Buying “AMERICAN” GROCERIES in Germany + Taste Test w/ My Brother!

Buying “AMERICAN” GROCERIES in Germany + Taste Test w/ My Brother! | Feli from Germany

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American culture is very present in Germany, especially when it comes to movies and music. And even at the stores, you'll see American flags on a LOT of products! But are those products REALLY American? Or is it just a marketing strategy? When I was in Munich, my brother and I went to the German grocery store to show you guys some of these products and try them for you! :) Let me know in the comments, what kind of American (style) products 🇺🇸 you have seen at your store in Germany OR what kind of "German" products 🇩🇪 your American store sells! 👇😊
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0:00 Intro
1:04 Products at the store
5:23 Taste testing
5:38 Hot Dogs
7:04 Marshmallows
8:59 American cookies
10:50 Peanutbutter Cups
13:05 Popcorn
17:00 American salad dressing
18:50 Burger sauce
19:35 German jelly donut & pretzels
23:40 Outro
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@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын

**Johnnie Walker IS NOT an American whiskey, of course, it's Scottish. I totally forgot to double-check that, I just used the footage I had recorded. Sorry about that!** What kind of American (style) products you have seen at your store in Germany OR what kind of "German" products your American store sells! Let me know in the comments below!

@emilystokes0413 3 жыл бұрын

There is lots of sauerkraut and brats in the German part of my store.

@thomaskalbfus2005 3 жыл бұрын

You ever get Red Baron Pizza? The picture on the box does not look like the real Red Baron, it's some other guy with a mustache.

@snickelfritz7833 3 жыл бұрын

When you do another food video in the States please include a brand of potato chips called “ MikeSell’s”. It is a Dayton, Ohio company and they are so good. It is a very light and airy potato chip cooked in peanut oil. Most companies do not cook chips in peanut oil. The seasoning is very subtle and not drenched in seasoning powder like most American chips. My family are big fans of blue cheese dressing. It is so good with celery. Panera makes a blue cheese dressing that is very tasty.

@joshuafranco1570 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Really enjoyed this one! I always like seeing grocery stores in other countries. Thanks again. Cheers.

@shanepahman7377 3 жыл бұрын

@@thomaskalbfus2005 LOL are you sure?

@markc2643 3 жыл бұрын

The reason it says "Snyder's of Hanover" is that there is also a "Snyder's of Berlin". Both are cities in Pennsylvania. Both were originated by the same family.

@realmadridzidane5 3 жыл бұрын

Snyders of Hanover and Berlin. German Surname named after 2 German cities, neither from Germany lol

@Mrtraveler01 2 жыл бұрын

I was actually surprised they have a presence outside the US.

@mordeys 3 жыл бұрын

your brother is very handsome and seems really sweet. he was a good sport to play along.

@marisa768 3 жыл бұрын

Hot dogs here in the US are never in jars (at least not where I live lol), and taste SO much better when grilled with a little char on the outside!

@emjayay 3 жыл бұрын

Yes that is the proper way of eating them. Or in dirty hot water in NYC.

@firecatanimated2525 2 жыл бұрын

same

@ExUSSailor 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I have never seen hot dogs sold in a jar before, either.

@danielzhang1916 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't know why they keep doing that in Europe, that is very strange

@LaLunaLady 2 жыл бұрын

The only time I have seen hotdogs in a jar has been on a vlog from a similar food/supermarket flog from the UK.

@ahwhite1398 3 жыл бұрын

I love how you say "caramel" not just with an American accent, but a midwestern accent. You've actually gotten your accent down so well that if you live elsewhere in the Anglosphere many people might assume you are midwestern. That's a very impressive skill.

@salamanders6969 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. You can tell Germans the way they pronounce letter “L”. It’s always light L. This girl mastered pronunciation of dark “L”

@amor2874 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there was another word she said and the a vowel sounded just like the Midwest.

@pjteves1 3 жыл бұрын

Car-mall or carra-mell.

@extofer 3 жыл бұрын

When I was in Hanover, Germany last year I ate at an American style sports diner and they did everything near perfect. The only way you’d be able to tell it wasn’t in America is that soccer was playing on their TVs and you’d be more likely to see American football, baseball or basketball playing if it was in America. I was really impressed.

@m.s.1467 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Hanover, Germany! :-)

@extofer 3 жыл бұрын

@@m.s.1467 thank you! It's because of your city, actuallly, that I have taken such an interest in Germany and I've even started learning to speak German! :)

@nicoletopp2822 3 жыл бұрын

I think I have been to that one as well. Don' t they speak English as well?

@xjjay554x 3 жыл бұрын

Very ironic considering hannover, Pennsylvania is known for it's German heritage.

@extofer 3 жыл бұрын

@@nicoletopp2822 I think you’ll find that most places in Germany and Europe speak English fairly well.

@bob4919 3 жыл бұрын

A tour of a German bakery, yes please!

@bernardwilkerson1382 3 жыл бұрын

It's not related to food, but my kids were going to name their dog Felicity, but it was too many syllables. I told them about your nickname and now their puppy is named after you. :)

@ianmurphy9955 3 жыл бұрын

As a Brit, I have yet to go to either the US or Germany, your channel gives an insight to both I love it Danke-Scheon Felicia

@camrondirossi3249 3 жыл бұрын

As a brit I been to both us and to Berlin

@zangster2k 3 жыл бұрын

As an American currently living in Germany I'm always amused to see "American" food at my Edeka in town. I would imagine it's the same as when you see "German" food in the American grocery. I'm actually quite happy to stick with the German stuff on the economy and the American stuff at the commissary.

@brianblackburn5238 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. The one thing I wish we had in the states is the paprika chips. The only place I can find them is off base. I enjoy shopping at the German grocery stores and learning the names for things in German.

@hancock63 3 жыл бұрын

Heinz, Reese's, and Snyder's of Hanover. Nice to see Pennsylvania representing in Germany.

@samson6147 3 жыл бұрын

Those are the only ones I saw that were American products the rest were just branded

@jackjordan1249 3 жыл бұрын

PA GANG

@LMolineux 3 жыл бұрын

PA getting some love, makes life better if I ever visit Germany as I’m from the suburbs of philly, I’m in DELCO Delaware county, I love your videos Feli

@kilsestoffel3690 3 жыл бұрын

Fluff with Nutella in fresh roastet bread is awesome

@TehKaiser 3 жыл бұрын

Germans made their mark eternal via the Hamburger. We just need a Hamburg youtuber.

@valloyola 3 жыл бұрын

It’s surreal knowing you and brother have different accents

@sirknight211 3 жыл бұрын

Ritter Chocolate has made it to the grocery stores near me in Texas which was a wonderful surprise

@ReticentDuet 3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty common here as well, which is great. You'll sometimes see other German brands floating around, too. Most mass-market American chocolate is trash, and Hershey's has tried very hard to prevent real Cadbury (as well as some other British chocolate) from being widely available.

@michaelvs.scorpio7676 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Texas too. I buy Rittersport Schokolade (chocolate) all the time, on a regular basis!! It tastes excellent and has very FEW to NO chemicals in it, UNLIKE U.S.A. brands!! I also buy a German - made mustard named Alstertor Dusseldorf Style Mustard. I like it a lot as well!!

@fsinjin60 3 жыл бұрын

I am always searching Aldis for their German imports. Always a step above the US equivalent for less

@thenute4087 3 жыл бұрын

The Honey Mustard flavor of Snyder's Pretzels is 🔥

@LythaWausW 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely honey mustard is the best - I was sad to see she bought cheese.

@PineyRider 3 жыл бұрын

HMO's!!! The best!

@pjteves1 3 жыл бұрын

Nope, not at all. Just a strong mustard flavor.

@AmyWhitehouseVlog 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely the best. So addictive; sweet, salty, and a tiny bit spicy. 🤤

@amberfrazier575 3 жыл бұрын

Yess! If you like those you’ll love the honey Dijon kettle chips!

@kevinjackson6011 3 жыл бұрын

When I visited Germany the bakeries were so impressive, even in small towns. Hope you have a safe journey back.

@extofer 3 жыл бұрын

Europe in general does bakeries right. Last year before the pandemic, I was in several countries in Europe (including Germany) and every one had amazing bakeries. Ours in America are so commercialized comparatively.

@kevinjackson6011 3 жыл бұрын

@@extofer I'm from the UK 🇬🇧 and it is similar here.

@richszmal1653 3 жыл бұрын

The best cake and dessets i ever had was in Germany.

@zehranaqvi6919 3 жыл бұрын

@@richszmal1653 I moved to Munich nearly 4 years ago and while I love German bakeries for their brot and German style pastries, I've actually never had any good cake here. I think compared to the U.S baked sweets aren't as moist here (in my opinion) and also there isn't much variety. Idk just my opinion though.

@christianpiko9703 3 жыл бұрын

The last I visited a good bakery in Germany was 30 years ago.

@sethmasten5818 3 жыл бұрын

Last year on a trip to Copenhagen I went to a grocery store just to see what it was like. They had what they called “American Tex-Mex Pizza” that had a hotdog-stuffed crust, and I was like like “no no nooo, that’s not right.” It’s always interesting to see how different cultures interpret each other’s food!

@ashleybustillo2694 3 жыл бұрын

Bless their heart.

@StardustDNA 3 жыл бұрын

What the?!

@g33xzi11a 3 жыл бұрын

Americans butcher pizza but not even we would do something that heinous. We draw the line at frozen pizzas with a croissant crust

@TheSulross 2 жыл бұрын

this could have been a food item intentionally designed to lampoon American pizza

@danielzhang1916 2 жыл бұрын

I have never heard of a hotdog-stuffed crust, that is very strange

@RobinWagner08 3 жыл бұрын

Someone in Cincinnati needs to show you how to make homemade Rice Krispie treats. That is another key purpose of marshmallows or marshmallow fluff.

@KalEL224 3 жыл бұрын

And fluff-a-nutter

@luannm-crazycatlady6621 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! I live in Cincinnati. Wish I could meet her.

@laurao8099 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is my favorite way to have marshmallows! I am not a big fan of them by themselves and smores are OK but rice krispies are awesome!

@enzodimasi8248 3 жыл бұрын

You should do this the other way around in the US with “German” products

@Serothil_and_stuff 3 жыл бұрын

Already has.

@thebigfreakingcat4292 3 жыл бұрын

She already did.

@mallobag 3 жыл бұрын

yeah and surprisingly there are a lot of german products in the us.

@EASYTIGER10 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell Big Cat is American and Serothil isn't from how they word their answers! 🙂

@neophytealpha 3 жыл бұрын

"Italian ", Ranch, "French" and Thousand Island, and a vinagrette are common dressings at a lot of American restaurants.

@joeees7790 3 жыл бұрын

Caesar as well.

@andreapence954 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I was going to say as well that thousand island is common in the US. However, that's my boyfriends dressing of choice and for some reason many restaurants do not carry it.

@onthejourney9261 3 жыл бұрын

I think thousand islands isn't as common because its was more popular in the 80s and 90s along with French dressing. Its a bit out of style these days. Vinaigrette/Italian, Caesars, and of course Ranch are definitely the more common dressings these days.

@neophytealpha 3 жыл бұрын

@@onthejourney9261 Thousand Island is still common in restaurants, and in stores. Plus, basically what is on a Big Mac

@thegingergyrl455 3 жыл бұрын

Snyders Honey Mustard Pretzel Bits are one of my favorite snacks. Great crunch.

@redefiningphrase 3 жыл бұрын

As a Swiss I approve of Timo's sweater 😏🥳

@sera1287 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I just had the same thought 😂

@AR15Chuck 3 жыл бұрын

Marshmallows made in Illinois. No where near the Rocky Mountains 😂

@MrAronymous 3 жыл бұрын

It's a reference to the "snow capped mountain tops" a package of marhmallow looks like.

@juliomunoz6468 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr. why not Great Lake Marshmellows?

@jonmiguel 3 жыл бұрын

Illinois? ROCKIES??? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

@Dragoon1776 3 жыл бұрын

Rocky Mountain Oysters are an entirely different subject also. She definitely wouldn't like those.

@thehoneybadger8089 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dragoon1776 If you knew what goes into American sausages and German wurst, you wouldn't make a statement like that.

@ejm51395 2 жыл бұрын

I'll never forget when I spent five weeks in Wittenberg and went to a store and saw the American section was pretty much all junk food. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry in shame :P

@laurao8099 2 жыл бұрын

I've never been to Germany but I have always been kind of curious about that. But I assume that any healthy food America has Germany and other countries in Europe also have the equivalent healthy food. Also from what it looks like her vudeo where she does the opposite with German foods in America also seem to be junk food related (mostly).

@ejm51395 2 жыл бұрын

@@laurao8099 I mean yeah they had healthy things that you can get in America-like fruits and veggies, non sugary cereals that type of thing. But the food that is considered “American” was just a lot of chips and soda and candy and other junk food.

@laurao8099 2 жыл бұрын

@@ejm51395 OK yeah that makes sense. I can't necessarily think of a healthy healthy food that is it is originally American. But I think the same is true the other way around I cannot necessarily think of a healthy food that is specifically specifically German.

@ejm51395 2 жыл бұрын

@@laurao8099 Fair enough. Germans definitely love their carbs and sugar like anyone else that’s for sure :p

@zimmerartur 3 жыл бұрын

This is a brutally well-equipped store you have there, they even have Twinkies and Reese's ! That's pretty much a decent indicator, that they know what they are doing, also if they have Cholula you are in American heaven.

@darrylrichman 3 жыл бұрын

Snyder's is from Hanover, Pennsylvania. Confusing, I know. Through corporate sales and mergers it's now based in North Carolina.

@cm5754 3 жыл бұрын

Amazingly, for non Pennsylvanians, there is another brand Snyders of Berlin that is part of the Utz company and is based in Hanover PA. Both Snyder’s were the same company until they split mid-century.

@IAm_Eric_ButYouCanCallMe_Eric 3 жыл бұрын

@@cm5754 ...and Snyder’s of Berlin is pretty much only available in PA... which is kind of sad, because they have the best potato chips/crisps.

@gmanandhislady 3 жыл бұрын

@@IAm_Eric_ButYouCanCallMe_Eric North Carolinan here...but we definitely have Utz here. I have seen Snyder of Berlin as well, although it's been a while.

@IAm_Eric_ButYouCanCallMe_Eric 3 жыл бұрын

@@gmanandhislady interesting. I’ve only seen Snyder’s of Berlin in PA. We have Utz where I live now (Maryland). I wonder if Utz has phased out Berlin for a lot of places outside of PA.

@LeeFKoch 3 жыл бұрын

IMHO, the best flavor ist Snyder's of Hanover Honey-Mustard-Onion Pretzel Pieces!

@jonassteiner3532 3 жыл бұрын

Funfact about popcorn: although in Germany the norm for popcorn is to be sweet and most people don't lie them salty, in Austria it's actually the opposite. More people here like salty popcorn than sweet. Also in Austrian cinemas you mostly only find salty popcorn, while in Germany you are more likely to find it sweet (and salty), which of course then makes sense. Anyways, i think it's really interesting that there is so big of a difference, although they are neighboring countries and even have the same language (kinda). Also here in Austria we think of sweet Popcorn to be something American rather than German, which is really funny, but i guess it just comes from the fact that most other food is sweeter in the US and we think that it's probably the same with Popcorn.

@caynidar6295 3 жыл бұрын

Just from my personal experience growing up and living in the American South, most popcorn here tends to be savory and sweet varieties are more often served from some vendors at fairs or in containers of assortments you can get during the holidays. It's pretty common to find these giant tins with dividers in them, with one part plain butter and salt, one part cheddar and one part caramel. Theater popcorn is pretty much universally salted, with the ability to put a butter flavored oil on it.

@miriamredinger 3 жыл бұрын

Oh now it makes sense! I'm used to the fact that Austria and Germany are really similar, so I was like "No, people here eat salty popcorn a lot!". Very interesting, I wonder where that rare difference between Austria and Germany comes from. (And in my experience cinemas (well, those in Innsbruck at least) have both options, if they sell popcorn at all, but most people I've met prefer it salty.)

@sabilein91 3 жыл бұрын

I was so confused when I went to a cinema in Germany and they offered me sweet popcorn. As an Austrian I found that very weird. I also think that they didn’t even offer any salty popcorn. Why would you want your popcorn sweetened? 🤷🏽‍♀️ Another shocking thing was the butter pump in a US movie theater. Which I found so disgusting seeing kids just pumping a gallon of butter onto their popcorn 🙈 Just gimme salty, slightly buttered popcorn and the cheese sauce from the nachos to dip my popcorn in 😍

@rogerschuerch7768 3 жыл бұрын

Also in Switzerland popcorn is mostly salted (in cinemas anyway). You can get sweet one in some stores but most of the people prefer it definitely salty.

@MisterPyOne 3 жыл бұрын

@@miriamredinger for me it depends, sometimes I like sweet more sometimes salty (If I make popcorn at home I always prefer salty) (I'm German btw.)

@WalterGreenIII 3 жыл бұрын

Thousand Island Dressing is also used as hamburger sauce, in fact the Big Mac from McDonalds use a sauce that is no different then Thousand Island Dressing.

@widelczuk2192 3 жыл бұрын

In Poland we have something like the krapfens, that we call the pączki. We also have a special day in year, called The Fat Thursday, where you are allowed to eat the pączki, and any sweets as many as you can!

@CesarGarcia-nd5xz 3 жыл бұрын

I could smell the Freedom in those products

@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@konigink 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@PV1230 3 жыл бұрын

More like Corn Syrup. 😂

@deborahmueller591 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up in the US (60 plus years ago) you could choose from 1000 island, French, blue cheese ....and maybe oil and vinegar. I guess 1000 island is no longer popular. ;-). After living in Germany for 10 years I am amazed at the US food you can now get here - especially in Berlin, but also in The small southern town where I live now.

@jimmym3352 3 жыл бұрын

I smell fat in those products LOL. We don't want Germans to get as fat as us. Imagine if we didn't get there before the Russians in WW2. They would have vodka in their supermarkets instead of hot dogs. :-) Yes, that's a dumb joke, I know they got to Berlin first, but the area where Felicia lives in would have been part of West Germany. She's so young, she probably wasn't even alive when West Germany was a thing.

@spacecat5619 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Valentines day for all the single ones out there!

@sarahf.828 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@ChrisTian-rm7zm 3 жыл бұрын

That's like saying "Merry Christmas to all the Buddhists out there!"

@gustavmeyrink_2.0 3 жыл бұрын

St Valentine - the patron saint of...epilepsy (true that, look it up!)

@nickhydier1201 2 жыл бұрын

Very enlightening. The hotdogs in a jar was a surprise. Hotdogs go really good with SauerKraut. The pastries and candy all looked good as well.

@davidlynch9049 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Very interesting. McCain French fries are a Canadian brand. Johnnie Walker is Scottish.

@brianhiles8164 3 жыл бұрын

A sublime pleasure of life that Americans mostly share, but not so much Germans, is feeding peanut butter to a dog. The dog behaves hilariously, and is _grateful_ at the same time! _Precious!_

@mathyou9 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing says "Rocky Mountain" quite like Illinois. LOL!

@amor2874 3 жыл бұрын

My husband and I burst out laughing at that part. We live about 20 minutes from there 😆

@johnthomas2485 3 жыл бұрын

Especially flat a** northern Illinois lol

@andysmith5806 3 жыл бұрын

Where are the Rocky Mountains if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve always wondered ever since my mum played that John Denver song for me.

@b1ackm4gic 3 жыл бұрын

@@andysmith5806 if you're looking at a map, they split the U.S into about 1/3 to the left closer to the Pacific ocean, and 2/3 of the US to the right of them. They are northwest of Texas and go all the way up into Canada

@andysmith5806 3 жыл бұрын

@@b1ackm4gic Thanks mate.

@seansreading 3 жыл бұрын

"I like it, but I think I'd get sick if I ate too much of it" Yep, it's American

@TheOpinionatedYouTuber 3 жыл бұрын

Marshmallow Fluff is one of my all-time favorite things. I make "fluffernutter sandwiches" with marshmallow fluff and peanut butter on bread. Absolutely delectable!

@kenjohanning1163 3 жыл бұрын

Werther’s originals is a German candy. Founded in Werther Germany. Produced by Storck. As a kid my father worked for them when we lived in Halle Westphalen. Love watching your videos.

@coentrov 3 жыл бұрын

Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky now owned by Diageo that originated in the Scottish burgh of Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire.❤️

@redmach12003 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Scotch is made in Scotland, not the US.

@joshuabrande2417 3 жыл бұрын

Diageo also owns Guinness, which isn't made in Scotland but seems to be available globally.

@informationcollectionpost3257 Жыл бұрын

Heinz is a very German family that has their business centered in Pittsburgh, PA and has maintained a close to German product mix as has Snyder from someplace in Eastern Pennsylvania. Hot dogs, hamburgers, and less common saurkraut balls ( around Cleveland, OH) are German-American creations. My one grandmother's bread was like what you described. It had a chewy crust and more of a spongy texture than a doughy one. Recently listen to a video from a a baking expert out of some university in Kansas, I believe she was of German descent, who clarified that the typical American store bought bread is "sandwich loaf" as it is European bread that has been highly modified for sandwiches ( especially for spreading peanut butter on it) and for a longer shelf life as real bread spoils faster. Peanut butter especially gained ground during the Great Depression as it contained a lot of protein and was much cheaper than meat. During this period of time "Sandwhich Loaf", American bread, was created as a cheap compliment to cheap peanut butter. Personally, I call Sandwhich Loaf; Wonder Bread, which was a brand name at one time, for its a wonder that it is bread. Well after that video I discovered that it isn't real bread.( at least in my mind) Moving on from bread, high fructose corn syrup is a more modern creation in America that is super cheap, cheaper than cane or beet sugar, but extremely sweet product that many USA food processors use. (It is a sugar created in a laboratory) It is also a major contributor to weight gain, diabetes, and other health problems as it is like a super sugar on steroids. It is best to avoid it or limit your consumption of it. I am sure that in low enough quantities that it is not that bad but who doesn't like really sweet foods. Often, even machine dispensed meat sandwiches have large quantities of it. In America we are almost addicted to this product. Even American spaghetti sauce is sweet when compared to origan Italian home made sauce.

@LyleFrancisDelp 3 жыл бұрын

You and your brother make an excellent on screen team.

@tracisikkes7916 3 жыл бұрын

Your brother has been awesome in videos you have filmed in Germany. The two of you seem to have a pretty good relationship. Has your brother been to the US? When was he here / does he plan a trip after Covid???

@bobfinnecy4231 3 жыл бұрын

Hanover is a town in eastern Pennsylvania, US. I used to live there and there many pretzel and potato chip manufacturers in the Hanover, PA area.

@extofer 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, there’s also a Hanover in Germany. Though unrelated, it’s a pretty great city, rich in history.

@markkerstetter4616 3 жыл бұрын

I believe Germans in the early days of Pennsylvania were a very cohesive ethnic group. My father grew up in Northumberland County and moved and married in Philadelphia where I was born. He could speak a broken form of German even in the 1970's. Since Germans in PA often kept to themselves they use germanized words and were called "Pennsylvania Dutch". Whether Dutch was just a mispronouncation of Deutsch or actually referred to their point of emigration from Rotterdam in the Netherlands, I do not know. While doing research on my family tree, I had to navigate the local newspaper in Northumberland County which was written in German around 1815. In my mind, it's likely that Snyders of Hannover was indeed a German family, probably from Hannover Germany. The pretzel recipe is likely traditional, and brought from Germany or at least based on German recipes. By the way, I believe soft (german) pretzels in the U.S. sell for north of $1.50 each today. I'm showing my age, but I can remember buying them as a kid for $0.05! Delicious with mustard.

@TehKaiser 3 жыл бұрын

Well, Klein tools was started by a German immigrant.

@tommay6590 3 жыл бұрын

@@extofer ah unrelated? The king of Hannover became the king of England in 1715, starting the Royal House of Hanover over there (nobody know what happened to the second „n“), after which several counties in then British America was named.

@Rico-oz4ct 3 жыл бұрын

@@markkerstetter4616 in the past "deutsch" (dutch) refered to both the Netherlands and Germany (and Austria, etc)

@jimkirby9959 3 жыл бұрын

I think it was much more fun to see you together with your brother!

@edwardott7239 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Valentine's Day to you, Felicia! (hugs)

@Shadowfax-1980 3 жыл бұрын

It’s funny something with “Rocky Mountain” (or any mountain!) in the name would be made in Illinois, one of the flattest states.

@sgiovanny39j 3 жыл бұрын

I always toast my hot dog buns as well. In toast my hamburger buns as well. The crispy ness makes it so much better.

@Gord2205 2 жыл бұрын

I always toast the bun when I make a hot dog but hard to get from a street vendor that way (at least in my city)

@richardstanford1832 3 жыл бұрын

Just stumbled on your series by accident - but I've watched a few and love them. American food wasn't always so sweet. In the '50s a notion arose that fats were bad for you and caused all sorts of ailments. Studies didn't really support that, but the notion caught on anyways (as things often do in in the U.S.) and the FDA came out with dietary recommendations to reduce fat. When food producers removed the fat they found that they also removed much of the flavor. So, in order to get people to keep eating things - they added sugar! Now - we're addicted to sugar. Try to find something that doesn't have sugar (or high fructose corn syrup) in it. My ex-wife was half-American/half-German; born in Kempten. I've spent some good times in Munich, Kempten and Kleinwalsertal. Dad was in Germany during WWII (82nd Airborne) - was a guard at the Nuremburg trials - finally stationed in Sontofen. He was never interested in visiting with me - which made me sad since I told him that things had changed a lot since he was last there. Anyway - keep up the good work - you have a flair for it.

@linastein2625 3 жыл бұрын

Cool, dass dein Bruder dabei ist! 😊

@toddfayne7957 3 жыл бұрын

Feli would freak out if she knew about Fluffernutter. Soft American sandwich bread with peanut butter and fluff in between.

@floydhoward8038 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for mentioning fluffer-nutter Years ago, my mom and I saw a picture of one on a marshmallow jar label, and I've loved that ever since!

@danielcarter491 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how well Fluff would go with Nutella. Probably too sweet. Peanut Butter is a good counterpoint to the Fluff because of its' saltiness.

@Shadowfax-1980 3 жыл бұрын

Your narration of the shopping video sounds so professional. It could be on a travel program.

@intesivec0re 2 жыл бұрын

Love seeing your brother really nice 👍

@jps0117 3 жыл бұрын

When I lived in Schaumburg, Illinois, I rode my bicycle frequently in Elk Grove Village, which has a great path around a lake.

@luked2753 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you spending time with your family 🙂

@Joseph-oh6mo 3 жыл бұрын

As a 100% genuine multi-generational American I can say "hot dogs in a jar" is as un-American as it gets. When I think of meat in a jar it does not make me hungry (to put it nicely). A marketing trick there with that one.

@colinp2238 3 жыл бұрын

Are they Frankfurters? We get Frankfurters in the UK in hot dogs.

@TheSwedishRider 3 жыл бұрын

It's just the way of preservation from before vacuum packaging was invented. They don't taste differently!

@carrdoug99 3 жыл бұрын

Like giant Vienna sausage, YUK.😝

@Joseph-oh6mo 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSwedishRider Not sure how they taste; but meat in a jar is not a widespread American thing (at least not in modern America).

@TheSwedishRider 3 жыл бұрын

@@Joseph-oh6mo it's just sausages in a jar of water which was heated to kill all bacteria and to create a vacuum to seal the jar. As sausages are sealed themselves, it doesn't do anything to the taste. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference in a blind test. In addition, it's less plastic waste and glass jars will be recycled.

@michellebrooks1060 2 жыл бұрын

Recently found your channel and I’m loving it, reminds me of my German grandmother.

@kjpmi 3 жыл бұрын

Your brother is so cute. I’ve enjoyed you having him in your videos while you’ve been back home in München.

@buffymcmuffin5361 3 жыл бұрын

Love that beer is by the checkout - instead of Candy like in a U.S. store!

@michaelb1761 3 жыл бұрын

That impulse beer buy on the way out the door, lol.

@kathil.162 3 жыл бұрын

Well what Feli showed is like almost checkout. Right at the cashiers is a lot of candy on one side (called the "Quengelzone" which means as much as "begging-zone") and tiny bottles of alcohol, tobacco and zigarrettes and sometimes even condoms on the other side but of course you can't film that so well. But before you get to that you see a lot of beer. At least at Rewe, where this was filmed. (Sorry if there's any mistakes, it's 4.30 A.M. and I'm really tired..)

@zapl80 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, I would not call that a common place in german grocery stores though. City stores that have lots of people come by on foot in the evening probably. Besides candy the thing you most definitely find at the checkout lines are cigarettes because they need to be unlocked by the cashier.

@LeeFKoch 3 жыл бұрын

Beer used to be the cheapest beverage anywhere in Germany, even cheaper than bottled water! Sometime in the late 90s the government passed legislation mandating that stores and restaurants must provide at least one beverage that is cheaper than beer. It is still pretty cheap, though, and I am always shocked when I leave the country at how expensive beer is elsewhere.

@kathil.162 3 жыл бұрын

@@LeeFKoch Hach, der gute, alte Apfelsaftparagraph 😂

@joeyshofner639 3 жыл бұрын

After watching this video I didn't even know I was hungry. Thanks for reminding me.

@graze105 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite things I experienced during my business trip in Germany was the pretzels and butter along side the coffee in the meeting room!

@SilverWolfAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video👍🏻. I noticed the Spaten beer on the shelf when showed the beer section. Spaten is my favorite beer! It’s hard to find here in Tennessee, but I do manage to get some now and then 😉.

@45067daddymac 3 жыл бұрын

If you're flying in to Cincinnati on Monday, hope you have a safe trip. We are supposed to get a BIG snow storm here in southwest Ohio on Monday.

@kenzieduckmoo 3 жыл бұрын

Right, the entire US had been frozen over for like a week (even the western bits are getting it now) so hopefully there aren’t any weather delays on her flight and safe trip from the airport to her house

@andrews3267 3 жыл бұрын

@@kenzieduckmoo It has been steady snowing all day in Missouri. It has been a while since we have gotten this much. Very beautiful and I love it, but yes.. it is dangerously cold. Be safe!

@chuckhand8622 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the Philly soft pretzels!!!

@anglingpiper6560 3 жыл бұрын

So cool to have found your channel. I'm located just an hour east of Cincinnati. Very interesting content! Looking forward to watching more!

@mikekenyon8483 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see your brother in the video. Hopefully in the future we can see more of your family and friends.

@williamharrold1422 3 жыл бұрын

When i was young, the local bakery used to make a 'special' pretzel only at New Years. It was 3 feet ( a meter) in size and everyone took turns tearing off pieces for good luck in the new year. There is a lot of German/Swiss influences/traditions in the area.

@TheCloverQueenDQ 3 жыл бұрын

Friends once brought my horse some Horse Treats from Germany. My horse loved them and then the Tack Store I shop at started to sell them too. Come to think of it, I own a lot of German horse stuff from boots to saddles lol.

@theflockfather4377 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Well done!

@lynnevecchitto7584 3 жыл бұрын

Your brother is just as adorable as you are!💙❤

@patrickkidd2711 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, H. E. B. a Texas Store chain has a „international (sometimes German) isle, depending upon area in Texas.

@michaelvs.scorpio7676 3 жыл бұрын

I buy Rittersport chocolate made in Deutschland and Alstertor Dusseldorf Style Mustard made in Deutschland from H.E.B. all the time. I like both of them a lot!! They taste excellent!! They have very FEW to NO chemicals in them, UNLIKE most U.S.A. brands!!

@goodfellow408 3 жыл бұрын

So Thousand Island dressing actually is very American. It was invented in Northern USA, and is named after the Thousand Islands region which is up between the US and Canada. But it is very widely used... like for example the "Secret Sauce" in In n' Out Burger restaurants is pretty much just thousand island dressing haha. Also Big Macs at mcDonalds. I do love me some 1000 Island dressing!! Awesome video!!

@catgirl6803 3 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was Russian because in some places I see Russian dressing and it's very similar.

@gunslingergirl_ger6053 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video again, Feli 🙏👌 ..and your brother is doing great in front of the camera as well (plus he is sweet af!) ♥️♥️♥️

@brownmyer 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Timo... ✌🏿 😁 Hope to see you in more videos.... Your supposed to toast the hotdog bun... That's the best

@Matt-rx5jk 3 жыл бұрын

Heinz burger sauce repping Pittsburgh, my hometown! Love your videos

@nctpti2073 3 жыл бұрын

Those "American" cookie brownies are rather tasty. Edit: Thousand Island dressing is actually an American salad dressing.

@maymayrays 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are total babes 😍😂 must be a family thing 🖤

@MichaelWarthStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I love these episodes. Based on your video of your trip to Jungle Jim's, my wife an I made the 90 mile (one way) trip to get German foods and I discovered Kühne gherkins and really great sauerkraut. It is interesting to me to see what you can find in Munich.

@pennisauer2121 3 жыл бұрын

Yay, elk grove village!

@BrianDickens4 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this episode right now. Keep up the great work, your videos are always very entertaining and informative. I'm Dutch myself so many aspects of German day-to-day life are not completely unknown to me. :) At 1:37 in the video, "mini brownies", they have Dutch text on the package :) Grüße von deinen Nachbarn im Westen!

@robertpieper1438 3 жыл бұрын

Another fun show! Your brother is agreat addition. I love watching these entertaining videos better than t.v. 😉

@kerrywoboe 3 жыл бұрын

Aww.., your brother looked sad When you said you are going to Cincinnati very soon. That was sweet!

@walterhollman8735 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in Germany as a child from 1971-75 in Bertchesgaden and Augsburg. (Yes, I'm 50+.) So I find this very entertaining. I retain little of my ability to speak the German language, but I've never lost my fascination with German culture and history. And I still remember fondly Frau Zoeller, who had the best pastries. I might have to check out the rest of your videos. Nice work!

@Belgarion2601 3 жыл бұрын

Storck (and thus Werthers Original) is German, not Austrian. I think you were right the first time!

@derorje2035 3 жыл бұрын

Volkswagen and BMW are German as well, so by that logic Bugatti, Bentley or Mini are German as well. But You are right, Werther's originated in western Germany.

@Belgarion2601 3 жыл бұрын

@@derorje2035 That's not what I said.

@Berlin-xu4ef 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, Storck is located in the city of Werther, Westfalia, Germany. That's why it is called Werthers.

@keithcaserta 3 жыл бұрын

Kudos to your brother who helped you make a fun, interesting video. Hope you got back here okay (I'm in Cincinnati's northeast suburbs), and got home safely. We're expecting an unusual amount of snow from Feb 15 through midday on Feb 16.

@romix1440 3 жыл бұрын

Omggg i LOVEEE kettle corn. I just found out your channel and this video convinced me about staying here hahaha!

@panjoshua6251 3 жыл бұрын

You two look similar yet so different! I can see the resemblance in your eye shapes, noses, and actually the shapes of your teeth haha.

@TehKaiser 3 жыл бұрын

Eyebrows clearly alike.

@SeesThings 3 жыл бұрын

You have a great laugh Feli. Try pretzels dipped in mustard sometime. Even the hard pretzels in the bag. we used to have a bowl of mustard and platter of sliced sharp cheddar cheese to go with pretzels. My stepfather bought the Snyders brand of pretzels. He said they were German (website says German "style"). I have enjoyed seeing you and your brother together. 👍

@MelaniesManicures 3 жыл бұрын

S’mores are amazing! I warm the chocolate up too and it’s all gooey and delicious..even works in the microwave

@asraharrison Жыл бұрын

Your brother's English is phenomenal as well. Fun vid.

@ukrainiansniper5916 3 жыл бұрын

She should try a New York style pretzel with some stoneground mustard....its the bomb.

@brianplum1825 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen other KZfaqrs making videos with their siblings. In everyone of them, the sibling appears to be much more introverted or shy. Felicia and her brother are no exception. I've wondered how there can be such big charisma gap within the same family.

@patricktinkl4996 2 жыл бұрын

For one thing, regularly recording videos probably has more of an effect on that than actual charisma. Being familiar with a situation makes a lot of difference. Also, i'd assume he doesn't speak english anywhere near as much as Feli, so that also might hamper him a bit. Being witty and charming is much easier in your native language

@americaneagle76 Жыл бұрын

INTERESSANT!

@patkelly7999 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Felicia and Timo:):)

@markieman64 3 жыл бұрын

I'm Scottish, watching two Germans talk about "American" food in Germany. There's actually a lot of crossover here. I think our most common "hot dog" brands here are actually German, for example 😂

@Kristenm28 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Ohio and you have our accent down perfectly.

@California92122 3 жыл бұрын

So nice to "meet" your brother! I approve of his Zurich sweater, too - has he been to Switzerland? Can you guys purchase Kraft Mac and Cheese in Germany?

@cristinabivins2240 3 жыл бұрын

Kettle corn is my favorite!

@alexs3447 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Valentine's day from Canada .

@michelleshellbelle1761 3 жыл бұрын

All of the sudden drops Elk Grove Village, 15 minutes from me lol

@amor2874 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Well more like 20-30 minutes

@timbrown9731 3 жыл бұрын

I just got done watching Rick Steve’s Europe and he was talking about east and west Germany very interesting and all the struggles that happened.

@barefoot_toes2nose 3 жыл бұрын

Thousand Island dressing was in every restaurant, when I was growing up, in the 60s through the 80s, along with Italian, Oil and Vinegar. Over time as tastes changed...Blue Cheese and Ranch became the most popular.