GERMAN BREAD TASTING 🇩🇪 Why It's World Class and Our Favs

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Until we decided we wanted to move to Germany, we had no idea that German bread is SO GOOD! Not only is it delicious, but there are also more than 3,200 different varieties of it and a whole culture built around bread that even has its own name - Brotkultur. We want to share the news with the rest of America, who also may not know about German bread! Here you'll see us tasting our favorite breads here in Germany - the things we buy nearly every time we go! You'll also hear our kids speak more German and see how much they love the bread here, too!
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0:00 - See images from our daily lives here in beautiful southern Bavaria
1:09 - It's time Americans know how good German bread is!
4:06 - German Bread Tasting!
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@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

🗣Tell us when you guys hear our son (Grayson) speaking German and then when you see our other son's (Griffin) BROT DANCE! 🕺Our kids LOVE German bread here as much as we do. They're upset when the bread box is empty.

@ad220588 2 жыл бұрын

I live near Düsseldorf and whenever I order a Semmel in the bakery, they repeat : Oh, you mean Broetchen , you probably come from southern Germany?

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

@@ad220588 hahaha! We love how we learn a lot more about German culture with each video we publish. Now we know - Semmel in Bavaria, Brötchen in most other parts.

@judithklar5085 2 жыл бұрын

Ich komme aus Deutschland, aber jetzt wohne ich in den Niederlanden. Also when I lived in Texas, I did miss the bread...It is goooood.

@furzkram 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife another common name for Brötchen is "Weck" (or "Weckle" in a certain southern region :) )

@claudiakarl7888 2 жыл бұрын

@@furzkram In the west a Weck is a sweet Brötchen

@winge1963 2 жыл бұрын

The most common bread is "Das da, bitte!", but even better ist "Nein, das daneben."

@SimEast 2 жыл бұрын

underrated !

@TheJacksnipe 2 жыл бұрын

Sehr gut! Manche sagen aber gar nichts und zeigen nur mit dem Finger drauf.

@Jahsoldier93 2 жыл бұрын

Das mit Körner 😁

@winge1963 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJacksnipe So würde ich es in Ägypten auch tun müssen, wenn ich noch kein Wort der Sprache kenne.

@winge1963 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jahsoldier93 Mit KörnerN, wenn ich schon gut Deutsch kann. Ansonsten könnte es auch ein de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6rner_(Werkzeug) sein.

@noobster4779 2 жыл бұрын

German: "We need to buy some bread" American: "dont worry, we have bread at home" Bread at the american Home: Toast "bread" German: dies inside

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 yeah it's not even close to being the same!

@esmolol4091 Жыл бұрын

We call toast trash in general compared to REAL bread.

@Muck006 Жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife There is a three-part "reenactment series" called "Victorian Bakers", which has four modern day bakers make bread like at the beginning, middle and end of the victorian era. The first and third part are quite nice and idyllic ... but the second part is "hard on the stomach", because it also shows what was being done to compete for lowest prices. You can blame THE ENGLISH for american "love" of toast ... and they even cut off the "crust" for their sandwiches, the only thing that has any taste in the stuff.

@twinmama42 2 жыл бұрын

Brötchen is standard German, Semmel is Bavarian, in the south-west we call it Weck, in northern Germany they call it Rundstück and in Berlin Schrippe. French baguette and Italian ciabatta is good - once in a while - but I couldn't live without Mischbrot, dark Vollkornbrot, Kartoffelbrot, Laugengebäck, or Körnerbrötchen.

@Herzschreiber 2 жыл бұрын

I love ciabatta much........if it only wouldn't dry out so fast!

@razorisdead 2 жыл бұрын

@@Herzschreiber not with Sourdough and 18 Hours fermentation

@amkr186 2 жыл бұрын

In Austria eine Semmel ist a white bread roll, all the others are Weckerl.

@honkytonk4465 2 жыл бұрын

In northern Germany we call it Brötchen.Only in the city of Hamburg you can also say Rundstück

@TrueCyprien 2 жыл бұрын

@@honkytonk4465 That's not true, "Rundstück" is just the low german word for it. The term even exists in danish and norwegian (rundstykke) as well as swedish (rundstycke).

@fabigrossi2976 2 жыл бұрын

Of course Germans love to travel, but no matter in which country we are, sooner or later we all do miss our bread. The sentence "Ich möchte mal wieder 'richtiges' Brot" is probably one of the most used ones in our vacations abroad 😂

@Doroellisa 2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what it is like! When I visited France for the first time as a child back in the seventies everyone was crazy about eating baguette at first. After two weeks we missed richtiges Brot so much! By chance we discovered rye bread on a small market. But it could not make up to the bread we ate at home. My father was actually a baker. He used to make bread with sourdough with an old family recepy. In my town people still talk about the famous Scharfs Brot.

@Avi-rn6ei Жыл бұрын

Me when i had an exchange in the US. I was very very devastating what Americans/ supermarkets call "bread". It was basically cake 😭

@scoobydoo936 2 жыл бұрын

Im croatian and i have traveled many countries in Europe and what I can say hands down is that German bread is the best bread in Europe and probably the world in trems of variety, quality of ingredients and manufacturing. With over three thousand different bread specialties it has the by far laugest variety of bread in Europe. I haven’t tried as much but since I settled down in Germany I have tried a lot. Whenever I visit Croatia or travel other countries I do miss my German bread.

@ayofanfics39 Жыл бұрын

Actually Croatia has pretty great bread, too. I can't get over some amazing pastries and sourdough that I can get in any pekara

@frauantjeshayday-farmen9517 2 жыл бұрын

The triangle is a Laugenecke, and indeed it is a mixture between a croissant and a pretzel

@sophiebell4758 2 жыл бұрын

They are amazing. I love them

@nikomangelmann6054 2 жыл бұрын

dont forget, when you have old bread left over, you can still turn them into semmelknödel!

@LythaWausW 2 жыл бұрын

One of the culture shocks for me as an American who brought her American horse into Germany, was the fact that old bread is used as a horse snack. My American horse had no idea he would soon be eating human food. Now every last crust of bread is fed to my horse, and friends bring old bread by for them. American horses have no concept of this.

@Herzschreiber 2 жыл бұрын

@@LythaWausW yeah, I rember a time in my early years when I used to live close to a stud farm. I collected and dried out all of my bread leftovers and shrivelled apples to bring them there. (of course I asked the owners before feeding the horses.)

@spessartknorz 2 жыл бұрын

@@LythaWausW don't give the horses too much of it... too much can cause colics.. also strangers might feed (poisonous) mouldy bread. Just be careful.

@timokohler6631 2 жыл бұрын

Or Armer Ritter

2 жыл бұрын

*Semmelnknödeln!

@annez1681 2 жыл бұрын

We have an inofficial "eating rule", so we're not too full in the evening: Morgens wie ein Kaiser, mittags wie ein König und abends wie ein Bettler - In the morning like an emperor, lunch like a king and in the evening like a beggar.

@retireorbust 4 ай бұрын

It suits my beer drinking.

@ThePixelSchubse 2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of my business trip to the US in late 2019... I tried out different kinds of bread that the supermarkets around had, but no matter what I tried, everything was very sweet/sugary and tasted almost the same, even the ones that looked a bit healthier with some seeds in it. When I came back to Germany after 3 weeks, I skipped sleeping off my jetlag and went straight into the next bakery to buy onion bread and good and simple cream cheese, because I craved it so much. Bread over sleep, really. But I feel like that since the pandemic more people in the US learned to bake bread, make their own sourdough etc. and discover "real" bread instead of buying the stuff from supermarkets. Maybe that trend sticks :)

@mirka 2 жыл бұрын

Correct about the sugar, it's a nightmare here in the US. After a lot of research I found 1 kind of no sugar bread in Costco. Bake a lot of bread in the bread machine, or better yet, bring a suitcase of rye, whole grain/seed bread from every visit to Poland.

@BigBenGermany1983 2 жыл бұрын

Supermarket Bread ist like a Sponch Bread. XD You have to go to an decent Bakery. Supermarket Berade ist industrial produced Bread!

@hmvollbanane1259 2 жыл бұрын

Hehehe i remember that the very first thing i did at the airport after returning from my exchange year in Canada was getting a Vollkornbrötchen at a bakery and just becoming overjoyed when i took it in my hand and the crust crackled. It's indeed the small everyday things we usually take for granted that we miss the most and can bring us the greatest joy.

@ZionKid95 2 жыл бұрын

@@BigBenGermany1983 even the industrially produced bread in German supermarkets is good... Way better than in other countries

@jennyh4025 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZionKid95 at least 100 times (most of the time 1000 times) better than every bread I have found in the USA.

@docr59 2 жыл бұрын

In the 35 years I've lived in the US, American bread culture has marginally improved. We now have an artisanal bakery in our town, although the prices are artisanal as well (i.e., expensive). One of my first actions whenever I touch down in Frankfurt is ALWAYS to get a pretzel with butter, even though it's from an industrial bakery and certainly not the pinnacle of German baking. For most Germans, this attachment to their bread is primal. My childhood is suffused with memories of getting a "Butterbrot" (or "Stulle") handed to me by my mother or grandmother.

@LisaMaierLiest 2 жыл бұрын

If you are in Frankfurt, check out "Confisserie Graff" (they have a few sale locations). They do have amazing and some kind of exotic bread even for Germans. Try for example the Appler. (Apple Whine bread / White bread made with apple whine, baked over with cheese and cheese is also baked into it... though Germans would normally never touch white bread - this one is a clear exception - it's awesome with fresh cheese.) Though it's called a confisserie, the one who bakes the bread is a master-baker (special degree of profession). And that is something you can taste.

@marie9814 2 жыл бұрын

I was just blown away from how good Grayson's German is just after 4 month. Absolutley amazing.

@Mimlou 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Seriously! He's progressing greatly!!

@thisisme8204 2 жыл бұрын

Your kiddo's on the direct way to talking an accent free German, which is nearly impossible for adults to accomplish. It's so much easier for kids to learn a new language, so it's wonderful that they're given that chance!

@m.mueller1766 2 жыл бұрын

When you travel through Germany. Check out the bakeries because every region has its own kind of bread if you know what I mean. Bread types in the south vary from bread types in the north, west, east and so on.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@Supvia 2 жыл бұрын

So true! I moved from Bavaria to Swabia and I miss the good Bavarian bread! Swabia has good types, too, but ... *sigh*

@nicklenz7030 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife But beware! There are a lot of stores that belong to one big "industrial" bakery and they sell the same stuff everywhere. e.g. "Wiener Feinbäcker"/"Heberer" (those two are the same, btw) I like your videos, the laid back way of telling thinds.

@TrueCyprien 2 жыл бұрын

We always have to bring Franzbrötchen from Hamburg when visiting our "southern" relatives in lower saxony :D

@hmvollbanane1259 2 жыл бұрын

And try it with local coldcuts and cheeses as they usually compliment each other very well

@d.7416 2 жыл бұрын

Bread is so important for german culture, that we actually have several times a day dedicated to it: Abendbrot (Dinner), Brotzeit (Snack before lunch or/ and in the afternoon) and Frühstück (breakfast, "early piece" (of bread). This is because grains are native to europe, things like potatos or corn etc came later after america was discovered by europeans and grain was cheap enough for everybody, like peasants. Same btw with sausages: they were a cheaper way to eat meat, so peasants could have that. Along with Germany's many different regions and traditions, you get a lot of variations of bread and sausages over the centuries.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

What a great comment, we learn so much from you guys!

@d.7416 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife thank you so much! Btw some standard breads you will find basically everywhere in Germany: Mischbrot, Weizenbrot, Schwarzbrot, Roggenbrot, Weltmeisterbrot, Pumpernickel. From the bread rolls: standard Brötchen (Weizenbrötchen), Rye Brötchen (called Schusterjunge in many regions), Kaisersemmel (a hearty Weizenbrötchen), Laugenbrötchen and Laugenbrezel, Mohnbrötchen (poppy seed Brötchen), Sesambrötchen (sesame Brötchen). These are basically part of every bakery in Germany.

@swanpride 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife A lot of the cuisine of any given country can be explained with the location. In the case of Europe, people developed a mutation which allowed them to drink milk at one point, hence there are certain dishes which you won't find in countries where most people are lactose intolerant. In addition, there aren't many spicy plants native to Germany, but quite a few sour ones, consequently the cuisine is not particularly spicy (a mexican would most likely say "bland"), but Germans really have a thing for sour dishes with Rhubarb aso. We also have figured out pretty much every way to eat wheat over the centuries.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

@@d.7416 Mischbrot was our go-to bread when we first got here. Now we like Dinkelvollkorn better!

@ravanpee1325 2 жыл бұрын

Bread was not that common in the Dark Age, because youd needed a miller, who proceded the crops. So it was expensive. Many people made some form of crop porridges or groats as daily meal

@Cesspit7 2 жыл бұрын

in Germany theres a old saying: "in der Not schmeckt die Wurst auch ohne Brot" so that translates too "in times of crisis the sausage will also taste without the bread". This is because if the crops were bad people would have to survive on their salted and smoked sausagewares and bread would be in very short supply. But obviously everyone would be very upset.

@lizett3465 2 жыл бұрын

I am afraid you misunderstand the saying. It is meant ironically. Up until the last 50 years, meat and processed meat were much more expensive that grain products. So "in times of crisis" nobody would "survive" on meat... Basically, the saying could also go smth like this: "On a diet, the cake tastes even without the cup of tea" :)

@retireorbust 4 ай бұрын

But then there's the liquid bread.

@tillm2481 2 жыл бұрын

German „Brötchen“ even found it‘s way in international known child literature....when „Heidi“ returns from Frankfurt am Main to Swiss the brings Peter‘s grandmother Brötchen

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve always loved that story!

@bigernie9433 2 жыл бұрын

To add some history to this: Baking bread and brewing beer are very much linked when people realized in ancient times that beer quality was helped a lot when bread had been baked the day before. In these times, of yourse, it was not clear why, today we know it is due the yeast present in the grain. There is a famous verse in the Rumpelstilzchen fairy tale starting out as follows: "Heute back ich, morgen brau ich" which translates into "Today I bake, tomorrow I brew"

@jensschroder8214 2 жыл бұрын

In my grandmother's time, every little village had a bakery hut. The old houses were often thatched, so there was a great risk of fire. The stone bakery hut stood a little to one side. First the men had to make the wood, which had to dry for a long time. Every family had their day of baking. A bright fire was lit in the stove early in the morning. When the stones were really hot, the fire was swept out. Then the prepared loaves of bread were pushed in. A thermometer and a clock, that's all it took until the bread was baked. Then sheet cake was inserted. So the dough is topped with pieces of apple or plum. Or you just put a crumb crust on it. In the evening the baking day was over and the bakery hut was swept. The next morning it was another family's turn. Mondays were the least popular, because then the oven was still cold. Therefore, the back days were changed in a fixed row. Once a year the local association make a back festival like in the old days.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jens! Wow, love to read about this history. Thanks so much for sharing. This is so charming!

@mibfox 2 жыл бұрын

Its true. We live next to Germany and their Bread is the best I ever eaten.

@becca5161 2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard that Italy is knows for their bread (I'm German). We've been there countless times on vacation and one thing we always hated was their bread lol it's just so white!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 that's so funny! Americans associate Italy with pasta and bread. But if America had bread as good as Germany's bread, I'm sure Americans would also not like the bread in Italy!

@schumifannreins295 2 жыл бұрын

Vacation in the Netherlands was always really strange. They just don't have bread Germans would call bread.

@claudiakarl7888 2 жыл бұрын

@@schumifannreins295 That’s not really true. You can get spelt (Dinkel) and rye (Roggen) bread in the Netherlands too. Might be it’s some time ago you‘ve been in the Netherlands?

@beadus3512 2 жыл бұрын

@@claudiakarl7888 Yes, but honestly, it‘s not the same. I am very often in the Netherlands, and we always bring our bread - and then buy the delicious Dutch cheese 🧀

@hovawartfreunde4599 2 жыл бұрын

This is why Europe is great when we work together. Gor a decent breakfast you need Italian coffee, French croissant, German bread, Irish butter and cheese from the netherlands😅

@MariaSo56 2 жыл бұрын

Bread is life! Growing up with it, I can't imagine having only the white bread - I feel like I'm not really full and satisfied after eating that compared to spelt bread etc. :) I am gonna have some breakfast bread now ;-)

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yum, enjoy your Frühstück! Yeah I can't go back to white bread after living here. Such a waste of calories!

@muratti72muc 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife best topping for a Vollkornbrot is Leberwurst or Mettwurst and some pickles. The dark breads you eat normally with salty toppings like cold cuts or cheese, the white breads you eat more sweet. With old white bread rolls you make Semmelknödel (dumplings). works also with old Brezeln. Some bakeries sells Knödelbrot in bags. This are old dry white bread rolls cut in slices. Knödel are easy and fast to make at home. For 6 person: 10 old bread rolls in slices pour over with ca. 0,3l hot milk and let it soak up a little. Cut 1 onion in small cubes and steam it in butter in a pan without color. Put it to the soaked bread with 3 eggs, nutmeg, salt, pepper and fresh cut parsley. When you use Brezel bread rolls not so much salt. Form balls from the Knödel dough and boil it in saltwater. Balls with the size of golf balls 8min., with the size of tennis balls 15min. Best side dish for roasted pork or other stews dishes with sauce. A classic dish in Bavaria is Rahmschwammeln mit Semmelknödel. Fresh cut sauté mushrooms with diced onions, cream, little broth(Vegi, Chicken or Veal), parsley, salt and pepper. If you like you can put some white wine or Cognac at the end in the sauce.

@lutz2004 2 жыл бұрын

"Brötchen", "Semmel" and "Weck(erl)" refer to the same thing but are used in different regions. Brötchen is used in the north, Semmel in Bavaria and Austria and Weck/Weckerl/Weckle is used in Baden-Württemberg. In the north of Germany "Semmel" is sometimes used for one specific kind of roll (Kaisersemmel)

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Ah we didn't even know about Weck/Weckerl/Weckle!

@arnomrnym6329 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife „Schrippe“ in Berlin/Brandenburg 😁

@wanderwurst8358 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife ... also Laabla, Mütschli, Kipf, Rundstück, Weggli, Brötla, Mutschel ... you can get confused by regional names for a roll. Try to use the word "Brötchen", it is almost understood by everybody in the german speaking area. 😏

@BlissLovePeace 2 жыл бұрын

Brötchen und Weck in Hessen most common ...

@MichaEl-rh1kv 2 жыл бұрын

@@wanderwurst8358 Caution - if you use the word "Brötchen" with the Swabian diminutive '-le' instead of '-chen', you get "Brötle" or rather "Bredle" - and that's something totally different. "Bredle" are (Christmas) cookies. 😁

@tanjasolerti4403 2 жыл бұрын

There are two things that I miss a lot when I‘m on holidays in another country: our bred and our tap water. I am from Austria and I love bred with just a bit of butter and a pinch of salt

@kv2315 2 жыл бұрын

hallo landsfrau! da hast du recht gibt kaum was besseres!

@c.w.8200 2 жыл бұрын

Austrian tap water is so insanely good, it's really hard living abroad where the water is clorinated. I'm consoling myself with Russian bread though, it's quite good.

@wallyjansen898 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is as I feeks about it. Austrien bread tastes great. It's the one thing I'm still missing since moving to Amsterdam

@fardreamer1576 2 жыл бұрын

"Brötchen", "Semmel", "Weckle" : it's just different names used in different regions, for the same things.

@kevinmcfall5285 2 жыл бұрын

Ok! Thanks. That clears it up.

@archiegates650 2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget the Berliner Schrippe !

@biskadorwersonst 2 жыл бұрын

In Norther Germany - especially Hamburg - we call it Rundstück -> a round piece of Bread.

@petereggers7603 2 жыл бұрын

I don't agree completely... a Semmel is always a special shape of Brötchen... round, more flat than puffed and with a typical spiral pattern on top. Also the dough is different, no shiny crust, more of a dry floury texture.

@schusterlehrling 2 жыл бұрын

@@petereggers7603 these kind of Brötchen are called "Kaiserbrötchen", not Semmel.

@shift-happens 2 жыл бұрын

Germany has BY FAR the biggest variety of bread worldwide. And it's not only the quantity, the quality is unmatched too. It is ridiculously underrated. Don't get me wrong, I would never say no to Focaccia or Baguette, but it's just not the same level ;) Watching your video, I am literally dying right now... I have not been back to Europe for 4 years, and seeing especially the Laugenbrötchen makes me wanna take a flight RIGHT NOW! :D

@vivienreinhart4518 2 жыл бұрын

I moved from Germany to Chicago and after some time I was so desperate for Bread lol. After a while I found a place that a German guy opened. They sell Brezels there. Most expensive Brezel of my life but I enjoyed every single bite

@EssIF21 2 жыл бұрын

I think for most germans the bread here is something we take for granted. We don't pay much attention to it as long as we are in Germany but is something we miss very dearly when we are abroad.

@tobiaskluke7094 2 жыл бұрын

"Brötchen" is the German term that id understood everywhere, whereas "Semmel" is mostly used in southern Germany / Bavaria :) If you ever come across it, try "Pumpernickel" - very dark, very strong, sweet-ish taste, but very good!

@lolcityexpress 2 жыл бұрын

No. Semmel is a specific type of Brötchen. It's round and has a five armed wavy star cut into the top. All Semmeln are Brötchen but not all Brötchen are Semmeln.

@tobiaskluke7094 2 жыл бұрын

@@lolcityexpress I believe you mean a "Kaiserbrötchen". That would still never be called "Semmel" in Northern Germany. We do not use "Semmel" at all except in the word "Semmelknödel".

@chkoha6462 2 жыл бұрын

I can see the day coming when Grayson gets his own KZfaq spin off channel!

@chruutunuchruut8188 2 жыл бұрын

Hi all, I'm from northern Germany. During my childhood my perants made the classical rule with s four childs: Frühstück (bread with jam), Mittag (warm supper) und Abendbrot (bread with cheese and saussage). The Abendbrot was and still is very important in our family: it has the status of sychronizing the whole family and very often our friends. About 1978 the culture change a little bit: they gave us information on healthier bread (black bred), and better not using butter but instead Quark (sweet or salty). About 1990 there started a next change: ToGo-Shop opened everywhere, even at tha railwaystations/subways etc. The slogan was connected to "don't waste your time" and "be more efficient". Soon after that another movement came up, the "slow down"-movement. But they remained very little..." In between "we" found out, that a lot of the ToGo-Breads/Snacks are made from "bad" dough; industrial created dough wich is everything, but not healthy. Here in the region where i do live now exist a snackbar; the sells "Lecker-Ecke", some sort of whitebread like "Fladenbrot", inserted with healthy salad, tomatoes and a really awful sauce. You can try it once or twice, but you should avoid to use the snacks as regular food. And of course: if your're thinking about snackbread you're very fast in thinking of "what does the other bakeries do"? My experience of this: most of small bakeries a real traditional and do real good bread. Some of the groups also. The smaller it is, the better ;-) Tip: ask your friends, where you can find a windmill, which produces wheat. A really great experience! milldatabase.org/counties/germany/by There a lots of other informations on bread, about wheat, Sauerteig, süßes Brot etc. But I gues you're already beaten by lots of informations ;-) Enjoy Bavaria, germany and europe ;-)

@fafnirdrache1210 2 жыл бұрын

So, when i was a kid we had Brötchen/bread with butter + marmelade and coffee for breakfast, warm meal for dinner and bread with butter and meatslices (Wurst) and tea for supper. These days we have the warm meal for supper. But these days i make our own bread. I'm build in 1965.

@repost2563 2 жыл бұрын

close to/in bavaria many people say semmel, but its the same as brötchen :)

@ingevonschneider5100 2 жыл бұрын

And in Swabia they say Weckle.

@robertb8673 2 жыл бұрын

It's Weck, Plural and Singular in Palatine and it's called Weckla in Frankonia!

@sisuguillam5109 2 жыл бұрын

And Rundstück in Hamburg.

@becca5161 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Swabia and we say Wecken

@fabigrossi2976 2 жыл бұрын

It's "Rundstücke" in Hamburg 😃

@e.8196 2 жыл бұрын

The term „Semmel“ is used in Bavaria and Austria for „Brötchen“. In Austria we usually only call the traditional „Kaisersemmel“ a Semmel while all other buns are referred to as „Weckerl“. My favourite Weckerl is a Kornspitz with Kürbiskernen on top. (Not sure if Kornspitze are called the same in Bavaria too 🤔) Grayson‘s pronunciation is great! He almost sounds like a German native speaker already 😊

@felimuller909 2 жыл бұрын

exactly! Semmel is just a dialect word, hochdeutsch would be "Brötchen", in north-west Bavaria/Franconia people use "Weggla" and where I live in the Saarland (near France), we use "Weck" and we call Baguette "Flûte" oder "Flitt" which comes from the french word for flute. Our bakery also makes "Elsässer" which is a Weck made from fine, white wheat flour, with flour on top.

@guntherseidel9354 2 жыл бұрын

and don't forget the "Schrippe" in Berlin, the "Bemme" in Saxonia!

@isamayoge8736 2 жыл бұрын

@@guntherseidel9354 I knew Bemme as a thick slice of bread, like Stulle in Berlin but I didn’t know that Bemme is used for bread roll in Saxony. Cool

@ThorDyrden 2 жыл бұрын

not quiet accurate... as in deed Franconia (north half of Bavaria) you distinquish Semmel (which is the simple, white one - also referred as "Griffel" for your sausage) and Brötchen, which are the more corny buns.

@hmvollbanane1259 2 жыл бұрын

In the rhineland we call it Brötchen unless it is a Kaisersemmel which we also refer to by this name. Though a Wecken here means a very sweet dense white bread loaf (or in case of a Weckmann a breadpuppet with a clay pipe in its arms) that is usually handed out during Saint Martin's celebrations.

@Nahemii Жыл бұрын

This video was how I introduced your content to my husband. And now everytime I watch your videos he goes "ah, watching the bread-people again?"

@monikaklein9605 Жыл бұрын

After living in California for over 50 years I still miss my German bread the most.

@k.k.4530 2 жыл бұрын

Semmel is dialect for Brötchen mostly used in Southern Germany, especially Bavaria. Brötchen is High German, we don't differentiate when it comes to roles or buns. 😉 In the area around Berlin it's Schrippe. In the region around Hannover, Münster, Düsseldorf and Bielefeld it's actually Brötchen. Here in Westfalia the rule is the darker the bread the better the taste. That's why we invented Pumpernickel. It's the darkest Vollkornbrot one can buy. It's quite hearty and westfälischer Knochenschinken, any kind of Wurst or Käse goes very well with it. There is an enormous variety of regional bread specialities throughout Germany. We are not known in Europe to eat the most bread, but we are the ones with the greatest variety of bread. In Germany 3.200 different kind of breads are registered at the Brotregister!!! Insane? Maybe.🤔 But at the end of the day we are just a weird bunch of nerds who just don't know when to stop. 🙈🙉🙊 P.S. I love your videos.

@MrLotrecht 2 жыл бұрын

At Saarland we say to Brötchen- Weck !

@monikarauch301 2 жыл бұрын

In Austria "Semmel" is a specific type of "Brötchen". For us "Brötchen" is a small bread, just a portion of bread. That can be any type. In Austria there are two forms of "Semmel", the "Kaisersemmel" (round) and the "Langssemmel".

@calise8783 2 жыл бұрын

Fun video! I love Dinkel with seeds/nuts. But the reason for my comment...... 😯 Your son is a superstar. After only a few months to be able to speak such great German so freely! Absolutely amazing! Way to go!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Awe thank you so much! He will appreciate your comment!

@stefanieliesenfeld9881 2 жыл бұрын

Yes and he already has a Bavarian accent. So sweet !

@rolandratz1 Жыл бұрын

One of my memories, when I was a young guy and had my first car, my friends and I often drove to the Odenwald (Germany, low mountain range between Heidelberg and Darmstadt) on Saturday evenings. There we had a secret tip - in Fürth there was a "Bauernwirtschaft Zum Rebstöckl", which we then drove to eat rustic. In the economy there was > homemade bratwurst with sauerkraut

@Akemikano82 2 жыл бұрын

My grandma always says : Eat breakfast like an emperor, lunch like a king and dinner like a beggar.

@wmf831 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my word! Grayson's German is P E R F E C T! It's almost impossible to detect an accent. Happy you enjoy the bread so much. And I am completely with you, Marillenmarmelade (Marillenkonfitüre) is THE best! A close second for me is the sourcherry (Kirsch/Sauerkirsche). A very good - but also very expensive - brand is D'Arbo (actually Austrian).

@tillappelhans4985 2 жыл бұрын

If you ever gonna move somewhere else again, you'll miss the bread. At least this is one of the first things I'll miss, whenever I am abroad for more than two weeks.

@hmvollbanane1259 2 жыл бұрын

And tabwater! I didn't even realize that tabwater being clear and tasteless is not a given untill i spend some time abroad

@gamefreak8924 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how the progress of your son is in german language is respect

@sisuguillam5109 2 жыл бұрын

Kürbisbrötchen are best when they contain so much Kürbisöl that the dough is still green after baking 💚.

@DoloresMey 2 жыл бұрын

Frisches Brot mit Butter, am besten noch ein bisschen warm … mhm … Suchtgefahr! Es macht Spaß, euch zuzuschauen. 😊

@ulliulli 2 жыл бұрын

your next investment: a proper Brotmesser (bread knife) ;)

@wlbeneathify Жыл бұрын

I live in Norway 🇳🇴, but have family in Germany 🇩🇪, we are there every year, and my family leaves across a bakery, So imagen waking up to all that delicious bread aroma. My favourite are always the pretzel buns.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Жыл бұрын

Oh yummmm!!

@carolareppenhagen7395 2 жыл бұрын

The Mittagessen (warm, big meal) used to be eaten at lunch time. People used to work close to home (often farmers or merchants) and were able to come home for this big meal. But in modern society, it is not always possible to come home at noon to eat, therefore the big warm family meal is eaten in the evening now in many households (and only a Brotzeit at lunch time)

@Moehre01 2 жыл бұрын

I moved to Saxony Anhalt for my med school studying and here they even say "Mittagbrot" (Lunch bread) in some placed. I am very happy to have all the bread types and choices in Germany. Everytime I am on vacation somewhere else, I am happy to come back home and have a good old sour dough bread from my favourite bakery. Its a good (and somewhat important for a German ^^) thing to have a real "craft bakery" close to your home that still bakes its own rolls and breads and not only warms up the sample-pieces from the factory like in bigger chain stores.

@ramonarohnstock4142 2 жыл бұрын

Ask a German what he misses most when he's abroad. 90% will immediately say: the bread!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

And we totally understand now!

@romysa.2278 2 жыл бұрын

My best friend of 30 years moved from our Heimat Germany to New Jersey three years ago. When I had the chance to visit her and her family, the only things she wanted me to bring was sourdough bread and Milka chocolate. 😅 So, just keep exploring and enjoying German bread.

@sandymahaffey9444 9 ай бұрын

I just found your channel and I love your enthusiasm about living in Germany. I’m a native German but moved to America 45 years ago when I got married. When I was pregnant with our first child I missed German bread so much that I dreamed about eating it in my sleep. Then I would wake up disappointed. Eventually I ended up baking my own. Now we have artisanal breads available in certain grocery stores. I would advise you to invest in “ eine Brotmachine” for slicing. Every German household has one. Viel Glück in Deutschland!❤

@jobi9746 2 жыл бұрын

"Brotzeit" is a term used in southern Germany, it basically means "light meal" or a break to have some food. "Abendbrot" usually means "supper" or to have one's evening meal, even if there is no actual "Brot" involved.

@melanieberlin5684 2 жыл бұрын

That's true. You wouldn't hear that in Berlin. We call it Vesper.

@Herzschreiber 2 жыл бұрын

@@melanieberlin5684 yes, nowhere in Germany it is called "Brotzeit" but in Bavaria! At school or kindergarden I know it as "Pausenbrot" and from Baden Württemberg as "Vesper". Funny that BW and Berlin are equal here.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Oh! I didn’t know it was only in Bavaria. So much to learn!

@THomas_HH 2 жыл бұрын

In Norddeutschland “Brotzeit” or “Vesper” is called “Fofftein” (15) which is lower German (Niederdeutsch or Plattdeutsch) and means to take a break.

@anitapenkert389 2 жыл бұрын

True, Brotzeit is typical Bavarian. While "Abendbrot" is not traditionally Bavarian. Some people here still call it "Nachtmahl" but normally people just refer to it as Abendessen which is neutral - could be cooked dinner or bread and cold cuts or cheese.

@furzkram 2 жыл бұрын

By the way, I found what I enjoy the most by following quite a number of "immigrants" channels who came from the states and a lot of other countries is: They all made (and still make) me realize how awesome much of the stuff is over here (let it be views or forests or castles, culture, food, ... you name it) that I (and likely numerous other Germans too) take for granted, without even thinking about it. That made me appreciate what I have A LOT more. Some things actually form the first time ever. And it made me realize I'm more than happy to "share" this with all of you, it makes me mighty proud of this ("my") corner of the world, although I didn't do much to provide it to you. And finally, I'd be more than happy to see any of you growing your roots here and stay for good. You got the same (if not bigger) appreciation for the things you found here, so I'd say it's YOURS too now, and rightfully so!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad us newcomers can help you appreciate the beauty of your country. I suppose that’s true for all of us - we can easily take for granted what we have always known.

@flothchtronk2068 2 жыл бұрын

A thick slice of fresh Dinkelvollkornbrot with just a little butter is a fantastic snack! The light sweetness of the bread and butter in combination with the crunchy grains...So lecker!

@joycesewald1788 2 жыл бұрын

My husband is German and we had a bakery for over 25 years here in Bavaria. I just want to say that yes, bread is awesome but, I am now a T2 diabetic because I ate so much bread. I know as an Asia/American we get really excited about the bread here but just eat it in moderation.

@bjornbahn2323 2 жыл бұрын

France uses white flour for their breads since the french revolution. Before that, white flour was only eaten by kings and queens. Since the monary ended, everyboby wanted to eat like the kings used to. So the whole wheat flour lost its popularity in france. If you come to the north, like Hamburg, try Franzbrötchen. Its like a cinnamon roll, but different. It came to northern germany during the Napolean occupation. They tried to tell the local bakery how to make croissants, but its did not work properly. So the Hamburger people called it a "french Brötchen" -> Franzbrötchen. There are even stores like FRANZ & FRIENDS, which are specialize on Franzbrötchen. Every time I am back in my home region I must eat one :) Btw. you said in one of your earlier videos, that your kids like the trains in your town. If you visit Hamburg, the Miniatur Wunderland is a must-see.

@kevinmcfall5285 2 жыл бұрын

I just love how the traditions today have their origins from such interesting events so long ago! And you guys still know them!

@an7855 2 жыл бұрын

Miniaturwunderland is the BEST thing you will ever experience. You can be there for a whole week and can still Discovery new things. It is really Made with love. Plan a whole day just for Miniaturwunderland. You won‘t regret!

@juttalio1664 2 жыл бұрын

@@an7855 Exactly. It is the best for a rainy day with kids. All the different parts of the world the show there are stunning and not only trains. They have firetrucks, cars, police cars, airplanes, in the swiss a cablecar. They are now working on the racingtrack in Monaco, whith tiny racing cars, driving a real race. You should look at the guinnes world record they just won this year, amazing. A train running through the wonderland playing classical musik on waterfilled glasses. It takes 6 minutes and it so perfectly timed.

@an7855 2 жыл бұрын

No! Go on a sunny day! It is too crowed on rainy days! It is really not just trains. The airplanes lift off, the ships are in real water, the Cars also drive on the Streits. It is SO beautiful!

@juttalio1664 2 жыл бұрын

@@an7855 Ja, maybe it's overcrowded on rainy days. Anyways it's fantastic.

@IIIOOOUS 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I really got a bit startled when your boy started speaking German, practically like a German.

@Danisachan 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if anyone has said this yet but in Germany there is a very clear distinction between "Brot" and "Brötchen" Buns and rolls (Brötchen) are always fluffy, round, and mainly consist of white wheat flour and are thus always mainly nutritional inferior to most breads. Most of what you had here are were all Brötchen, not bread. :) What Germans really call a bread is never white. If you have white bread then you have what we call "Toastbrot" (or what you call bread in the US :D). Bread is either shaped into loafs or boxes, and it's consistency is usually much firmer than those of "Brötchen". That Dinkelbrot for example was a prime example of the textbook definition of a bread! :D That said, the lighter they are, the better they taste. Just buy what you like best! The taste is what is most important!

@privatevendetta 2 жыл бұрын

Weltmeisterbrot was made in celebration of Germanys win of the 90 FIFA World Cup. It is a well defined blend and so is the same bread everywhere.

@robwilliams2410 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how your son has picked up German. Terrific pronunciation 👍🏼

@furzkram 2 жыл бұрын

Guys, your son's German is really awesome already!

@steffkuhn1278 2 жыл бұрын

Born and grown up in Germany and now living in a westafrican country for more than 5 years, I shouldn't have watched this video 😭😭😭 But luckily I have a cooker with oven since last month. One of the first things I prepared was a spelt flour bread with sunflower seeds, flaxseed and carrots. To die for, I tell you!!

@paulam283 2 жыл бұрын

also, many germans have their own "brotschneidemaschine" at home, because fresh cut bread tastes a lot better than the pre cut one from the bakery

@sbmcnamara 2 жыл бұрын

Around Abendbrot and Mittag Back in the old days - when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's in small towns, it was common for stores and services to close for 2 hours at lunch and that was the big meal. Was especially unique coming from North America. Big lunch, sometimes followed by a little nap Then back to work from 2-6 And dinner was the bread and charcuterie thing Spelt/Dinkel is pretty new in wide distribution as an 'ancient grain' and probably the easiest wheat alternative - also meaning Dunkel pasta is the most normal tasting.alternative to normal pasta. Would be interested in hearing your and the kids experience with a diet with less processed foods and additives than is normal in the USA

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

I love knowing the history of that! Yeah so we were very concerned with processed foods in the US and didn’t eat them often. I have a blog and have many articles about the health dangers of processed foods. So the way we eat here in Germany is pretty much the same as we did in the US, except to eating lots of bread and sausages!

@hmvollbanane1259 2 жыл бұрын

At least in my area that is still the norm, especially in the countryside towns. Lunch sometime around 12-13 o'clock followed by a short 20-30min nap before going back to work. Many businesses where people don't go home for lunch even close their curtains/ shutters for that time and the staff just takes a short nap on the floor with some pillows and blankets to cushion them

@archiegates650 2 жыл бұрын

Another aspect of german bread "culture": You should introduce your kids to the legendary character "Bernd das Brot" from an old kids tv show. (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_das_Brot )

@Herzschreiber 2 жыл бұрын

hm I don't know but........ "Bernd das Brot" is a series made for the time in the early evening, when the kids channel pauses. Bernd is a very tragic and grumpy charakter......more for the adult sense of humor, not meant for kids so much. Sometimes ironic or even cynical. Most kids don't like Bernd, in the best case they feel bored.

@gerdforster883 2 жыл бұрын

@@Herzschreiber The original show (Tolle Sachen) was very much aimed at kids and pretty well received.

@19sunheart96 2 жыл бұрын

@@Herzschreiber depends on the age of the kids. Me and my sister found him hilarious when we were around 8-10 years old :) but very young children won't get the dry humour, yes :D

@Whitewaterlily04 2 жыл бұрын

The most common grains for bread in Germany are wheat, rye and spelt. They are often also mixed together. For each grain type you can get white or whole wheat bread and every stage in between, with or without all types of seeds, with yeast or with sour dough. So that makes many possible combinations. Also white bread isn't from a different kind of wheat, it's exactly the same plant. Grains naturally consist of the Kleie (bran) and the Mehlkörper ("flour body", no idea what the correct english term is). And to make white flour and white bread the bran is sifted out completely. So the whiter the bread the less healthy because all the goodness is taken out. Since every bakery makes up their own bread names, common German terms when referring to bread in general are "Weißbrot" (white bread), "Graubrot" (grey bread) and "Schwarzbrot"/"Vollkornbrot" (black bread/whole grain bread) or things like "Roggen-Sauerteigbrot" (rye sour dough bread). So you sort of just describe what the bread is made of. Fun fact: In the old days the peasants only had whole grain bread because the couldn't afford to waste anything. Whereas the aristocracy could afford white bread. So white bread was seen as a sign of wealth even though it's really unhealthy. Fortunately that has changed.

@annoth23 2 жыл бұрын

Wooow....I'm so impressed by your son speaking German!

@UliFandoms 2 жыл бұрын

I love that you love to eat your breads and rolls/buns with butter - as a "Butterbrot" is just a german classic! But you should also try your hearty, darker, seed filled breads with a spread of Frischkäse (as Bresso, Miree, Exquisa,..)

@jensgoerke3819 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, Kräuterfrischkäse - cream cheese with herbs, spread thick, with a bit of chopped fresh onion or chives on top, accompanied by a light fruity white wine - perfect for an evening with people coming over.

@eriknelson5390 10 ай бұрын

Since I studied in germany and came back to the US. I started to look up recipes and make german bread at home. I really like Roggenbrot and Broetchen.

@stevqtalent 2 жыл бұрын

when i spent half a year abroad i didn't have running water or electricity but the thing i missed most was bread, it's literally the best thing about germany

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! No running water or electricity. You had a true adventure!

@chkoha6462 2 жыл бұрын

Oh,it must be Sunday! Nice to see you again

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Christian! That's right, Sunday is video posting time.

@carstenhelbig442 2 жыл бұрын

wie gut euer sohn schon deutsch spricht und sogar ziemlich akzentfrei. würde mich freuen, wenn sie in euren videos vorkommen, wenn sie deutsch sprechen bzw. antworten, auch wenn ihr mit ihnen englisch sprecht bzw. etwas fragt.

@SD_Alias Жыл бұрын

Abendbrot came into fashion when Germany was industrialized. In many of the new factories there was a hot meal for the workers at noon. So they ate the bread in the evening…

@retroTiko 2 жыл бұрын

bread culture is alive and well! many people prefer bakery bread over grocerystore/factory bread if possible (it is more expensive though but it also keeps you full longer). whether you eat bread for dinner usually depends on what you do during the day and if you have time for a warm meal for lunch. if you work and cant eat warm lunch you eat bread for lunch and a warm meal later in the day. but if possible you eat warm meals during the day and bread in the morning evening :) we also get taught in school how to bake bread/rolls (at least where im from) and we learned how flour is made and which kinds of flours are more nutritious than others. home baked bread also gets appreciated a lot here! most people really enjoy homemade bread

@robertzander9723 2 жыл бұрын

Good morning 🌞 Having my breakfast and watching your video is a wonderful way to start the day ☺️🍻😎 A good bakery in the neighborhood is definitely a huge advantage. If you have the opportunity to buy it fresh you mostly don't need much more, sometimes just the bread, a little bit of butter and sometimes some salt or i like it with slices tomatoes or cucumber's on top. What we did when I was a kid was cutting a slice of bread, giving some sugar on top and put it on a grill for a few minutes. It was very tasty. Rolls, buns and part's of bread have different names in Germany from region to region. Brötchen, Semmel, Schrippe, Weck, Rundstück oder Bömmel with a few different ways to prepare them are all names for almost the same thing. Like the different kinds of beer 🍺. Thanks for celebrating bread it definitely deserves it. Wonderful video 😊

@dnocturn84 2 жыл бұрын

German Brot and Brötchen is propably one of the things a German will miss the most when traveling abroad. I can't stay away for too long without them, so I'm unable to migrate somewhere else. BTW All of our east European neighbours are much closer (in my opinion) to German Brotkultur than France, Netherlands or Italy. You should check those out too, when you have a chance.

@magmalin 2 жыл бұрын

If you feel like going abroad, you should go to Australia where I grew up. We had so called continental shops in Perth and my parents would always buy German rye bread there. You could also get it at some supermarkets.

@theragevalley165 2 жыл бұрын

16:05 Your boy is so sweet and his german sounds really good allready.

@miramuckel 2 жыл бұрын

German living in Canada. I just moved into a new town and didn't find a german bakery yet. I'm homesick now. Good bread is important :-D fun fact, all germans I know here are easily to spot in the bread section: we all squeeze or press down the bread to find the one that gives the most resistance. After few weeks we get bored by bread you can squeeze into a flat bread of 1cm as you have to eat the whole loaf to not be hungry anymore. So next time you see somebody squeezing one loaf after the other, ask them whether they're german speakers ;-)

@stina6225 2 жыл бұрын

I think Semmel is just the regional word, other parts of Germany use Brötchen or Weck(le) for the same thing. I love the fact that you found a good bakery and go there so much! They must be like, "oh wow, the business really took off since the Americans moved there!"! 😄

@kevinmcfall5285 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, good to know! No wonder I was confused.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

LOL yes! They're profits have gone up since we moved here!

@claudiakarl7888 2 жыл бұрын

Same goes for Brotzeit. It’s a southern term. One could argue whether Bavaria is really a part of Germany. 😉

@olivermd8911 2 жыл бұрын

5:20 put the "hard part" (first slice) for 1 or two minutes in the toaster. My kids get the Brotkultur taugth in kindergarten, they tried a lot of whole grain bread, visited a bakery and they get thaugth that whole grain bread is much healthier then white wheat (flour) bread. 13:50 min i grew up with Abendbrot mainly bread, that was because most of the mothers didnt work and there were no school meals, because school was over at 13:30, you went home and dinner was ready, the family had abendbrot together with bread. Now this changed, more mothers do work and schoolmeals are offered in most schools, so the families have dinner in the evening together. We called it warm ("real dinner") or kaltes abendbrot (with bread, cheese, ham etc.)

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! Brotkultur taught in kindergarten! It starts early! Good idea to put the first hard part in the toaster.

@anmaniemann 2 жыл бұрын

Living in China since 15 years, bread is the one thing i miss the most (besides my garden ) whenever I'm back in Germany, my first way is to get a nice bread back home at my favourite bakery :-D

@sunitakunwar4830 Жыл бұрын

My desire to come to germany is increasing day by day it's like fire now by watching your videos .I also want to taste these breads!!

@thomaslauterbach5404 2 жыл бұрын

I am German, and when I travel in an other region, I also point with my finger on what I want. There are different words for the same and there are the same words for different bread or cake or meat an so on

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Oh good to know!

@jensgoerke3819 2 жыл бұрын

You can pinpoint your location by the names of different products in the nearest bakery, but that usually requires local knowledge. Similar with the variety of products at the local butcher and cheese-maker.

@t0m094 2 жыл бұрын

I always like to lunch in Germany when I'm there, I always order a Frikadellen brötchen at the bakery. The fun story about the first time I ordered it is that I thought it was the same as a dutch bakery product with almost the same name (frikandelbroodje), I can say that it is something totally different but i love it. When I heard Grayson speak german, I would almost forget that you and your family moved to germany so recent. Sehr gut Grayson!

@flothchtronk2068 2 жыл бұрын

True! A dutch frikandel is more like a "skinless" sausage and the spices are similar to those used in english sausages.

@kimchan382 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you bought your bread from a good old bakery and not from a supermarket.

@map2932 2 жыл бұрын

We agree, German bread and rolls are wonderful. We never tire of it. Franzbrötchen is a wonderful sweet treat with coffee.

@peter_meyer 2 жыл бұрын

... which is a special treat in the Hamburg area. You don't get Franzbrötchen everywhere in Germany.

@an7855 2 жыл бұрын

@peter doch, bei Lidl. Sie sind nicht perfekt, aber okay

@peter_meyer 2 жыл бұрын

@@an7855 Ah, ok. Danke für die Info.

@M4tti87 2 жыл бұрын

The bread with nuts and seeds and the darker ones really fill up the belly :D Its great for a breakfast for kids in my opinion

@sabineevers5577 2 жыл бұрын

I know why you might be a bit confused regarding the different names for the Brötchen/Semmeln/Rundstücke/Schrippen (all words for that little bun or bread roll, depending on the part of Germany you live in). It was confusing even for me as a German woman when moving to different parts of this country. There are different words for the bread rolls depending on the region you live in, but also for other types of bread for example, or for some household tasks (wischen or feudeln for sweeping the floor), or for some garden tools for example (Harke or Rechen for a rake), or different words for ringing the doorbell (klingeln or schellen), or even for the Saturday itself (Samstag or Sonnabend) etc. etc., and more than once I just spoke my way and people would understand what I meant but just looked at me a bit funny. Well, they still do, but that's probably not because of regional diction ;-) Sooo, it's a bit confusing for Germans too sometimes, don't worry. And - yes - the variety of bread is overwhelming, but we are so used to it that it's good to see it through other peoples eyes and to be reminded of such a blessing once in a while. Abendbrot ... *sighs* that takes me back down memory lane. Nowadays when my kids visit me we often prepare our main meal of the day together in my kitchen in the evening, or one is more hungry at a certain time of day and the other is not, meaning: one of us snacks a bit here and the other/s grab a slice of bread there or (*blushes*) even takes some food to eat while watching TV - the traditional ways sort of ... dissolve (?) nowaday, at least I experience it so. When I was young, say 50 years ago, my family of origin gathered round the kitchen table in the evenings when the parents were both home from work or had finished their chores around house and garden, and yes, there were different sorts of bread and butter and sausage and cheese or other things like smoked fish for example, and we were all together literally having 'Abendbrot'. While it's not necessary of course to stick to every single oldfashioned tradition, some of them would be worth being kept up i.m.o. B.t.w. - the German your kids speak after such a short time is adorable. Almost no accent, correct grammar and pronounciation ... wow!

@Azaghal1988 2 жыл бұрын

Brotzeit and Semmel are mostly used in southern germany. There are many regional names for "Brötchen" in germany, Semmel, Schrippen, Brötchen, Wecken and many more.

@kerstineisenhut8151 Жыл бұрын

In Westfalia we love our fresh and crusty "Knifte" (end piece of a bread) with butter and good Schinken on it. Try it!

@jeffhands7097 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you’re getting to know German bread! My favorite is an unusual, light color but flavorful (and healthy) bread called “Dinkel - Hirse Brot”. So far as I know, you can only get it at the Hofpfisterei Bakeries. They specialize in “Öko” products, another word for Bio or organic. A few years ago as I first started buying that bread, I asked if they could slice it pretty thin, because it’s so dense. The employee gladly obliged, and gave me a sample. I said oh, that is perfect!. She then said “You can order it that way every time, just say: sliced at 7mm please” Ordering bread slices in EXACT MILLIMETERS! I was blown away! Where else but Germany, can you order your bread “Millimeter genau” and the help gladly does it? That was just a mega Germany moment for me! By the way, the Dinkel Hirse Brot tastes great toasted with butter or melted cheese or cream cheese or whatever on it. It’s still a little too/ dense for a sandwich, but I love it.

@berlindude75 2 жыл бұрын

And for those wondering: "Dinkel" = spelt "Hirse" = millet

@user-sm3xq5ob5d 2 жыл бұрын

Well, sorry to burst your bubble: the 7mm is dialed in (set) at the bread cutting machine. So like every engine it has an indexed scale where you can set the width of the slices. Doesn't matter what you chose but you have to memorize it somehow.

@jeffhands7097 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-sm3xq5ob5d You‘re right, but it doesn’t burst my bubble. I’m just impressed with the German exactness, like having 0,5L printed on a glass in a restaurant, or washing machines labeled in degrees. In the US, most washing machines were simply labeled “hot, warm, cold”. Most people I’ve talked to in Germany know exactly how many PS (horsepower) their car has, when most Americans only know the amount of cylinders their car’s engine has (maybe). I’m just appreciating the culture.

@gabirohwedder1688 2 жыл бұрын

The german bread was the one thing I missed the most while living 25 years in Jamaica. Love you guys.

@berndhofmann752 3 ай бұрын

Brötchen is just the general word! But every region has its own word for that: Semmeln in Bavaria Schrippen in Berlin Weck un Baden Kipf, And some

@Kaikanuk 2 жыл бұрын

I was studying in the Netherlands a few years ago. The dutch people always crossed the border to buy their bread… 😄

@steemlenn8797 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who worked 2 month in the Netherlands: I fully understand that. The very first thing I did after coming back was getting the darkest, hardest bread I coudl find, just to get rid of that lingering Toastbrot aftertaste.

@tjb62 2 жыл бұрын

The end piece of the loaf - the "Knust" - is the best!!!!!!

@tjb62 2 жыл бұрын

@@emilwandel ..... considering that this clip revolves around life in Germany, of course it is German

@gilliantracy7991 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Manhattan in the 60's where there were neighborhoods of German, Hungarian, Polish and other nationalities (such as "Germantown" not just "Little Italy" or "Chinatown"). I ate quite alot of Rye and Pumpernickel then. The foods were fantastic and so were the people. The neighborhoods were kind of destinations with fabulous restaurants. Sadly that is all gone to gentrification and homogenization. Most bread especially white bread in the US is awful. I don't think it's even "bread" but a genetically modified "foodstuff" that when eating it is designed to make you hungrier. So looking forward to visiting Germany to experience eating good bread and all the rest it has to offer. May even have to have a beer! Thanks for another great vid!

@KasimierLP 2 жыл бұрын

Oh so you're not in germany for very long. Feel very welcome here, it's nice to see people coming here 😊

@berndrebhahn4640 2 жыл бұрын

I am a German Grandgrandpa(70) here for 20 Years in Louisianna. Love it here, but miss my Bread. Beack it here und auch meinen Zwiebelkuchen. Mache Wurst und Fleischsalat. Blutwurst ist special from Wisconsin. Kartoffelsalat selbergemacht. Kein Majo!! A little bit Heimweh. Guten Appetit!🍺😉🤗

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Oh I bet you are missing your read there! But at least you do have some good Southern food there, like biscuits. I’m from Georgia!

@sonjakoerbaecher975 2 жыл бұрын

In former times, a typical german bread was a Roggen or Sauerteig bread without grains. People were pure and had no money for so much chees or ham....This things you tried are very common now a days. But very good.

@hmvollbanane1259 2 жыл бұрын

That highly depends on the region, same with beer. The less fertile plains in the North and east only supported rye cultivation whereas in the areas in the west and south wheat cultivation was/ is more dominant due to our very fertile "Löß" soil (earth created at the end of the last ice age by glaciers rolling down the mountains and grinding everything in their path into very fine and dense earth). My relatives from Hannover always fill a couple of buckets with earth when they come here for a visit to use in their garden back home