I got a chuckle out of how your shopping bag seemed to be bottomless, like a magicians rabbit in the hat trick. I want to try all of those unique packages of food. Love your new hair style.
Thank you for the wonderful memories. I lived in Germany from 1975 to 1985 and I loved it. One of my favourite things was grocery shopping. Even way back then we used to take our crates of empty bottles back. It wasn't mechanised then though. We would take the crates to a side door and get metal tokens for the value and then use it as money at the checkout. Obviously payment was cash or cheque back then. We had a huge hypermarket about 10 miles away that sold everything from beds to tyres to bread rolls! It had a fabulous in-store restaurant that sold roasted pork shank with braised onions, mashed potatoes and garlic gravy. We used to get one and one large salad and eat between us because there was too much meat for one of us. Christmas and New Year was really special, especially the local Christmas market. I used to make a Rumtopf every year for the winter, and still have my beautifully decorted earthenware pot. I loved the foods which would only be available at Christmas, Dominostein was my favourite. And the variety of sausages, cold meats and cheeses was divine. My ten years there were among the best of my life, such happy memories. (I'm British by the way).
German Supermarkets are the perfect go-to for assembling 'bed picnics' for weary travelers on a tight budget. Beautiful meats with such varieties of senf and sauces and pickles. Crisps and sweets, oh such lovely breads and pastries. Very reasonable pricing, and perfect to sit on your hotel bed - or who doesn't love spreading your wide pashmina/scarf on the ground in the sun, slowly eating your simple meal and enjoying the beauty and lovely people of Deutschland. Ahhh. Memories. Thank you!
Ach herrlich, so viele bekannte Sachen. Aber wie du schon sagst, so viel davon kann man auch selber machen und damit die ganzen nicht so tollen Inhaltsstoffe weglassen. Ich freue mich auf weitere Videos. Liebe Grüße über den großen Teich
Ja, genau, Kerstin! Es scheint immer so einfach, schnell was aus dem Regal zu nehmen, aber selbermachen ist natürlich am besten und gesündesten. Danke für Deinen super lieben Kommentar 💛 ~ Anja
Ich mache auch am liebsten alles selbst. Ich gehe im Supermarkt an den Päckchen vorbei. Als Allergiker ist es für mich auch die sicherste Variante. LG from the middle of Germany.
The plastic bags policy applies for the whole of Europe, European policy The pfand (deposit) cans and bottles also applies for the whole of Europe. The eggs also applies for the whole of Europe as it is an European policy. Vegatables in jars can also be found in the Netherlands and some also in Denmark and Belgium. In the Netherlands the zwieback (baked twice) is called beschuit and is round. Maggi, Knorr, Dr Oetker can also be found in other European countries, like the Netherlands. The erdnuss chips is actually made of corn with peanuts and can also be found in other European countries, like the Netherlands. Pickled herring in jars can also be found in other European countries, like in the Netherlands. The German name 'matjes' comes from Dutch.
The deposit system for cans and bottles only applies to a handful of countries in Europe. Austria, Ireland, Portugal and Greece, among others, plan to participate by 2025. France, Spain, Poland, Belgium, etc. are currently still discussing introducing it.
It brings back such fond memories of my childhood and part of my adulthood in Bremen Germany. Especially the wonderful Matjes Brötchen. I have a German Store in Phoenix and most of the items I’m able to purchase hier…. The Bauernbrot and Brötchen are so authentic. You make me hungry, thank you.
Hi, new German viewer. Yepp, the eggs in the whole of the EU aren't refrigerated. Like you said the hen applies the cuticle in the egg laying. It's a natural coating on the outside that prevents the egg from spoiling during the whole three weeks of the hatching process. The hens themselves are vaccinated against salmonella. In most cases the farmers are held to fairly strict cleanliness standards for keeping the chickens. Cage farms with their horrible unsanitary conditions are very frowned upon by most Germans so they have been getting rarer. All of those measures have helped reduce not only salmonella but also several other infections due to contaminated eggs. In fact the number of salmonella infections due to eggs in the EU is significantly lower per 100,000 per year than in the US (roughly 60 to 70% of the cases per 100,000 over the last two decades, and the difference is growing slowly but steadily). So instead of feeding chickens antibiotics after an infection keeping them healthy and happy and in sanitary conditions before infections can occur is paying off dividends for all involved.
Hello, Maggie is a trademark of Nestle and Knorr is a trademarke of unilever, they are global players and the most products of them are for the fast kitchen or for people, whose can not cook well. In many cases we buy Maggie Würze and some dry boullion. And a little info to the prices in the most groceries you have different trademarks for the same products let's take us a look on the mustard: Löwen Senf it is very well, but very expensive. Thommy is okay and expensive too. Bautzener is very well and has a good value for money (in fact I prefer it^^) an then you have an unknown trademark of the grocery shop, there at Edeka it is called gut & günstig (well & cheap) this are produced as no name product of one of the great trademarks I listed above. That all sounds complicated, but so you can save money when you went shopping at the grocery store.^^ And the refund system keeps our countryside a little bit cleaner and you need not so many recources to make them new. Greetings from Germany^^
Yes please!! Fruit filled potato dumplings!! My stepmom made the most wonderful zwetchkin & aprikosen knoedel with toasted breadcrumbs & a small amount of powdered sugar over top for our family's dinner/lunches. Thank you in advance for a video on making potato dumplings!
I was thrilled one day when I managed to get all the groceries back into my cart before the cashier gave me the total. It was always a challenge to keep up with those speed cashiers. Also one day i was with my husband ( he is German) at a Penny store and i got scolded by the cashier because I didnt unload my small basket onto the belt, i just sat the entire basket on the belt. I asked my husband what she said and he was like she was saying i was supposed to take all the items out of the basket and place them on the belt rather than setting the entire basket on the belt. I was like , oh wow ok sorry 😬. I loved checking out all the stores. I went to Aldi of course, Lidl, Rewe, and Penny. I had to look it up because when I was there twenty years ago there used to be Plus Marts, i found out they are out of business now. I enjoyed the grocery shopping. I miss the Frikadellen in the refrigerator section. I thought i was doing good with my shopping so one day i went alone without my husband and he sent me to buy sour cream and I remembered the way the package looked and I bought what I was sure was sour cream until that night when I made potatoes and handed him the "sour cream". He says to me " you bought whipping cream" lol we both had a laugh about my very runny "sour cream" 😅😅. I miss the inexpensive mineral water as well. I also found it so strange that eggs, milk, and some cheeses were not in the refrigerator section at all. I also enjoyed knackwurst and senf. Yum! 🇩🇪🥰🛒🪙🛍️ Dont forget your Ankunftszeit 🕙 😉
There are still Frikadellen in the refrigerator area and if milk and cheese wasn’t in the cooler, it surely was some pasteurized stuff. Fresh milk is always in the fridge , cheese, cream, salads, sausages,Joghurt , Quark,meat , pudding of course, too.
Loved this video. We have much to learn. I noticed the Mildessa saurkraut in your photo. Many stores were selling both the red and white here in Vancouver Canada but for about a year now there are none on the shelves. Really liked that brand.
My husband and I visited a supermarket near the border with Horn, Netherlands and we were like kids in a candy store. We loves it! It was not as expensive as here either.
What a fun video. Last time I was in Germany was 2018. It’s just sooo nice to see all the familiar food items. Many I grew up with when I was living in Germany. Miss everything. While watching the video I noticed that food prices never seem to change very much in Germany unlike here. Thanks for the video. Liebe Gruesse
I made an online friend who lived in Germany for several years and she often sent me care packages with various German foods...goodies and mustards, etc. I look forward to seeing you use your products in recipes!
Ich bin Deutsche und lebe auch in Deutschland. Ich war vor kurzem für 4 Wochen in Colorado zu Besuch meiner Nichte, die da seit 30 Jahren lebt. Es war wunderbar, einige Klischees, die über Amerikaner hier herrschen, habe ich komplett abgebaut und sehe viele Dinge jetzt anders. Außer: Essen!! Das war schon eine Umstellung. Ich vermisste so sehr mein Brot. Würde ich da leben, würde ich selbst backen und mir den Sauerteig schicken lassen. Ich hatte den Eindruck, dass nicht so sehr auf gesunde Ernährung geachtet wird. Ansonsten war es eine tolle Erfahrung. Ich möchte wieder hin.Liebe Grüße Evelyn
I just came back home to Italy from a week in my "home country" Germany. We obviously had the Erdnuss-Flips AND the Hela Curry Ketchup and we enjoyed playing with the Pfand-Automat. 🙂 P.S. Dr. Oetker for president!
Oh I love grocery hauls from other countries! I just moved to Japan and love strolling around the supermarket too and finding new stuff 😊 I think grocery shopping in different countries gives great insight into what the country’s culture is like! Actually, I am from Germany and it's cool to see a German supermarket again after some time haha!
Du sprichst mir aus der Seele 😉 ich lebe seit 2 Jahren in Osaka und vermisse so einiges... Besonders deutsches Brot, Auswahl an Käse, Quark, Joghurt, deutsche Äpfel und Beeren etc... 🥹
@@rosykrause Oh wie schön, in Osaka! Haha ja die Suche nach deutschem Brot geht immer weiter :D Wir haben glücklicherweise eine Bäckerei bei uns in der Nähe, die authentisches Graubrot verkauft. Das wird auch regelmäßig gekauft! Käse ist auf jeden Fall schwer zu bekommen... Falls du da mal was tolles entdeckst, lass es mich gerne wissen! :D
Same thing in Sweden with bottle and can recycling machines and also the same with the bags too. Pickled herring is also a traditional Swedish food and eggs are not refrigerated in Sweden either. the same in Japan.
I miss quark, gooseberries and currants. Used to buy them and ate them at the bus stop waiting on the bus. I ate crepes at the bahnhof on the way to work and mushrooms and onions on my way home. At home I went to weinerwald or a turkish place around the corner to get a gyro. Delicious. I loved that the minute I opened the door the old men wouldn't say a word until the door clased as I left when they started talking again 😅
I miss currywurst, I make it myself now, however it always taste better when made for you. I also use the smooth cottage cheese as quark here in Australia cost around 12 dollars and that's the cheapest one. Herring Salad one of my Favourites, and all the different salads.
I miss shopping in German stores. I like HL Market, Lidl, and Aldi. I used to go to the HL Market with my mom growing up. We lived there from 72 to 96. Went every year to see my mom after that.😊
Good morning. I made your recipe for quark and it was just so delicious. I love watching your videos. They bring back so many memories of my grandmother in the kitchen. She thought it was sinful to cook or bake anything that wasn’t homemade. She spent hours in her kitchen making wonderful German dishes. ❤
That's a mix on all the little helper products, that nobody really needs. But people got used to it. It's good for beginners in cooking, to start with bags.
Loved shopping on the German economy for groceries and retail. My local grocery delivered crates of beer and water to the door. Paid for in advance with the deposit and reordered when needed. ❤ Great bread, cheeses, and a million flavors of yogurt!
Also love the refund bottle policy. Love that on most European counties people take back the carts to the cart station opposed to living them by the car like often is seen in the USA. The level of civility (?) is just another level!
Taking back the cart is because you have to insert a coin (€0,50 or €1,00) to get the cart and ofcourse afterwards you want to get that coin back. And when you buy cans or soda bottles you pay extra, that is the pfand (deposit) you get back when you return them. When you don't return them you have lost that deposit money.
Honestly how much of a moron do you have to be to not bring back your shopping cart? How are you supposed to park safely when there's carts all over the place?!
I am so hungry now after watching your video. Being of German decent I remember many of the items you showed. There's a German colony (where some of my family lived many years ago) a few miles away that carries some of theses items. Now I need to make a German grocery run. Yummy 😊. Here in Iowa we have a bottle and can deposit on alcohol, beer, soda and fizzy drinks. We like it but of course, there are others that don't. They think it takes too much time to do. I wish more of the US would use reusable shopping bags.Thanks for sharing. Have a great day
Looking forward to your promised videos! And I think there’s a trip to World Market in my near future - with a slightly better understanding of some products.
Love this! Thank you. I’ve actually retired here in lovely Germany. Spouse & daughters are EU residents so I need to settle in. 😂 I worked full time & never became much of a cook - but am starting now. Never too late, right? I would LOVE to have a better understanding of German grocery products and how to use/prepare them. And yes, I have been using those packets of prepared seasonings - thinking there has to be a better way. 😂 I look forward to going through your posts. 💗
Great video! I'm Dutch and we shop in Germany on a regular base. Your tips are very helpfull. Also, I would really like to know how to make a typical German Kartoffel salat. Love those! We have kartoffelsalat in the Netherlands, but that is so diffrent.
Such a great video! I would love to learn how to make Grießbrei!!! I miss it so much and make sure to have it at least once when I visit my Family in Germany. Also, Matjes and Bismarkbrötchen would be a dream! I also bring lots of the salad dressings back with me when I go, especially the dill one for Gurkensalat. Yum!!!
I would love recipes for homemade sauces and salad dressing. Several family members have celiac disease so baking can be challenging, especially the breads you make. I had a wonderful salad dressing when visiting family in Stettin, and would love to recreate something similar. Thank you!
Zwieback lässt sich auch sehr gut mit tee essen :) ich ahbe es damals als Kind in mein tee reingetuncken und dann schnell in den mund damit :) konnte nicht genug davon bekommen :)
I remember that I read long ago that in Germany customer open packages at the cashier, take the goods with them and leave the packages behind for the shop to take care of….It started a big interest in me for customer/consumer issues in different countries..🎉
You can leave outer packaging behind. I think it’s a legal requirement to encourage the producers to use less packaging (hasn’t really worked so far 😕). There are special bins at the store sorted by plastic and paper. I often unpack cosmetic items and leave the outer packaging behind. For instance if you have a jar of face cream that comes in a paper box. I usually leave the paper box at the store. Saves me a trip to the trash can at home.
You can leave outer packaging behind. I think it’s a legal requirement to encourage the producers to use less packaging (hasn’t really worked so far 😕). There are special bins at the store sorted by plastic and paper. I often unpack cosmetic items and leave the outer packaging behind. For instance if you have a jar of face cream that comes in a paper box. I usually leave the paper box at the store. Saves me a trip to the trash can at home.
Yes, but if it's easier transport, people most often take it home. It shall put pressure on the shop, to reduce garbage. People buying a six-pack of bear, are happy to have a handle for their six-pack, but the could remove the wrap.
I would love to know how to make potato dumplings and bread dumplings.My mom always made these from a mix and I always wondered what they would taste like home-made.As I was writing this,you said you would do it!!Thank you so much,looking forward to it.
Thia was a lot of fun to see all the different offerings. In USA, the USDA requires eggs to be washed and sanitized for grocery stire sales. That's why we've had to refridgetate them. This is unless they are purchased from the farmer.
Hello ☺ your video came up in my feed and I really enjoyed it. I like to see what is traditional to eat in other countries. I live in Southern Ontario Canada but since we have people from many nations here most of the grocery stores carry some ethnic foods. It was fun to see your bottomless bag of goodies!LOL I have had homemade spaetzle before but some from Hungary made it and it was served with a goulash - it was so delicious!. I imagine it's very similar but would love to see how you make it too.
I live in Connecticut where we have a 10 cent bottle deposit. It was 5 cents last year with a low return rate so the state raised it to 10 cents in January. The return rate has raised considerably. When I was in Stuttgart there was a multi level department store with a grocery and bakery in the basement. That makes so much sense! I always felt that concept would work well here, but of course we have such a big country that it isn't really practical unless you live in a food desert in a large city.
I was so happy when I moved to NY that we too have pfand and those machines at some stores.. but because it's easier and I don't have a store with those machines close by I bring my recyclables to a redemption center around the corner. They dump my bags, count them all and give me the money. 😁
Ist Interessant dein Video . Wie ich sehe gibt es viele Produkte nicht in den USA die für uns Selbstverständlich sind wo bei ich kaum Fertigprodukte verwende. Sicherlich Vermisst man viele Dinge aus Deutschland würde mir auch so gehen. Da freut man sich das mal wieder zu essen. Liebe Grüße aus Stuttgart.
The mentioned instant salad dressings are kinda meh. Because Germans tend to go to a grocery shop often several times a week, buying fresh ingredients is more common. And here we go - making a homemade vinaigrette isn’t rocket science.
@@OurGabledHome what are your favorite stores/ supermarkets? Maybe you can share with us on a next video, although I imagine it may depend on the area you are in, I suppose! Also I know they sell otker products in the USA. I saw them at a show one time…
@@OurGabledHome I have a question Anja. When in Germany I was at a festival and they had cooked fish on a grill, it was wrapped in foil. The skin was black and it was the size of a catfish. It was oily but I do not know if they put oil on it before grilling it or if it was a naturally oily fish. Someone at the festival told me it was Cod, but I do not think it was. It was the best fish I have ever eaten, do you have any idea what it might have been?
@@AyouaregreatR-qo9hq Thanks Anja, I will give it a try with trout and see if maybe that is what it was. If I find Mackerel that size in my town which will be difficult, I will give it a try too.
My last visit home I brought back rot tortenguss but it has sadly expired since I bought several packets. I definitely would like to learn to make curry Ketchup. Love this video with all the familiar items ❤
You can use it. I found some in my stage of sauce and it was 6 years overdue date. I am still here and not lost it flavour. Dating some items just creates more waste and ends up in the garbage. I can see some products like canned meat and fish and various things being dated but dry goods no.
So many great things here! I love making semmel knödel in winter but something I've learnt in the last year is how to make a good apple strudel like Mum makes, not the healthiest thing but sooo good. My family is from Fürth 😁 Looking forward to seeing what you make!
Nichts, aber auch gar nichts würde ich vermissen, wenn es nicht mehr zu haben wäre. Ausser vielleicht das Griebenschmalz (besser noch Gänseschmalz) auf frischem Gersterbrot ist einfach yummy 😋 Grüße aus Berlin( just now) 👋
I’m a fanatical recycler. Here in California it’s easy to recycle many containers. I save all my recyclables for my gardener who passes the task onto his children who keep the proceeds.
So are we ... but I tried to collect bottles and glasses for the refund. Unfortunately, the location is 25 mins away, usually there is a line, and you only get a portion of what you initially paid so we gave up and just put all the glass and plastic in the recycling bin 😌 ~ Anja
Talking about bread dumplings: Since Germans, like me, eat a lot of bread, one may wonder what happens when they accidentially bought more than they can eat. Do they still eat their bread even if it's hard as a rock? Do they dip it into coffe to make it soft? Do they feed it to the ducks? Not at all! We make bread dumplings out of the dry bread, "Semmelknödel" as we call them! Just tell me if you are interested in a good recepie.
That Knorr/Maggi dilemma. You know that it’s not a compliment if someone names a German restaurants food "Tütensuppe". And that’s why Americans are probably fine with that kind of instant ingredients. They taste the same. Always. Ever. Like a McDonald's burger, everywhere. And for that reason German TV created a series like this… www.youtube.com/@ZDFbesseresser Wanna know what’s in Mac&Cheese?! Here we go… th-cam.com/video/6Klb5XQslf0/w-d-xo.html
Love this video. I find that so many US recipes use powdered gelatine but I can only find the sheets here. Great info about the difference between US and German sugar. If I use a US recipe I usually reduce the sugar. I periodically find German products in LIDL but there is a German deli near us as there is a German school here. We need to shop together. 3 hours in a German supermarket would be quite my cup of tea. I need to make both kinds of German dumplings x
It is so common in Sweden to “panta”, it works so that when yo buy for example a bottle with soda the amount you get back is payed on the product and when you return the bottle you get refunded. Smart and effective solution.
Hallo Anja, vielen Dank für das tolle video. Ich freue mich auf die kommenden Kochvideos von Dir. Die Knorr Gewürzmischung und Currywurst vermisse ich besonders seit ich in den USA lebe. Hast Du vielleicht ein Rezept für selbstgemachten Quark? Habe es in den comments gefunden 😊 Mit lieben Grüßen aus Chicago. 😊
Das Gefühl kenne ich und so versuche ich, möglichst viel hier in der USA selber zu machen (was dann eh' gesünder ist). Hier ist das Quark-Video: th-cam.com/video/HYYTukffQ6s/w-d-xo.html Viele LG zurück nach Chicago von Anja
This was so much fun. Thank you for sharing what you bought. I’d love to see you make something with most of these. Looking forward to a Typical German dinner video!!!
Hello Anja, I just discovered your channel by chance and really enjoyed watching this - I lived and worked in Germany for 10 years in the 80s/90s and have been back a few times since. I have a question - is it possible to make quark at home? I drain Green yoghurt until it's very thick - would I need to add something else to it to make it like quark? I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Yes, the good old days, how lucky you were if you had an uncle who was an alcoholic with all the bottles ❤😂 If I was missing 2 or 3 D Mark back then, I knew that I just had to go to my uncle, he definitely had some bottles in the basement.
In the 60's and 70's we would gather glass bottles and take back to stores for refund and it was easy. Yes now a days it's not simple. I miss those days of recycle. My brother and I would gather bottles from families who 'drank' so we would get more for those bottles.
Loved learning this! I wish we only used glass here and that we could recycle them. We did some in the 70's and early 80's.Also your new haircut looks great!! I tried a starter lately ( not yours) and it molded real quick and smelled horrible, so I threw it out. I want to try yours. our house stays quite humid, do you think that would change anything?
So glad you enjoyed this video! It would be great if there was real recycling in the US ... Humidity can make a starter mold but it's always worth trying 👍 ~ Anja
Hiii … I visited Germany for the first time and picked up 90 pc of the things you bought ❤… can you please tell me IF I can use the vanilla instant pudding mix in any other recipe… ❤❤❤
My comment is I enjoy German country cooking. The one German restaurant in town was known for that kind of cooking. An example would be green bean soup with fresh homemade bread. The pork shank with the 2 bones that stuck up with a crispy skin so when took the bones to open it there was a cracking sound. The restaurant has been gone for sometime and I truly miss it. It was German owned operated and most of the staff were related to the owner. I wantbto listen to this particular video again. Also is there grocery stores here in the US to purchase German food or away to order from a German catalog company that you would recommend. Thank you
I got a chuckle out of how your shopping bag seemed to be bottomless, like a magicians rabbit in the hat trick. I want to try all of those unique packages of food. Love your new hair style.
Haha, that's funny! Did you know that you can order many of those foods online? Thank you for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
Yes, I thought that too, it was fun.
Haha I thought it was like Mary Poppins bag 🤭
I love Zwiebelmettwurst and Teewurst 😋😋😋
When I was growing up, we got deposits back on bottles too. I don’t know why it stopped.. but things just started being packaged in plastic..
Thank you for the wonderful memories. I lived in Germany from 1975 to 1985 and I loved it. One of my favourite things was grocery shopping. Even way back then we used to take our crates of empty bottles back. It wasn't mechanised then though. We would take the crates to a side door and get metal tokens for the value and then use it as money at the checkout. Obviously payment was cash or cheque back then. We had a huge hypermarket about 10 miles away that sold everything from beds to tyres to bread rolls! It had a fabulous in-store restaurant that sold roasted pork shank with braised onions, mashed potatoes and garlic gravy. We used to get one and one large salad and eat between us because there was too much meat for one of us. Christmas and New Year was really special, especially the local Christmas market. I used to make a Rumtopf every year for the winter, and still have my beautifully decorted earthenware pot. I loved the foods which would only be available at Christmas, Dominostein was my favourite. And the variety of sausages, cold meats and cheeses was divine. My ten years there were among the best of my life, such happy memories. (I'm British by the way).
Sounds great and thank you do much for sharing 😊 ~ Anja
German Supermarkets are the perfect go-to for assembling 'bed picnics' for weary travelers on a tight budget. Beautiful meats with such varieties of senf and sauces and pickles. Crisps and sweets, oh such lovely breads and pastries. Very reasonable pricing, and perfect to sit on your hotel bed - or who doesn't love spreading your wide pashmina/scarf on the ground in the sun, slowly eating your simple meal and enjoying the beauty and lovely people of Deutschland. Ahhh. Memories. Thank you!
It is really lovely how you explain the German specials about grocery and foodshopping.
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Ach herrlich, so viele bekannte Sachen. Aber wie du schon sagst, so viel davon kann man auch selber machen und damit die ganzen nicht so tollen Inhaltsstoffe weglassen. Ich freue mich auf weitere Videos. Liebe Grüße über den großen Teich
Ja, genau, Kerstin! Es scheint immer so einfach, schnell was aus dem Regal zu nehmen, aber selbermachen ist natürlich am besten und gesündesten. Danke für Deinen super lieben Kommentar 💛 ~ Anja
Ich mache auch am liebsten alles selbst. Ich gehe im Supermarkt an den Päckchen vorbei. Als Allergiker ist es für mich auch die sicherste Variante. LG from the middle of Germany.
Hi from Germany :) It's so lovely to hear your pronunciation in German. Great job explaining those foods and ingredients.
Well … after all I am German ☺️
Es ist wirklich interessant etwas für uns Normales, aus der Sicht einer Amerikanerin zu betrachten.
The plastic bags policy applies for the whole of Europe, European policy
The pfand (deposit) cans and bottles also applies for the whole of Europe.
The eggs also applies for the whole of Europe as it is an European policy.
Vegatables in jars can also be found in the Netherlands and some also in Denmark and Belgium.
In the Netherlands the zwieback (baked twice) is called beschuit and is round.
Maggi, Knorr, Dr Oetker can also be found in other European countries, like the Netherlands.
The erdnuss chips is actually made of corn with peanuts and can also be found in other European countries, like the Netherlands.
Pickled herring in jars can also be found in other European countries, like in the Netherlands. The German name 'matjes' comes from Dutch.
The deposit system for cans and bottles only applies to a handful of countries in Europe. Austria, Ireland, Portugal and Greece, among others, plan to participate by 2025. France, Spain, Poland, Belgium, etc. are currently still discussing introducing it.
Hungary just introduced the Pfand (few months ago) btw. And it absolutely sucks ass, which is no wonder lol. I like the German machines better.
It brings back such fond memories of my childhood and part of my adulthood in Bremen Germany. Especially the wonderful Matjes Brötchen. I have a German Store in Phoenix and most of the items I’m able to purchase hier…. The Bauernbrot and Brötchen are so authentic. You make me hungry, thank you.
Aww ... nice! Of course, coming from Bremen, you'd love Matjes Brötchen! I am so happy to hear this video brought back good memories 💛 ~ Anja
Thank you for taking us along on a German store shopping trip!!!!
Thank you so much! Happy to hear you enjoyed it 😊 ~ Anja
Thank you, Anja! I enjoyed seeing these German products!
Yay! That makes me so happy to hear 😊 ~ Anja
Hi, new German viewer.
Yepp, the eggs in the whole of the EU aren't refrigerated.
Like you said the hen applies the cuticle in the egg laying. It's a natural coating on the outside that prevents the egg from spoiling during the whole three weeks of the hatching process. The hens themselves are vaccinated against salmonella. In most cases the farmers are held to fairly strict cleanliness standards for keeping the chickens. Cage farms with their horrible unsanitary conditions are very frowned upon by most Germans so they have been getting rarer.
All of those measures have helped reduce not only salmonella but also several other infections due to contaminated eggs. In fact the number of salmonella infections due to eggs in the EU is significantly lower per 100,000 per year than in the US (roughly 60 to 70% of the cases per 100,000 over the last two decades, and the difference is growing slowly but steadily). So instead of feeding chickens antibiotics after an infection keeping them healthy and happy and in sanitary conditions before infections can occur is paying off dividends for all involved.
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Hello,
Maggie is a trademark of Nestle and Knorr is a trademarke of unilever, they are global players and the most products of them are for the fast kitchen or for people, whose can not cook well. In many cases we buy Maggie Würze and some dry boullion.
And a little info to the prices in the most groceries you have different trademarks for the same products let's take us a look on the mustard:
Löwen Senf it is very well, but very expensive.
Thommy is okay and expensive too.
Bautzener is very well and has a good value for money (in fact I prefer it^^)
an then you have an unknown trademark of the grocery shop, there at Edeka it is called gut & günstig (well & cheap) this are produced as no name product of one of the great trademarks I listed above.
That all sounds complicated, but so you can save money when you went shopping at the grocery store.^^
And the refund system keeps our countryside a little bit cleaner and you need not so many recources to make them new.
Greetings from Germany^^
Wish I could just walk into a German grocery store. Thank you ❤️🥰💜 Danke ❤ Mozart Kugeln!
Yes please!! Fruit filled potato dumplings!! My stepmom made the most wonderful zwetchkin & aprikosen knoedel with toasted breadcrumbs & a small amount of powdered sugar over top for our family's dinner/lunches. Thank you in advance for a video on making potato dumplings!
Da musst du Halb und Halb Knödel nehmen.
I was thrilled one day when I managed to get all the groceries back into my cart before the cashier gave me the total. It was always a challenge to keep up with those speed cashiers. Also one day i was with my husband ( he is German) at a Penny store and i got scolded by the cashier because I didnt unload my small basket onto the belt, i just sat the entire basket on the belt. I asked my husband what she said and he was like she was saying i was supposed to take all the items out of the basket and place them on the belt rather than setting the entire basket on the belt. I was like , oh wow ok sorry 😬. I loved checking out all the stores. I went to Aldi of course, Lidl, Rewe, and Penny. I had to look it up because when I was there twenty years ago there used to be Plus Marts, i found out they are out of business now. I enjoyed the grocery shopping. I miss the Frikadellen in the refrigerator section. I thought i was doing good with my shopping so one day i went alone without my husband and he sent me to buy sour cream and I remembered the way the package looked and I bought what I was sure was sour cream until that night when I made potatoes and handed him the "sour cream". He says to me " you bought whipping cream" lol we both had a laugh about my very runny "sour cream" 😅😅. I miss the inexpensive mineral water as well. I also found it so strange that eggs, milk, and some cheeses were not in the refrigerator section at all. I also enjoyed knackwurst and senf. Yum! 🇩🇪🥰🛒🪙🛍️ Dont forget your Ankunftszeit 🕙 😉
Ha! It sounds like you got some real and authentic German shopping under your belt! Thank you so much for sharing 💛 ~ Anja
Your description of the checkout clerks role is spot on. I’m smiling at the story and your reaction.
I had the reverse experience here in the US.
Herrlich zu lesen. Gruß aus dem Saarland 🇩🇪❤️🇺🇲
There are still Frikadellen in the refrigerator area and if milk and cheese wasn’t in the cooler, it surely was some pasteurized stuff. Fresh milk is always in the fridge , cheese, cream, salads, sausages,Joghurt , Quark,meat , pudding of course, too.
I don't think you put your entire basket on the belt in any country, don't what you were thinking.
Loved this video. We have much to learn. I noticed the Mildessa saurkraut in your photo. Many stores were selling both the red and white here in Vancouver Canada but for about a year now there are none on the shelves. Really liked that brand.
My husband and I visited a supermarket near the border with Horn, Netherlands and we were like kids in a candy store. We loves it! It was not as expensive as here either.
What a fun video. Last time I was in Germany was 2018. It’s just sooo nice to see all the familiar food items. Many I grew up with when I was living in Germany. Miss everything.
While watching the video I noticed that food prices never seem to change very much in Germany unlike here.
Thanks for the video.
Liebe Gruesse
Glad you enjoyed it!
I made an online friend who lived in Germany for several years and she often sent me care packages with various German foods...goodies and mustards, etc. I look forward to seeing you use your products in recipes!
That’s so great!!
Ich bin Deutsche und lebe auch in Deutschland. Ich war vor kurzem für 4 Wochen in Colorado zu Besuch meiner Nichte, die da seit 30 Jahren lebt. Es war wunderbar, einige Klischees, die über Amerikaner hier herrschen, habe ich komplett abgebaut und sehe viele Dinge jetzt anders. Außer: Essen!! Das war schon eine Umstellung. Ich vermisste so sehr mein Brot. Würde ich da leben, würde ich selbst backen und mir den Sauerteig schicken lassen. Ich hatte den Eindruck, dass nicht so sehr auf gesunde Ernährung geachtet wird. Ansonsten war es eine tolle Erfahrung. Ich möchte wieder hin.Liebe Grüße Evelyn
I just came back home to Italy from a week in my "home country" Germany.
We obviously had the Erdnuss-Flips AND the Hela Curry Ketchup and we enjoyed playing with the Pfand-Automat. 🙂 P.S. Dr. Oetker for president!
Absolut!
Wow! that was so interesting. I can’t wait to look for some of those things in the grocery store or order them.
Oh I love grocery hauls from other countries! I just moved to Japan and love strolling around the supermarket too and finding new stuff 😊 I think grocery shopping in different countries gives great insight into what the country’s culture is like! Actually, I am from Germany and it's cool to see a German supermarket again after some time haha!
Du sprichst mir aus der Seele 😉 ich lebe seit 2 Jahren in Osaka und vermisse so einiges... Besonders deutsches Brot, Auswahl an Käse, Quark, Joghurt, deutsche Äpfel und Beeren etc... 🥹
@@rosykrause Oh wie schön, in Osaka! Haha ja die Suche nach deutschem Brot geht immer weiter :D Wir haben glücklicherweise eine Bäckerei bei uns in der Nähe, die authentisches Graubrot verkauft. Das wird auch regelmäßig gekauft! Käse ist auf jeden Fall schwer zu bekommen... Falls du da mal was tolles entdeckst, lass es mich gerne wissen! :D
My mother in law was from Germany. Seeing all of these items brings back so many good memories ❤
Aww, nice! I am so glad to hear you enjoyed this video 💛 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome ❤️
Same thing in Sweden with bottle and can recycling machines and also the same with the bags too. Pickled herring is also a traditional Swedish food and eggs are not refrigerated in Sweden either. the same in Japan.
I miss quark, gooseberries and currants. Used to buy them and ate them at the bus stop waiting on the bus. I ate crepes at the bahnhof on the way to work and mushrooms and onions on my way home. At home I went to weinerwald or a turkish place around the corner to get a gyro. Delicious. I loved that the minute I opened the door the old men wouldn't say a word until the door clased as I left when they started talking again 😅
Weinerwald! Ahh. Good memories. Thank you.
I miss currywurst, I make it myself now, however it always taste better when made for you. I also use the smooth cottage cheese as quark here in Australia cost around 12 dollars and that's the cheapest one. Herring Salad one of my Favourites, and all the different salads.
@@GloriaLasace thank you.
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting.
Love from South Africa 🇿🇦❤
I miss shopping in German stores. I like HL Market, Lidl, and Aldi. I used to go to the HL Market with my mom growing up. We lived there from 72 to 96. Went every year to see my mom after that.😊
Nice! Thanks for sharing 😃
HL = Hugo Leibbrand that later became REWE
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibbrand-Gruppe
Good morning. I made your recipe for quark and it was just so delicious. I love watching your videos. They bring back so many memories of my grandmother in the kitchen. She thought it was sinful to cook or bake anything that wasn’t homemade. She spent hours in her kitchen making wonderful German dishes. ❤
Aww ... nice! I am so glad to hear that! Thank you so much for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
Your hair looks adorable! I love learning about German foods!
That's a mix on all the little helper products, that nobody really needs. But people got used to it. It's good for beginners in cooking, to start with bags.
Loved shopping on the German economy for groceries and retail. My local grocery delivered crates of beer and water to the door. Paid for in advance with the deposit and reordered when needed. ❤ Great bread, cheeses, and a million flavors of yogurt!
That sounds so convenient! Thank you so much for sharing 😊 ~ Anja
Also love the refund bottle policy. Love that on most European counties people take back the carts to the cart station opposed to living them by the car like often is seen in the USA. The level of civility (?) is just another level!
So sensible!
Taking back the cart is because you have to insert a coin (€0,50 or €1,00) to get the cart and ofcourse afterwards you want to get that coin back.
And when you buy cans or soda bottles you pay extra, that is the pfand (deposit) you get back when you return them.
When you don't return them you have lost that deposit money.
Honestly how much of a moron do you have to be to not bring back your shopping cart? How are you supposed to park safely when there's carts all over the place?!
I am so hungry now after watching your video. Being of German decent I remember many of the items you showed. There's a German colony (where some of my family lived many years ago) a few miles away that carries some of theses items. Now I need to make a German grocery run. Yummy 😊. Here in Iowa we have a bottle and can deposit on alcohol, beer, soda and fizzy drinks. We like it but of course, there are others that don't. They think it takes too much time to do. I wish more of the US would use reusable shopping bags.Thanks for sharing. Have a great day
Nice! I am so glad you enjoyed this video! Unfortunately, sensible things are not always convenient 😌 ~ Anja
Most of it, you can make yourself, you just need to google the recipe. The little bags just save you time.
Looking forward to your promised videos! And I think there’s a trip to World Market in my near future - with a slightly better understanding of some products.
Love this! Thank you. I’ve actually retired here in lovely Germany. Spouse & daughters are EU residents so I need to settle in. 😂 I worked full time & never became much of a cook - but am starting now. Never too late, right? I would LOVE to have a better understanding of German grocery products and how to use/prepare them. And yes, I have been using those packets of prepared seasonings - thinking there has to be a better way. 😂 I look forward to going through your posts. 💗
That’s great! Yes, I will post more „from scratch“ German recipes!
Great video! I'm Dutch and we shop in Germany on a regular base. Your tips are very helpfull. Also, I would really like to know how to make a typical German Kartoffel salat. Love those! We have kartoffelsalat in the Netherlands, but that is so diffrent.
Nice video and so informative. So much of your items and German cooking reminds me of my mother's Danish heritage.
Wow, thank you
Such a great video! I would love to learn how to make Grießbrei!!! I miss it so much and make sure to have it at least once when I visit my Family in Germany. Also, Matjes and Bismarkbrötchen would be a dream!
I also bring lots of the salad dressings back with me when I go, especially the dill one for Gurkensalat. Yum!!!
Thank you for sharing.
I would love recipes for homemade sauces and salad dressing. Several family members have celiac disease so baking can be challenging, especially the breads you make. I had a wonderful salad dressing when visiting family in Stettin, and would love to recreate something similar. Thank you!
This is a great video! I’m looking forward to your videos on the making of these foods, especially the dressings! Thanks for sharing!
Aww, thank you! It'll be fun to come up with homemade versions, so stay tuned 👍 ~ Anja
Zwieback lässt sich auch sehr gut mit tee essen :) ich ahbe es damals als Kind in mein tee reingetuncken und dann schnell in den mund damit :) konnte nicht genug davon bekommen :)
I remember that I read long ago that in Germany customer open packages at the cashier, take the goods with them and leave the packages behind for the shop to take care of….It started a big interest in me for customer/consumer issues in different countries..🎉
You can leave outer packaging behind. I think it’s a legal requirement to encourage the producers to use less packaging (hasn’t really worked so far 😕). There are special bins at the store sorted by plastic and paper. I often unpack cosmetic items and leave the outer packaging behind. For instance if you have a jar of face cream that comes in a paper box. I usually leave the paper box at the store. Saves me a trip to the trash can at home.
You can leave outer packaging behind. I think it’s a legal requirement to encourage the producers to use less packaging (hasn’t really worked so far 😕). There are special bins at the store sorted by plastic and paper. I often unpack cosmetic items and leave the outer packaging behind. For instance if you have a jar of face cream that comes in a paper box. I usually leave the paper box at the store. Saves me a trip to the trash can at home.
Yes, but if it's easier transport, people most often take it home. It shall put pressure on the shop, to reduce garbage.
People buying a six-pack of bear, are happy to have a handle for their six-pack, but the could remove the wrap.
I would love to know how to make potato dumplings and bread dumplings.My mom always made these from a mix and I always wondered what they would taste like home-made.As I was writing this,you said you would do it!!Thank you so much,looking forward to it.
Potato dumplings and bread dumplings are on my list of videos to make so stay tuned 👍
Thanks for that link to Amazon for German foods and things.
Glad you found it helpful 👍 ~ Anja
Thia was a lot of fun to see all the different offerings.
In USA, the USDA requires eggs to be washed and sanitized for grocery stire sales. That's why we've had to refridgetate them. This is unless they are purchased from the farmer.
Yes, that is exactly what I have heard about the eggs. Thank you for sharing and for your nice comment 😊 ~ Anja
Love all the German food videos. I’m especially looking forward to the potato dumplings, never got the hang of those.
Yes, dumplings video is coming soon 👍😊 ~ Anja
Hello ☺ your video came up in my feed and I really enjoyed it. I like to see what is traditional to eat in other countries. I live in Southern Ontario Canada but since we have people from many nations here most of the grocery stores carry some ethnic foods. It was fun to see your bottomless bag of goodies!LOL I have had homemade spaetzle before but some from Hungary made it and it was served with a goulash - it was so delicious!. I imagine it's very similar but would love to see how you make it too.
I live in Connecticut where we have a 10 cent bottle deposit. It was 5 cents last year with a low return rate so the state raised it to 10 cents in January. The return rate has raised considerably.
When I was in Stuttgart there was a multi level department store with a grocery and bakery in the basement. That makes so much sense! I always felt that concept would work well here, but of course we have such a big country that it isn't really practical unless you live in a food desert in a large city.
Every state has a different policy about bottle refunds ... And yes, I love the food section in department stores 💛 ~ Anja
Your haircut is so lovely! ❤
Oh thank you!
Great video. I've never heard of the whipped cream additive, excellent idea. Thank you for posting!
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed the video and learned something new ☺ ~ Anja
I was so happy when I moved to NY that we too have pfand and those machines at some stores.. but because it's easier and I don't have a store with those machines close by I bring my recyclables to a redemption center around the corner. They dump my bags, count them all and give me the money. 😁
Ist Interessant dein Video . Wie ich sehe gibt es viele Produkte nicht in den USA die für uns Selbstverständlich sind wo bei ich kaum Fertigprodukte verwende.
Sicherlich Vermisst man viele Dinge aus Deutschland würde mir auch so gehen.
Da freut man sich das mal wieder zu essen.
Liebe Grüße aus Stuttgart.
Genau! Oft vermisst man am meisten, was man nicht mehr so einfach bekommen kann 😌
When we are in Austria, we always bring back the Estragonsenf (tarragon infused mustard). Must be something about those Germans travelling 😊
I am looking forward to learning how to make salad dressing from scratch😊 Thank you for sharing
Coming soon 👍
The mentioned instant salad dressings are kinda meh. Because Germans tend to go to a grocery shop often several times a week, buying fresh ingredients is more common. And here we go - making a homemade vinaigrette isn’t rocket science.
Would love to make homemade quark.
I have a video for that: th-cam.com/video/HYYTukffQ6s/w-d-xo.html 👍
That canned fish with fries, makes a nice dish! but i like more the mustard sauce.
True👍🏻 or just with salted cooked potatoes🤤
Loved your shopping trip!
Thank you! 😊
❤ these are all on my list for my next trip to Germany!
I always have a long list when I travel to Germany 😏 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome what are your favorite stores/ supermarkets? Maybe you can share with us on a next video, although I imagine it may depend on the area you are in, I suppose!
Also I know they sell otker products in the USA. I saw them at a show one time…
Enjoyed seeing these items and looking forward to your showing us how to use them. Love your videos, I miss Germany and I am sure you do too.
Nice! Yes, I miss Germany all the time, and cooking German food is one way to feel connected 😊 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome I have a question Anja. When in Germany I was at a festival and they had cooked fish on a grill, it was wrapped in foil. The skin was black and it was the size of a catfish. It was oily but I do not know if they put oil on it before grilling it or if it was a naturally oily fish. Someone at the festival told me it was Cod, but I do not think it was. It was the best fish I have ever eaten, do you have any idea what it might have been?
Maybe it was trout or mackerel. We have trout very often on festivals or fairs. Mackerel is very oily but also used for grilling here.
@@AyouaregreatR-qo9hq Thanks Anja, I will give it a try with trout and see if maybe that is what it was. If I find Mackerel that size in my town which will be difficult, I will give it a try too.
I would love to learn how to make Black Forest gateaux ❤ Great video
It’s on my list 👍
This was awesome!
I’m looking forward to Knödel half and half, Knorr Brokkoli Auflauf mix recipe.
So glad to hear! And yes, Knödel video is coming soon 👍 ~ Anja
The plastic bag policy applies to Australia as well. We take our own bags to the store. The supermarkets sell their own canvas bags very cheaply.
Had to laugh as I take a lot of the things in your shopping basket with me when we leaave Germany to hibernate in Southern Europe ! ❤
My last visit home I brought back rot tortenguss but it has sadly expired since I bought several packets. I definitely would like to learn to make curry Ketchup. Love this video with all the familiar items ❤
I am sure you can still use your Tortenguß!
You can use it. I found some in my stage of sauce and it was 6 years overdue date. I am still here and not lost it flavour.
Dating some items just creates more waste and ends up in the garbage.
I can see some products like canned meat and fish and various things being dated but dry goods no.
Danke von Sweden!👍
So many great things here! I love making semmel knödel in winter but something I've learnt in the last year is how to make a good apple strudel like Mum makes, not the healthiest thing but sooo good. My family is from Fürth 😁 Looking forward to seeing what you make!
I think there are unhealthier desserts than apple strudel 😌
Nichts, aber auch gar nichts würde ich vermissen, wenn es nicht mehr zu haben wäre. Ausser vielleicht das Griebenschmalz (besser noch Gänseschmalz) auf frischem Gersterbrot ist einfach yummy 😋 Grüße aus Berlin( just now) 👋
I’d love to see you make Zweiback 😊 … I can’t seem to find them in our area anymore 😔
I'm really enjoying your videos they are very informative! Thanks for sharing your German finds!
Awww ... I am so glad to hear that 💛 ~ Anja
I’m a fanatical recycler. Here in California it’s easy to recycle many containers. I save all my recyclables for my gardener who passes the task onto his children who keep the proceeds.
So are we ... but I tried to collect bottles and glasses for the refund. Unfortunately, the location is 25 mins away, usually there is a line, and you only get a portion of what you initially paid so we gave up and just put all the glass and plastic in the recycling bin 😌 ~ Anja
Talking about bread dumplings: Since Germans, like me, eat a lot of bread, one may wonder what happens when they accidentially bought more than they can eat. Do they still eat their bread even if it's hard as a rock? Do they dip it into coffe to make it soft? Do they feed it to the ducks?
Not at all! We make bread dumplings out of the dry bread, "Semmelknödel" as we call them!
Just tell me if you are interested in a good recepie.
Yes, in the olden days, nothing ever got thrown out. And sure, if you would like to share your recipe, that would be nice!
Thanks, that was very interesting ❤
Glad you enjoyed it
We get a lot of German food and cooking items at World Market here in Texas.
i am so looking forward to the new how to make versions from you. So hard to find some of these in Melbourne Australia
Yes! Stay tuned!
Thank you!
That was fun.
Dang lady. Dem top buttons be skrugglin’ 😂
Thank you for sharing. I would love to learn how to make semmelknoedel and maultashen.
Coming soon!
That Knorr/Maggi dilemma. You know that it’s not a compliment if someone names a German restaurants food "Tütensuppe". And that’s why Americans are probably fine with that kind of instant ingredients. They taste the same. Always. Ever. Like a McDonald's burger, everywhere.
And for that reason German TV created a series like this…
www.youtube.com/@ZDFbesseresser
Wanna know what’s in Mac&Cheese?! Here we go…
th-cam.com/video/6Klb5XQslf0/w-d-xo.html
Love this video. I find that so many US recipes use powdered gelatine but I can only find the sheets here. Great info about the difference between US and German sugar. If I use a US recipe I usually reduce the sugar. I periodically find German products in LIDL but there is a German deli near us as there is a German school here. We need to shop together. 3 hours in a German supermarket would be quite my cup of tea. I need to make both kinds of German dumplings x
Yes! There is so much learning in converting recipes and the dumplings video is coming soon! It would be so much fun to go shopping together 💛 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome we will do London and wherever you are in Germany x
This was very interesting
It is so common in Sweden to “panta”, it works so that when yo buy for example a bottle with soda the amount you get back is payed on the product and when you return the bottle you get refunded. Smart and effective solution.
Super smart! Love it! Thanks for sharing 👍 ~ Anja
My suitcase is full of German food when I come back to the states.😊
You should have seen mine 😜
Thanks
I’ll try your starter
Have fun sourdoughing 😊 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome 😘
I thought you were Mary Poppins with bottomless bag, lol. 😂
Hallo Anja, vielen Dank für das tolle video. Ich freue mich auf die kommenden Kochvideos von Dir. Die Knorr Gewürzmischung und Currywurst vermisse ich besonders seit ich in den USA lebe. Hast Du vielleicht ein Rezept für selbstgemachten Quark? Habe es in den comments gefunden 😊 Mit lieben Grüßen aus Chicago. 😊
Das Gefühl kenne ich und so versuche ich, möglichst viel hier in der USA selber zu machen (was dann eh' gesünder ist). Hier ist das Quark-Video: th-cam.com/video/HYYTukffQ6s/w-d-xo.html Viele LG zurück nach Chicago von Anja
When I grew up in Brooklyn in the 50s bottles were almost always refundable
This was so much fun. Thank you for sharing what you bought. I’d love to see you make something with most of these. Looking forward to a
Typical German dinner video!!!
We need something like that product in the US to keep our homemade whipped cream from getting runny 😅
Hello Anja, I just discovered your channel by chance and really enjoyed watching this - I lived and worked in Germany for 10 years in the 80s/90s and have been back a few times since. I have a question - is it possible to make quark at home? I drain Green yoghurt until it's very thick - would I need to add something else to it to make it like quark? I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Update: after a look around your website I have found your recipe for quark! Thank you!
Yes, I have a video for that: th-cam.com/video/HYYTukffQ6s/w-d-xo.html
@@OurGabledHome Thank you!
Yes, the good old days, how lucky you were if you had an uncle who was an alcoholic with all the bottles ❤😂 If I was missing 2 or 3 D Mark back then, I knew that I just had to go to my uncle, he definitely had some bottles in the basement.
Löwensenf aus Düsseldorf. Hibt es auch mild, not so spicy also.
In the 60's and 70's we would gather glass bottles and take back to stores for refund and it was easy. Yes now a days it's not simple. I miss those days of recycle. My brother and I would gather bottles from families who 'drank' so we would get more for those bottles.
Definitely much more sustainable ~ Anja
Loved learning this! I wish we only used glass here and that we could recycle them. We did some in the 70's and early 80's.Also your new haircut looks great!! I tried a starter lately ( not yours) and it molded real quick and smelled horrible, so I threw it out. I want to try yours. our house stays quite humid, do you think that would change anything?
So glad you enjoyed this video! It would be great if there was real recycling in the US ... Humidity can make a starter mold but it's always worth trying 👍 ~ Anja
Hiii … I visited Germany for the first time and picked up 90 pc of the things you bought ❤… can you please tell me IF I can use the vanilla instant pudding mix in any other recipe… ❤❤❤
Zwieback was actually brought to Germany by protestant refugees from France, the Hugenots.
In Michigan you have to return our bottles for refund.
Didn’t know that but that’s great!
My comment is I enjoy German country cooking. The one German restaurant in town was known for that kind of cooking. An example would be green bean soup with fresh homemade bread. The pork shank with the 2 bones that stuck up with a crispy skin so when took the bones to open it there was a cracking sound. The restaurant has been gone for sometime and I truly miss it. It was German owned operated and most of the staff were related to the owner. I wantbto listen to this particular video again. Also is there grocery stores here in the US to purchase German food or away to order from a German catalog company that you would recommend. Thank you
Thank you so much for sharing! I have a list of sources for Gernan food: awesome-experimenter-1997.ck.page/94cd3b4c1d
@@OurGabledHome Thank you so much. Much appreciated.