Americans Try German Food for the First Time
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- We're in Germany and today we are trying German foods we've never tried before for the first time. From schweinshaxe to German sausages to spätzle, we were surprised by many of the foods that we tried.
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You should try the same dish more than once in different venues. The first one you try serves more like a roll model for that dish, but you will almost never get the best or the worst one on your first try.
Tafelspitz with Apfelkren
Fast food Döner Kebap :) Depends where you are, but if you see more locals than tourists go and try. Best case simply ask locals where to go.
käsefondue
try Sauerbraten mit Rotkraut und Klößen
Leberkäse has nothing to do with liver or cheese. the name consists of two words from old german. one is related to loaf ("ein Laib Brot"), the other to case because Leberkäse as well as cheese usually were produced in a case.
endlich einer, der sich auskennt. das macht mir mut!
Leider falsch. In Leberkäse ist Schweineleber. Ohne Leber heißt es Fleischkäs
@@andreasschmitz6972nicht in Bayern! Da ist keine Leber drin
@@RoswithaStraub Interessieren die Bayern irgendeinen? In Bayern heisst es deshalb auch FLEISCHKÄS,E... :)
@@aegirmeingott sometimes google is your friend, and especially wikipedia knows a lot :-)
Ähnliche Diskussionen und Erklärungen kommen immer wieder bei reaction videos, zB zum Thema "Leberkäse (a _loaf_ in a _case,_ 'original bayrisch' wegen geschützter regionaler Bezeichnung nur optional, sonst immer mit Leber) vs Fleischkäse (überall optional mit Leber)" und zum Thema "Frankfurter vs Wiener Würstchen" (im Prinzip beides das gleiche, aber wegen Gesetzen im Mittelalter in Frankfurt zur Trennung von Rind- und Schweine-Metzgereien unterschiedliche Zutatenmischungen, und aktuell nur in Deutschland mit strenger gesetzlicher Regelung zu Name, Tierarten und Region)
Americans inability to use forks properly never ceases to amaze me. 🤣
We learn in a weird way apparently.
@@TheMagicGeekdomWe learn it "our" way, it's not necessarily wrong. It's just another difference between Americans and Germans. It bothers me when Germans say our table manners are "wrong" because if I were to eat the German way, my mom would correct me, and tell me to put my freaking napkin on my lap, which few Germans do. "Proper" use of utensils is a matter of location.
@@LythaWausW i am with you as far as how people use utensils where they are from is their business. As a german in the US for over 25 years, my only beef with the american way, would be that the german way is more efficient. Using both fork and knife at the same time makes sure that you get to eat your first bit right away, and it is easier to get stuff loaded onto the fork with the help of the knife. Also, since we do not cut the meat up all at once, it is still hot when we eat it. Either way, my wife eats the american way, i eat the german way. no fights.
It's actually a weird trend originating from France hundreds of years ago, that the US just kept to this day. Europe basically just moved on from it.@@LythaWausW
@mojojojo11811 If you'll please remind me where the is a global convention on proper utensil usage at table. I will be happy to review and comply, but I am unaware of a universal standard, much less any reason to be condescending about it.
the crust! the crust! the crust!! Is the beeeeeest!!!
The crunchy bits on the pork nuckle is the best
The crackling of the pork knuckle is the best part :)
The word "Leberkäse" has not the meaning it is supposed to have. In this case, the word "Leber" does not mean "liver". Many Germans don't know it, but the Leber in Leberkäse comes from Laib (loaf). It is a loaf cheese. Also Käse is not meant as "fermented milk", but in the very old meaning of "curdled". It's a curdled loaf, hashed meat baked together.
A similar confusion is connected with the word Leberwurst - liver sausage, which also originally meant loaf sausage. But here, the confusion was so great, that about 20 years ago, Germany had to change the respective laws. Now, Leberwurst actually has to contain liver, which was not a requirement before, as it never meant liver to begin with.
(In Austria, which has a similar cooking culture, both words are less confusing, as the Leberkäse is called Fleischkäse - meat cheese, and the Leberwurst is called Streichwurst - spread sausage.)
PS: To me, the best way to eat Leberkäse is with fried potatoes, spinach and a fried egg.
sauerbraten and Rouladen this is what you have to try. Weiss beer too, I come from a Greek background, and I know all this stuff
Another great video. Please post longer ones though, they're always so enjoyable. I love your descriptions and honest reviews of all the food dishes. Happy traveling. Greetings from Cape Town.
The Kässpätzle look not like house-made. You should try them again in a good Swabian restaurant, where they are made fresh in-house. Or Käsknöpfle in a Badenian restaurant (Badenian Knöpfle are a bit thicker and shorter than Swabian Spätzle, but otherwise essentially the same - Knöpfle means literally "little buttons"). You can get also good Spätzle in Tyrol, but the cheeses can differ from region to region. Swabians have usually half Swiss, half mountain cheese. In the Allgäu some of those would traditionally be replaced by Limburger or Romadur or Backsteinkäse ("brick cheese"), which is bit more strong-tasting.
Fr. The stuff they ordered looked so cheap and cold
you two seem like lovely people, thanks for sharing your experience!
if you make it towards franconia i recommend "Schaeufele" rather than Schweinshaxe . shoulder rather than knuckle and the crust is cut in a criss cross pattern, this makes it easier to enjoy the crust. note: in Baden a schaeufele is something different altogether.
Yes it's strips of thinly cut pork meat with a cream and mushroom wine sauce and topped with a dollop of whipped cream. It's really good as well. Paired with Spätzle or good old fashioned German restaurnt fries or croquettes I loved it before I became a vegetarian.
Hi, great video. You need to try Sauerbraten with red cabbage, it is great. Also, if you are in a bakers pick up some onion bread (zwiebelbrot). If you see a supermarket called Rewe, they are fantastic, they always have a cafe, so you can have your kaffee and kuchen.
I'd better recommend going to an artisanal bakery and get there Zwiebelbrot. :)
The best way to peel off the Fleischwurst is to make a small cut lengthways and then peel it off first. Then you can eat the sausage more easily!
And you can also use your fingers to peel the sausage if necessary. No need to worry about that!
Well, it was their first time. Not easy.
Why peel it in the first place?
It's great to see someone visiting my hometown! Thank you!
My mouth got watery when I saw that Schweinshaxe, which I didnt have in a way, way, way to long time... need to change that ASAP!
The Käsespätzle looked great too! My mom makes a nice one and we just had it maybe a month ago, when she invited us to lunch.
The "Eisgrub" in Mainz...good place to eat 👍😎
Jäger Schnitzel and Zigeuner Schnitzel are two wonderful German dishes that you absolutely MUST try. (Hunter's cutlet and Gypsy cutlet.) The first is a breaded pork cutlet with a mushroom sauce and the second is the same cutlet but with a Red/Green bell pepper and onion sauce. They are absolutely delicious! 😍😍😍
Unless you get to East Germany, then Jägerschnitzel is fried Jagdwurst... Zigeunerschnitzel nowadays is called Ungarische Art...🤓
@@martinkasper197 sometimes i order a Sinti and Roma Schnitzel. Should be PC enough. I draw a Line for this PC Idiocrazy. Searching for Zigeunersoße? Now it's Paprikasoße ungarischer Art.
"handkäs mit musik" and "zwiebelkuchen" are also good in the region
You need to try jagershnitzel mit brat kartoffeln.
yes love jagershnitzel grew up eating as a kid in southern Minn make it my self now
„Leberkäse“ got its name because its finely ground meat looks a little bit like liver. Any kind of forced or pressed mass was called a „cheese“ in the old days. For example an „almond cheese“ was a name used for marzipan.
Great video again both. Pork knuckle is my absolute favourite when we go to Germany. We found it can taste different from place to place but when you get that perfect place, it’s 👨🍳💋 (that’s supposed to be a chefs kiss).
The cheese noodles looked great too
In Berlin it's boiled and called Eisbein. And there you don't eat the skin.
That hock looked delicious and the crackling to die for. Meat consumption in Germany is currently at its lowest since WWII, the experts can't decide whether inflation or the rise in flexitarians' and less being eaten. Red meat and pork products dropped sharply, poultry less so.
We live within walking distance of the Eisgrub-Bräu and my wife works just up the hill from it 😀
Hill? In Mainz?
I would love to see Germany some day! Me being a paranormal enthusiast I would do nothing but ghost hunt over there 😅
What kind of hosts would you hunt?
Potato salad: the topic to start at least a bar brawl, reaching right up to civil war, if you declare that ONLY your Oma/grandma made the single, real potato salad. All others are "wrong".
Watch the facial expressions freeze upon such a declaration 😂😂😂
Everyone has their own favorite potato salad. Mayo-, vinegar-, or broth-based, with or without eggs, gheekins, white or red onions, baccon... The list of acceptable or unacceptable ingredients goes on and on and leads to separate side skirmishes in the potato civil war...😂😂😂
Potatoes, mayo, sauteed white onions, gherkins and minced eggs, seasoned with pepper and salt. Maybe a little bit of broth. That's a proper potato salad and I'll die on that hill, fork in hand!
Same happens in Italy when you ask how the local speciality is prepared.
@@Flamebeard0815 aaaaand... the war is off... 😂😂
No Mayo, No Mayo, never, never, never! @@Flamebeard0815
I like them without potatoes. The vegan way.
That is an EXCEPTIONAL Schweinehaxe - I'm so jealous......... usually they're slightly crispy on the outside, but then a LOT of gloopy fat surrounding the meat........ It's a favourite thing at Oktoberfest......... last one I had I cut off more than half of what was on the plate as it wasn't crispy
that pork dish looked delicious, love pork crackling too
I lived in Germany for nine years back in the 90's. Loved all of the local food! I never converted to German wine - Riesling was far too sweet for me.
Cara loves a Riesling. I'm not the biggest fan either.
That crazy, there are so many wonderful dry German wines.
They do produce some dry wines but limited regions and quantity due to the cooler climate producing sweeter grapes as spend longer on the vines to ripen.
There are very, very dry Riesling wines in Germany.
Try other sour sorts like Kerner...
I have never, ever seen anybody digging for the meat under the crust. The crust is the best part. You just turn it around, grab the crust and take it off, then you can cut into the meat. And bite the crust, or leave it if you don't like it. Same with the Danish pork roast if you ever go there!
You have to test: Schnitzel=. Cutlet. A very typical german meat in a lot of variations...
Try the Mettbrötchen. Don't Google it though before you order it. If you're heading to Cologne or Düsseldorf, try the Poldi sandwich from MangalxPodolski kebab places. 👌🏻
hab mich lang geweigert da essen zu gehen weil ich nicht einsehe mich fürn döner anzustellen.
als mal leer war hab ich mal probiert und hasse es wie gut er tatsächlich schmeckt. definitiv einer meiner lieblingsdöner heute.
und köln ist er aber bei 7,50€ mittlerweile somit nur für anlässe für mich :)
@@ClownsVeranstaltungen2023 Ja, ich musste die Preise leider anpassen.
If you not did it so far, don’t forget to try the Marzipan cake "Prinz Heinrich" 😉
He crsty part is the best part of the knuckle!!!
You usually don't eat the skin of the Fleischwurst
I love almost all German food. The cakes or Kuchen/Torten are fantastic.
My mom was born in Mainz and make an advice to visit Pizza Pepe. Very tasty Pizza there!
6:05 that ringtone in the back from the landline is so german, i can still hear it in my dreams from when i was young. No really its so wildly spead all over germany, i think everybody knows it.
This one for offices and the doctors ringtone :D ruclips.net/video/0KCiXrSzQ6I/видео.html
RIP Gigaset
Kruste - Super. Fleisch - Super. Beides zusammen - Unbezahlbar.🙂
:D greetz from a small village near Mainz
Have a nice time in my hometown
you two need to try north german food.
One thing Ive seen about noodles/pasta in the US (albeit this might be regionally as I was only in the souther States from Nevada to Florida) - all pasta/noodles I tried used very little to none salt when they were boiled. So they turned out incredibly bland. That was the case even in slightly upper class restaurants.
The german noodles (=Spätzle) you tried probably got salted a lot better.
Zwiebelrostbraten mit hausgemachten Spätzle.
Käsespätzle are the South german Mac and cheese, but in better...🤣🤣
True. But who uses only Emmentaler? There has to be at least one brick of Limburger (diced) in there per 500g of Spätzle.
Ooooh the fork grabbing style! Quite a US thing right? Looks odd, but great vid and the food looks fantastic! ñ.ñ
This is Bavarian Food.
I am German and, like many Germans, I do not eat this stuff.
Bavarian cuisine is a regional style of German cooking that originated in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It is known for its hearty, meat-based dishes, as well as its use of dumplings and sauerkraut.
German cuisine is more diverse than Bavarian cuisine, and it varies from region to region. However, some common German dishes include sausages, schnitzel, and sauerbraten.
5 thigns you have to try next time:
Gehacktesbötchen (= Mettbrötchen, the name differs from region to region)
ruclips.net/video/DD3mR7guKag/видео.html
coarse Bratwurst (in a roll or with potatoe salad)
You will often find a preboiled Bratwurst where the meat is fine and not coarse. I prefer the coarse one !
ruclips.net/video/Pl76NdVFQBs/видео.html
an "ahle Wurscht" from nothern Hesse (a sort of Salami, but much better to my mind)
There are 2 versions - air dried and smoked. I love the smoked one.
ruclips.net/video/2KG8mXm15Ck/видео.html
Currywurst
ruclips.net/video/mtWFh_I01GU/видео.html
Schnitzel
ruclips.net/video/zG8PF612nWk/видео.html
an finally the "Reibekuchen" or "Kartoffelpudder" (potatoe pancake) which is eaten with an apple sauce
ruclips.net/video/QduPr9DY_Dg/видео.html
Enjoy.
You can eat the whole Sausage and the whole Schweinshaxe (the crunchy "Kruste" ist the best part). Without the Bone of course 😅
It looks like Bavaria. If you come nearly Berlin you have to try Döner Kebab. Vegetables and souce u can choose always.
3 different souce types: garlic/yellow, herbs/white, chili/red(hot). Guten Appetit.
We have had dinner kebab, but not in Berlin. We still need to go there.
@@TheMagicGeekdom You can get them anywhere. There are 5 mio Turks in Germany. And in USA, just look for gyros.
I guess the food in Bavaria is quite different to that of Hamburg (more fish) and Berlin (more international).
Berlin has it's local cuisine.And not only currywurst.
The food in Germany is of a completely different quality than in England and the USA
Yes, it deserves to be called food. In England and the USA it's just processed industrial items.
I´m 45 min. away from Mainz worked there a couple of times it´s a nice City yes
Restaurant with package mustard?😂 exactly my humor😂😂😂😂 so bad😂😂😂
Die Schweinshaxe sieht sehr gut aus!
Probiert doch mal Mettbrötchen 🎉
Das sah für mich wie eine ganz normale Bockwurst aus. Und da macht sie die Pelle ab! Aber immerhin, ordentlicher Bautzner Senf dazu! And very surprising to me, a potato salad is usually served warm in America, isn't it?
no, that was Fleischwurst and the skin is not edible (I'm from Mainz).
I fed up w people on yt saying stuff like they r trying potatoes or watching a film or hearing a pop song for the first time when they're clearly not,, I mean id understand if it was moose ice-cream or even calamari 😅😅😂🎉
Since I'm from the far north of Germany, I still think the Käselespätzle is a thing to try and master. Make it your own. So simple. @ first look.
But there MUST be a reason, why this siple dish has become so very popular.
Just my 2 cents.
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Fault : you should try Käsespätzle not out of Baden-Würtemberg or Bavaria....there you will get the original and good Käsespätzle :)
Kaffe & Küchen = coffee & kitchen ... Kaffee & Kuchen = coffee & cake ... the pronounciation is very different between u and ü :)
Yeah, you stay in my Home City Mainz (Meenz am Rhoi).😊
I'm going to sound like Anthony Bourdain here but there is nothing better than pork fat. Pork crackling, done crispy is a close second and it's right next to the fat. Knuckles of any species, pork, lamb shanks have so much gelatin and umami that it's better than sex. No kidding.
Schweinshaxe - i normally eat it like a caveman. Only at home of course - not at a restaurant. If its done right - its just the best way to consum protein.
Ja, erst ab mit den ganz knuspern, dann los, bischen Fleisch, bischen knusper.
Nice review trying German.
The Käsespätzle looked weird, like drown in some kind of cream sauce?!
Got to say, that a Schweinshaxe without any brown gravy is a bit weird for me. I normally know it to be served with brown gravy and Knödel. xD
*Mettbrötchen+Zwiebeln* ^^
Why did you only eat the inside of the sausage? 🤔
One word…..Yum! I want some of all of it!!!
It was great!
You should learn how to hold a wine glass 🍷
Spätzle are not noodles.
It differs in terms of ingredients and production. Nothing to do with Italian noodles.
The original macaroni cheese. And the real real original came from Switzerland.
Holy shit. Fully out of context. But at first glance I really thought it is Peter Ustinov. The similarity is astounding.
Yes, there is a similarity. Except for the hair colour, of course.
Give me Greg,s Sausage Roll Any time
I LOVE the Taylor Swift t-shirt :D and it's spuendekaes............ (Spundekäs) :)
Porknucle crunchy skin is the best. yam yam Trust me
So typisch Amerikaner Norddeutschland scheint für sie nicht zu existieren. Aber es würde ja bedeuten sich mit Geographie auseinander zu setzen. 😁😁🖖🇩🇪🖖⚓
German food makes British food look relatively sophisticated
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You are really a funny guy! 😂
so true :) Hopefully british food also contain less carbs. Maybe this is why Americans love german food so much.
@@hogni6036 He is right. The English cuisine has changed. Lot of good stuff. Best Sunday roast. Best fish and chips. Best salmon. Best pies. etc.
@@botalm1878thats why Jamie Oliver went broke in London?
How you can eat so much , one dish is enough for me . 😂😊???
"Germany" actually is Deutschland.
Lieber lecker Matjes oder Krabbenbrötchen 🤣😇
Don't worry vegetarians : there is still plenty of German vegetarian food and foreign cuisine in every German city (Italian, Asian, Middle Eastern).
Shocking to see that adult Americans don't seem to be able to eat a meal with a knife and fork. Culture shock due to cultural deficits.
Okay, I'm a little offended. Schweinshaxe is definitely NOT fried! It's oven baked! You don't have to fry things, IF you can cook, you mange it with water in the oven, the right temperature etc!
We are not babarians who fry everything making it much more unhealthy like other countries!
The pork knuckle is not fried. 😉
Ooops. Thanks for the correction.
yummmmmmmy.-))lecker
German food is so under rated
It was so good!
As german i do not eat Schweinshaxe .
It seems like an acquired taste. It wasn't bad.
Dear American friends, before you eat in a German restaurant for the first time, please learn to use a knife and fork correctly. If you are unsure then let us explain it to you. It hurts my soul when I see this lady tearing at the pork knuckle.
They should just tear of the knusper and eat by hands, and cut into the meat with fork and knife. On the other hand, they are used to eat ribs and burgers with their hands. Even in restaurants!
Normally in England we eat the Hock cold with piccalilli and salad. It's delicious!
That sounds nice.
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TylorSwift t-shirt…..really
Schweinshaxen or Leberkäse are Bavarian food.
The USA has 50 States and each State has its own identity... so why do americans always think there is one Germany and we are All like the Mountaindwellers down there?
Germany has 16 federal states and those were hundreds of small kingdoms etc...... each state is different. In Tradition, Food and Landscape....
German white wine is underrated
Sorry Leberkäse is not a sausage !!! Why you both eat only in southgermany? This stay not for complet germany !
Leberkase is basically sausage meat. Or mild bologna. Only baked as a loaf. BUT not what's called sausage meat in US! Leberkase is also a cousin to the Swedish Falukorv, of which you dont eat the skin.
Wienerschnitzel???
Thats Austrian. Or, actually, originally from Milan. Cotolletta Milanese. Bone in. Or without, coated with cheese.
That obazda Looks disgusting lol pls dont eat bavarian food outside of Bavaria
German white wine - there are far more than 1000 varieties. A single winemaker probably has over 10 different wines in its range, when is al little winemaker. This is not a consistent product. Supermarket wines have a certain consistent taste because they mix several wines accordingly. You can do that, then it's just cooperative wine. The spectrum ranges from sour to sweet or from tart to fruity. You can't order a wine and know what German white wine tastes like. I suspect that you didn't know exactly what kind of wine you were ordering. It's not that easy and only the waitress who has already drunk it knows that.
You have to go to the winemaker, tell him what you have in mind and he will find something that suits your taste. Most of the time they aren't that expensive either. These utopian high-priced wines, in the four-figure range, are more of a show for the rich to brag or for collectors. I not doubt that you can drink it.
Just like champagne. Because someone came up with a seal of quality, established a name (americans like names) and thus drove up the price. Some winemakers have Sekt that is in no way inferior to them and is affordable.
There are also defined levels of sort, grape, quality and age. Etc.
Please check another Restaurant, those dishes do look terrifying. I'm German and for me this looks like cheap mass produced staff. There is no way, I would eat those dishes. I hope you will have much better experiences.
It is funny how selective you are about the food, like taking the skin of the sausage... Very seldom you will get something inedible -- naturally, bones are excepted. German chefs even learn that nothing inedible belongs on the plate.
You shouldn't eat some plastic skin though... 😉
You are not supposed to eat the skin of the Muncher Weisswurst!
this is bavarian food. not german food. eat döner if you want german food.
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Und McDonalds is auch deutsches Essen