15 American Food Products & Items NOT in Germany!
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- 15 American Food Products & Items NOT in Germany! After being here for a while, we've noticed quite a few things that are easily available in the US, but not in Germany! Some of these items are as basic as graham crackers and it's interesting to see little things that are missing! Let us know if there are any other food items you've noticed that are missing in Germany!
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I’m an American. So funny to hear Phil’s confusion over what a pie is. My brother is married to a German and they live in her hometown in the Black Forest. They came to the US for Thanksgiving one year and she volunteered to put the desserts out after the meal. She was not at all familiar with American pies so she carefully removed each one from their pie pans and transferred them to large serving platters where she assumed they’d be much easier to cut up, just like cake. Of course each pie completely fell apart in the process! She was mortified but we all thought it was charming and a good lesson to all of us that things that are ‘normal’ in one culture can be unknown in another.
😂👍 Haha great story!! It's always interesting to us to see how little things we are so used to aren't available or are hard to find in each country!
@STOP CENSORING THE TRUTH! Definitely a matter of opinion. If offered both, I will always choose soft and chewy!
@STOP CENSORING THE TRUTH! Also, I’m 68 and I’ve been eating soft cookies since way before the late 70’s!! Toll House chocolate chip!! And many others-that’s all my mother made.
Where on earth would that be? Never heard of such a place. Maybe Alaska? lol
@@DeanaandPhil ..... p
NOTE: We are NOT saying one country is better than the other! These are a lot of German products you can't find in the US, but that's not the topic of this video. That's another. 🙃🙂
We know that you can probably make delicious homemade versions of most of these items. We have been doing that for some of them, but it's still interesting to see how something so easily available in the US is near impossible to find in Germany! Let us know if there are any other food products/items that you miss! 😀
There is an online Dutch Asian (Amazing Oriental) supermarket that ships for free to Germany when purchasing over 39 euro. Their prices are actually pretty decent and they have reasonable assortment but keep in mind that due to the current situation shipping may be slow.
Can you do amazon wish list from US to Germany? I would definitely gift Deana Hot Cheetos and cookies.
@@sydneyrica1802 I'm pretty sure you can if you don't mind the steep shipping costs. Also keep in mind that some food items can not be shipped (most processed food however is just fine).
I think the cookies here in Germany are not the chewy gooey north american cookies because there is no brown sugar here. And I'm not talking about the brown sugar that feels like white sugar, I'm talking about soft brown sugar. Deana you know what I'm talking about right?
A tip from someone who is also living outside the states.. You could order ranch season packs and taco 🌮 seasoning, the best are the big ole Mccormick taco seasonings because they last foreverrrr!! Better yet if you have family who can send you a bottle or two from Costco. Once you have ranch seasoning packets a lil of milk + mayo + mix well + cover & let thickin in the fridge viola you have your own Hidden Valley ranch dressing.. You add some sour cream too for taste if your rather have a ranch dip rather a dressing. As for the burritos 🌯 once you got your taco seasoning all you need is to cook some ground beef with taco seasoning. To make salsa tomoto light mixed to chunky consistency + some salt + taco seasoning + hint of lemon + maybe throw some green or red bell pepper in the mix and viola. Black beans (to make refried beans) and wraps are typically easy to find wherever you are.., including of the other topping you'd like on your burrito.. Well.., maybe not Mexican rice that's a tough one..
I’m from the US and I love eating kasespatzel when I go to the Christmas markets in Germany. It’s a million times better than boxed Mac and cheese.
Same here! Though homemade Mac and cheese (like a 10 cheese mix with truffle oil) versus kasespatzel is a hard one for me, they are both so good! We have a Bavarian restaurant operated by an elderly German couple in my state so I drop by there every now and then to get my fix. My best experience with kasespatzel was in a small cabin in Saalbach Hinterglemm in the Austrian Alps where I was snowboarding for the week, the owners brought out a massive cast iron pan that served 5 of us; had to restrain myself from taking other peoples’ share haha.
i'm german and i love käsespätzle 😍
the Kaesespaetzle are the best in the world how can you even compare those nasty mac and cheese to Kaesespaetzle. shame on you to compare that nasty American food to that so yummy GERMAN food. I am 60 years in the US and I still hate all that nasty AMERICAN food,
@@tamaragunzl6924 you should try the ones from the Zollwache if visiting Frankfurt (Main)! They come with a nice salad before too and it's only 10 €.
@@vivienschmidt8506 oh i dont think i will ever visit frankfurt tho but thank uuu
Deana's "UGH" at the thought of eating chicken wings with ketchup is SO REAL. I felt that. Germany, what y'all doin???? 😂
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now i ve been the us for 15 month... but still not got the point why chickenwings always come with ranch carrots and celery... When I order chickenwings I wanna chew on real bones like a dog and not on raw uncooked veggies.. I am not a rabbit.. what amI supposed to do with this ... also I want my bbq sauce aside to dip the wings. hate it when you get all
your fingers dirty...
Andreas Rehn I’m not sure what kind of wings you are eating. Chicken wings are usually coated in a hot sauce, of which you can choose varying heat levels. If you get hot ones, the ranch and veggies are used to cool down the heat in your mouth so it doesn’t build too much. BBQ sauce is totally different than the buffalo sauce or other hot sauces used to coat hot wings.
My German husband uses Curry Ketchup on his wings ewwwwwww
We usually don't eat it with Ketchup. (at least I never heard that) I think you can get Wings at KFC with the Option to choose ketchup. However, American Restaurants definitely don't serve them with ketchup.
Phil is an open- minded individual that is open to try foods from different countries, learning a new language and immerse himself learning and experiencing the cultures and heritage of the uniqueness of countries he has travelled. I am so glad I subscribed to this channel - excellent way to experience it.
Totally agree !
He's a lucky guy. She is so damn hot. Great hair too.
I’m moving to Stuttgart in 2 weeks with my fiancé. I really appreciate these videos! My fiancé is already there house hunting and I’ve been giving him all your tips! His grocery store trip went smoother because I prepped him with your tips! Keep it up!
I think it's time for you guys to pay the Netherlands a visit. Quite some foods you are talking about we actually have here.
- There're Asian (mostly Indonesian) stores everywhere called 'toko' and they're usually pretty cheap.
- You can by cheetos everywhere, just not the flaming hot ones though.
- I've seen more and more places selling reece's peanut butter cups.
- There's a chain restaurant called 'Bagels & Beans'. Guess what they serve there.
- Pies... well, that's a local specialty of Limburg. They're called 'vlaai' and you can find them with anything: apples, cherries, apricot, custard, rice, etc.
- About the waffles + savoury things: over here we don't eat waffles a lot. But we do eat pancakes with anything like bacon, cheese, ham, salami, even mushrooms and onions. And it's a dinner thing, not brunch :)
- And lastly: cookies. Well, that's originally a Dutch word (koekje) so you can already guess we Dutchies no a couple of things about cookies. Off course, they're not the same cookies as in the US. But there's definately a wide variety of both hard and soft cookies.
This is helpful to me- I'm a picky eater and doing a 2 week vacation in France, Germany and the Netherlands. I'm going to stock the car with American favorites LOL
So, hi,
German in a long distance relationship with an American girl here. (Live in Austria tho, but my whole family is German)
And for some of these items, I could find them in Vienna. Though, if you're like me who lives in a rural/suburban area in Salzburg and don't wanna go on a 3-4 hour trip to Vienna just to buy some Poptarts or Cheetos, then ya better go online lol.
Either way, I'm happy to see that there's couples like you on TH-cam ! It gives me hope to have my long distance relationship work out ^^
Anyway,
Love from Austria !
Thank you for the nice words! We're happy to see that there are people like you out there. :) We live pretty rural too at the moment and the closest KFC is 30 minutes away. :)
we have mexican food and germans have turkish food lol
Trueeeee! We miss döner when we aren't in Germany!
@@DeanaandPhil There's a few Döner shops in NYC but like all good sandwiches cost twice as much as in Germany/Austria, even though supermarket and labor prices are similar. But we have halal food trucks all over the place. Kind of similar, only Middle Eastern instead of Turkish.
Ihr sind immer gerne und herzlich auf Las Vegas eingeladen. Es gibt angeblich ein authentischen Döner hier in LV. Ich bin immer noch misstrauisch 😂
Ich war 5x in den USA und mac & cheese schmeckt ja einfach mal nach nichts :D Ich weiß ja nicht was für Kässpätzle du bisher gegessen hast, aber hier im Ländle(Stuttgarter Raum) musst du mal Kässpätzle essen gehen, am besten dazu noch einen frischen Ackersalat. Glaub mir, du willst nie wieder mac & cheese. Grüße :)
trendliner10 ich kann dir nur zustimmen :) gerade auch in der Nähe der Alpen in Süddeutschland sind die kässpätzle einfach super. Ich liebe sie 😍 und mac &cheese fand ich auch wirklich langweilig...nicht lecker...
Süddeutschland represent !
Yeah, if Deana had said that I would have understood, because, well, childhood memories, but objectively speaking, Kässpätzle are better. For starters, it uses proper cheese.
Ich empfehle auch kässpatzen zu essen und dabei möglichst südlich in baden Württemberg zu sein
(Kleiner Tipp man sollte zumindest die Alpen sehen)
That’s not the same thing at all. Mac n cheese is amazing. I guess Germans just can’t appreciate it
Aww Deana went all southern on him with her “bless your heart” ❤️
You two need to go online and find out how to bake a pie. You should have all the ingredients available (flour, butter, sugar, fruit) and Phill needs to try a pie.
But sadly they won't be able to find a pie tin/form, so it will come out looking like a Torte.
Deanas folks could send ( or find online ) pie tin / form / baking dish. So they can bake home made pies to introduce Phil to.
It's so weird to me as a Dutchie to find out you Germans don't have (fruit) pies & pie forms. Pies are just so common here you can basically buy them at every supermarket and bakery. It's traditionally a food from southern Limburg which is nearly in Germany.
@@LythaWausW google "Kuchenform"
@@picobello99
are you talking about vlaai?
I love this! My good friend is German - from Saarbrücken. He will be visiting me in the US. This gives me ideas of things I'd like him to try while here...I'll definitely add Southern BBQ and Southern brunch to the list.
The best thing Germany should definitely have more of is MEXICAN FOOD!!!
But if you got everything everywhere, why do we still travel ? If you missed it for a while, you can look forward to your next visit to the states.
I KNOW RIGHT! And not only in restaurants but also in the supermarket... I need my refried beans, good chili sauces and decent tortillas!!
I have a Mexican Restaurant 5 minutes away. It's amazing. www.menupix.com/menudirectory/menu.php?id=4201925
@@holger_p Holger, travelling is different than being stuck permanently in a land without good Mexican food, and travel restrictions due to Covid19. Looking forward is an understatement!!!
@@evab.6948 Eva, Chili sauces I am helpless to try, with what I can find at the nearest turkish shop (40km away from me). But refried beans and tortillas I've learned to make from scratch and they work. Just totally, totally labor intensive and kitchen-ruining. There is a lot of satisfaction from making your own refried beans (from wachelbohnen), and they tastes good, but tortillas, good grief you have to be dedicated to go thru that.
This was so much fun! My Daughter moved to Germany 11 years ago. There is a list of foods that go in every Christmas box or the suitcase when we go to visit. Ranch Dressing, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Hershey's Kisses, are always included. The grandchildren have taken to peanut butter sandwiches. She can't find Grape jelly in her local stores. She misses family style restaurants that are every where in the US. Of course there are McDonalds and Burger King but no Applebees, Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse type places in her area of Germany.
Oh yes, she hunted every where for pie pans and I ended up mailing her some. On the other hand I miss walking to her bakery for Brötchen.
Yeah we still prefer locally based restaurants versus chains 🤷♂️
So true you saved me a thousand times mom!!! I get the Mac n cheese! Aldi North has a box Macaroni and Cheese by Traders Joes that sometimes comes on special make sure you check the “Prospekt “(flyers.). Red dye used to make the cheese so orange, same with Cheetos is banned here. Mexican, is made at home here, because there really are no comparisons! Ranch, RANCH! My mom(👆) still sends me boxes of Pakets because nothing will be the same!!! But…. Dickmilch or Creme Fraisch with powder garlic (granuliert Knoblauch), powder onion (Zwiebel), salt(Salz) pepper(Pfeffer), und fresh chives(schnittlauch) with a little milk or buttermilk mixed in for consistency… really fancy add some mayonnaise in there!
@@christiantamme8514 it’s not the chain restaurant that I miss it is the family style. Here a lot of restaurants are not kid/family friendly like in the USA…. Or even the Netherlands!
Graham Crackers yum!!! Butter Kekse are not the same but will work for s’mores, also they have Butterkekse with chocolate on one side, so you just need to add the toasted marshmallow!❤️
Deana you need to find some soldier friends they are stationed in Germany! On base you can find ALL those things!!!🤘 if I would be in Germany I would bring you on base so you can get all your fav. Items 😩😘
Bravo! Great idea!
Get some airmen to smuggle American snacks out of Rammstein AFB. 😅
I was going to say this. Make friends with a serviceman over there and they can get Mac and Cheese, Asian foods, and Mexican food supplies from the Commissary on their bases and posts.
Ramen and Dim Sum is really hard to find. In bigger cities you normally should find japanese restaurants that also serve Ramen but for dim sum it is really hard to even find a chinese restaurant that has some on the menu, next to impossible to find a real dim sum place.
I once "dated" (even though I thought our view meetings were more like friendly hangs) an american girl and she told me she wanted some good cinnamon rolls and I offered to bake some with her at her place. She thought I'd bring some ready stuff that you just put into the oven and was really shocked when I came with ingredients and we made that from scratch. It was AMAZING!! You could feel your arteries clogging at each bite but it was just amazing.
Deana, I too grew up the same way grew up with Mac & cheese after school going home and cooking my snack.
😍😢 so many childhood memories. I haven't made boxed Mac and cheese in about 10 years. Now that I don't have access to it, I'm craving it! 😅😂🤤
I couple of month ago i found boxed mac 'n cheese (Kraft) at the "international" section of REAL and bought it immediatly. In my opinion you have to have childhood memories to like it. It was way to much salt in it and just... interesting. Not really bad, but also not good. And I found also pop tarts, the same packaging seen in the video, but I didn't like them 🙁
I always thought that stuff was gross.
@@johnp139 well what is gross now a days meeting a lady that you might marry French missing the lady unknown gross she had her prior boyfriend xxx dna in her mouth that could be considered gross they should amend the marriage bow for sickness and worst and gross.😄
@@DeanaandPhil You never know what you have until it's gone. And a touch of nostalgia.
Love you guys. I lived near Stuttgart in the late 80's for 4 years. I loved it. You guys have brought up lots of memories for me.
Hey Deana and Phil, concerning your question for Asian Food supplies: as my mom is Korean and we grew up with Asian Meals most of the time, here in Germany in Düsseldorf there are some Japanese/Korean or maybe also other Asian Food supply stores which are kinda big. Some of those stores also offer order options via Internet where you can also order bigger amounts. In Bonn, where I live there are also some smaller stores where you can find basic food supplies. Actually all those supplies are a bit more expensive than the normal price when you buy it f. ex. In Korea or Japan. But it's ok and if you order bigger amounts the price performance ratio is ok. I love all your clips and hope there will be continually more. 😊
I had Kraft Mac & Cheese once, still shivering just thinking of it. I think it's an acquired taste. In terms of an easy to make and cheap pasta dish, we have these "Spaghetti in Käsesoße" packs (similar to Miraculi) in our grocery discounter markets, It's 80 Eurocent, it's pasta in cheesesauce and you need some Milk and Butter to prepare it.
I think the thing with the boxed mac & cheese is a childhood nostalgia thing. Little kids love that stuff and it's inexpensive and easy to make. I like mac & cheese, not a huge fan but it's OK, but it's something that's even pretty easy (and much better) to make homemade and has a lot of variations depending on what you like. It's a comfort food.
Oh, and it's not just a USA thing. Canadians love their Kraft Dinner.😃
The orange dye in mac and cheese and Cheetos is banned. The American market in Frankfurt had both!
And they had taco kits and Ortega taco sauce!
And Ranch!!
My Tennessee raised wife feels you on the Southern BBQ and Mexican food. (I'm from Lüneburg, my wife is from Knoxville, we live in Sydney).
Does your wife make soup beans or skillet cornbread?
Cobbler!! You are missing out if you do not have cobbler. Peach or blackberry cobbler is a must for me.
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WHAT?! Käsespätzle are the best thing ever!
I’m Mexican, so Mexican food is what I would eat 95% of the time when I used to live in the states. Now that I moved to Germany It’s hard to find Mexican food lol & I love cheetos. I had to pay $10 for like a bag of hot Cheetos on amazon 🤣😆
I'm American, but seriously, I miss Mexican food more than anything since I moved to Europe! It's the best ::crocodile tears::.
You can always buy Cheetos in other EU countries. In Poland for example. It's one of the more popular snacks in Poland.
There are a few rare shops in Germany that sell Cheetos. Still expensive, but it’s a option. My local Turkish store have Cheetos one time a year, and i always buy so much of them if I spot them. 😂 And there are „Fishers Shops“ that open up all over Germany the last year, they have so much US Snacks, but kind of expensive. And Beastmode Germany (Online Shop) have a American Cheatday category, where you can find a kind of Cheetos. They had the OG Cheetos in the past, but I can’t find them at the moment on their shop. 🙈 And I would like to have more Mexican restaurants here. I’ve never ate Mexican food, but I would love to eat a fresh made Mexican burrito or taco. 🥰😋
Pretty much every bigger city has at least one mexican restaurant. I'm sure you'll find one you like.
I got like 4 in my area.
Good peanut butter! Although living in Germany I have to say that the food in Germany is way better than in the US!
Mmmmhhhmm peanut butter! 😍🤤 We don't see it as one is better than the other. There are just differences! 🤗💜
@@DeanaandPhil Although I was a JIF fan, I honestly don't care anymore, I'm just so happy that I can get PB at Edeka. In such tiny jars I have to buy 4 at a time. To dip celery sticks in. Gross, to Germans.
@@LythaWausW Ha! My parents did that. If you can buy shelled roasted peanuts in Deutschland you could make peanut butter in a blender. But I'm guessing the peanut availability is the problem. (I've spent hours in German/Austrian supermarkets but never thought of trying to find anything peanut.)
there are actually a lot of soft cookies at least where i live
Bei vielen der Sachen dachte ich mir nur:"Hää? Was ist das?" 😂😅
same 😂
Of course it's pretty much a nobrainer that, when you live in non-metropolitan Germany, that the supply of Asian groceries is limited to what a standard supermarket offers. However you can always order Asian groceries online, if the offering in your local supermarket is not according to what you expect. Since the US has a very high number of immigrants from various Asian countries, the demand for Asian groceries is very high, hence you will find a good supply of them more or less in every neck of the woods. I live in the outskirts of Munich, so luckily I have access to a large variety of Asian markets, that offer most ingredients that I need for my Asian cooking; even the more exotic ingredients like Sui Mi Ya Cai or Pixian Doubanjiang etc...!
Cheetos, Poptarts, and Hersheys can all be bought (for normal prices) at major grocery stores in Poland (and I think, the Czech Republic). In these countries you can also buy Tide laundry detergent. Major supermarkets like Carrefour, Auchan, Delhaize, and Tesco have them. You can also find Hersheys stuff in Berlin for some reason.
For bagels, check Joshua Weissman's recipe on TH-cam, he does a pretty straightforward one! For Asian stuff, I think you're close to Hannover, there were a few Asian supermarkets there in 2017 (and they should still be there); walking around while waiting for a train I found 3 or 4, and they were of a normal size, not much smaller than in the US! Wonton wrappers will be with the frozen stuff; they don't usually have them at room temperature.
Ohhh sounds like Poland has the access! Tesco was the supermarket in SE Asia we would always go to when we lived there. Lots of options! Thanks for the video recommendation! Well check it out! 🤗💜 We aren't super close to Hannover, but next time we are over there we will definitely check out some of the stores. Thanks!! 😍
You can get some Hoosier Hill Farm mac 'n cheese powders on amazon, unless that banned also. Then you just buy regular elbow macaroni, add powder, milk and butter.
On a related note, I'm from Mass. and fell in love with Maine's 'Red Snapper' hot dogs as a child. Maine is 2 hours away, yet I've only seen them in Maine stores. I don't know why they don't sell elsewhere. They are the best hot dog by far I've ever had.
Just discovered you two and love your channel! Thought I would mention the only kind of cars I’ve driven and currently drive is made in Stuttgart Germany lol! 👍🏼😂
Thank you!!! 🤗💜
One needs Graham Crackers to make the bottom crusts when making Cheesecakes ! Or another great food item to use to make the crust for Cheesecakes is Oreo Cookies and or Vanilla Wafers
I don't know how far you guys are located from the Dutch border, but if you are planning to do a day-trip to Amsterdam anytime soon you will be able to find an (Kelly's) expat shop there that sells all sorts of American (and British) items at a bit of a premium though.
ps. Their web shop ships to Germany as well.
We aren't really close, but we would love to go! Maybe when borders reopen and things settle. 🌍 Thanks for the recommendation! 🤗💜
And A&W DIET ROOT BEER?
@@LythaWausW Yep, 11 euro for a 12 pack. They are out of stock at the moment
@@DeanaandPhilI know a dutch store which is even nearer to the border and has cheetos. The store is in Venlo and I've paid 4 euros for one big package of flaming hot cheetos. :) the Store is named Die zwei Brüder.
IDK if I could do without my sweets, when you guys get back to the U.S we gotta get phil to try some Grits, shrimp and grits, a philly cheese steak.crawfish boil,biscuits and sausage gravy, i'm from the south of the U.S, and we have our own food here that the rest of america barely eats . I really enjoy the videos, I usually watch you guys in the morning with coffee after checking my e-mail etc, you guys make me sooo darn hungry in the morning!! the other morning I drove 12 miles round trip to burger king to eat breakfast sandwich which I never do!!! you guys are awesome and a lotta fun
Cookies from Mc Donald's are great as well!!! Really soft. (as long as they are not too "old") :)
Thanks for reminding us to throw in a thumbs up and comment! I never do so, but I love your channel! Keep up the great content
Thank you for your positive comment!! 🤗💜 We appreciate it!
There are great chewy cookies at Subway. Just take them home, put them in the microwave for about 5 seconds and damn, that's good stuff 😉 My favorite are the "double chocolate chip" or the normal "choclate chip" cookies there. 🥰🥰😋
Now I want some.... great 😂
I love German food, so I learned how to cook the foods I love! I make Lebkucken, Schwartzwalderkirschtorte, Rouladen, Semmel knodel (spelling?) and many others. My German mother says my cooking is delicious. I have done the same with Greek, American and Indian cooking. Yum! Living in Texas, I got the BBQ down also💕
Oh my gosh Deana, so I think you and I are a similar age and apparently grew up eating the same foods (except southern BBQ, I’m from WA), and with each additional food I felt sadder and sadder for you missing out haha, but then ... pop tarts! That just takes the biscuit, pop tarts used to be my all time favourite sweet afternoon snack! 😂 so sad you’re missing out right now! But then so am I - I developed a lot of food allergies so I can’t eat any of the foods you mentioned either 😭 Hope you can at least find some Cheetos to keep you going!
Haha It's funny how I never crave these things normally until I don't have access to them. 😅😂 I've been making a lot of homemade things to satisfy those cravings. I have yet to find Cheetos or Takis, so still on the hunt!
I was peanut butter deprived in Germany!!! Thankfully my brother lives in Landstuhl and would buy me big containers of Skippy!!
There is an Asian market in Schweinfurt!
You can find Peanut butter cups at Edeka - I found them there in both Bad Füssing and Volkach.
I prefer Adam's Peanut butter, no shortening or sugar and the crunchy version.
Omg guys I feel you! The first time I visited the US I fell in love with Cheetos. I was looking for them in every supermarket around me and finally I found them! A polish supermarket in my city sells them and I literally started crying when I saw them :D. But Buffalo Saue I still can‘t find it anywhere...
Loved the video as always!
In Poland you have Cheetos in every shop. Strange that it's not in Germany.
9:30 for the bbq fix if you guys have a local butcher or something of the like, you could get a brisket and smoke it yourself or if you dont have a smoker you could get one off of amazon, or just use the oven broil/ aluminum foil/ butcher paper method( there are several youtube recipes available, absolutely delish). a beef roast can come out very similar to a brisket if done right, fyi. interesting channel guys, cheers! and by the way i love some homemade reeses pieces cookies, you can use yellow butter cake batter and put your fav chocolate or peanut butter candy in it for soft cookies!
I have learned to live with ranch dressing since moving to the US from Canada, but I’m not happy about it. 😩 The best one is from Trader Joe’s. I don’t care for it much and I miss PLUM SAUCE which, if you’ve never dunked your chicken strips in, you’re missing out on a joyful life! Even McDonald’s in Canada gives out plum sauce with their chicken nuggets. I miss Canadian Mac’n’Cheese, which is made by the same company as the US version, but it is called Kraft Dinner in Canada - or KD for short. The best is to take the powdered cheese packet out of the KD and sprinkle it on your popcorn. 😋
Yea it's really hard to find asian food in germany in normal prices... In bigger cities they are mostly "Asian" (western asian: turkish, Arabic, irani,...) but for eastern asian (Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, korean, ...) you really need to research. The biggest Japanese community is in Düsseldorf, where you can actually find a lot of Asian (Japanese, Chinese, korean...) products to decent prices. Happy day ✨
Someday I hope u guys do a video about German Schlager music. My absolutely favorite kind of music xD My ancestors came to America from Austria and Germany in the 1600s. Maybe that is why I feel such a connection to Schlager music. Also as a Mennonite my first language was a dialect of German.. so of course I feel connected to German culture in many ways. Love the videos!
The question for you is, Is Erasure Schlager?
Just guessing a lot of Mennonite/Pennsylvania "Dutch" food is similar to German.
Germany has some really good candy. My father lives in Germany and sends “care packages” like twice a year. Lots of “Nutella” style candies. Lion candy is my favorite ❤️
American BBQ is soooo good. We have some decent places in Chicago which serve Texas BBQ. So good. Get a nice Lone Star beer with it and enjoy.
There is a good Asian population / stores in suburbs of Chicago too.
Here in Dortmund we have a bigger Asian store / market called "Tain Kim Heng", I went there a couple of times and I heard that we also have other Asian markets around here. However, I think that it's not worth for you to get here just for that. :D
We also have a Mexican-American restaurant called "SABE MENTE" right in the inner city not far from the main station where you could also get burritos. They also have another subsidiary at the "Möhnesee" as far as I know.
So I think in general you could say that bigger cities do have all this, but you won't find anything like that outside of those cities.
In the US is so much packed food, and where are my chetos 😳
I'm living in Hamburg and we had a bagel store just around the next corner. Bagels are my childhood too and I'm german😂 I love sesame bagels so much.
Haha, I don't believe it. I literally just rewatched the Friends-episode with Eddie, the crazy roommate.
"It's not even a real fish..."
I live in Munich, so it is easier to find most of the stuff you talked about. There are special American Food or UK Food shops where you can buy imported goods. However I have never ever seen cheetos.
I totally agree with you on the bagles. I miss them very much and don't understand why you can't get proper bagles in Germany.
But I had to lough when Deana said, that goldfish where her "field trip snacks". In Germany children get sliced apples and selfmade sandwiches. Maybe a pack of Haribo... ;-)
Bagels 🥯 are predominantly available in Jewish communities.
Omgosh sent you guys a FB message. I'm in the UK and can send you these American foods you guys keep talking about!!! Hit me up
Ahhh We are very bad at checking our Facebook messages. 😅 We'll respond now. Thank you! 🤗💜
Ich glaube dass Käsespätzle nicht vergleichbar mit Mac&Cheese ist sondern eher vergleichbar mit „Nudeln mit Tomatensoße“ .. das ist hier quasi das einfache Pastagericht dass auch alle Kinder ( naja fast alle ) gerne essen und man auch überall bekommt . Oder was meint Ihr ? Käsespätzle ist ja mehr eine regionale Spezialität.
Hey Deana and Phil! You guys need to move to Kaiserslautern. You would be right by the US Air Force base Ramstein, so since there are lots of Americans in the area, there are many restaurants catering to American taste. There are at least 7 Mexican restaurants including one that is basically just like Chipotle. There is also a Korean restaurant and a couple Asian food stores... just to name a few. And if you want some Cheetos of Goldfish, etc., make friends with an American service member and maybe they will pick you up some snacks from the base, or maybe they will even take you on base and you could eat at Macaroni Grill, Chili's, PF Changs, or the food court (Popeyes, Taco Bell, Boston Market, Manchu Wok, etc.). This area is truly the best of both worlds!! 🇩🇪🇺🇲😊
So many service members from our side of the country go there to experience “Little America”! I hope to make the drive to try Wahlburger one day. But can’t justify that long of a drive for a burger.
I really wouldn’t miss any of these things, except for maybe ranch dressing, but I make that myself (mainly mayonnaise and sour cream).
Ick, I am not a fan of ranch dressing but then again, I guess I'm not the typical American. I hate Oreos, cookies and cream and cookie dough.
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Yes! Ranch!🙌🏻😭and No! Reese’s are not horrible!😂
Deana, try this recipe. makes WAY better ranch dressing than Hudden Valley. You can skip the herbs ( I leave them out. too hard to find) except the dill and it still tastes crazy good. if you don't have buttermilk you can make your own with a teaspoon of vinegar in the 1/4 cup regular milk and set aside to sour for 15 mins.
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup butter milk
1/2 tsp. garlic powder (not garlic salt)
1/2 tsp. onion powder (not onion salt)
1/2 tsp. dry dill
1/2 tsp. dry chives
1/2 tsp. dry parsley
1/2 tsp. dry tarragon
1/4 tsp. black pepper (or a bit more)
(just a pinch of salt)
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 or 3 drops of Worcestershire
Mix well and refrigerate for
at least 4 hours... best if chilled over night.
It's always better to make some of these things at home. Also healthier. You can always google recipes. I know you know aldi's, ours carry great copycats to a lot of these. Of course not brand name, but sometimes! 😎
Absolutely! Over the years I have attempted to recreate my favorite meals from home, and often I have been impressed and enjoyed the trip, but the work involved, and the cost of the ingredients…. So hard!!!
Hi guys, love your videos. My wife is American and I am German we live in Texas. We thought about making videos about country live in Germany and Texas.
What I miss about USA is Fritos 😍😍😍
You know, I never really liked them, but I'd give anything for them after 13 years not having them. With good salsa, chili, or sour cream dip. Oh please stop it.
Omg this video is me, constantly! I lived in Canada for one year and spent a few months in the US and I miss ALL the stuff, especially in grocery stores! Stuff for baking (where are the white choc chips in Germany? And baking spray?), Mexican goods, chips flavors... the list is endless! :D
Haha yes!!! Some baking ingredients are different here so I've been trying them out! It's funny how you don't know what you're missing until you don't have access to it anymore. 😅😂
Regin haben wir auch in Deutschland habe ich letztens gesehen
I live in Germany since 1976. I know what you mean about U.S. foods not being in Germany. But there are more now than then. I make a good Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. 😀 I enjoy your videos. Sheryl ❤️
Cheetos are so good - living in Germany now for over 20 years and haven‘t found them anywhere in stores near my town.
But I‘ve got friends who can go buy their american stuff in the PX and sometimes bring me stuff, then it‘s just like christmas for me :)
You can get good soft & chewy cookies in Lidl
Haha sounds like Christmas!! 😍😍😍
@@DeanaandPhil If you are searching for ideas, how to eat Chicken Wings, you should come to Hamburg and go to "Down Under" (an Australien Pub near University). They offer Chicken Wings all-you-can-eat with a big variety of sauces: Honey-Mustard, Curry, Smoked, Barbecue, (...). Together with fresh bread and cold Australian beer. Yummy!!
@@janpracht6662 Danke Danke Gott das Ich in der Nähe von Hamburg lebe
You can buy Cheetos from "Fisher's Sweet Shop". They are legit Cheetos but the store only puts a sticker to cover the logo. I think they have 8 stores all around Germany. Hope this helps.
This was super helpful. Many thanks! This helped me to select a few goodies that I wanted to send to a dear friend in Germany.
In Germany you don't find somuch Asia or Mexico food becose we have so much good german food 😄😉
We aren't denying that there is good German food, but we like a variety in our lives. 🤗💜
@@DeanaandPhil My favorite food in Germany is Rheinish Sauerbraten (you've had it right?) but other than that it seems to be Schnitzel, Wurst, Eintopf, repeat. The only Salmon in Germany is Chum, what Alaskans feed their dogs, and the rest is shipped to Europe. (Verified on Wiki.) In fact I just watched the beginning of the show "2 & 1/2 Men" and they bought a bucket of Chum to distract the seagulls from living on their deck. I'm from the PNW where the dogs grow glossy coats from eating it. It's not bad, not at all, it just tastes like fish, not Salmon.
Also, I'd love to be able to find clams in Germany, so I can make New England Clam Chowder. Anyone? In the can would be best cuz I don't need to shuck them myself. Anyone know the German word for clam? The closest I got was the Spanish word Vongole. And even there my Google search stopped. Venus...?
Gotta say, I love all the German fancy cakes in the bakeries with all the layers and whipped cream in them. We don't have quite the same in US. So you lose some, you win some.
Über Südstaten-BBQ kann & will ich mir kein Urteil erlauben, aber alles andere, was Ihr hier vermisst ist doch unglaublicher Fraß, den Niemand in Deutschland braucht! Wer es (als Amerikanerin oder total Amerikanisierter) doch braucht, den will ich ja nicht nach Amerika schicken, der soll sich das Zeug doch schicken lassen! Besser als unsere Läden damit zu vermüllen!
Going from Germany to US was so crazy. Now that I've been here in US for 20 yrs, bbq and homemade macaroni and cheese is the bomb. Oh hehe I saw my name and love ya Dephi! Lol
🤗💜 Thank you for supporting us on Patreon, Faith! And, we might need to make some homemade macaroni and cheese soon to satisfy our cravings!! 😍
Homemade is all I love to eat. I hope yall do make some.
When I was in the U.S. I loved the cookies from Chips Ahoy, especially the chunky ones. One cookie and you will survive everything for hours :)
I miss brown sugar (cassonade in French), molasses, ribs and decent steak. I don't understand why Germans can't make ribs or don't sell them in supermarket. It's a part of the pig, their sacred animal!
Hey Julie, the last 2 years I've found "BBQ ribs" at Aldi in our Dorf, but they are dangerous to eat. Like many of the meats we eat here, there are bone splinters that you could literally need an ambulance trip for.
I don't understand it but often the boneless frozen chicken breasts I buy at Aldi have the Schluesselbein (bone) stuck in them still. FOUR times now I've had to fish the bones out of my boneless chicken breasts. The good thing is, the manufacturer refunded me with a bonus and apology. And Aldi of course gave me my money back when I brought all the freaking bone pieces back to the checkout line - to the annoyance of the other customers. Aldi makes it very, very unpleasant to return anything.
So, after the first complaint, I've given up, just because of the unfriendly return policy (you must make the rest of the customers in line wait for you as you fill out a personal information form with your name and address). And everyone in line is glaring at you for whatever discrepancy you found in Aldi's food that they have to wait extra time for.
In an effort to excapt the problem, I ordered 5 pounds of de-boned chicken thighs at the local butcher. As you probably know, it's impossible to find chicken thighs, de-boned, in Germany. I paid 11 Euros and then spent the afternoon re-de-boning the chicken thighs, myself. They were full of bone pieces!
Anyway, I've also found chips of bone in many types of Bratwurst, leading me to believe that German butchers cannot really differentiate meat from bone in the butchering process. In my 37 years in America, I never found a chunk of bone in a hot dog. In Germany, I find a sliver of bone regularly in my Bratwurst. I wish I knew why, since Germany is a pork-centric country.
We do though! Many of the bigger cities have so many American restaurants, specifically serving ribs or steak
Talking about pies made me soooo hungry for rhubarb pie and vanilla ice cream.
American seem to be addicted to pre-processed and ready to eat food. Are they able to peel a potato or to cook a macaroni ?
Maybe the cooking abilities are a topic for another video. I have never heard anybody is preparing anything, maybe beyond scrambled eggs.
Bring your cookie recipe and bake it, instead of complaining you cannot buy it already made.
Cookies are the most boring things ever. Takes 3 Minutes to prepare it and 10minutes to bake. It's 30% plain butter. Caloric bombs."Streusel" and "Streuselkuchen" is actually the thing that comes closest, by the dough, and it's fluffy and chewy (don't take the pudding stuffed version).
It's just the alternatives we have are better. I understand Deanas nostalgia , but it's not more than that. A whole in a Bun .. what a crazy idea. If you watch from top, you can see if there is cheese or salami inside ;-)
We are addicted to convenience.
What's funny is often when I make a traditional German meal here in Germany, based on local, family recipes, I am asked to peel all the potatoes.
Why do Germans peel potatoes? Excuding Kartoffelbrei, but in roasted, soup, or grilled potatoes? In Germany they take off the peel almost for every dish, and I have no idea why the peel/skin is a bad thing.
I remove the "eyes" and then cook them with peels. What is wrong, exactly, with the skin of a potato? I recently watched another ex-pat TH-cam video where he cooked German style potatoes and he left the skins on, simply out of habit, as an American. That's where all the vitamins are, btw.
Of course there are Americans that cook. Sadly, due to the work culture (long hours, little vacation and not many paid holidays), lots of people are left tired and go for food that isn't time consuming to make. We know that it's not all healthy, but we don't feel like spending 2 more hours making dinner from scratch after we spent 9 hours at work. Things aren't like they were decades ago, both partners usually need to work in order to pay the bills. In my family, my mother never learned to really cook anything beyond simple meals because her single mother was a waitress and would eat at work. Being a single parents makes things more complicated, and there are a lot of them here. So in cases like these, the art of cooking doesn't really get passed down.
@@LythaWausW For once it does not taste very nice (though your opinion of course can differ) and can stick between your teeth which is annoying...
Seriously though, there are some dishes even in Germany where you keep the peel on. But you are right it is unusual.
Maybe people are scared of eating dirt, because you have to wash it thoroughly and you can't quite tell if there is still something on it or not...
@@applescruff88 if you have a freezer, you can prepare larger amounts at once, freeze them in smaller portions which you can then later microwave and eat. Best of both worlds.
You can buy pop tarts here in the U.K. in supermarkets. And most supermarkets have an American section where you can buy certain American cereals and chocolate bars etc. But the pop tarts are in the “normal” cereal isle.
Spatzel is a very versatile food and I have made it cheesy, fried in butter, in a soup and with Czech goulash but it's not better then Mac n cheese.
Because of these Gold Fish crackers... There is something similar i think. They are called
"Gold Fischli" in german, and "Funny Frisch" is the distributor of the product.
Over here, they only come in a very lightly salted flavour, called "original". I never saw them in another flavour. I live on the country side in very small village, so it can be, that in stores in bigger towns, they might be available in other flavours and variations.
i miss good southern fried chicken.... thats just not a thing here.
😍🤤😭 I've been craving fried chicken for a few weeks!!
@@DeanaandPhil i tried ths tuff from Lidl, and it wasn't that bad, but it was missing the spices and of course the fresh fried taste... well i just have to add that one to my list for the next trip back! lol i love your videos!
I'm loving this video so much! Today is my birthday and since we're in lockdown in Germany, I don't get to go out for a special restaurant visit. And since we live in BFE, Germany (Deanna can explain), there are no restaurants around here that I'd go to for take-out, cuz I'd only find German Pizza and Doener, or Greek (which would be fine, in-restaurant). So I took your advice and got out one of the variety pack of Thai Curries you recommended tonight.
For my birthday, I'm making "cock"? brand Thai curry with the coconut milk I've hoarded. While watching your video, chopping the veggies. Honestly, you guys made my birthday better. I'd rather have a good curry than a take-out Corona-Greek.
If you find anyone who can find Cheetos (orignal) please publish it! And the Germans who will say, "There is Ranch dressing here" don't know about Hidden Valley Ranch, which I get every year for Christmas from my mom from home (the packets, which should be mixed with BEST FOODS/HELLMANS Mayo, but that is also very hard to find in Germany).
I love that Phil appreciates what you miss most. I mean, I grew up with Kraft Mac&Cheese too, I could eat the entire box : ) And KaeseSpaeztle has way too many Umlauts but tastes amazing, if you'rd in Bern, Switzerland (my first time, homemade). I don't think the two can be compared. In America, does anyone serve Kraft Mac&Cheese to guests? No: )
Glad that you're making homemade chocolate chip cookies. The only way. I'm just happy to hear that Phil appreciates the comfort foods of my home.
Happy Birthday!!! 🤗💜🍰 Sounds like a delicious birthday dinner to us!! We ironically made curry too today for the first time in a few weeks! If we find any Cheetos, we'll let you know! Some people have commented they have seen other products around Germany, so there is hope! 😍 hahaha great point! I don't think I would ever give someone boxed mac & cheese for their first time. I, Deana, want to try käsespätzle still! I've heard from a lot of other people that it's delicious! 😋
i haven’t seen flamin hot cheetos there but other flavours in the polish supermarket in my town
NO RANCH IN GERMANY??? Remind me to stay far away from that dark and evil place. 😮😱😆
They get your hopes up with "American style dressing" and then you order it....(and this being IN an AMERICAN-STYLE restaurant).
In regards to Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, try the special shaped ones. Like Easter Eggs & Valentine Hearts. Those seem to be fresher. For Kuchen, we have a wonderful Apple Kuchen recipe from the 1940s that is wonderful! I also have a cookie recipe from at least 100 yrs ago from my Great-Great Aunt Pauline from Silesia. Not a soft chewy cookie either, but filled with family history.
Phil getting mad about gra-ham crackers was my favourite lmao
Goldfish is something that i as a german know from my childhood. They are called Goldfischli made by the FunnyFrisch Chips company and can also often be found in the Snack mix boxes together with Mini Pretzl and Salt Sticks etc.
Looked into it briefly, I guess boxed mac & cheese is hard to find in the EU (and illegal in some countries) because of a yellow dye they use in the "cheese" powder. Cheez-its and the like have a preservative that was illegalized in the EU.
We have Cheetos and boxed Mac and cheese here in Austria. It is found in specialty shops called "snack shop" and they specialize in us products and are very popular with teenagers - sour patch kids, reeses, Swedish fish and sodas are standard favorites. Cookies on the other hand are not very popular in Germany, more like fresh pastry and cake like Gugelhupf etc. Asian supermarkets are all over here, you can even get Mexican food at Asian supermarkets. One thing I'm missing though is taco bell and Tostitos lol. Graham crackers are known as "Digestives" and come from UK, you should look them up.
#3, the solution is "El Pikosito" here in Hamburg :D so good.
If you want Ranch flavor, get cool American Doritos.
If you want Mac and Cheese, just cook the noodles, drain, add milk, add shredded cheese, salt, pepper and heat up again, there is your Mac and Cheese.
Pop tarts? No thanks.
American cakes, too sweet, my Grandmother owned several bakeries, so I grew up with the best.
If I'm not mistaken, bagels are kind of like Brezeln rolls.
Southern BBQ, yeah we don't have anything like that, that is terribly good, good thing my uncle is a butcher and knows how to do that stuff.
Hello you 2, I grew up with three cultures (Thai, German, US) all mixed together. Best of all. I live in Nuremberg, Franconia (Bavaria). We have here many and large Asian stores in which you really get everything. Spring rolls and also Wantan paper. Soy sauce about 750ml. costs 2.30 € if it is expensive, but it keeps me for about 3 months and we cook a lot. I believe that we are pretty lucky here in Nuremberg because we have some Mexican food. Which really tastes very authentic but in the US it is just better. I miss Coffeemate Hazelnut so badly. Here in Germany its 7€. for one. This is crazy, thats why my Mom send me 2 times a year a big package filled with Reeses, Coffeemate and so on. Best way to get it faster, is to find Soldier friends. On base they have everything what your heart is craving for. By the way I love your videos. :)
American living in Germany and for some of these items very thankful I am able to shop at our American commissary. Although I do my best to shop at our Rewe and local markets.
Mac n cheese, individual Quaker oatmeal packets,and jif peanut butter are necessities for us.
There is supposedly a good Mexican place in Amberg. Haven’t tried it though. Yet.
We have a traditional bakery in my hometown (near Stuttgart). (Not only) There you can get "(Laugen)kringel" (swabians have a lot of pretzel pastries) , also with different seeds on it. Don't really know how similar they are to bagels, but at least they look kind of the same.
I am from the US and just moved to Germany! I found a store in Kaiserslautern called “Uncle Woody’s Real American Store” I found flaming hot Cheetos and other American snacks. Lol in case you are in the area and wanting some!
If it's like the British food store in NYC or the one in Northampton MA, or at World Market, everything is 4x the price it would be in its home country. When I come back from the UK I have jars of chutney and tubes of Hob Nobs (oatmeal cookies). Hob Nobs are often a £1 on sale in the UK and are $5-6 in the US. Amazon is no better. I window shop at Sainsbury's online just for vicarious food thrills.
I don't know if you are near Dusseldorf, but they have an annual Japan Day, maybe there is an opportunity there to explore to find Asian foods. The traditional Kraft Mac & Cheese is banned in the EU & UK because of the yellow dyes. My favorite pie: Pecan. Favorite cake: German Chocolate cake with Coconut Pecan frosting. I hope someone hooks y'all up with these American snacks soon.
If you don't find ranch dressing in a local store here, what about a self-made ranch dressing? Mostly tastes much better than a convenience product.
Thanks for the videos! It's really cool to learn about Germany, and the other countries you visit. I hope you are able to visit the US again soon, and are finding alternatives in Germany to the food you are missing.
Almost half your list (depending on brand) would likely have some type of additive banned or restricted in the EU which you mentioned at one point in the video. Which explains the lack of mac & cheese, cheeze-it, cheetos, ranch mix, etc. Your Southern BBQ comment was true on for most of Europe, though my wife and I did randomly find a whole hog BBQ place in Edinburgh called Oink. That kept us full all afternoon. Love your videos.
Jim's Burritos in Hamburg was the best burrito I had/found in Germany
I love onion bagels with lots of butter! 😋
Yummy!
FYI, as I know from another video that you live somewhat close to Kassel: In the Rewe in the Holländische Straße, there is usually an "american" section near the end (next to polish, turkish and russian stuff), they sometimes (!) have boxed mac 'n' cheese, Easy Cheese, Pop Tarts, root beer and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and other things! The shelves are not always full, but it's worth a visit when you are in the area and craving those things!
Good to know, Deana & Phil, sounds like a road trip is in oirder to Rewe in Hollandische Srasse. American section pronto!
Deana, Phil, the English shop here in Cologne sells Reeses. Love them! If you're ever near Cologne, make sure to visit the shop. They have different products from England and the US! Hersheys chocolate is more and more common in stores (seen different versions in Rewe, Kaufland, Rossmann)
Sadly that shop is no more…
they have soft chewy Pepperidge Farm Cookies at Rewe.
Biscits and gravy for life!!!
As an American, I grew up with all of what Deana mentioned. But as an adult, I eat a low carb and nearly vegan diet. I also eat in a once a day within a four hour window.