6 THINGS CONSIDERED A LUXURY IN THE USA BUT NORMAL IN GERMANY

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Little luxuries or just casual normalities..... 🩷 Happy Hump Day!! When I wake up I will see you in the comment section!

00:00 Things that are considered normal in Germany but a luxury in the USA
00:35 Farmer's Markets
03:10 Paper plates (the bane of my existence)
04:38 Bread from the bakery
05:52 Heated floors
07:35 Work-life balance
09:52 Taking care of yourself
11:00 Thank you for watching! Don't forget to subscribe

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[Humpelstilzchen]

I would be ashamed to death serving food on paper plates to guests in my house 😅

[wendymacilree]

No one would use paper plates unless it’s a children’s birthday party in the park.

[markweaver]

Paper plates are for picnics, kids birthdays, and when you're feeling too lazy to cook and do the dishes (e.g. order a pizza and eat off of paper plates). The idea that 'real plates' are a luxury for Americans is completely absurd.

[celinepa]

All of this is completely normal in the whole of Europe. Never seen anybody using paper plates in their homes, no matter the country.

[combatduckie]

i literally have never known one German who d use a paper plate in their private household at home ever! it s considered trailerpark here

[annamc]

There’s s German lady who opened a bakery near my home in California and she’s tapped into the market for fresh bread here in the US. Lines down the block. All using natural ingredients. She just opened a second location in the next town. More Germans should come here and do the same!

[ClintDawg]

In Denmark paper plates are only used for informal bbq parties or if you have a picnic in a park. I have honestly never seen (or even heard of) anyone using paper plates for their daily meals at home.

[AnnetteLudke-jell]

Paper plates are only good for camping or a barbecue with lots of people, but in daily life it is a sign of having no culture and not caring about environmental damages caused by this.

[teachersusan]

When I was a student in the US I couldn‘t believe that everybody ate from plastic/paper dishes that were thrown away after every meal!
What a lot of waste.

[howitworksforme]

The heaters are actually designed to heat the room WHILE keeping your towels warm😊

[rgoonewardene]

If I went to a house, and they served me in paper plates, I would think they really hated me. I live in the UK, BTW, where even my employer provides real plates for use by the staff.

[DeshanHoward]

It took me to become an injured worker before I really began to focus on my health and well-being. Hayley is right. Value yourself because corporations value money.

[guillandanthony]

I was quite stunned about the paper plates. I have been living in Germany since 14 years now and people will always use their best plates and cutlery when they invite you. The only time I was served on a paper plate was at a students‘ party.

[enjoystraveling]

I live in the United States and it would never occur to me to use paper plates for my guest or family unless I was on a picnic. It’s wasteful, cost more to buy paper plates and it’s definitely doesn’t take much time even for can dishwashing to just fill the sink with a little bit of dish soap and water. Wipe them and put them to dry.

[jensbiederstaedt]

We bake our own bread since we moved to Canada. It took us a while but the bread you can buy here has nothing to do with bread. Your German is so lovely!!!

[norbertpaisen]

Selber backen 🙂
Kartoffelbrot mit Kürbiskernen

500 g Kartoffel(n), mehlig kochend, geschält gewogen
1 TL Salz
175 g Weizenmehl Type 405
300 g Weizenmehl Type 1050
2 TL Salz
85 g Wasser, lauwarm
1 Prise(n) Zucker
14 g Hefe
3 EL Olivenöl
130 g Kürbiskerne
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Zuerst die geschälten Kartoffeln mit 1 TL Salz in kochendem Wasser fertig garen. Abgießen und entweder mit einer Kartoffelpresse durchdrücken oder mit einem Stampfer sehr fein stampfen. Anschließend auf Zimmertemperatur abkühlen lassen.

Die Mehlsorten mischen und beiseite stellen. Die Hefe in 85 g lauwarmen Wasser auflösen. Die Prise Zucker und 2 EL von der Mehlmischung unterrühren und ca. fünf Minuten stehen lassen.

Jetzt zu den Kartoffeln das Hefewasser, das Öl, das Salz, die Kürbiskerne und das Mehl geben. Alles etwa fünf Minuten zu einem glatten Teig verkneten. Ich verwende hierzu meine Küchenmaschine mit Knethaken. Dann zu einer Kugel formen und abgedeckt ca. 40 - 50 Minuten gehen lassen, bis das Volumen gut zugenommen hat.

Einen Römertopf oder Alugusstopf mit Backtrennspray einsprühen. Alternativ kann man den Topf auch mit Butter einfetten. Den Teig nochmals kurz durchkneten, dann zu einem Brot formen und mit dem Schluss nach unten in den Topf geben. Ich habe zum Backen einen runden Alugusstopf genommen, deswegen habe ich ein rundes Brot geformt. Wenn man einen ovalen Topf nimmt, muss man entsprechend ein ovales Brot formen.

Den Deckel aufsetzen und auf einem Backblech auf die mittlere Schiene in den kalten Backofen geben. Den Ofen nun auf 240 Grad Ober-/Unterhitze stellen und das Brot 50 Minuten backen.

Wer mag, kann 10 Minuten vor Backende den Deckel herunternehmen (Vorsicht: heiß) dann bekommt das Brot eine schöne Bräune.

Klingt das Brot beim Dagegenklopfen hohl, ist es fertig und kann auf einem Gitter abkühlen.

[Why-D]

Even in the school, when they come together with the class, with kids and parents, every family takes their own plates, may be reusable from plastic, but even there you try to avoid any waste, like one-use plates.

Yeah, with bread, we get everyone!

[wa]

The thing with the bread was the reason for us to teach ourselves how to bake it on our own when we left Germany.

[vrenak]

With you Haley, paperplates is for when normal service isn't really an option, like if you're hauling a big picnic, if you're moving and have just packed up the last bits of the kitchen etc...

[fraglutz]

Ich liebe Deine eingestreuten deutschen Worte, very funny (weil man sie als Deutscher so gut versteht, Deine Aussprache ist großartig!).