also had meals together. To have fine tableware is the pride of many a household.
There are also no paper plates in my home. The farmers markets in my area have locally grown produce for reasonable prices. I don’t know why it would be otherwise, unless the farmers are re-selling produce they bought wholesale, are traveling far to get to the market or are paying a high price for their table at the market. Talk to the vendor and the manager. Maybe try a different market. If you have snap, check to see if there is a matching program in your area for farmers markets.
Americans come to accept that their job is crap because all other jobs are crap too. Here in Germany, most people have no illusions either what they can expect from their employment, but there is still more a sense that you have certain rights an employer can't take away from you, and that there is a line in the sand.
Im most developed countries worldwide the Healthcare accessible to everyone, education, and work-life balance are considered a normal and standard thing. Also safety and low crime. You will never here anyone in Japan, Switzerland, Dubai, Singapore or any other rich country if it is safe to walk around here. USA is the only country that does it different. Unfortunately. Because it's an incredibly beautiful country with a lot of amazing people.
we went nuts during the three years we lived in the US because it was hard to get good bread! There is a solution: bake the bread yourself - that helped us ;-)
The German houses are very different too. We have less issues with noises, because our houses are solid: Brick, Concrete, clay... But not the hollow fragile frames of the US American dream.
There a lots of Fertighäuser build in similar wood frame style just like in the US. But the houses in Germany are far better insulated and have triple-glazed windows. Mainly because to save heating costs in winter. The sound-insulation is a nice side-effect. Houses in the US are also not that fragile. We just don't have hurricanes or tornados here in Germany.
@@slb0464 recently, heat has become a problem as well. Air conditioning has become frequently more popular, for both efficient heating and cooling. And we have interesting modern insulation materials, such as wood and hemp fiber or even straw, which help better against heat than EPS or XPS (and the cost for PS waste makes it expensive. Rock wool and glass wool are mostly outdated.
But never a built in closet, the kitchen cabinets are also movable and there is no way to change a floor plan because even the inner the walls are of stone. You have to invest in weird cabinets, called Schranks, with clapping doors and very little space, and then they have to fit is given space. Just No Built Ins ever, the rooms are quadratisch praktisch gut
American houses have fewer problems with noisy neighbors because they're built much farther apart. And brick and concrete are less environmentally friendly (they require a lot of energy to produce). This is why even skyscrapers are starting to use engineered wood beams in place of steel.
Having laundry in your apartment/basement - when I tell my fellow New Yorkers about it they're mindblown yet it's so standard for every household in Germany (Same for dishwashers, they use it as a selling point here ...)
excellent insight. Another luxury is public schools that at their worst provide the literacy and numeracy only available in private schools in the US, with very few exceptions.
I was once accused of "showing off by serving guests from fancy plates". In the culture and background I come from, you serve your guests with the best your household can provide. I've only used novelty paper plates at children's parties.
Most people over here wouldn’t even think about eating from paper plates themselves, no matter with or without guests! Has something to do with culture.
If I were ever a very right woman, owned my own business, and had people working underneath me ...I would make sure they have very similar benefits that Germans have :(
@@HayleyAlexis I hope you didn't get me wrong. I think that your sincere conviction that the situation of workers/employees needs to be improved is the same conviction that led to the foundation of trade unions.
Funnily most Americans do not know how to handle cutlery. Oftentimes I see forks being used with the right hand, or eating rice with a fork and a knife instead of fork and spoon. Etc etc
Left handed people have to use forks with the right. In a way, it does not really matter what hand is used for what, if people have enough dexterity...which you acquire only if you practise...which a lot of people do not.
I’m writing with my right hand, but using knife and fork the other way round. No drama. At least I can use both at the same time. Apparently many (not all!) American people can’t. They cut their meal in to pieces, put the knife aside and pick up bits with their fork. Right hand goes under the table, whatever it does there. Does anybody have an idea? This weird custom never fails to confuse me.
I had to learn the hard way that it's rude to have both hands on the table, contrary to Germany! I learned it over the years, when I realized I was the only one "with no manners". Lol
A very interesting video and raises many good points. I lived in Germany with my German husband for many years and found the concepts of good food, which includes knowing where it came from) being well mannered and ‘obeying’ regulations to be very much my lifestyle. I’ve said it often, Americans think that the world is them. It’s not! As an Australian and living back in Australia we are conscious of recycling properly (think of the green, brown and clear recycling bins in every village in Germany) of bringing our own shopping bags to the market or supermarket, knowing how to cook and and be sociable. It’s also a matter of respect to our fellow man. I enjoyed your video Hayley and wonder how much you will continue to put into practice the life lessons you learned in Germany.
We live in a place where there was a company producing those paper plates. They went out of business around 4 years ago because there’s very little demand and the regulations to produce these plates (ecological and others) are so strict, it doesn’t male any sense to continue. Most plates of this type come out of another country in Europe now, i guess some smaller plants can satisfy the whole market in Europe these days…
Tableware is about the culture of eating. It the time of day when you slow down, gather, talk to your family and the food deserves to be presented well.
Loved this video so much! I am German and have lived here in the states for many years but do go back regularly. When I try to explain these differences people either don’t believe it or want to move to Germany 🇩🇪!
I think that it was pure chance that your "Kackwohnung" had floor heating because that is in no way standard in Germany. would consider it even a luxury in Germany - or at least something that only very new houses provide. Most of the houses/apartments I've ever been to don't have floor heating. But I don't understand why paper plates would be cheaper than real ones. My parents have been using the same set of plates for 40 years. Yes, it does cost a little bit of money to wash them, but you're washing your pots anyway and already have water heated for that, and you pay for your trash, too.
Would you do a Germany/USA video on hair dressers, cosmetic products, female hygiene products and maybe add Mike's opinion about shaving creme and male deodorant??
I grew up in a 50’s ranch house here in the US with radiant heat, but I know that’s unusual. I loved the heated floors in the winter! I only use paper plates if I have a bunch of people over for a backyard cookout. I never use plastic forks though.
Good Farmers markets in Germany really depends where you live. Just like good bread. Generally, in the South of Germany the basic stapeles like bread, meat at the butchers, or vegetables at the markets are a lot better. I am happy to live in a rural area, so I buy Asparagus, Strawberries etc directly from the people growing them. Going to do my Weekend shopping again tomorrow, will try to get as much quality stuff as I need.
I totally agree with the statement about self-love, life and work balance. The laws are there to be respected and followed up. People is entitled to have life-time and work-life balance.
Omg Hayley!! How come I haven't discovered your channel earlier?? I really love YT channels focussing on the cultural differences between Europe and the US, because as a European, it helps me to think outside of the box and understand how (and why) things work in the United States. Instant subscription earned for such a well put together video, I love your attitude and you seem to be a really nice person to be around! 🤗
My mom, along with her friends went in and bought 100 plates and accessories. When anyone was having a party or get together, they would get the plates, should mention they are emigrants along with their friends (Ireland). The 4th of July was the exception, we had paper plates because they had a huge party and cookout every year. Everyone has passed now (I am 62) have no idea what happened to the set, but I remember those plates, seeing them at every big event, 😊
I never use paper plates not even for large parties or outdoor activities. When you plan a big event, just ask everyone to bring thier own plates and cutlery. People will usually bring reusable plastic plates and cutlery (less weight to cary). And mist people have a stack of reusable plastic cups for plenty people at home. My city even has a citywide refunable to go cup in three sizes. You just take it back the next time to refill or return (could be any coffee shop inte city).
We always use paper plates in our house except for special occasions. We already fill up the dishwasher with glasses and table ware. Using real plates is a hassle.
Every like helps me afford a trip back to Germany just to eat some bread 😭because.... I would really love a Kürbiskernsemmel with a bissl Butter 🍞🧈 watch my opposite version here: ruclips.net/video/Mgxwy4iO86s/видео.html
I'd love to see you coming back to Germany, but meanwhile, baking your own bread is actually much easier than you think ❤
Haley, you are more than welcome, to come back to Germany ❤ Remember, I am a nursing teacher and we REALLY need good people in our hospitals, community health care and nursing homes. If you study in our school for three years and pass the examn, you automatically get the permanent living status in Germany. The Ausbildung will be paid from the state. With your knowledge, you will pass the examn like nothing and I could help you with Nachhilfe if necessary. Politics even discuss now, to accept people from abroad without further special studies to be a Erzieher to work in German kindergardens.
Every day Kürbiskern- and Kartoffelbrötchen, real porcelan plates, Fußbodenheizung and farmermarkets.....
Just to confirm you thoughts, that’s indeed a Handtuchheizung.
Couldn't agree more about the brot Hayley - if I ever leave, I will miss it for sure. I used to make my own bread in the UK - I've only made bread once here. Mind you, it was pretty good but it's also great to be able to go to a bakerei and just get something scrummy for a euro or two
Wow are you beautiful. Sorry i did not pay attention at all but wow are you charming.
Cheers from Germany
I would be ashamed to death serving food on paper plates to guests in my house 😅
I understand some households might require paperplates. I knew someone that had 9 kids and they used paperplates because trying to clean everything up after the fact was way too much work...plus they didnt have a dishwasher. I give some wiggle room for certain scenarios and I also try not to judge people too cruelly because you never know what their living situation is but it just seems excessive to use paper plates and that you don't care about yourself.
@@HayleyAlexis Yep i absolutly understand that scenario and everybody should and can do what they want. I also dont judge that at all 😊. My example i wanted to point out was in wich i have a guest at home and would serve them with paper plates. They would think i hate them 😅.
,,Nur das beste für unsere Gäste,,
,,Only the best for our guest,,
my grandmas slogan 🙂
I disagree about the „everyone should and can do what they want“. If everyone did that, then the world would be an even worse place than it is now.
exept you have 20 or more people as guests and not enought plates. Otherwise always real plates 🙂 especially for guests. Than you pull out the realy good and expensive one not the every day one (if you have two sets).
I did never, even in the Bundeswehr/Marine time, eat from paper? plates…
All of this is completely normal in the whole of Europe. Never seen anybody using paper plates in their homes, no matter the country.
Not floor heating, only few people have that.
@@nriamond8010since decades its almost standard in new houses, because you need only low temperature
Guess it depends where you live in Europe. In the south it’s not standard but in the middle to the north it’s very common.
P.s. most Americans are shocked that in germany even most taxi are Mercedes
@@paulpanter1092 is that supposed to be a joke or are you just clueless? there’s no modern homes being built in Germany mate that’s why we have a housing crisis
And even if we had modern houses then most people would still live in 50 year old houses
Oh, they come in handy when grilling in the garden or outside. But that's the only useful use the paper plates have.
No one would use paper plates unless it’s a children’s birthday party in the park.
Paper/plastic plates are becoming increasingly more common in everyday use by folks. It’s so absurd.
Uhm, you would be surprised...
Or for drunks at a BBQ.
@@corn1971never experienced it... its also expensive
The only place where normal plates are not allowed is beside swimming pools. Or where suicidal people live.
The ecological aspect is very important to people. Even Ball pens or lighters which cannot be refilled make people angry.
And when we take a look on the enormous (a) mount of all this waste they are absolutely right!
And someone who has the time for netflix or play station has ten minutes to wash the dishes!
Paper plates are for picnics, kids birthdays, and when you're feeling too lazy to cook and do the dishes (e.g. order a pizza and eat off of paper plates). The idea that 'real plates' are a luxury for Americans is completely absurd.
We always est even pizza off of real dishes. We have paper plates (because Florida and hurricanes), but they are from when we moved back to Florida four years ago. I think we might have used 10 of them (because I baked cookies for my coworkers a couple of times. My mother, who lives with, grew up during the Great Depression, and considers paper plates to be scandalously wasteful. She imparted that same attitude on my sister and me.
We have everyday plates (bought on clearance at Macy's) and my Mom's fine china (1966-era Minton Ancestral Gold) which is only used for the big three holidays (Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas). I'm not well-off, but using paper plates for normal meals is mind-blowing.
Exactly. And, farmer's markets are very regional. Some will be very expensive and others won't be. But, you can get great produce at grocery stores, too.
Hey when we go camping or staying at my wife’s home we just use the stainless multi compartment military chow trays. No need to wash a bunch of dishes. One for each person and done. Plenty of room for every item.
The environmental aspect is an important one, I think! What a superflous amount of waste…
Actually to avoid waste we even bring plates and Glases from home if we have outdoor events with our kids.
Maybe this is not always standard, but in our town and neighbourhood in Germany this is normal.
i literally have never known one German who d use a paper plate in their private household at home ever! it s considered trailerpark here
I don't think I have ever had a German (outside of a birthday party) serve me on a paper plate- ever.
Basse classe.. we say
We use Paperplates only on a BBQ or Birthday Party. Es ist ja auch eigentlich Party Besteck Haily ;) Paperplates in a Hotel ? I would just ask them what for a Bruchbude das hier ist :D
Germans are world champions in segregating trash for decades and they are very environment conscious as well as everything regarding the waste. After moving to USA directly from Germany I consider the Americans the very opposite. There is a lot of waste and buying too much and using too much energy. Because it's all much much cheaper
Not even at a child's birthday party? No cool Spiderman paper plates at all? That's a bit sad.
There’s s German lady who opened a bakery near my home in California and she’s tapped into the market for fresh bread here in the US. Lines down the block. All using natural ingredients. She just opened a second location in the next town. More Germans should come here and do the same!
Why should more germans go to messed up usa to bake more bread for americans? why can't americans finaly up their low grade cheap lifestyles 1 level, learn and bake quality bread for their family, friends or a business
good german bread seems to be in great demand in the usa and could also become a good source of income.🤔 if you want to have good bread you should look for the receipe for natural sourdough and good ingredients for it.then you can bake your own good bread at home and also know what's in it.
you only need 2 ingredients,a little bit time 3 days in a row and a glas jar with a lid whit a hole in the lid to make the sourdough for a wholemeal rye bread: wholemeal rye flour,a little water and a jar with a lid that has a hole in it.
While this is nice for your community, I would never want to move to the US. I consider it a big downgrade. Been to the US two times and my best friend lives there and... I didn't really like it.
@@LanHikari90of course, no one’s forcing you. A lot of Germans come here for jobs in tech. I thought it was interesting that this couple moved here for his job in tech, she missed good bread and taught herself to bake, and now he’s working for her!
Then try the German butcher in Anaheim
In Denmark paper plates are only used for informal bbq parties or if you have a picnic in a park. I have honestly never seen (or even heard of) anyone using paper plates for their daily meals at home.
Students.
@@firstclass2222 Nope, even we have porcelain dishes. Might not be Meißner-Porzellan, but some cheap or like in my case parent-inherited stuff.
Same here in Germany. If you are outside in your own garden we use plates for the BBQ, but if there is a bigger BBQ for lets say at a public BBQ Place, you bring paper plates and plastic cutlery
What? Daily meals, do they so in USA? OMG
Same here (Slovenia). I was a little bit shocked to find out people use them as regular dining plates. Imagine the waste if Billions of people would do that outside the US.
When I was a student in the US I couldn‘t believe that everybody ate from plastic/paper dishes that were thrown away after every meal!
What a lot of waste.
also a waste of money, paper plates ane not for free, and dishwashers are not so terribly expensive, so in the long run you save money by buying a dishwasher machine!
Not to mention the detrimental impact on the environment!
…and disgusting
Like Chinese started to use one time chopsticks for each meal after the standard of living grew instead of washing them. Square kilometers of forests in Siberia cut down each year just for the use as material for chopsticks...
In Germany macdos are served on China plates
Selber backen 🙂
Kartoffelbrot mit Kürbiskernen
500 g Kartoffel(n), mehlig kochend, geschält gewogen
1 TL Salz
175 g Weizenmehl Type 405
300 g Weizenmehl Type 1050
2 TL Salz
85 g Wasser, lauwarm
1 Prise(n) Zucker
14 g Hefe
3 EL Olivenöl
130 g Kürbiskerne
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Zuerst die geschälten Kartoffeln mit 1 TL Salz in kochendem Wasser fertig garen. Abgießen und entweder mit einer Kartoffelpresse durchdrücken oder mit einem Stampfer sehr fein stampfen. Anschließend auf Zimmertemperatur abkühlen lassen.
Die Mehlsorten mischen und beiseite stellen. Die Hefe in 85 g lauwarmen Wasser auflösen. Die Prise Zucker und 2 EL von der Mehlmischung unterrühren und ca. fünf Minuten stehen lassen.
Jetzt zu den Kartoffeln das Hefewasser, das Öl, das Salz, die Kürbiskerne und das Mehl geben. Alles etwa fünf Minuten zu einem glatten Teig verkneten. Ich verwende hierzu meine Küchenmaschine mit Knethaken. Dann zu einer Kugel formen und abgedeckt ca. 40 - 50 Minuten gehen lassen, bis das Volumen gut zugenommen hat.
Einen Römertopf oder Alugusstopf mit Backtrennspray einsprühen. Alternativ kann man den Topf auch mit Butter einfetten. Den Teig nochmals kurz durchkneten, dann zu einem Brot formen und mit dem Schluss nach unten in den Topf geben. Ich habe zum Backen einen runden Alugusstopf genommen, deswegen habe ich ein rundes Brot geformt. Wenn man einen ovalen Topf nimmt, muss man entsprechend ein ovales Brot formen.
Den Deckel aufsetzen und auf einem Backblech auf die mittlere Schiene in den kalten Backofen geben. Den Ofen nun auf 240 Grad Ober-/Unterhitze stellen und das Brot 50 Minuten backen.
Wer mag, kann 10 Minuten vor Backende den Deckel herunternehmen (Vorsicht: heiß) dann bekommt das Brot eine schöne Bräune.
Klingt das Brot beim Dagegenklopfen hohl, ist es fertig und kann auf einem Gitter abkühlen.
Thank you!!!
Danke!
😂😂😂😂😂. HAST du die Dame herausgefordert? Kannst du mir der Unterschied der geliste Weizenmehle erklären ( 450/1050)?
@@Hans-jl8mlJe höher die Typbezeichnung, desto dunkler und gehaltvoller das Mehl. Also von 405 bis Vollkorn.
@@birgitmeyer9073 interessant. Danke.
We bake our own bread since we moved to Canada. It took us a while but the bread you can buy here has nothing to do with bread. Your German is so lovely!!!
I bought some yeast starter packs but have yet to try and bake my own bread.
@@HayleyAlexis yeast only for some specialty stuff, cake etc. sourdough is where the magic starts.
8 gr. Hefe, 8 gr. Zucker 12 gr. Mehl 550er und 370 ml. Wasser. Mehr braucht es nicht für sehr gute Brötchen. 😂 Einfach in YT. "so backs du schnelle Brötchen wie ein profi" eingeben 👍
Good bread can be found.
Wie kann man heute noch als Deutscher nach Canada oder in die States auswandern? Geht doch nur, wenn man viel Geld importiert und Arbeitsplätze schaffen kann, oder? Ich würde sooo gerne in Arizona leben, aber das ist absolut unmöglich, vor allem, weil ich gerade berentet bin. Darauf wartet dort niemand.
I live in the United States and it would never occur to me to use paper plates for my guest or family unless I was on a picnic. It’s wasteful, cost more to buy paper plates and it’s definitely doesn’t take much time even for can dishwashing to just fill the sink with a little bit of dish soap and water. Wipe them and put them to dry.
It took me to become an injured worker before I really began to focus on my health and well-being. Hayley is right. Value yourself because corporations value money.
They will replace you in a second and try to screw you over. I had a friend hurt themself on the job and they did not do the proper protocol regarding workmans comp and now is getting screwed left and right with medical bills.
@@HayleyAlexis If a work accident happens in Germany, the Employer's liability insurance association (Berufsgenossenschaft) pays all medical treatments and rehab. All employers have to pay for this insurance, and if there are many accidents at their site or branch, they have to pay more.
If the employer messes up with the protocol, the statutory health insurance takes the costs and charges the employer later.
Even in the school, when they come together with the class, with kids and parents, every family takes their own plates, may be reusable from plastic, but even there you try to avoid any waste, like one-use plates.
Yeah, with bread, we get everyone!
No you don’t, most European countries like the one I live in (NL) have fantastic regional breads. 😊
How about Polish bread? Is it any worse?
@@bognagruba7653 Polish bread is also very good... as a German I can confirm this.
In general, the bread in Europe is better in comparison than the spongy white bread that Americans eat every day... when I think about what is made in the Balkans from a simple wheat flour dough, hmmm yummy.......even white bread doesn't have to taste so boring.
It's not that there aren't any good bakeries in the US and you can't get good bread, but such bread is more expensive.
I also found it very interesting that in some schools (even early years) kids were served food in normal "porcelain" dishes. This wasn't always common but I did see it happening a few times which was so baffling.
@@Bramfly yes, there are many countries with good bread around. Only in the UK I was happy to have a LIDL with proper bread.
The thing with the bread was the reason for us to teach ourselves how to bake it on our own when we left Germany.
Depends if you get the right ingredients. What i have learned watching many videos is that most generally available ingredients in the USA are unhealthy or even dangerous for your health.
@@wolfgangpreier9160 Support your local farmer or mill.
@@wa2804 We have local farmers who sell their produce to the local Raiffeisen, that is the biggest agricultural cooperative in Europe or have long standing contracts with e.g. Agrana a local manufacturer of many agricultural products.
Some produce apple juice, pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed oil which is sold in the local grocery stores. Some sell flowers (cut your own and pay what it is worth to you), strawberries, blackberries, apricot, quince, potatoes, cheese, ham, bacon, spices, paprika, poultry, chicken, eggs. Also all other plants that grow locally and are edible. In any form, raw, marinated, dried, or as flour.
They are usually a bit cheaper than grocery stores because they do not have to pay taxes for such small amounts. And nobody will check on them. They are specifically exempt from taxes as long as they stay below the threshold of 20K per year.
We do not have zoning for general jobs like farming. But for pigs, ostrich (yes we have some here), many chicken, cows you need a permit and must follow zoning rules.
Only if you produce much noise or dust, emissions - you will be scrutinized and possibly forbidden to continue doing the job.
One speciality: Our eggs are not stored in the fridge and not cleaned or washed. Our hens and poultry is not desinfacted but only a butchery with the correct permits is allowed to do the job.
We do not have a Walmart or Costco, not even a Tesco (next one is in hungary). But we have Lidl, Aldi, Penny which do not sell local products and Spar, Billa, Adeg which all sell local produce as well.
There are farmers markets mostly in the bigger cities. Here in the country side there are just not enough customers. In Vienna we have a permanent farmers market that goes back to the 19th century. That was founded in 1820.
Some sell venison they shoot locally. But only in autumn when it is the correct time.
Not only German bakeries but also in my country (NL) and frankly all European countries have fantastic regional breads.
@@wolfgangpreier9160 German here. I regularly bake rolls and pretzels. It is wheat flour, water, yeast, salt. Everything else is optional. Are these 4 ingredients hard to find in the US? Difficult to understand for a German. It's so easy and cheap...and healthy with no chemicals. and delicious. The whole house smells.
In fact, I think baking has many benefits. It begins with the meditative preparation of the dough. The smell that makes your mouth water. It naturally prepares the stomach for digestion. Nothing artificial.
If I went to a house, and they served me in paper plates, I would think they really hated me. I live in the UK, BTW, where even my employer provides real plates for use by the staff.
"where even my employer provides real plates for use by the staff"
Same in Germany. It would be a bit disrespectful to satisfy the employees with cardboard. 😄
I mean... the toilets, the stairs... the whole house is REAL. And not made of cardboard.
I was quite stunned about the paper plates. I have been living in Germany since 14 years now and people will always use their best plates and cutlery when they invite you. The only time I was served on a paper plate was at a students‘ party.
Paper plates are only good for camping or a barbecue with lots of people, but in daily life it is a sign of having no culture and not caring about environmental damages caused by this.
for camping I use stainless steel plates and my Bundeswehr Feldbesteck.
I don't think paper plates are good, as you then need to carry around the waste and they are also susceptible to moisture, which is common outdoors.
I use paper plates for myself to cut back on water, sponges, and dish soap costs but I only use the biodegradable stuff
How is this a bad thing for the planet?
@@Thomas-s2s6h Because many resources and chemicals are used for the production.
@@RickS.C.137 Unfortunately, "biodegradable" is a lie. It only works under lab circumstances, not in normal life.
I'm a German and live here for 60 years but I never had an appartment with heated floor or this towel rack in the bathroom. On the other hand I do not think of cars like BMW 3-series or Mercedes C-Class as luxury cars (like many Americans do). Maybe there we have a kind of a balance.
I also do not think of certain German branded cars as "luxury" vehicles... Don't get me wrong... If I had a bunch of money, would I get a matte black BMW m8 competition 🫣... yes!
Fun fact. In 1975 I moved from Denmark to England to work for one year. In Denmark a luxury car was a Rolls Royce or a Bentley. In England they may be luxury cars too, but not something any sane young man or woman would dream of buying. To them a Mercedes was luxury ... and half of the taxis in Denmark were Mercedes then 😂
In 1989, when we bought our first car (a very used VW Polo) which we bought from a mechanic who was about to renovate an older Mecedes 500 for then 250,000 DKR (40,000 $), more than 15 times the money we paid for our Polo.😂
@@HayleyAlexis Together with a BMW you also buy the bad reputation of BMW drivers (m/f).
I have a towel rack, but never had a heated floor. I think it is still not common. Yes, the "big" cars. Too expensive and no parking places in cities. And no swimming pools!!
My husband lived here in Germany all his life. No floor heaters, no towel rack heaters, either. I think they are newer and the older places don't have them. Many of my friends don't have them either. A few do. I really could have used a floor heater in Leipzig when I lived on the ground floor and the cellar was one of the stone cellars that was one of those dungeon-like things that held the cold in winter.
With you Haley, paperplates is for when normal service isn't really an option, like if you're hauling a big picnic, if you're moving and have just packed up the last bits of the kitchen etc...
I 1000% agree
As a norwegian, yes, it is not a luxury! A cold country as Norway (and Sweden and Finland (Suomi)), it is a nessessity with heated floors. Though the building code is also different between US and Europe, I am thinking about how to keep the buildings warm during winter, our very loooong winter...
I am a single woman, and does NOT use paperplates, ever! (or plastic cups!) Real china, glass and cutlery!
The only time used paperplates/cups, is when we are on the beach or hiking. Though ALWAYS bring it back to dispose it properly, NEVER toss anything during hikes!
You can expect people to NOT carry firearms ... outside of USA.
Good point! The idea that there could be any private individuals out there legally running around with guns seems completely absurd to me. I don't think I'd dare leave the house.
I couldn’t believe it when in the US the supplier I was visiting displayed a sign outside the building saying that I wasn’t allowed to bring my gun inside. Like … what? 🤣🤣🤣
Like in a good old western movie..😅 . But honestly, the american obsession with running around with firearms all day long 😢is quite unsettling for us europeans. We have the rule, that using forced is the privilege of the state. 'das Gewaltmonopol des Staates'. Nobody has the right to inforce his right with violence. You have the right to defend yourself or others. But you have not the right to run around with firearms all day just in case you have to defend yourself or others. If nobody is allowed to carry arms, there is no need to defend yourself or others with firearms. And that is not luxory, that is simple logic. If your law inforcement and your legal system works well, then there is no need to take your right by in your own hands.
@@harmseberhardharmseberhard9908 yeah, because criminals always follow the rules.
@@harmseberhardharmseberhard9908 It's a matter of perspective. As a European I see your point and in our reality it works out fine so far. The US has a different history and a different reality as well. Life would be better without weapons, but it's a long way to general disarmament. As long as people live in fear and danger there'll be no change. And there's a huge industry behind it as well (European too).
And the Windows. And the cheap wine. And the neighborhood shops. And the mass transit. And the alte Stadt, which is never more then an hour away.
Yeah...I miss a decent city being an hour away..... For me to have European flair I have to drive at least 2+ hours.
And the electric kettles.
@bognagruba7653
still don't own an electric kettle but we do have a pot/kettle that you heat up on the stove and it works wonders
What's special or different about our windows?
Wir können unsere Fenster öffnen, ohne sie ganz zu öffnen... es nennt sich " auf Kipp" stellen 😊@@TheMAmeph
I live in Germany and yes, you can buy paper plates and plastic cutlery here. But if anything (at least the people who I know) would never use them for "at home", only for BBQ or parties 😊
Same in USA.
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I am pretty shocked that people think paper plates would be _cheaper_ than normal plates - I could understand why one would think ordinary plates are time-consuming when you don't own a dishwasher (but then - I had guessed dishwashers are as usual in American homes than in German ones?), but cheaper?!
Heated floors are also considered kinda luxurious in Germany, too, because most people live in older houses and heated floors are kind of a Neubau-thing. But of course you are right, they are not only in expensive homes - it is more a "You have heated floors? You're lucky" than a "You have heated floors? You're rich"-thing, I guess 😄
True. When the family of a friend of mine moved into a renovated home they got heated floors and they are not rich. I live in a very old house (my great grandfather built it) and I've got only a heated floor in tiny room by 'accident' because a pipe for hot water is under the floor and so that part is heated lol.
I now live in an old house in Hessen, Germany (relocated from the USA), which is 70 years old, and it already had heated bathroom floors. I've visited even older houses, and they also have heated bathrooms. Seems to be the usual thing here.
@@zacqueen Maybe the old houses where renovated and the owners replaced the heaters at the wall with a floor heating system.
In NYC apparently having your own washing machine and tumble dryer is considered a luxury. I follow this property agent fella and he often shows apartments and it always seems special if a unit has its own laundry closet stocked with the appliances. Regarding paper plates - maybe for a barbecue party they would be used over here in Germany or after a party to give people some leftover cake to take home, but what is the advantage of not having to clean them (ever heard of a dishwasher for real dishes?). I think plastic cutlery and straws are slowly being banned in Germany for obvious environmental reasons. Tbh. I's rather be served food on a real plate with real functional cutlery than something disposable that is made so flimsy.
I don’t have a dishwasher but even washing dishes manually isn’t a problem. Nobody has dinner parties with lots of guests every day. The few times that there are many dishes I can either suck it up or my friends will help me😉.
And in families with many children it’s normal that the children do the dishes.
Also in Switzerland, I moved to Switzerland in 2000, I had all 14 days 1 washingday, feed the machine with 20Rp-pieces, it was forbidden to put the own washing machine in the apartment. Also now, the more expensive apartments have own washing machines, cant affors that
YES! Same for the "full sized fridge" and the star of the show always seems to be the sink sprayer. 😂
movable shower heads,
insulated windows,
burglar-resistant doors and windows,
affordable golden dental crowns.
That' what came in my mind while watching 😎
wait who doesn’t have a moveable shower head in the US? I have never not had one and I’ve lived in 14 different places.
Don’t forget the fabulous transportation system!!
And concrete walls, in the USA if you got strong windows and doors the thief will just break through your wall using his 200kg body weight
@@AKayfabe Only time I ever came across a shower head that wasn't movable was in our washing room during my Bundeswehr time :D
@@AKayfabe Most shower heads in the U.S. are at a fixed height coming out of the wall.
Floor heating hasn't been that common for a long time because it's more costly and difficult to install than radiators. More recently heat pumps and district heating are becoming more widespread and since the temperature is lower than that from oil or gas heatings it requires larger areas to heat up. Nowadays a floor heating is standard in new apartments/houses. As a barefoot person I appreciate that in winter.
The Romans already had it, fell out of fashion due to higher install cost, but everything seems to be making a comeback eventually.
@@timhartherz5652 never had a german house/apartment that had floor heating.
Here in Switzerland, it is de facto standard.
What I find funny is that Europeans care more about insulation and proper building materials and then cheap out on any HVAC costs.
Even modern houses are often not fitted with air conditioning and ventilation, leaving the need to open windows (with all the pollen, insects, noise pollution coming in) and just walking around in underwear in the summer or everyone stinking up the place with their sweat.
Americans are the other way around. No desire for proper insulation, but paying 300 USD per month for electricity is ok.
Also Floor heating depends on the structure of the building. Older buildings often cannot have floor heating, because it is technically not possible to add them or it would be so expensive, that it would be better to tear down the whole house :D
My local farmer's market is just a shed where produce is dropped off in the morning. You go there and take what you want, read the price from a list on the wall, weigh the stuff yourself, and throw cash into a bucket. Works fine.
I know of no Americans who use paper plates at home. Never even heard of this, and I have lived in the US all my life.
My SIL uses paper plates all the time! She even has a dishwasher so that's not a reason not to use the everyday dishes she has. When we visit, we insist on proper plates and bowls, and using the dishwasher.
Never! Paper plates not in my American home! We all here where I live grow our own vegetables, bake our own bread. I’m a bit perplexed.
I visited America from Australia & almost every house I was invited to used paper plates, even the wealthy homes
I know plenty of people that use paper plates here in America. Most often they are used for BBQ’s, kids that just lean to eat from a plate, kids birthday parties and picnics!
I know of a few. I think they view it as a save on cleaning time and effort
Hi my Dear...German-Aboriginee here ;)...I cannot send you bread...but here is my favourite recipe..for baking BRÖTCHEN at home in almost NO TIME/effortless..NEBENBEI....as you let the dough rise overnight (not even in a fridge ) and bake THE BRÖTCHEN in the morning (for 15-20 min)..they keep fresh for at least a week...(without fridge..just put them in a BROT-Kasten or bag on your kitchen counter ) But usually they are soooo good, that they do not last a week ;)
I did this because over here in Germany the really GOOD BRÖTCHEN are somehow slowly being sold like solid Gold in the bakeries and in supermarkets you cannot really find them anymore..and also you do not really know what kind of flower-mixture and artificial ingredients the supermarket stuff contains...(like they put colouring in the dough to make it seem as if it was wholewheat..or rhy or DINKEL...where as it is just cheap quality wheatflower..)
...and I did not want to eat that...
Recipe:
prepare in the evening: (takes 5 min)
YOU NEED for the DOUGH:
500g Mehl (Dinkel, Weizen, Roggen) gemischt is best ;)
1 Päckchen Trockenhefe OR a tiny bit of fresh yeast (höchstens 1/5 Frischhefe-Würfel)
8-12g Salz
8g Zucker / Sugar
optionally: 10g Brotgewürz (von Sonnentor)...I mix my Brotgewürz myself...it contains
Kümmel, Fenchel , Koriander mainly..but also Anis, Kardamon, Schwarzkümmel, Mohn (according to your taste)
375 ml warm (not hot) water...(for the yeast to rise)
Put all dry ingredients in a bowl, mix them...add the 375ml (not more)..of warm Water and KNEAD them (by hand) or with a Knet-handrührer..quickly until the dough is a lump that doesn't stick to the bowl..(doesn't take more than 2 to 3 min)
put this dough into a another (greased (I take oliveoil) bowl or glas bowl..that is at least 3 times bigger as the dough as the dough will rise overnight immensely..Put a lid or tea towel over the glasbowl..for the dough to rest over night..
The best result is when the dough is left to rise for 10 to 12 hours...(but you try +/- 2 hours)
So..when I want bread...I prepare the dough in the evening..say like..8pm...and I can bake the BRÖTCHEN in the morning at 8am..
Next morning:
Preheat oven...Ober-Unterhitze..to 260°C, and ...for baking...
get a glas/ovenproof bowl of (200ml) Water (to be put at the bottom of your preheated oven)
DO NOT KNEAD the raised Dough again...(as kneading will destroy the fluffiness of the dough);
Put flower on your kitchen counter..and then turn the bowl upside down..lifting it up slightly to let the dough simply and slowly fall out of the bowl by itself...have patience there...
Cut the dough mass in 8 pieces...(with a sharp knife )..and put them on a Oventray/Backblech (you can use Backpapier, but not necessary), Treat the dough gently, NOT squeezing...touch it gently and caressingly as if it was your lovers cheek (quote from a professional baker ;))
You can sprinkle seeds of your choice on top of it..Sunflowers, poppyseed, Sesam..all optional.
IMPORTANT: Before you put the tray in the oven...YOU MUST PUT the Bowl of Water in the preheated oven..the watervapour is needed for the dough to remain its moisture while baking.
Bake for 15-20min..or until nice and crispy...(I bake it for 25min..as I like them crusty..)
ENJOY...:) with butter and chives and a bit of salt..or honey..or ...Gurke..;)
Give it a try...especially with the Brotgewürz and a mixture of your favourite flower-types..you will find..that preparing these Brötchen...is a quick and easy...as brushing your teeth..
it will simply blend into your daily life.. and you will have a little bit of German paradise at your place... and also it saves you a looot of money..just buy good ingredients (like good spices in single..mix them or use them single..and try ..what tastes best for you ...HAVE FUN..
lots of love..and GUTEN APPETIT....Seleina :)
Can I copy your recipe?
@@veepotter307 please do..otherwise I wouldn't have shared it...everyone deserves goooooood BRÖTCHEN ;) enjoy...love...Seleina :)
Thanks. I want to save your text but can’t figure out how to copy and paste it off of your reply.
Back in the nineties in Denmark we were volunteering for our daughter's swimming club arranging regional and national swimming events. We soon found out that it was much cheaper to rent real plates and cutlery than buy and use paper plates and plastic cutlery. After only 3 meals it was cheaper, and it was most appreciated by the swimmers and staff.
Swimmers eat an awful lot and when they fill their plates with hot spaghetti or rice with hot tomato sauce or Indian curry they have great difficulty carrying the overfilled paper plates to their tables. A China plate will last for ever and be a stable base for bigger portions 😊
I have never used a paper plate in a private home in Denmark, not even when I was young or as a student except for kids birthdays.
Kackwohnung got me :)
About the work-life boundaries:
In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and so on you got laws. Switzerland in special, for me:
If your boss wants you to work more then 8.5 hours a day, he has to pay extra or give you free time 1to1.
IF he wants you to work after 6 PM (18:00), he has to pay 25% more per Hour. Or give you 25% per hour more free time. (It depends on the industry you working
IF he want's you to work on Saturday, he pays 50% more per hour. If he wan'ts you to work on Saturday after 18:00/6 PM he pays 25% additional to the 50% more per hour.
If he demands you to work on Sundays (christian free days) he pays up to 85% and additional stuff like after 18:00/6 PM +25% and so on.
It is forbidden to crush your workers with more then 45 hours per week and so on.
This incentivise the conpanies to M A N A G E and be efficient instead in throwing away peoples lifes.
You in the US need really to cultivate your freedom to notwork.
Oh the US got more efficient and cut overtime hours. They cut the staff by half and double your workload.😢
I have noticed that millennials are requiring this work-life balance, and I am in favor of their
I rarely had difficulties because I was able to be choosey about where I worked and who I worked for. A person shouldn't have to be choosey.
I lived in the US (East Coast) during the eighties, no one ever served me a meal on paper plates except during outdoor events.
Made the same experience in the late seventies in Atlanta - everyone served food on normal plates. Sad to hear that obviously changed.
You probably didn’t live in a trailer park
It is a normal part of the American culture now in the 2020's, to use paper plates and the standard red plastic cups in the USA. My classmates and colleagues would eat off paper plates all the time, at home, when we were working on projects or work (no party or event). It's either paper plates, aluminum foil or plastic plates, when I visited homes.
@@zacqueen No, it isn't. You're making this up.
@@franciastone5048 You're the one who's making things up because even Hayley, an American herself talks about the paper plate culture in the US.
The “German Beer Purity Law “ is worth to mention. A law to brew beer without chemicals and additives
I find it worth mentioning that we call it reinheitsGEBOT. While laws are made by man, a Gebot comes from god himself. ☝️
That Reinheitsgebot also has a negative impact on innovation, trying out new ideas. In Belgium without such a "Gebot" people try to make beer from anything legal.
@@sandrasauerkraut8741 How did that happen, did God write a note?
Yeahhh, we have sooooo many beers and there is more alcohol in than in the States. I love Schwarzbier and Altbier!
Last time I ate from paper plates was at a Kindergeburtstag.
Seriously, you're making me homesick. I never felt so truly happy and of my own self as when I studied in Germany. Back to my roots, I grew up hearing my great granny speak German in her beautifully German accented voice. Hayley, wo sind meinem Brotchen mit Butter?
Nicht in Florida 🤣😅 (leider). I hope to visit Germany once I am done with my current school program!!
I've unfortunately been back in the States and I am literally counting down the days until I can return to Germany lol. It is a nightmare here.
Hi, hope you're back soon. 🍻
@@arnodobler1096 Arno!!!! I miss you brother! I'll be back soon!
Yeah, it's different over there. It is remarkable if a US American doesn't "feel" at home anymore and wants to go back. Have a save trip back to Germany.
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Yeah...Once my current school program is over I will have a lot more time to travel back to Germany and visit for a few weeks/months. My next program is completely online so I have a lot of time :)
We do use paper plates, but to cover food in the microwave, and then the same one for a sandwich later. It's usually relatively clean. Never for dinner guests. Otherwise just picnics or when regular plates are not an option, like if you're moving and have packed up everything. Also, for the picnics I like to use the ones that are eco-friendly and will break down very quickly. This goes for the "plastic" utensils as well. If I can wash and re-use them I will. I don't have to worry about losing regular silverware. Hubby uses them at job sites where their "lunch room" is a seat on their coolers in the shade in summer. Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't.
So as you most likely know: In Germany we most likely use paper plates for events like "Grillparty" and so on, when you simply don't have enough plates for all your guests (or when it gets wetter(alcohol wise) and you don't want to risk to lose your expensive plates to drunk guests... )
[and of course they are broadly used at festivals, concerts and volksfest ect.]
I for myself am getting more and more environmental aware and i'm trying to use less and less "one use items" for such occasions.
Also towel heaters and heated floors are not standard in Germany and are more common in newly build flats/houses or renovated ones.
And they are used at every one of the thousands of Bratwurst stands all over Germany, and don't forget the Döner stands - all served on paper.
😂 today i bought some pumpkinseed pretzels for 79 cents at my local bakery
AHHHHHH!! Torture... this comment is torture!
And yes i live in Bavaria
Sehr interessant! Didn’t know that floor heating or a wallmounted heating is such a luxury in the US…. Thanks for this nice video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤❤🍀✌🏻✌🏻🌭🦅🤣🫡
I think someone made a valid point... Dependent on where you live your house could be made completely out of plywood (or something similar) and it might not be the best option to install heated floors. Also a lot of homes have central AC/heating unlike in Germany so it is just a "difference" based on building preferences I suppose.
Actually it’s totally a modern thing to me and not something you regularly have in Germany - that being said, I am used to apartment hunting in Berlin and have seen dazillions of old „Altbau“ places, even with coal ovens and all that stuff.
I live in Germany and I consider floor heating a luxury... Only fancy new buildings that are expensive to rent have such stuff. I've only been once at a place that had it and that was rich person
Oh! We were served dinner on paper plates while down in Florida and were perplexed -- here in Canada they're reserved for picnics and children's birthday parties. And don't get me started on the bread. You can hunt down good stuff from bakeries, but from a supermarket? Nope. And sooooo sweeet, it's almost like cake down there. Our sliced bread is sweet, too, but not THAT sweet, and it also comes no sugar added. Even from Aldi. We fell in love with Aldi down there :)
I live in Florida. Where are these people that use paper plates?
Farmer Markets are grotesquely expensive in Germany too, the vast majority doesn't buy there. Those wall hanging heaters are getting popular but they aren't the norm. Floor heating is rare in most places. Those things are found in newly built homes, but most buildings have a much lower standard somewhere in between the standards of 1960 and 1980.
Really? Where do you live? The Viktualienmarkt near Munich’s Marienplatz is quite pricey but others that are farther from the city center are very reasonable.
Where do you live? I'm in rural Germany and the prices at farmer's markets are perfectly normal. Okay, they can't compete with discounters, but they are usually a bit cheaper than Edeka. And they often add something on top, like a free salad or one or two apples extra. Plus, their products are fresh and local.
Woah. We in Germany use paper plates as well. If you are going to a local barbecue or a rock concert or just having an open party, you can assume to get your food on a paper plate. But in my HOME? I don’t even own a single one. But is it really a luxury in the States, if normal plates are sold quite cheap? I suppose it’s more like a convenience thing so that you don’t have to do the dishes.
And if you miss German bread - there are plenty of recipes to find online. You won’t get a 100% bakery result, but delicious anyway and a lot better than these white leafs you call bread - although I enjoy them from time to time - mostly when I am in the Netherlands. Have a nice day!
people in the US do not use paper plates except for occasions like picnics or BBQ’s outdoors.
The only time I used paper plates was when I hosted an outdoor birthday party for my kids who were 3 or 4 years old. Any other use would have put me to shame.
Once I don`t understand dear Hayley, why people eat from paper plates and not from porcelain plates? Because most people probably have a dishwasher to wash their dishes.😉
To much work to put the plates and cuttlerie in and out the dishwasher i could imagine 😅
I do not have a dishwasher (I like vintage and vintage cannot resist dishwashers attacks) and I still do not use disposable crockery/cutlery.
@@annepoitrineau5650 Yes true they can not handle a dishwasher clean. Have some ,,old,, plates too 😊
Maybe they put the paper plates in the dishwasher before burning them??
Funny😅@@Humpelstilzchen
The US is like a 3rd World Country it seems lol
Even worse in some parts. I was shocked over what i saw there.
I have lived in four different countries & each country has its magic & negative & positives. Comparing sometimes can be distressing. Living in Greece I was baffled that I couldn't get stuff in the supermarket that I could in the UK or buy Indian spices. But I accepted it & learned to cook Greek food.
But with a Gucci belt.
"3rd World" is an outdated expression. There is no hierachy of worlds ... and the "2nd world" even stopped to exist 30 years ago.
Regarding Food and Health care it’s much worse.
I was born and lived in Germany until I was 48. I have never lived in a flat with Fußbodenheizung or heated towel rack 🤷♀️
To all the people saying we only use paper plate during picnic at parks: We were doing a bbq in the middle of the woods and my mom insisted we use our actual plates as we were inviting guests 🤣. Her reasoning: we would go there by car anyway and have enough space in the trunk. So there we were, in the middle of the woods, dining with porcelain on old wooden benches and tables. And yes, we brought our stainless steel cutlery as well.
Your mom sounds like a very fun woman!! I would do the same 🤣🤣🤣
And a tablecloth
Always a joy listen to you. Love your English-German-mixed language.
I looove your comment on the Kackwohnung, beautiful! I once lived in a tiny, ugly Kackwohnung, too, in Osnabrück..but it also had a towel heater in the bathroom :D!! Now I live in some kind of a palace (for me) with heated floors, a towel heater, a huge bathtub and a balcony. Living my best life :DDD
Oh yes.... I remember when I finally left that apartment I was dancing around but sometimes I think about it and miss it so much. I was so broke but had so much fun in my little Kackwohnung 🥺🥺 may have had the loudest neighbors, the smelliest bathroom, and the tiniest fridge known to mankind BUT I was happy :)
After suffering through crappy bread for years in the US, I finally learned how to make my own sourdough, German-style bread. I haven’t bought bread in about three years now, and I am so glad that I learned it. It’s not that hard. But I do miss proper Brötchen. I haven’t mastered making those taste authentic. If you live near a WinCo supermarket, their fresh pizza dough works really well for pretzels. You dip them into a boiling solution of water and baking soda for about 30 seconds before baking, and they taste great. You need to thickly flour the baking sheet, though (cover it with parchment, or aluminium foil, which is completely covered with flour). Bake at 220 C until golden brown. You need to get creative here to get better tasting food.
Also….paper plates….the first time I saw that I was incredulous. I live in a state that is very much into the environment, and even here people don’t bat an eye using them. SMH
We do not use paper plates
I've lived in Schland since 1999. There's a farmer who drives his big truck around and stops all over our town and surrounding towns and he sells vegetables! I just have to walk out the door at 9:30 Friday mornings to buy produce. I also think you should mention that there are no "sick days" here. If you're sick, you're sick and you don't go into work and get everyone else sick. And along with the work-life balance, the vacation time in the US is quite pathetic in comparison to Germany. And people here take vacations! Every year! I always feel sad when my Amis visit and they have a maximum of 10 days and want to do it all in that time.
YOu are right about the workers rights...That is one thing I love in Germany
You forgot one thing, which for me is the biggest. It doesn't matter where you live, nature is only a few minutes away, either by car or on foot. There are hundreds of thousands of paths and trails between meadows and woods all over Germany, not even to speak of the mountains. IN the US, you have to drive hundreds of miles to a national park, where yo have to pay for parking and to enter, only to find a few trails that are only a few miles long. I used to drive between St. Augustine, Florida to San Diego with my two dogs, and guess what - I could NOT find ONE SINGLE trail into the woods on the side of roads, even back roads, where I could walk the dogs... No free recreational enjoyment of nature, and this in a huge country like the US, where the population density is one tenth of that in Germany.
And oh yes, health care.... another subject.
And all the outdoor cafes and beer gardens in summer or "Wirtshouses" (Pubs.Bistros, Restaurants) where you can stop for a pleasant experience with food and drink at the end of your hike/nature walk. Truly, living in Europe is living the good life, even on a modest income. Also worth mentioning are relatively affordable vacations all over Europe, especially with airlines like Ryan air. In the US, all those things, if they do exist, which is rare, are too expensive on a modest income!!!!. I rest my case!!!
Could you please say once more "Kürbiskernbrötchen"? It sounds so lovely. 😘
hahaha thank you!
We use paper plates at our house normally because when you compare the cost of water and electricity in our area to wash dishes after a meal, it works out the same. Plus, the plates we use we can add to the yard waste (compostable) barrel so they don’t add to the landfill. That being said, I would NEVER use paper plates for a guest.
I love local farmers markets in small rural towns in USA
Re bread, depends on where you live in the states I’m from NYC and we’ve always had fresh baked Italian, German, French breads. I live in Rome now and the bread in NY is just as good because of the quality of the water.
I can't get over paperplates. Even in 3* hotels? So wasteful.
We regularly visited a hotel in Canada. For the breakfast they had styrofoam plates and cups. After a while they changed to ceramics. They told us it was cheaper - who would have guessed.
@@maxbarko8717😳 No way... Everytime i use a paperplate i hate how it feels and behaves. Quite useless. But styrofoam is so much worse 😖
@sinjaja5836 I stayed at an "average" hotel in Miami. It wasn't the nicest but it did cost me almost $300 a night (that is a decent amount in Miami) and when I went down for breakfast they only had paperplates. They had expensive waffle machines, nice breads/pastries, and awesome varieties of food but I was so perplexed by the paperplates.
Wow, 300 $ per night is a lot of money! For "average" with paper plates? Shocker!@@HayleyAlexis
@thorium222
unfortunately in Miami during season hotels can be ridiculously priced.
This is so interesting about paperplates! Usually people in Germany get their own set of China once they move out from their parents, or get married. Students might start with very low priced sets, or even fleamarket items, which can be very charming, and a set of porcellaine is usually a part of the "wedding table", where wedding guests can select the cutlery, crockery, glasses etc that the couple selected. And sometimes it's meant to be heirloom, because it comes from famous brands who create table art. I've never seen paper plates at home. We had 2 or 3 sets, one for weekdays, one for Sundays and guests, combined with fine wine glasses.. We also had meals together. To have fine tableware is the pride of many a household.
It’s just not true, sorry.
Your mix of english and German is so funny😂
Thank you!! I love it too
Yeah, she is speaking my language!
There are also no paper plates in my home.
The farmers markets in my area have locally grown produce for reasonable prices. I don’t know why it would be otherwise, unless the farmers are re-selling produce they bought wholesale, are traveling far to get to the market or are paying a high price for their table at the market. Talk to the vendor and the manager. Maybe try a different market.
If you have snap, check to see if there is a matching program in your area for farmers markets.
Americans come to accept that their job is crap because all other jobs are crap too. Here in Germany, most people have no illusions either what they can expect from their employment, but there is still more a sense that you have certain rights an employer can't take away from you, and that there is a line in the sand.
Im most developed countries worldwide the Healthcare accessible to everyone, education, and work-life balance are considered a normal and standard thing. Also safety and low crime. You will never here anyone in Japan, Switzerland, Dubai, Singapore or any other rich country if it is safe to walk around here. USA is the only country that does it different. Unfortunately. Because it's an incredibly beautiful country with a lot of amazing people.
Paper plates are just useful for picknicks outdoors I guess, as they are so light.
I'm just a regular American, but will never eat grocery store bread. My husband and family don't get it. But, i love good bread 😊
we went nuts during the three years we lived in the US because it was hard to get good bread! There is a solution: bake the bread yourself - that helped us ;-)
Aw no, there's German bakeries in almost every county and even German butcheries🙂
I will try!!
Finally, the most important words in Germany: ‚Mahlzeit‘ and ‚Feierabend!‘
I'm in the U.S. and we eat bacon and eggs every morning and steak 3 times a week.
The German houses are very different too. We have less issues with noises, because our houses are solid: Brick, Concrete, clay... But not the hollow fragile frames of the US American dream.
There a lots of Fertighäuser build in similar wood frame style just like in the US. But the houses in Germany are far better insulated and have triple-glazed windows. Mainly because to save heating costs in winter. The sound-insulation is a nice side-effect.
Houses in the US are also not that fragile. We just don't have hurricanes or tornados here in Germany.
@@slb0464 recently, heat has become a problem as well. Air conditioning has become frequently more popular, for both efficient heating and cooling.
And we have interesting modern insulation materials, such as wood and hemp fiber or even straw, which help better against heat than EPS or XPS (and the cost for PS waste makes it expensive. Rock wool and glass wool are mostly outdated.
But never a built in closet, the kitchen cabinets are also movable and there is no way to change a floor plan because even the inner the walls are of stone. You have to invest in weird cabinets, called Schranks, with clapping doors and very little space, and then they have to fit is given space. Just No Built Ins ever, the rooms are quadratisch praktisch gut
American houses have fewer problems with noisy neighbors because they're built much farther apart. And brick and concrete are less environmentally friendly (they require a lot of energy to produce). This is why even skyscrapers are starting to use engineered wood beams in place of steel.
@@markweaver1012plus wooden houses are much easier to heat than concrete bunkers. I lived in Norway for years, our wooden house was very easy to heat.
Having laundry in your apartment/basement - when I tell my fellow New Yorkers about it they're mindblown yet it's so standard for every household in Germany
(Same for dishwashers, they use it as a selling point here ...)
excellent insight. Another luxury is public schools that at their worst provide the literacy and numeracy only available in private schools in the US, with very few exceptions.
I was once accused of "showing off by serving guests from fancy plates". In the culture and background I come from, you serve your guests with the best your household can provide. I've only used novelty paper plates at children's parties.
In the US? The paper plates are normal enough but saying that not using them is showing off is bonkers.
Most people over here wouldn’t even think about eating from paper plates themselves, no matter with or without guests! Has something to do with culture.
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If I were ever a very right woman, owned my own business, and had people working underneath me ...I would make sure they have very similar benefits that Germans have :(
@@HayleyAlexis I hope you didn't get me wrong. I think that your sincere conviction that the situation of workers/employees needs to be improved is the same conviction that led to the foundation of trade unions.
@reginas.3491 thank you! I didn't take it bad at all!!
I live in Canada and never served my guests with paper plates. Except for kids party happening outdoor.
Funnily most Americans do not know how to handle cutlery. Oftentimes I see forks being used with the right hand, or eating rice with a fork and a knife instead of fork and spoon. Etc etc
Left handed people have to use forks with the right. In a way, it does not really matter what hand is used for what, if people have enough dexterity...which you acquire only if you practise...which a lot of people do not.
I’m writing with my right hand, but using knife and fork the other way round. No drama. At least I can use both at the same time. Apparently many (not all!) American people can’t. They cut their meal in to pieces, put the knife aside and pick up bits with their fork. Right hand goes under the table, whatever it does there. Does anybody have an idea? This weird custom never fails to confuse me.
I had to learn the hard way that it's rude to have both hands on the table, contrary to Germany! I learned it over the years, when I realized I was the only one "with no manners". Lol
A very interesting video and raises many good points. I lived in Germany with my German husband for many years and found the concepts of good food, which includes knowing where it came from) being well mannered and ‘obeying’ regulations to be very much my lifestyle. I’ve said it often, Americans think that the world is them. It’s not! As an Australian and living back in Australia we are conscious of recycling properly (think of the green, brown and clear recycling bins in every village in Germany) of bringing our own shopping bags to the market or supermarket, knowing how to cook and and be sociable. It’s also a matter of respect to our fellow man. I enjoyed your video Hayley and wonder how much you will continue to put into practice the life lessons you learned in Germany.
@stefanwerner1560 I keep my hand warm between my legs because the aircondition is usually on -20 grad in the restaurant.
We live in a place where there was a company producing those paper plates. They went out of business around 4 years ago because there’s very little demand and the regulations to produce these plates (ecological and others) are so strict, it doesn’t male any sense to continue. Most plates of this type come out of another country in Europe now, i guess some smaller plants can satisfy the whole market in Europe these days…
I’ve never met anyone who ate off of paper plates except at a picnic. Must be a Florida thing.
Tableware is about the culture of eating. It the time of day when you slow down, gather, talk to your family and the food deserves to be presented well.
What I'd like to know: Do you feel (hast Du den Eindruck) that you can maintain (durchsetzen) that boundary vis a vis your employers?
Yes... because I am not stereotypical "American" and I will quit a job if I am being mistreated.
Loved this video so much! I am German and have lived here in the states for many years but do go back regularly. When I try to explain these differences people either don’t believe it or want to move to Germany 🇩🇪!
I think that it was pure chance that your "Kackwohnung" had floor heating because that is in no way standard in Germany. would consider it even a luxury in Germany - or at least something that only very new houses provide. Most of the houses/apartments I've ever been to don't have floor heating.
But I don't understand why paper plates would be cheaper than real ones. My parents have been using the same set of plates for 40 years. Yes, it does cost a little bit of money to wash them, but you're washing your pots anyway and already have water heated for that, and you pay for your trash, too.
Would you do a Germany/USA video on hair dressers, cosmetic products, female hygiene products and maybe add Mike's opinion about shaving creme and male deodorant??
MIke would complain about the expensive personal hygiene products
I see 🤪
Or lack of it‘s use
I grew up in a 50’s ranch house here in the US with radiant heat, but I know that’s unusual. I loved the heated floors in the winter! I only use paper plates if I have a bunch of people over for a backyard cookout. I never use plastic forks though.
Good Farmers markets in Germany really depends where you live. Just like good bread. Generally, in the South of Germany the basic stapeles like bread, meat at the butchers, or vegetables at the markets are a lot better. I am happy to live in a rural area, so I buy Asparagus, Strawberries etc directly from the people growing them. Going to do my Weekend shopping again tomorrow, will try to get as much quality stuff as I need.
I totally agree with the statement about self-love, life and work balance. The laws are there to be respected and followed up. People is entitled to have life-time and work-life balance.
It is in fact a towel heater.
Never have served or been served food on paper plates at home.
They're for picnics or garden parties.
Paper plates are for camping, for picnic, and for making very crispy bacon in the micro wave oven. 😁
I think it depends on who you associate with, most people don’t use paper plates, we all have dishwashers
Omg Hayley!! How come I haven't discovered your channel earlier?? I really love YT channels focussing on the cultural differences between Europe and the US, because as a European, it helps me to think outside of the box and understand how (and why) things work in the United States. Instant subscription earned for such a well put together video, I love your attitude and you seem to be a really nice person to be around! 🤗
Thank you for being here! I am an interesting case study...I just love Gemany and the USA... and love making videos about both places.
I enjoyed this video. Like you, I miss German bread! It's the best!😊❤
My mom, along with her friends went in and bought 100 plates and accessories. When anyone was having a party or get together, they would get the plates, should mention they are emigrants along with their friends (Ireland). The 4th of July was the exception, we had paper plates because they had a huge party and cookout every year. Everyone has passed now (I am 62) have no idea what happened to the set, but I remember those plates, seeing them at every big event, 😊
I never use paper plates not even for large parties or outdoor activities. When you plan a big event, just ask everyone to bring thier own plates and cutlery. People will usually bring reusable plastic plates and cutlery (less weight to cary). And mist people have a stack of reusable plastic cups for plenty people at home.
My city even has a citywide refunable to go cup in three sizes. You just take it back the next time to refill or return (could be any coffee shop inte city).
We always use paper plates in our house except for special occasions. We already fill up the dishwasher with glasses and table ware. Using real plates is a hassle.
Honey is a real ripp off in the US. I buy my honey in germany from a local beekeeper, who keeps the bees in a forest for 7,50€ (8.8 oz. jar).