Weird Things in German Supermarkets (BRITISH REACTION)

Weird Things in German Supermarkets (BRITISH REACTION)

This is my reaction to Weird Things in German Supermarkets

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[elliw.]

Yes, everyone goes to the "Pfand" machines first if they have bottles/cans to return.
Especially little kids love to do that for their parents. Some parents let the kids keep the money for the returned bottles/cans. It's a fun teaching experience.

[heha]

Hmmm, boiled potatoes with Quark ... quark with herbs, with chives, cream quark with horseradish — together with potatoes or on a slice of fresh bread Ohhh 🤩😍😋

[lordofnumbers]

@13:10 "Fleischsalat" - I can highly recommend that. Imagine, fresh, warm bread from the bakery, a slice of them and real butter with "Fleischsalat" on it. It's good, it's damn tasty. You don't want miss that. My favorite supermarkets are Netto and Rewe. The two complement each other as far as the range is concerned. I can only get some things at Netto and some only at Rewe. I love the "vegetarian dumplings" at Rewe, but I prefer the "Fleischsalat" or "Kartoffelsalat" from Netto. That's one example.

[fenris_vii]

Quark is an interesting thing - think a very firm yoghurt, but not as sour and with a rather mild, milky taste. Great to put on bread or a Brötchen and then some jam on top!

Also have to correct one point they made: There is fresh milk, which is refrigerated, and then there is long lasting milk, called H-Milch (Haltbare Milch), which has been treated in a specific way to improve shelf-life and doesn't need cooling. Personally not a fan of H-Milch, because it tastes different than normal milk.

[tusken]

4:23 Der gute Hela Gewürz Ketchup Curry delikat!

[Anson_AKB]

this channel is one of the most timesaving of this kind of channels: we don't only get the original comparison of germany and the usa, but in addition we also get comments on british and scottish versions, as well as a glimpse of asian versions, "5-in-1" all in a single video. *_thanks!_*

ps: yes, a "asian vs scottish" version of your own would be nice too, and not only on food but also other topics like homes/appartments (i never was in asia, and if i would have been, it would only have been for tourists, eg european style hotels).

[m.h.]

Quark is essentially a very very soft fresh cream cheese. But because it is so fresh, it is neither savory nor sweet. You can use it as a spread on bread, many people use it instead of butter and put jam on top. You can eat it with potatoes (instead of sour cream) or as a dip with fresh vegetables. If you put berries and sugar in, it becomes a quick and easy dessert.

[Johanna-fdje]

"Wurstsalat" (cold cuts) recipe:

400 g Balony or meat sausage (thin slices)

5 pickled cucumbers

1 large vegetable onion (ca. 200 g)

Salt

8 tablespoons of liquid from the pickled cucumber jar

4 tablespoons of vegetable oil

2 tablespoons of vinegar

1 tablespoon Dijon-mustard

Fresh ground pepper

Add some fresh herbs like parsley or chives

Cut the sausage into fine strips and the cucumber into slices. Peel the onion, halve and cut into thin strips. Put the onion rings in bubbling salted water, bring to the boil, pour into a sieve, rinse in cold water and drain well.
Mix the cucumber water poured through a small sieve, oil, vinegar, mustard, pepper and a little salt with a whisk to make a vinaigrette.
Pour the vinaigrette over the prepared ingredients and leave the salad to infuse for 30 minutes. Season again before serving. Enjoy🌼

[alicemilne]

When I was a child growing up in Scotland in the 1960s deposit bottles were perfectly normal, whether for milk delivered to your door or for any kind of soft drinks. Glass bottles were always re-used as long as they were re-usable. You took them back to the shop and either got your money back or a discount on the new bottle. You were indeed renting. It was in the 1970s when disposable single-use plastic bottles started to be introduced that the deposit-bottle practice died in the UK. I remember a lot of talk about the "throw-away" society back then from people who had grown up in the Great Depression of the 1930s and who had lived through WW2 rationing, which lasted well into the mid 1950s.

I think the German deposit system is great.

[kix]

My favourite supermarket is one REWE here in my city. I don't know how it is in other countries but here in Germany the supermarket chains don't have the same assortment/collection (?) in all of their branches. I'm not sure whether I got it right and I am sure that I'm desrcibing it very childishly but this is what I understood: The owner of a place makes a contract with a supermarket chain so that they can use their brand products and logo and all but other than that they can offer whatever they want. So each supemarket has their own emphasis on specific things. And that one REWE has most of the things I like. 😊

[juwen]

The Paprika flavoured chips aren't so spicy, cause here Paprika is the name of sweet pepper. If you want the spicy one you have to search for pepperoni! 😎

[VegaLupina]

The reason the shop is not removing the package around the single bottles is that sometime people buy 6 bottles at once and with the packaging they can transport it easier. Since most people walk to their grocery store it's a simpler way of carrying it.
Also: gimme a P/O Box and I'll send you some stuff you would like to try :D

[andersl]

Ok, if you haven't tested it yet, here is the best recipe for sausage salad:

500g mortadella, or any other cooked sausage, like wiener, bologna, or similar
1 onion
4 to 5 pickles
salt and pepper
Vinegar and oil
Some mustard
paprika powder (sweet)

First you prepare the dressing:
1 tbsp oil and 3 tbsp vinegar.
1 tsp. mustard
some salt and pepper
2 tsp paprika powder
And a good gulp of cucumber water from the jar with the pickled cucumbers.

Now cut the onion into very thin rings and add them to the dressing.
Next, cut the pickles into thin strips.
Now cut the sausage into thin strips as well.

Mix everything well and let it sit in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

When you serve it, sprinkle some paprika powder over the sausage salad.

As a side dish you can use either fresh bread, chips, or fried potatoes.


Please note, the paprika powder commonly used in Germany is sweet paprika, so also in crisps with paprika flavor. Unfortunately, it is not spicy. But there are also hot crisps, which are then called Peperoni Crisps. In addition, in Germany there are both Salt and Vinegar Crisps (I love those!) and Sour Cream and Onion.

[Andinda]

The main idea behind "Pfand" on bottles is to make people take them to a central take-back station so they don't simply throw them away. It's first and foremost a means of avoiding rubbish.

[mirasol]

About the plastic around bottles: my local supermarket has a sign on the shelf that reads; "please do not open the "six-packs", individual bottles can be found on the opposite shelf." but you are correct, some people will bulk-buy, especially if an item is on sale.

[Phiyedough]

I think where they were saying people don't have to travel far to buy food, that is more a weird thing about USA than Germany. In USA a lot of places have something called "zoning" which means you can't have retail businesses in residential areas. The recycling of bottles was also the norm in UK years ago milk, pop and beer bottles were all returned for re-use.

[gordondry]

Spaghetti-Eis from a supermarket (factory) is a bummer. Got to an ice cafè and get a real one. I mean it.

[JohnHazelwood]

The "Fleischsalat" is easy to make, but very tasty. One portion would be like: 200g of lyon meat sausage (cutted), add 80g of pickles (cutted) mix it with 80g of mayonaise and add some salt and pepper. That's it! Easym right!? :) I prefer to eat it with bread, but you can add it to noodle or potatoe salad as "dressing" as well ... or how ever you like to eat it! :)

[stefankrautz]

In my area you can buy Asparagus reaped fresh from the fields.

[ileana]

FLEISCHSALAT / WURSTSALAT:
the most important ingredient is the "Fleischwurst"
therefore you have to find an adequate replacement if there is no german butcher nearby.
"Fleischwurst" is sometimes called "Lyoner" in Croatia it is called "Parizer" (meaning from Paris) and in the USA "Bologna sausage".
You should have a look online how the original looks like and compare to the local ones.

There are recipes online for Fleischsalat with or without mayonnaise.

BTW: a very refreshing salad for the summer is a which is also very complimentary with fried fish.