Every like helps me afford a trip back to Germany just to eat some bread 😭because.... I would really love a Kürbiskernsemmel with a bissl Butter 🍞🧈 watch my opposite version here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g82oqtxlzrWcZqc.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I know of no Americans who use paper plates at home. Never even heard of this, and I have lived in the US all my life.

Selber backen 🙂 Kartoffelbrot mit Kürbiskernen 500 g Kartoffel(n), mehlig kochend, geschält gewogen 1 TL Salz 175 g Weizenmehl Type 405 300 g Weizenmehl Type 1050 2 TL Salz 85 g Wasser, lauwarm 1 Prise(n) Zucker 14 g Hefe 3 EL Olivenöl 130 g Kürbiskerne # # Zuerst die geschälten Kartoffeln mit 1 TL Salz in kochendem Wasser fertig garen. Abgießen und entweder mit einer Kartoffelpresse durchdrücken oder mit einem Stampfer sehr fein stampfen. Anschließend auf Zimmertemperatur abkühlen lassen. Die Mehlsorten mischen und beiseite stellen. Die Hefe in 85 g lauwarmen Wasser auflösen. Die Prise Zucker und 2 EL von der Mehlmischung unterrühren und ca. fünf Minuten stehen lassen. Jetzt zu den Kartoffeln das Hefewasser, das Öl, das Salz, die Kürbiskerne und das Mehl geben. Alles etwa fünf Minuten zu einem glatten Teig verkneten. Ich verwende hierzu meine Küchenmaschine mit Knethaken. Dann zu einer Kugel formen und abgedeckt ca. 40 - 50 Minuten gehen lassen, bis das Volumen gut zugenommen hat. Einen Römertopf oder Alugusstopf mit Backtrennspray einsprühen. Alternativ kann man den Topf auch mit Butter einfetten. Den Teig nochmals kurz durchkneten, dann zu einem Brot formen und mit dem Schluss nach unten in den Topf geben. Ich habe zum Backen einen runden Alugusstopf genommen, deswegen habe ich ein rundes Brot geformt. Wenn man einen ovalen Topf nimmt, muss man entsprechend ein ovales Brot formen. Den Deckel aufsetzen und auf einem Backblech auf die mittlere Schiene in den kalten Backofen geben. Den Ofen nun auf 240 Grad Ober-/Unterhitze stellen und das Brot 50 Minuten backen. Wer mag, kann 10 Minuten vor Backende den Deckel herunternehmen (Vorsicht: heiß) dann bekommt das Brot eine schöne Bräune. Klingt das Brot beim Dagegenklopfen hohl, ist es fertig und kann auf einem Gitter abkühlen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm a German and live here for 60 years but I never had an appartment with heated floor or this towel rack in the bathroom. On the other hand I do not think of cars like BMW 3-series or Mercedes C-Class as luxury cars (like many Americans do). Maybe there we have a kind of a balance.

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

As a norwegian, yes, it is not a luxury! A cold country as Norway (and Sweden and Finland (Suomi)), it is a nessessity with heated floors. Though the building code is also different between US and Europe, I am thinking about how to keep the buildings warm during winter, our very loooong winter... I am a single woman, and does NOT use paperplates, ever! (or plastic cups!) Real china, glass and cutlery! The only time used paperplates/cups, is when we are on the beach or hiking. Though ALWAYS bring it back to dispose it properly, NEVER toss anything during hikes!

I live in Germany and yes, you can buy paper plates and plastic cutlery here. But if anything (at least the people who I know) would never use them for "at home", only for BBQ or parties 😊

We do use paper plates, but to cover food in the microwave, and then the same one for a sandwich later. It's usually relatively clean. Never for dinner guests. Otherwise just picnics or when regular plates are not an option, like if you're moving and have packed up everything. Also, for the picnics I like to use the ones that are eco-friendly and will break down very quickly. This goes for the "plastic" utensils as well. If I can wash and re-use them I will. I don't have to worry about losing regular silverware. Hubby uses them at job sites where their "lunch room" is a seat on their coolers in the shade in summer. Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't.

You called for it: Ein belegtes Brot mit Schinken (Schinken), ein belegtes Brot mit Ei (Ei)! Proudly presented by the earworm factory.

I am pretty shocked that people think paper plates would be _cheaper_ than normal plates - I could understand why one would think ordinary plates are time-consuming when you don't own a dishwasher (but then - I had guessed dishwashers are as usual in American homes than in German ones?), but cheaper?! Heated floors are also considered kinda luxurious in Germany, too, because most people live in older houses and heated floors are kind of a Neubau-thing. But of course you are right, they are not only in expensive homes - it is more a "You have heated floors? You're lucky" than a "You have heated floors? You're rich"-thing, I guess 😄

Kackwohnung got me :) About the work-life boundaries: In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and so on you got laws. Switzerland in special, for me: If your boss wants you to work more then 8.5 hours a day, he has to pay extra or give you free time 1to1. IF he wants you to work after 6 PM (18:00), he has to pay 25% more per Hour. Or give you 25% per hour more free time. (It depends on the industry you working IF he want's you to work on Saturday, he pays 50% more per hour. If he wan'ts you to work on Saturday after 18:00/6 PM he pays 25% additional to the 50% more per hour. If he demands you to work on Sundays (christian free days) he pays up to 85% and additional stuff like after 18:00/6 PM +25% and so on. It is forbidden to crush your workers with more then 45 hours per week and so on. This incentivise the conpanies to M A N A G E and be efficient instead in throwing away peoples lifes. You in the US need really to cultivate your freedom to notwork.

Interesting, you brought up so many points that other Americans also bring up when they lived in Europe. When they are asked what they love about it, health care, life-work-balance, food, public transport (granted, Germany is not t he best in that regard) and walkable cities are among the top things. And yes, no German, or person who is germanized or has some close ties to Germany does't love the bread *lol* But what would also be interesting to know: what do you love about being back in the US? And do you plan to live in the US and Germany in the future?

And the Windows. And the cheap wine. And the neighborhood shops. And the mass transit. And the alte Stadt, which is never more then an hour away.

You can expect people to NOT carry firearms ... outside of USA.

In NYC apparently having your own washing machine and tumble dryer is considered a luxury. I follow this property agent fella and he often shows apartments and it always seems special if a unit has its own laundry closet stocked with the appliances. Regarding paper plates - maybe for a barbecue party they would be used over here in Germany or after a party to give people some leftover cake to take home, but what is the advantage of not having to clean them (ever heard of a dishwasher for real dishes?). I think plastic cutlery and straws are slowly being banned in Germany for obvious environmental reasons. Tbh. I's rather be served food on a real plate with real functional cutlery than something disposable that is made so flimsy.

movable shower heads, insulated windows, burglar-resistant doors and windows, affordable golden dental crowns. That' what came in my mind while watching 😎

I think it depends on who you associate with, most people don’t use paper plates, we all have dishwashers

I lived in the US (East Coast) during the eighties, no one ever served me a meal on paper plates except during outdoor events.

Regarding the farmers markets and the mixed vegetables box. I live in the south west of Germany and in my area some farmers offer a subscription service for such boxes. Once a week you will get a box with mixed fruit or veg or both delivered to your front door. Just tell them how much stuff you want, ie for a single person or a family etc. Some of them make a point of including stuff you won't easily find in a supermarket and even give a recipe suggestion in case you are not familiar with this specific item.

Hi my Dear...German-Aboriginee here ;)...I cannot send you bread...but here is my favourite recipe..for baking BRÖTCHEN at home in almost NO TIME/effortless..NEBENBEI....as you let the dough rise overnight (not even in a fridge ) and bake THE BRÖTCHEN in the morning (for 15-20 min)..they keep fresh for at least a week...(without fridge..just put them in a BROT-Kasten or bag on your kitchen counter ) But usually they are soooo good, that they do not last a week ;) I did this because over here in Germany the really GOOD BRÖTCHEN are somehow slowly being sold like solid Gold in the bakeries and in supermarkets you cannot really find them anymore..and also you do not really know what kind of flower-mixture and artificial ingredients the supermarket stuff contains...(like they put colouring in the dough to make it seem as if it was wholewheat..or rhy or DINKEL...where as it is just cheap quality wheatflower..) ...and I did not want to eat that... Recipe: prepare in the evening: (takes 5 min) YOU NEED for the DOUGH: 500g Mehl (Dinkel, Weizen, Roggen) gemischt is best ;) 1 Päckchen Trockenhefe OR a tiny bit of fresh yeast (höchstens 1/5 Frischhefe-Würfel) 8-12g Salz 8g Zucker / Sugar optionally: 10g Brotgewürz (von Sonnentor)...I mix my Brotgewürz myself...it contains Kümmel, Fenchel , Koriander mainly..but also Anis, Kardamon, Schwarzkümmel, Mohn (according to your taste) 375 ml warm (not hot) water...(for the yeast to rise) Put all dry ingredients in a bowl, mix them...add the 375ml (not more)..of warm Water and KNEAD them (by hand) or with a Knet-handrührer..quickly until the dough is a lump that doesn't stick to the bowl..(doesn't take more than 2 to 3 min) put this dough into a another (greased (I take oliveoil) bowl or glas bowl..that is at least 3 times bigger as the dough as the dough will rise overnight immensely..Put a lid or tea towel over the glasbowl..for the dough to rest over night.. The best result is when the dough is left to rise for 10 to 12 hours...(but you try +/- 2 hours) So..when I want bread...I prepare the dough in the evening..say like..8pm...and I can bake the BRÖTCHEN in the morning at 8am.. Next morning: Preheat oven...Ober-Unterhitze..to 260°C, and ...for baking... get a glas/ovenproof bowl of (200ml) Water (to be put at the bottom of your preheated oven) DO NOT KNEAD the raised Dough again...(as kneading will destroy the fluffiness of the dough); Put flower on your kitchen counter..and then turn the bowl upside down..lifting it up slightly to let the dough simply and slowly fall out of the bowl by itself...have patience there... Cut the dough mass in 8 pieces...(with a sharp knife )..and put them on a Oventray/Backblech (you can use Backpapier, but not necessary), Treat the dough gently, NOT squeezing...touch it gently and caressingly as if it was your lovers cheek (quote from a professional baker ;)) You can sprinkle seeds of your choice on top of it..Sunflowers, poppyseed, Sesam..all optional. IMPORTANT: Before you put the tray in the oven...YOU MUST PUT the Bowl of Water in the preheated oven..the watervapour is needed for the dough to remain its moisture while baking. Bake for 15-20min..or until nice and crispy...(I bake it for 25min..as I like them crusty..) ENJOY...:) with butter and chives and a bit of salt..or honey..or ...Gurke..;) Give it a try...especially with the Brotgewürz and a mixture of your favourite flower-types..you will find..that preparing these Brötchen...is a quick and easy...as brushing your teeth.. it will simply blend into your daily life.. and you will have a little bit of German paradise at your place... and also it saves you a looot of money..just buy good ingredients (like good spices in single..mix them or use them single..and try ..what tastes best for you ...HAVE FUN.. lots of love..and GUTEN APPETIT....Seleina :)

Floor heating hasn't been that common for a long time because it's more costly and difficult to install than radiators. More recently heat pumps and district heating are becoming more widespread and since the temperature is lower than that from oil or gas heatings it requires larger areas to heat up. Nowadays a floor heating is standard in new apartments/houses. As a barefoot person I appreciate that in winter.

Last time I ate from paper plates was at a Kindergeburtstag.

My local farmer's market is just a shed where produce is dropped off in the morning. You go there and take what you want, read the price from a list on the wall, weigh the stuff yourself, and throw cash into a bucket. Works fine.

...und ich freu mich immer noch wie blöd, wenn Du Deutsch sprichst. Ich kenn's jetzt ja schon ein paar Jahre, aber es ist jedesmal wieder überraschend, wenn dann das breitestmögliche Boarisch dabei rauskommt - oder sowas wie maybe a bissl Schinken... 🙂 Don't ever change!!!

Back in the nineties in Denmark we were volunteering for our daughter's swimming club arranging regional and national swimming events. We soon found out that it was much cheaper to rent real plates and cutlery than buy and use paper plates and plastic cutlery. After only 3 meals it was cheaper, and it was most appreciated by the swimmers and staff. Swimmers eat an awful lot and when they fill their plates with hot spaghetti or rice with hot tomato sauce or Indian curry they have great difficulty carrying the overfilled paper plates to their tables. A China plate will last for ever and be a stable base for bigger portions 😊 I have never used a paper plate in a private home in Denmark, not even when I was young or as a student except for kids birthdays.

It is in fact a towel heater. Never have served or been served food on paper plates at home. They're for picnics or garden parties.

German markets 🥰, good quality of fruits, vegetables, local honey, olive oil from greece, meat and often fish have a fair price. And on market day in my part of the town, we use it as a meeting point with friends. A fresh, hot coffee and "Brötchen" during shopping is a pleasure. And mostly everything is not in plastic, no waste.

Always a joy listen to you. Love your English-German-mixed language.

Farmer Markets are grotesquely expensive in Germany too, the vast majority doesn't buy there. Those wall hanging heaters are getting popular but they aren't the norm. Floor heating is rare in most places. Those things are found in newly built homes, but most buildings have a much lower standard somewhere in between the standards of 1960 and 1980.

In the USA people will fight to the death over their right to eat crappy "food" from paper plates than for healthcare and human rights. When they go overseas and are forced to eat healthy, they whine about there being no hint of modern civilization, i.e., Taco Bell. Ah, the American Dream: to make the rest of the world be just like America. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sehr interessant! Didn’t know that floor heating or a wallmounted heating is such a luxury in the US…. Thanks for this nice video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤❤🍀✌🏻✌🏻🌭🦅🤣🫡

So as you most likely know: In Germany we most likely use paper plates for events like "Grillparty" and so on, when you simply don't have enough plates for all your guests (or when it gets wetter(alcohol wise) and you don't want to risk to lose your expensive plates to drunk guests... ) [and of course they are broadly used at festivals, concerts and volksfest ect.] I for myself am getting more and more environmental aware and i'm trying to use less and less "one use items" for such occasions. Also towel heaters and heated floors are not standard in Germany and are more common in newly build flats/houses or renovated ones.

Oh! We were served dinner on paper plates while down in Florida and were perplexed -- here in Canada they're reserved for picnics and children's birthday parties. And don't get me started on the bread. You can hunt down good stuff from bakeries, but from a supermarket? Nope. And sooooo sweeet, it's almost like cake down there. Our sliced bread is sweet, too, but not THAT sweet, and it also comes no sugar added. Even from Aldi. We fell in love with Aldi down there :)

Paper plates are for camping, for picnic, and for making very crispy bacon in the micro wave oven. 😁

Good to see you again and good to hear that you´re doing well.

😂 today i bought some pumpkinseed pretzels for 79 cents at my local bakery

Seriously, you're making me homesick. I never felt so truly happy and of my own self as when I studied in Germany. Back to my roots, I grew up hearing my great granny speak German in her beautifully German accented voice. Hayley, wo sind meinem Brotchen mit Butter?

So many good points and well presented! Tschuss from Toronto

I've unfortunately been back in the States and I am literally counting down the days until I can return to Germany lol. It is a nightmare here.

The US is like a 3rd World Country it seems lol

I looove your comment on the Kackwohnung, beautiful! I once lived in a tiny, ugly Kackwohnung, too, in Osnabrück..but it also had a towel heater in the bathroom :D!! Now I live in some kind of a palace (for me) with heated floors, a towel heater, a huge bathtub and a balcony. Living my best life :DDD

Sehr gut, was Du über work-life-balance und das Abgrenzen sagst!!

Woah. We in Germany use paper plates as well. If you are going to a local barbecue or a rock concert or just having an open party, you can assume to get your food on a paper plate. But in my HOME? I don’t even own a single one. But is it really a luxury in the States, if normal plates are sold quite cheap? I suppose it’s more like a convenience thing so that you don’t have to do the dishes. And if you miss German bread - there are plenty of recipes to find online. You won’t get a 100% bakery result, but delicious anyway and a lot better than these white leafs you call bread - although I enjoy them from time to time - mostly when I am in the Netherlands. Have a nice day!

My parents were German and I lived there for 5 years when I was very young. I live in Canada and there are a few stores that do sell quite a few European breads, mainly Roggenbrot. As for brotchen, those are tough to find so I've started baking my own as well as Streusel kuchen and Ruhrkuchen. I never liked North American cakes (too sweet). We've now moved to another province in Canada and havoe found that there is very little European food to purchase here. People don't realize how good German baking, breads & cakes, really are and they really are missing out.

Once I don`t understand dear Hayley, why people eat from paper plates and not from porcelain plates? Because most people probably have a dishwasher to wash their dishes.😉

Omg Hayley!! How come I haven't discovered your channel earlier?? I really love YT channels focussing on the cultural differences between Europe and the US, because as a European, it helps me to think outside of the box and understand how (and why) things work in the United States. Instant subscription earned for such a well put together video, I love your attitude and you seem to be a really nice person to be around! 🤗

This is so interesting about paperplates! Usually people in Germany get their own set of China once they move out from their parents, or get married. Students might start with very low priced sets, or even fleamarket items, which can be very charming, and a set of porcellaine is usually a part of the "wedding table", where wedding guests can select the cutlery, crockery, glasses etc that the couple selected. And sometimes it's meant to be heirloom, because it comes from famous brands who create table art. I've never seen paper plates at home. We had 2 or 3 sets, one for weekdays, one for Sundays and guests, combined with fine wine glasses.. We also had meals together. To have fine tableware is the pride of many a household.

The “German Beer Purity Law “ is worth to mention. A law to brew beer without chemicals and additives

Thanks for Brötchen ❤❤❤

I really liked the authentic German pictures in your video ... Oh ... nice hotel room you shot this video in. Very inspiring.

Finally, the most important words in Germany: ‚Mahlzeit‘ and ‚Feierabend!‘

I enjoyed this video. Like you, I miss German bread! It's the best!😊❤

Re bread, depends on where you live in the states I’m from NYC and we’ve always had fresh baked Italian, German, French breads. I live in Rome now and the bread in NY is just as good because of the quality of the water.

The Gusto you put into saying "Brot", spoke to my german soul.

The only time I used paper plates was when I hosted an outdoor birthday party for my kids who were 3 or 4 years old. Any other use would have put me to shame.

Americans come to accept that their job is crap because all other jobs are crap too. Here in Germany, most people have no illusions either what they can expect from their employment, but there is still more a sense that you have certain rights an employer can't take away from you, and that there is a line in the sand.

I really enjoy the Denglish, brought a couple of smiles to my face.

I live in Canada and never served my guests with paper plates. Except for kids party happening outdoor.

To all the people saying we only use paper plate during picnic at parks: We were doing a bbq in the middle of the woods and my mom insisted we use our actual plates as we were inviting guests 🤣. Her reasoning: we would go there by car anyway and have enough space in the trunk. So there we were, in the middle of the woods, dining with porcelain on old wooden benches and tables. And yes, we brought our stainless steel cutlery as well.

I’ve never met anyone who ate off of paper plates except at a picnic. Must be a Florida thing.

I only ever used paper plates for children's birthday parties. Even at camping we had plastic plates that could be cleaned. At home I use proper ceramic plates and cups. Yes, space saving bathroom heaters have the additional advantage of heating or drying towels. Totally normal.

Having laundry in your apartment/basement - when I tell my fellow New Yorkers about it they're mindblown yet it's so standard for every household in Germany (Same for dishwashers, they use it as a selling point here ...)

YOu are right about the workers rights...That is one thing I love in Germany

Haley I found that Publix Chicago rolls are similar as they are crispy outside and soft , like our brotchen.

I wholeheartedly agree about at least two points I could never wrap my head around. Serving a meal on paperplates (even when they have enough real plates and a big dishwasher!) and the bread. 35 years ago a lived for one year in Texas. Luckily with a Swiss family who knew a Swiss baker in Houston where they bought their bread. And that was a really decent and delicious bread. Whenever I visited the States afterwards and I was craving for some good bread (luckily I don't eat much anymore, so I don't miss one anymore when I'm on vacation), I was looking for a French bakery (or maybe German). Normally you could get there at least some decent, though not always healthy bread. But since Covid a lot of people started to make their own sourdough bread, which always looked very delicious. And that is good. 😀

Well, the 'bread' in the bakery in Publix is all FROZEN. It's not like it's made there, so it's only considered fresh because it's baked there.

I love local farmers markets in small rural towns in USA

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

Warm greetings from Germany! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it. I, on the other hand, have missed the USA since I spent my high school exchange year there.))

Nice Video ❤️. Well done.

excellent insight. Another luxury is public schools that at their worst provide the literacy and numeracy only available in private schools in the US, with very few exceptions.

What I'd like to know: Do you feel (hast Du den Eindruck) that you can maintain (durchsetzen) that boundary vis a vis your employers?

Im most developed countries worldwide the Healthcare accessible to everyone, education, and work-life balance are considered a normal and standard thing. Also safety and low crime. You will never here anyone in Japan, Switzerland, Dubai, Singapore or any other rich country if it is safe to walk around here. USA is the only country that does it different. Unfortunately. Because it's an incredibly beautiful country with a lot of amazing people.

I love the way she says "Kürbiskernkartoffelbrot"! 😂❤❤❤

Latest News!! Hayley is on her way to founding a Union. And that is a good twist 🙋‍♀

Could you please say once more "Kürbiskernbrötchen"? It sounds so lovely. 😘

I'm just a regular American, but will never eat grocery store bread. My husband and family don't get it. But, i love good bread 😊

Love your observations, I was an exchange student in the US in 1989 - I missed real bread so much. I tried to bake a German cake - never tasted the same either. Her are two bread recipes: Einfaches helles Brot (geht ganz schnell): 500g Weizenmehl Typ 405 oder Dinkelmehl 2-3 g Trockenhefe oder 5-10 g frische Hefe 10g Salz 400 ml Wasser Verrühren, mindestens eine Stunde, besser länger gehen lassen, bei 250 Grad C mit Deckel backen - fertig. Körnerbrot in Kastenform: Je 250g Weizenmehl 250g Roggenmehl 1 Päckchen Trockenhefe oder 20g Frischhefe 500ml Wasser 1 EL Honig 2 EL Kerne (z.B. Kümmel und Koriander) 10 g Salz Verrühren und gehen lassen Bei 180 Grad C 60-70 min backen

Good Farmers markets in Germany really depends where you live. Just like good bread. Generally, in the South of Germany the basic stapeles like bread, meat at the butchers, or vegetables at the markets are a lot better. I am happy to live in a rural area, so I buy Asparagus, Strawberries etc directly from the people growing them. Going to do my Weekend shopping again tomorrow, will try to get as much quality stuff as I need.

Your mix of english and German is so funny😂

I lived in Japan for a while and started making my own sourdough bread from scratch (needed several tries to get it going at first), as “normal” bread was hard to come by. The smell of freshly baked bread is divine! I’m sure there are lots of resources out there these days. 14 years ago, there was a website by a German baker who developed a great method for home bakers, but unfortunately it’s no longer there.

Most people over here wouldn’t even think about eating from paper plates themselves, no matter with or without guests! Has something to do with culture.

I never use paper plates not even for large parties or outdoor activities. When you plan a big event, just ask everyone to bring thier own plates and cutlery. People will usually bring reusable plastic plates and cutlery (less weight to cary). And mist people have a stack of reusable plastic cups for plenty people at home. My city even has a citywide refunable to go cup in three sizes. You just take it back the next time to refill or return (could be any coffee shop inte city).