Do you think that having your hands in your lap while at the dinner table is proper etiquette? I personally do not do it anymore but don't mind seeing it when in the USA- I still do it sometimes when my hands are extremely cold (I am cursed with cold hands)😅The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: skl.sh/hayleyalexis02211
@@georgiawillis5787 I also grew about with not being allowed to put the elbow on the table but also you are not allowed to put the hand in your lap when you eat. But you also use both hands most of the time for eating in Europe.
Please don't stop speaking with your hands. That's a talent. The funny thing is: I watch your videos also because of that fiddeling. I do some studies to Embodied cognition and you have such a natural, authentic way of explaining feelings and thoughts with gestures. Don't stop that. I've even given a seminar lecture in which I compared two videos of you with two other videos.
😭 Yeah I sometimes get aa lot of comments from people telling me it's annoying.... 😅I love speaking with my hands- it adds more character to what I am trying to say
I agree. I also use my hands a lot since I lived in Italy for some years and I know there are people that feel bothered by it, but I feel complete when I use my hands.
I'm german and I'm often told I have an "italian way of speaking" because of using my hands and arms a lot. A friend used to say "If someone would put you in handcuffs, you would be silent." I never considered it a bad thing, it's just the way I am!
Hey, Totally relatable. My recent Video posted, I had to pause and ask myself why I was shouting.😂😂😂😂😂😂 I think it’s mostly a black, Latina and Asian thing. Europeans not so much.
@@HayleyAlexis You have no Idea. My family gatherings while they are nice, they make me headaches from the noise level. We are all trying to be more heard all the time....it's horrible .
'"Lamborghini" is in fact pronounced like you did it first - with a g like in "give" - NOT "Lambor-jeanny" 😀 That's what the h behind the g is for - to make sure the g is spoken like in "give". Usually you have to pronounce an Italien g before an e or i like the j in "jive" but to keep it a g like in "give" they add an h. Same with "ghetto" and "spaghetti" 😘
Omg the car point. Girl. My family has been bothing me for 10 years now that I should finally get my drivers license done so I can get around "easier" where as I literally have 2 busses and 3 subways driving within a 5min walking radius from my apartment. Im like an 8 min drive away from the main city center. It took me around 20 min to get to my work before Coroni happened. I have 2 stores within a 10min walk here .. the fuck do I need a car for. To spend half an hour looking for a parking spot?? My ticket is 60€ a month. Show me a car with all insurances and gas that comes even close so that.
anddddd if you can ride a bike...It would be cheaper to buy one than a yearly ticket for the public transportation center.... I constantly get asked about a car and I just think to myself... why?!
It's like that in cities here in the U.S. I've been terrified for several reasons that all include car accidents, and I've stood by not "keeping up with the Jones's". I'm not here to impress anyone. I'm here to STAY ALIVE lol!!!
Shortly after I made my driver license I moved to a city where I always used public transport and the bike, too. But then I moved back and I was very glad that I could immediately drive instead of having to make my driver license here. And I am doubly glad now that in time of Corona I am not forced to use public transport. Having a driver license doesn't mean that you have to use it, but having the freedom to do so is great.
@@swanpride My parents say the same but what point is there of making one and not driving for years. I wont be making any experiences in it and by the time I will maybe someday in future have the need to take the car I wont know how any of that works anymore anyways. 🤷🏻♀ Like Im 28. I havent had the need for a car in 28 years and I moved 3 times already. You can always check what public transportation options you have before you make the decision to move somewhere.
Weird, I'm always suspicious in westerns and action movies when someone is eating and has a hand under the table and always assume they point a gun at someone. Turns out it's just polite in the US? I never knew!
I would take it with a grain of salt. The U.S is huge and multicultural. etiquette might even be different in different states. In NYC, if you have manners you never put your hand under the table. Now im wondering if thats just an NYC thing.
My first and biggest culture shock as a German happened only hours after my arrival to the US (ID): my hostfamily took me out to have pizza which, of course, I started to eat using silverware - knife in my right hand, fork in my left. After only a few minutes I was told to eat that pizza with my hands instead and to rest the other arm on my lap. Then I noticed I was being stared at by almost all in that place. My hostmom said to the other guests "he is not an alien, he's our new exchange student from Germany". I've seen lots of Germans eating their burgers with silverware at the more fancier places like "Hans im Glück" and others. However, this "etiquette" has a more practical reason to it - it may look embarassing to have the sauce running down the sleeves.
Pizza and Burgers are functional food! I wouldn't even order them to eat inside a fancy place, when the whole point is to be able eat them without a plate and silverware. Didn't they had something like black risotto with some sort of fish or scampi or something else ? Also I would have never put my hand on my crotch no matter what they consider good manners. It's like not helping your girl into her jacket. It would be crazy.
I once eat my pizza with silverware in the US, too...but it was a pizza hut attached to a sheraton, so I guess it was okay. My bigger gaffe was to order the wrong size. I was really hungry, and I had forgotten that in the US everything is bigger...the guy who took my order looked as if I was crazy. But then, I was hungry enough that I nearly managed the whole thing.
@@TremereTT The chain "Hans im Glück" which he is talking about only has Burgers in their menu for their main course. Meat burgers, Veggie Burgers and Vegan Burgers and they are so big that they have like a stick in their middle so they don't fall apart. Some people manage to eat them with their hands, some look afterwards like there was a fight - so they rather use silverware.
I think eating pizza with a knife and fork is very german. We were stared at in Italy when we did this. They consider Pizza fingerfood or food on the go so they always eat them with their hands. I now, even in Germany, always eat pizza with my hands. So much tastier and easier to eat!
One shouldn't be afraid of buying good products at a cheap price. You can buy something that's really good for a cheap price. I bought an Anker battery pack and it's originally $50. I bought it for $25. I've had this pack for 15 years and it's still like brand new. It's only cheaply made products that you buy twice.
Well I think that is a "sale" which isn't horrible...but a lot of "already" cheap items purchased from non-reliable brands can equate to horrible quality products... often
In German where are two words for cheap, "billig" and "günstig" The Problem is, they are used like meaning the same thing, but if you speak very exactly (and even Germans often dont do so) the meaning is different... Billig means produced for as less money as possible, even replace Metal parts by plastic parts if it still works.... F* on quality, just get the price down. Günstig means:"good quality product worth even more than the price asked for. Like things on" "Sale" and stuff. The saying "Wer billig kauft, kauft zweimal" means what cheap stuff (billiger) breaks more often, needs to be replaced faster so in the end you have more costs. It does not warn to buy cheap stuff if it means "Schnäppchen" like buying the top Brand thing on a 20yr celebration sale of the local störe for 50€ instead of 100€.... It's always better to buy "günstig" than expensive as you cant spent every coin only once.
Microwaved food simply does not taste as good as toasted, backed in the oven or fried in a pan. But there are no health issues. There never were, but you cannot remove false information from the net.
From a Swiss perspective: I find it extremely rude to start eating before everyone has their food. Especially in a Restaurant. Unless the others at the table tell you to go ahead, but even then I don't feel comfortable doing it. And how does one even eat with just one hand? Do you not use both utensils? do you not cut your meat? use the knife to move food on the fork? I got rid of my microwave because I was only using it for popcorn... nothing else tastes good out of a microwave. Winter clothes are the most important thing to invest in. Hands down.
The way I speak English has changed. I’ve only been here for 4 years but when I go back home, all my friends and family tell me I speak differently, and that I pronounce things strangely 😂 funny how language, even your own mother tongue, changes depending who and what is around you I am also sooo happy I don’t have a car here! So much hassle and worrying about parking and I live in center Köln so it’s just not necessary
My mom makes fun of me when I am home... I sometimes say "automobile" (or auto) instead of car- ALL THE TIME 😅 With the car.... We live outside of the city (seriously 40+ minutes with the sbahn) and we still can NOT FIND A PARKING SPOT sometimes
That is exactly what happened to me as well. After speaking English only for one year I used to talk German with English grammar (z.B. Verb nach vorne statt an das Ende des Satzes)
feel you. my GF is lithuanian and we speak only english at home, at work i speak only to swiss clients, german is only used irregular or on small talk/shopping. So my German degraded, my gf went from hardcore geek to getting corrected constantly in lithuanian too. Languages are hard :'D
i have always felt that good manners is used to make your guests feel comfortable, unfortunately many people used etiquette as a weapon and to shame those who do not live up to their preferences, i have no patience for those people
I feel ya with not driving around. I do enjoy driving around back in the USA but the German streets are too narrow and parking can be an expensive, painful experience.
@@AlexanderGoeres It’s fit for the weather, the context of speech here is the sense of fashion. I love Germans, and everything they are and have, fashion isn’t one of those.😄
I am a German living in Sweden and the things I stopped doing are: -starting random discussions about everything -Googling everything trying to prove that I’m right -doing things “out of principle” and judging others -I have gotten more careful about what I say that could be perceived negative, or when my partner does something that annoys me to not do like a 2 second burst out but stay very calm (it’s so fucking hard haha) -stopped wearing Adidas jogging pants outside (in Berlin completely normal but in Sweden a fashion disaster hahaha) Maybe it’s not “German” things that I stopped but I definitely noticed among my family, friends and other German expats the same traits and the complaining/negativity on a daily basis annoys the heck out of me by now too 😂 Always good to get an insight into a new culture so you can pick the best of both worlds!
I think those ARE German traits ... and exactly the reasons why my husband gets mad at me (I'm German, he's Swiss). Well, except the jogging pants thing. It was not really normal where I grew up in Germany, must be a Berlin thing.
Wearing sweatpants/ Jogginghosen outside is a fashion faux pas in Germany too. Harz4-Style. Ich möchte dazu Karl Lagerfeld zitieren: „Wer eine Jogginghose trägt, hat die Kontrolle über sein Leben verloren“
@@fabianf4626 Karl Lagerfeld is not really a great authority on anything to be honest. And unironically repeating the words of a filthy rich person who made millions by making ridiculous clothes, to bash on poor people reeks of classicism.
I bought my first car at age 29. If you're in a city there's just no need for a car. Öffi-Ticket is 50-60EUR per month, a car (with insurance, taxes, gas and maintainance) easily over 200EUR. You could get a Moped/Roller though, they're a lot more affordable and great for grocery runs etc.
I am from the southern US. Every time I visit Germany or Europe people want to hear my southern country accent. I now live in the Mid West US. People here like my accent as well, plus they love hearing the word y'all. I am glad to hear you have kept that part of your southern charm. Y'all.
i didn't really believe that people in america put their hand in their lap while eating and that they think it's bad manners to eat with both hands on the table! 😯 but in the comments there were so many that agreed! that was so shocking to me! in the future i think i will pay much more attention to american movies when people eat in the scene. i heard that the popcorn in movie theaters are salty? is that true? can someone choose sweet popcorn too? and which kind do you prefer?
1000000% salty popcorn and even Mike likes salty popcorns due to being with me 🥰 when I don’t go to the movies with him he still chooses salty. No you can’t get sweet in the USA- I mean it’s not that common. There are some fancy movie theaters that have “kettle popcorn” which is a lot sweeter than the German version.... but I think out of the 10-15 movie theaters in my old county in the USA .... only 2 had that option
Sweet popcorn is a Germany only thing, I think. Even over here in Austria there's no sweet popcorn at theaters and we think it's weird and are not used to the taste.
Hi Hayley, I moved from the USA as well and I agree with you that I do eat differently, lol. Also, I do not have a microwave but I do have an air fryer nor do I have a tumble dryer and I have gotten used to it. I do have a car here in the UK but public transportation is sooooooo good in London and I am definitely thinking of getting rid of it later this year maybe.
I always see a car as an extra expense... or money "wasted" that I could spend on something else- i.e. experiences/trips/FOOD** (most important category)
When eating out in Australia most people will suggest you start and eat your meal while it is still hot rather than waiting on others, but you wouldn’t just start.
I hear that if you do this in Italy when you are being served home-made pasta, the cook will get mad. Those have to be eaten while freshly hot! No waiting around, just pasta time.
I try as much as I can to also invest in good quality cloths, especially winter ones.Wellensteins are the best. I sweat in them in a -92degress weather.😆
I would say that the only unhealthy thing about a microwave oven is that it makes you lazy. And a car is a much easier thing to do without in Deutschland than in the US.
Oh 10000% but one thing I did in the USA that was uncommon was... I purchased a $1500 car.... instead of a "nice" car and did not care...I am someone that has no need for fancy cars
Hay ley, sehr interessant, was du dir alles abgewöhnt hast! Mach doch bitte mal ein Vid über die Dinge, du dir angewöhnt hast. so richtig deutsche Sachen.. Rufst du z. B. an der roten Ampel auch "Es ist - rot du Spacken'" wenn einer das rote Männchen ignoriert? Lach! LG Ben
@@wolfganggeiss636 Mh.. Dirk, oder? In Hamboach hilft dir einer hoch, du bedankst dich.. Sacht er drauf: 'da nich für.. Nütz jo nix, mutt jo sünn.. 😂 Aber mich interessiert wirklich, was Hayley von uns angenommen hat.. Außer: Currywürscht.. XD Wie ist's grad in Tennessee? LG Ben
OMG, it's SO NICE to get some validation here! My German husband used to think I was so uncultured, but we were taught to not have hands and arms on the table! We got in trouble if we did! And I think that also had a hand in the fact that we only eat with a fork. Otherwise, we've have (GASP!) both arms on the table! Also, I have never been so damn cold as the first couple of years I was in Munich. I did ask my mom to send me some long johns from the U.S. Hahaha. I have no shame.
The same is true in Germany as uncultivated. You shouldn't rest your bow or elbow on the table while eating, they should be in the air, Or you should always have your knife and fork in your hand, and then hold them up the whole time, and not rest with your elbows on the table and not even if you are only with the fork, your arm, which is free, then dangle under the table.
Fried pickles? I had to pause and look them up on YT, but I‘m wondering how big or small you should make them. Any recommendation or preference @Hayley Alexis?
i grew up eating dinner at the same time. We all waited for everyone to have their food. That is not a thing here. i find it odd. I have taught my children as i was taught. The same goes for eating out the servers come and take plates away bit by bit which sometimes leaves one person still eating. I am not a fan of that habit. That did not happen in Greece.
*Oh I forgot to mention that as well but had it written down in my notes* This is something that also bothers me THE MOST in the USA...when people come and take your plates away while other people are still eating.... OH MY GOSH I could scream. It is very rude in my opinion to interrupt people while they are eating :/
It should be a normal habbit. Especial the person who had the work with buying, cooking and cleaning is not sitting at the table. In Germany and probably in Europe we have different cuterly signs. If you have finished your meal you put the knife and fork or spoon like the clock position 20 minutes past 4 and the waiter knows he can clean up. If you wanna eat further: 20 minutes to 4. There was a german "Who wants to be a millionaire?" winner, 1mio € question "What is the waiter position?" He worked earlier days as a waiter.😁 A good waiter would not take the plate if one guest has not finished eating.
@@HayleyAlexis Except if someone wants their plate to be taken. I had a friend that did not like to have her dirty plate sitting in front of her once she was done eating. I don't find that a problem at all.
All the time I am in the USA I stop speaking German. How about that? Or eating proper bread? But never stop having drinks with no ice. (Have to remember to ask for leaving it off every time at the start of a journey. I once p/o-ed a flight attendant when I simply poured the ice back into their container! 😧
Microwave has nothing to do with radiation, it is not an atomic microwave and is healthy. The microwave works like a loudspeaker only with a very high frequency so the food is set in vibration, which again means friction and thus generates heat.
@@HayleyAlexis Well a loudspeaker use air as a medium, hence the membrane. Microwaves are electromagnetic they care the medium with them....The wavelength of microwaves is calibrated to be absorbed by Hydrogen atoms...and water has two of them.... so microwaves pass throu most of your food but the water. It heats the water inside your food. That's why you don't put old pizza in your microwave , because after that it tastes like old cooked pizza. For pizza and most food made of dough you use a hot air oven to make it hot again.
I can drive, do it sometimes on holiday, but never owned a car. Like you, i don't need it. I live in a city, can go by bike, on foot, or public transport to go anywhere anytime.
Microwave is really good at de-thawing frozen veggies. Which can be more fresh than "fresh" ones and don't go stale/bad as easily. Eg. we never manage to eat a whole head of broccoli before some of it goes bad (we're only a couple, not a big family). Frozen broccoli florets are great! Same for other frozen plain veggies. Iglo freezes them within a couple hours after being plucked, usually faster than they even arrive at a store when fresh.
Vorwerk agent trying to sell a kitchen device. "...and this Thermomix can do all your food. You put all in here and choose the program and it will do anything alone" Hayley: "Where is the fry button?"
Of course you'd eat with your hand in your lap because for some reason Americans seem to have a real problem with using a knife and fork at the same time.
Funny ...I learned the total opposite about the "useless hand" while eating ...it was totally against good table manners to have the hand in your lap where nobody can see it..it had to be aside the plate .. but no ellbows on the table never ever at no time...Having the hand in your lap was/is seen as very unpolite and especially back then was seen as very suspicious (what is he/she doing with his hand down there?..hiding a weapon? Is he an conspirator? ...Or.....Is that well known lecher doing approximatelly sexual stuff? The woman/man next to him/her seems looking very uncomfortable/or very in pleasure....and just to prevent such thoughts by the others the hand was/is on the table.) Well the table manners in the German speaking area are a mixture of aristocratic table manners of France and Russia by the way which goes back to baroque times (17th century)..where those aristocratical dinners where very huge and pretentious and every course meaning the food which was brought on the table was presented as an artificial sculpture or painting. About starting eating while the others are still waiting for the food is a matter of the actual situation. But it is a sign of manners to ask the others if they don´t mind when you start to eat to prevent that the food gets cold. In high class restaurants and also in well-run restaurants which are not "high class" but with good reputation the food usually will be served for all at the same time anyway.
I learned that neither „dirty hands“ nor elbows are allowed on the table while there is food on the plates. Also to wait for all the food to arrive, when it’s up to six people at the table and just start eating, when it’s more. In my experience around ten people seems to be a „natural limit“ of food arriving at the same time - even in one or two star restaurants.
@@jennyh4025 The limit for 1 waiter (speaking of a true professional) is usually 6 plates on the "big tableau" called "Schlitten" UNLESS the plates are high /soup-plates then he can pile up in "pyramid-style" till 12 plates on one Schlitten..which is almost a circus act to deliver proofing the waiter is well trained respectively a "true professional".... I worked decades ago as a waiter therefore I know because our staff including me did...And by more than 6 guests on one table we served food with 2 or 3 waiters depending on the amount of guests on the table anyway in order to serve the food at the same time..just saying. But for such an approach the restaurant has to have enough staff of course meaning "trained professionals" and not "randomly hired people without qualification"" who barly can handle more than 2 plates with both hands and is unable to go with the big tableau on his shoulder respectively can´t handle any tableau properly....which I admit some restaurants do. A professional can handle minimum 4 plates in one hand including with his forearm (= 2 plates overlapped with your hand using thumb + 3 fingers - with big hands/long fingers even one plate more - 1 plate on the wrist holding in balance with the free pinky and 1 plate on the forearm) and a 5th or 6th one in the other hand.. And with "dirty hands" you are not allowed to sit on the table anyway.
@@michaelgrabner8977 I‘ve only been to high class restaurants for company Christmas parties, so there were usually seven or eight big tables and we had two waiters per table at the same time. And one table had their food at the same time, but they didn’t have enough staff to have all tables in the room plus the „normal guests“ served at the same time. Did you see the quotation marks for my „dirty hands“? I put them there for a reason, because even washed hands were considered dirty in some places about a 120 years ago, when my great grandma (who used to say this, when she had us sitting there at the table with a paper under the arms, trying to eat with way too big - literal - silverware) was a child.
@@jennyh4025 When the whole table gets the food at the same time then everything was all right...and there was nothing to complain. And when - as you said - even "washed hands" are considered as dirty then when are the hands considered as "clean"? Never, right?..then you had to wear gloves ..which by the way was standard for waiters/house servants as well 120 years ago...even today in very prestigous awarded with multiple "Hauben-" and "stars- " (which is different) restaurants as well.
I grew up waiting on every one to be seated and food in front of them before we all start eating even when eating out. I thought that was what everyone did. It is considered rude to eat before anyone else.
people gain weight in the US typically because one or more of the following three reasons: 1 they eat when they're bored, 2 they dont drink enough water and confuse thirst with hunger, and/or 3 they restrict their food intake too much trying to lose weight and the body reacts by slowing their metabolism so when they lapse and binge then the body stores more of the food as fat compared to if they hadn't been on a "diet" in the first place.
While this definitely being true, these are not very typically "American" behaviours, I think. It's the same all over the world. But something that I consider quite "American" is emotional eating. You see this so often in American TV shows and movies. When there's a break-up or something bad happened, they always get out the ice-cream and start bingeing. It's a mindset that has also taken over in Europe now. Understandable, but not very healthy and doesn't help in order to develop a good relationship with food.
here is one thing i stopped doing here in the South of the US: i stopped eating real bread! i just can't find any... after living in the US full time since 98 i still use both hands to eat, and my american wife still cuts up everything first... we are both fine. the one thing that does bother me is not eating at the same time. My in-laws call: you wanna come over and eat? sure! so i walk across the street and they have both already eaten... it is a weird place!
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 the eating before everyone else really gets me in the USA.... it’s something that (no matter rich or poor) tends to always happen. Plus I feel like the idiot that waits for people to get their food first and then no one waits for me 😆
Are burglaries more common in the US? I always hear people from America being very paranoid regarding that stuff, meanwhile I've never even heard of someone in my friend group having their house broken into, and nobody's particularily worried about it either. At least that's my observation from living in a small town in Bavaria.
They happen often.... 😅 and no one is really safe. I know people who have million dollar homes and have been robbed.... I used to live in an apartment complex.... and rode a bike to work because I worked about .5 miles away from my job.... one day I had to use the restroom so I rode my bike back home and literally was gone for maybe 7 minutes Max..... my bike was gone 🙃 it was literally at my front door in my apartment complex 😅
I stopped driving. I didnt see the need of driving in Switzerland or Germany. EVERYTHING was so damn close. I had 2 doctors and my German school was far away, but that's why we have public transportation. It's cheaper to buy an UAbo (in Switzerland. I don't remember what it was called in Germany). I used to not have a microwave, but once I became a mom I needed a way to quickly reheat my food or coffee.
I noticed the lack of microwaves in Germany and especially with lockdown and cooking at home I must ask - how do you...sorry: y'all heat up the leftovers? When I cook at home in Germany - 29 days per month - there are always leftovers. I'm not gonna eat cold Auflauf. Eating out in the USA - true - I ate out 2, sometimes 3 times per day. There was a Thai restaurant where I worked and the same owner had a Thai restaurant where I lived. He'd often see me show up for lunch and then for dinner at his 2 restaurants. I would be ashamed but his Thai food was freaking excellent.
I have an oven with an integrated microwave. It's convenient for reheating pasta or similar dishes, but as soon as you want something crispy the microwave is no help at all. So I don't use it often.
But that's what makes the integrated MW so great. First you halve the cooking time with the MW, then you turn it crispy with the oven/grill function. That's why probably half the microwaves sold nowadays have at least a grill function in addition to the MW.
@@TheFeldhamster The oven does have some programs that combine MW and oven. I've tried it a couple of times, but I'm so used to baking and cooking without it I constantly forget it's an option and arrange food and dough in metal casseroles - and in these cases I can't use that MW support.
Good vlog. interesting themes,good analysis.Außer Hähnchen,Burger oder Spareribs ißt man in Deutschland eigentlich nix ohne Besreck. If you need no car in your hometown or for work, you´re right not to spend money in getting a driving license. Better in good food or vacation, if it´s possible.keep it up and stay safe
Yeah- unless I get a job that is 1 hour away and requires me to drive... I won't get a car (unless I become filthy rich because a long lost uncle of mine was a rich African prince and left me millions in his will)
I'm really not a conceited person. But I also have to confess that I, as a European, when watching Americans eating, I mostly feel - please, forgive me this "Star Trek" comparison - like a Vulcan staring unbelieving at a horde of Klingons during their feeding time. 😂 I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but that's my reaction. I'd like to add a point, you didn't mention. It might not concern you, as a woman, in the first place, but: Tuxedos on a wedding!!! I've seen so many Hollywood movies showing grooms and guests wearing tuxidos in the afternoon or even before midday (!!!). There's a reason why the Brits call those suits "dinner jackets". They are not supposed to be worn before 6 pm. Even a diving suit or a knight's amour would be more appropriate than a tuxedo. On a wedding a man should go for a morning coat aka. cutaway or a Stresemann, or, if the bridegroom himself doesn't wear one of them, a dark three-piece suit with a long tie. 🙂
Thats so interesting! You got in trouble for NOT putting your hand on the table? I grew up in in the U.S but i got in trouble if i ever had my hand under the table. Had to keep both wrists on the table, NEVER elbows though.
Microwaves are not harmful. A defective microwave oven could harm you, so just don stay to close. If you are afraid of microwaves you MUST power down you WifI, because Wifi (here the most used 2.4GHz Band) is at exactly the same frequency as your microwave oven (2450 MHz or 2.45GHz) even 3G uses Bands around 2GHz and above the same goes for all modern wireless communication.
First observation, starting to comment... :-) * Yes, everyone starts to eat because of manners. If you're in a restaurant and food arrives at different times, you can ask your mates if you can start before it gets cold. A good restaurant will time the food order so everything arrives at the same (or nearly the same) time and everyone can start eating without waiting for someone. * "eating with your crotch". I was trained as a kid, when eating something that only requires one hand, use the right one and put the left one on the table beside your plate. * Fried pickles - can you do a video on how to make them? It sound tasty... :-) ... I do deep fry my french fries. On the other hand, I make them from fresh potatoes... ;-) * Using the microwave... the reason why it's called bad is because sometimes, stuff feels hot but didn't get heated all the way through. Thus, there might be pockets in there that didn't get enough heat to kill all the germs. The reason why it's called good for you is, since it heats stuff really quickly, less vitamins break down. * winter clothing. If you don't care about the looks that much, I got a jacket for 40 Euros that I wore over a T-Shirt at -10C last week. I got it at Metro a year or so ago, it's Hi-Viz Yellow, the same thing truckers and emergency workers wear... you won't get overlooked in that one. Also, you might want to look at marine/sailing wear. That stuff is almost indestructible and the offshore cold weather gear is REALLY warm. It's supposed to keep you warm while getting sprayed with salt water at sub-zero temperatures... it's expensive, though. ;-) Whoa.. long comment. :-)
Microwaves are not bad. Movement of atoms is heat, heat is movement of atoms. The frequence of the microwave generates movement of Hydrogens bonds. They start to swing, it gets warm. Yes, the microwaves itself are not healthy but you don't come in contact with them. When it is running they are caged in by the net in the door. When it is not running, they do not stay in the food. It is not like nuclear radiation. The disadvantage of the microwave is that the food is not heated up equally because the waves have fixed spots where they appear. That is why you have a rotating plate in it. But if it is food you can stirr, it is OK. Just stirr more often. All things that contain water are great for heating up because the micorwaves are working very good with it, because of the hydrogen in the water. For small portions or for defrosting a mircorwave can be better. My grandmother is even cooking potatos in the micorwave now. For two potatos with a little bit of water it works fine. And she is really picky with potatoes. It is like with any other tool. For some tasks it is better than for others.
Microwave... only the Esos believe that the waves are bad... "destroying" the "energy of the food... I have a small one and do not use it very often but it has its purpose. A downside is some foods aren't as good to heat up with it, I'd never warm up a bread-dish with it, or only for 10 seconds or so. Another downside probably is that it does not heat the food uniformly and that means you have to stir it from time to time or it might not be as save as a oven which dows heat the food more uniformly... IMO of course :P
There are a number of things in the global, human consciousness that don't make a lot of sense to me and one of them is car ownership. It seems to me, if a car costs a lot of money to _own,_ it shouldn't be the kind of car that you have to constantly worry about incurring expensive damage. If it costs $100,000 to _buy,_ it should be practically _impossible_ to _scratch_ or its scratches should be fairly cheap and quick to _repair_ so you don't have to _worry_ about what might _happen_ to it when your _back_ is turned.
The table etiquette drives me nuts. I'm American, Hubby is German. I received so many pops on the hand for having both hands on the table when I was a little girl. Now, I feel like a barbarian with both hands on the table. Lol aaahhhh childhood trauma😄.
Where I live I was taught that it's impolite to have your elbows on the table, but otherwise hands were okay. I guess it's okay to have your hand under the table too. I'm from Finland.
here my 5 cent of thoughts XD eating, even when people don't have their food: this is still yet more a thing, that happens in restaurants and it is absolut legit. It is also in the ettiquet guide, to do it. So it would be fine there. But at home or by friends, it makes no sense to eat like that. Cars: when you live in cities it makes sense to use more the trains, busses, bikes or your own feet. Living outside in villages, it is absolut different. But ALSO there is this kind of mindset: oh, this is just 5miles far away? this is nothing. I walk this without any complains. And yes, when I do that in USA all my friends call me weird and asked me, why I don't use uber. Well....I still can walk! I really love your list. In some points I absolut agree and in somes it is depending of where you live or for what you need it.
I am German and I am so visually impaired that I am not allowed to drive cars or anything. I never felt the need to be sad about this, because everything is in walking distance and there are so many busses, trains and stuff like that. I would feel really disabled if I lived in the USA, but here I can live normally.
Starting your food separately on an American dinner table sounds strange to me if you have in mind all those American movies where the family does a table prayer prior to start eating.
I was taught to cut my food with my fork in my left hand and knife in my right hand. Then put the knife down, switch my fork to my right hand to bring the food to my mouth....left hand into my lap.
Good Point, I have not thought of that. In my experience, people from the USA first cut all of their food and then put the knife to the side and eat like my toddler, when he’s too lazy to use fork and knife. While we have been brought up to have the utensils in our hands all the time.
Ausgezeichnet!! Ok then, I love it! But was Germany just out of the blue or was there anything leading you there? I just fell on it and love it. Cant be any more racist than the U.S.A.
One thing about eating less when you get older: As the body gets older it needs less food. So it fits your observation: You eat a bit less, which is just that bit less you body needs when you get older, so your weight sticks.
You don't need a microwave but microwaves are not harmful. They only let the molecules swing in your food which creates heat and the food gets warm. What you should avoid is standing in front of it when it's turned on because you don't want the molecules in your body start swinging and getting hot :P other than that microwaves are saving you energy and time. Did y'all know you can cook potatoes and other vegetables in it?! My mind was blown away when I found out after 27 years being on this planet 😂
NEVER cut your food first, put away the knife, move the fork to your "eating hand" and put the other hand in your lap! It will be considered to be very, VERY uncultivated in Europe. At least in "cultivated circles"! You always eat with fork AND knife, even sandwiches. Well - don't overdo it with being "cultivated"!😂 Respect for not having a car! I can't. I'd like to. But in my area...VERY rural! Public transport is rare and sloooow!🐌
Yeah... it honestly depends on your location. I told Mike if we move further outside of the city (1 hour)- I will most likely get a car because the money I would be saving on rent... I would spend on a car... but knowng me- I would get the cheapest lease that there is
@@HayleyAlexis Cars certainly are a problem. Either you get a newer one, then you'll have to take up money for a loan or you buy an old one, then you are more under it or in a garage than you drive it!😂 If you can be without - it is a kind of luxury - although I really like driving, but always with a little bit of bad conscience, a tiny bit!🙄😂
Feel the microwave one. Got mine for like 5 years or so now, have used it maybe twice, no f-ing clue I have it. Even worse with the deep fryer, don't think I ever actually fired that thing up. Speaking of which - _deep fried cheesecake??_ Sounds like it will taste pretty good but would give me an instant heart attack lmao
I mean it probably would BUT it’s still delicious 🤤 I used my air fryer every day but I also had a deep fryer or maybe used it 3 times in sommer to make French fries 🍟
@@MegaSim3 I purchased it for frying chicken and it’s amazing. I like the smaller ones more than the big ones (storage issues) but the bigger ones can cook more
😅😖 Like I said "I am not Germanized yet"... It is so strange to me as a bio-Floridian to have underwear that are thick and long underneath your clothing 😅😆
The issue with eating out and ordering in (as opposed to cooking at home) is portion size - they put way too much food in front of you and you eat it all because you paid for it. Every visitor to the US first notices how many fat people there are, and then they order food and see how insane the portions are and it all makes sense.
About not losing weight Have you tried intermittent fasting? It seems to be working for me. I try to not eat anything until 4pm and then as much as I want sometimes right before going to bed (which is stupid to be fair since trying to sleep with a full stomach ain't easy). It's impossible to keep that up during corona though so I try to at least wait until after 12pm before I eat anything and then try to stop earlier. In 4 weeks of Krankenpflege Praktikum (not going to look up what word to use for Praktikum) I managed to lose 5 kg and get back below 100kg. And stayed there.
I literally don't eat until 6pm each day.... and I really don't eat that much... Even Mike says he is confused as to why I am gaining weight because I have cut back on dairy, I don't drink sodas as often as I used to... I don't eat out that often due to most restaurants being closed.... and yet... here we are.... I just need the gyms to open up ASAP because that is seriously the only way for me to keep my weight under control
@@HayleyAlexis I think you can also gain weight because your metabolism is slow ... or because of not eating enough for some time and then eating more than you need for a while again. And then there's the problem that what we feel we do and what we actually do is not always the same. I'm gaining weight all the time, too, although I thought I didn't eat that much. Then I started tracking my calories and ... well ... I found out that don't eat much during meals, but I snack way too much. Surprise, surprise! Intermittent fasting helps me to cut down on my snacking, but I still have to watch my calorie intake (and still eat enough, because eating too little is not good for you either). I'm not very motivated to do very much about it at the moment, so I look like a teddy bear right now, but I hope it will get better when spring comes.
Point 2: What is that supposed to mean? Eat from the crotch/lap? I do not get it. Would it be possible for you to explain this in a little more detail? And what you mean by not eating with your hands anymore. In Germany one is e.g. French fries with your hands too. Sometimes
Microwave devices are not dangerous. First, microwaves cannot escape the device, because it works like a Faraday cage. Second, considering their impact range, in a distance of 30 cm from the device microwaves have already lost 90% of their impact. And their frequency lies between radio waves and infrared waves. They stimulate the movement of water particles in food and by this way heat it up. They are very different from X-rays or nuclear radiation, who can destroy tissues. Nonetheless, don’t put your cat into the microwave, unless you like her juicy and tender.
Do you think that having your hands in your lap while at the dinner table is proper etiquette? I personally do not do it anymore but don't mind seeing it when in the USA- I still do it sometimes when my hands are extremely cold (I am cursed with cold hands)😅The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: skl.sh/hayleyalexis02211
We grew up not being allowed to have our elbows on the table so yeah you just put your hands in your lap.
Yep! Me too....
I'm from Nigerian is not a norm for us. but you don't talk while eating hahaahhah
no speaking?!?!??! I am the queen of speaking at dinner
@@georgiawillis5787 I also grew about with not being allowed to put the elbow on the table but also you are not allowed to put the hand in your lap when you eat. But you also use both hands most of the time for eating in Europe.
People who said using a microwave is unhealthy have now switched to complain about 5G
Yeah... I am tired of seeing the 5g posts...
I wish, we had 5G...
I wish I had LTE -___-
@@HayleyAlexis You know that you're in Germany if you don't even have LTE. 😆
@global4express I could walk on my street from 1 side to the other... go from 2 bars LTE... to 3g 😅😐
Please don't stop speaking with your hands. That's a talent.
The funny thing is: I watch your videos also because of that fiddeling. I do some studies to Embodied cognition and you have such a natural, authentic way of explaining feelings and thoughts with gestures. Don't stop that. I've even given a seminar lecture in which I compared two videos of you with two other videos.
😭 Yeah I sometimes get aa lot of comments from people telling me it's annoying.... 😅I love speaking with my hands- it adds more character to what I am trying to say
I agree. I also use my hands a lot since I lived in Italy for some years and I know there are people that feel bothered by it, but I feel complete when I use my hands.
wow....I never thought people are or would be bothered by it...I can’t help it. It‘s such a part of how I think and speak.
I'm german and I'm often told I have an "italian way of speaking" because of using my hands and arms a lot. A friend used to say "If someone would put you in handcuffs, you would be silent." I never considered it a bad thing, it's just the way I am!
Since moving to Poland from Nigeria I have realized how loud I talk and I'm working speaking in a low tone.
XD i can relate my mother is from thailand
and when she talks to here friends its just a fight who can talk the loudest ITS SO DAM LOUD
....I still speak at an extremely loud level...it is horrible
Hey, Totally relatable. My recent Video posted, I had to pause and ask myself why I was shouting.😂😂😂😂😂😂 I think it’s mostly a black, Latina and Asian thing. Europeans not so much.
I hope you have a good time in Poland. Greets from a polish girl from Germany :)
@@HayleyAlexis You have no Idea. My family gatherings while they are nice, they make me headaches from the noise level. We are all trying to be more heard all the time....it's horrible .
'"Lamborghini" is in fact pronounced like you did it first - with a g like in "give" - NOT "Lambor-jeanny" 😀 That's what the h behind the g is for - to make sure the g is spoken like in "give". Usually you have to pronounce an Italien g before an e or i like the j in "jive" but to keep it a g like in "give" they add an h. Same with "ghetto" and "spaghetti" 😘
spaschettiii :-D
In Mexico my family was the same, the European way, we'd wait until we all can start eating at the same time, and it is considered polite
Omg the car point. Girl.
My family has been bothing me for 10 years now that I should finally get my drivers license done so I can get around "easier" where as I literally have 2 busses and 3 subways driving within a 5min walking radius from my apartment.
Im like an 8 min drive away from the main city center.
It took me around 20 min to get to my work before Coroni happened.
I have 2 stores within a 10min walk here .. the fuck do I need a car for. To spend half an hour looking for a parking spot??
My ticket is 60€ a month. Show me a car with all insurances and gas that comes even close so that.
anddddd if you can ride a bike...It would be cheaper to buy one than a yearly ticket for the public transportation center....
I constantly get asked about a car and I just think to myself... why?!
My family gifted me a trailer for my bicycle... I will never get my driver licence now.
It's like that in cities here in the U.S. I've been terrified for several reasons that all include car accidents, and I've stood by not "keeping up with the Jones's". I'm not here to impress anyone. I'm here to STAY ALIVE lol!!!
Shortly after I made my driver license I moved to a city where I always used public transport and the bike, too. But then I moved back and I was very glad that I could immediately drive instead of having to make my driver license here. And I am doubly glad now that in time of Corona I am not forced to use public transport.
Having a driver license doesn't mean that you have to use it, but having the freedom to do so is great.
@@swanpride My parents say the same but what point is there of making one and not driving for years.
I wont be making any experiences in it and by the time I will maybe someday in future have the need to take the car I wont know how any of that works anymore anyways. 🤷🏻♀
Like Im 28. I havent had the need for a car in 28 years and I moved 3 times already.
You can always check what public transportation options you have before you make the decision to move somewhere.
Weird, I'm always suspicious in westerns and action movies when someone is eating and has a hand under the table and always assume they point a gun at someone. Turns out it's just polite in the US? I never knew!
hehe, kinda an obvious joke here that I won't state out loud :)
Just what I thought 😂
I would take it with a grain of salt. The U.S is huge and multicultural. etiquette might even be different in different states. In NYC, if you have manners you never put your hand under the table. Now im wondering if thats just an NYC thing.
My first and biggest culture shock as a German happened only hours after my arrival to the US (ID): my hostfamily took me out to have pizza which, of course, I started to eat using silverware - knife in my right hand, fork in my left. After only a few minutes I was told to eat that pizza with my hands instead and to rest the other arm on my lap. Then I noticed I was being stared at by almost all in that place. My hostmom said to the other guests "he is not an alien, he's our new exchange student from Germany".
I've seen lots of Germans eating their burgers with silverware at the more fancier places like "Hans im Glück" and others. However, this "etiquette" has a more practical reason to it - it may look embarassing to have the sauce running down the sleeves.
Pizza and Burgers are functional food! I wouldn't even order them to eat inside a fancy place, when the whole point is to be able eat them without a plate and silverware. Didn't they had something like black risotto with some sort of fish or scampi or something else ?
Also I would have never put my hand on my crotch no matter what they consider good manners. It's like not helping your girl into her jacket. It would be crazy.
I once eat my pizza with silverware in the US, too...but it was a pizza hut attached to a sheraton, so I guess it was okay. My bigger gaffe was to order the wrong size. I was really hungry, and I had forgotten that in the US everything is bigger...the guy who took my order looked as if I was crazy. But then, I was hungry enough that I nearly managed the whole thing.
Bro my host mom took me on a ride for 2 and half hours to another state to show me her favorite steak house... not gonna lie i was near starvation
@@TremereTT The chain "Hans im Glück" which he is talking about only has Burgers in their menu for their main course. Meat burgers, Veggie Burgers and Vegan Burgers and they are so big that they have like a stick in their middle so they don't fall apart. Some people manage to eat them with their hands, some look afterwards like there was a fight - so they rather use silverware.
I think eating pizza with a knife and fork is very german. We were stared at in Italy when we did this. They consider Pizza fingerfood or food on the go so they always eat them with their hands. I now, even in Germany, always eat pizza with my hands. So much tastier and easier to eat!
If you buy cheap, you buy twice. At least. 💰
Yes... I have been learning this over time.... I have stopped buying cheap stuff (or at least cut back)
One shouldn't be afraid of buying good products at a cheap price. You can buy something that's really good for a cheap price. I bought an Anker battery pack and it's originally $50. I bought it for $25. I've had this pack for 15 years and it's still like brand new. It's only cheaply made products that you buy twice.
Well I think that is a "sale" which isn't horrible...but a lot of "already" cheap items purchased from non-reliable brands can equate to horrible quality products... often
My dad told me that his boss in early 70th always said: iam not rich enough to by cheap tools.
In German where are two words for cheap, "billig" and "günstig"
The Problem is, they are used like meaning the same thing, but if you speak very exactly (and even Germans often dont do so) the meaning is different...
Billig means produced for as less money as possible, even replace Metal parts by plastic parts if it still works.... F* on quality, just get the price down.
Günstig means:"good quality product worth even more than the price asked for. Like things on" "Sale" and stuff.
The saying "Wer billig kauft, kauft zweimal" means what cheap stuff (billiger) breaks more often, needs to be replaced faster so in the end you have more costs.
It does not warn to buy cheap stuff if it means "Schnäppchen" like buying the top Brand thing on a 20yr celebration sale of the local störe for 50€ instead of 100€.... It's always better to buy "günstig" than expensive as you cant spent every coin only once.
Microwaved food simply does not taste as good as toasted, backed in the oven or fried in a pan.
But there are no health issues. There never were, but you cannot remove false information from the net.
From a Swiss perspective: I find it extremely rude to start eating before everyone has their food. Especially in a Restaurant. Unless the others at the table tell you to go ahead, but even then I don't feel comfortable doing it. And how does one even eat with just one hand? Do you not use both utensils? do you not cut your meat? use the knife to move food on the fork? I got rid of my microwave because I was only using it for popcorn... nothing else tastes good out of a microwave. Winter clothes are the most important thing to invest in. Hands down.
The way I speak English has changed. I’ve only been here for 4 years but when I go back home, all my friends and family tell me I speak differently, and that I pronounce things strangely 😂 funny how language, even your own mother tongue, changes depending who and what is around you
I am also sooo happy I don’t have a car here! So much hassle and worrying about parking and I live in center Köln so it’s just not necessary
My mom makes fun of me when I am home... I sometimes say "automobile" (or auto) instead of car- ALL THE TIME 😅 With the car.... We live outside of the city (seriously 40+ minutes with the sbahn) and we still can NOT FIND A PARKING SPOT sometimes
That is exactly what happened to me as well. After speaking English only for one year I used to talk German with English grammar (z.B. Verb nach vorne statt an das Ende des Satzes)
feel you. my GF is lithuanian and we speak only english at home, at work i speak only to swiss clients, german is only used irregular or on small talk/shopping.
So my German degraded, my gf went from hardcore geek to getting corrected constantly in lithuanian too.
Languages are hard :'D
i have always felt that good manners is used to make your guests feel comfortable, unfortunately many people used etiquette as a weapon and to shame those who do not live up to their preferences, i have no patience for those people
That is a healthy way to approach manners.
I used to live in Germany, now I air the house out in the morning. It’s a must.
I feel ya with not driving around. I do enjoy driving around back in the USA but the German streets are too narrow and parking can be an expensive, painful experience.
One time Mike and I paid 11€ for 3-4 hours in Munich..... lol
The thing that has since most changed about me living in Deutschland is My fashion. I have no colors in my wardrobe, everything is all black.
Me too 😆or at least neutrals... I have never been so "plain" in my life before 😂
Black is a color, I call it "Dunkelbunt"
shouldn't it be grey to fit with the weather? prhps a fresh mouse grey?
@@AlexanderGoeres It’s fit for the weather, the context of speech here is the sense of fashion. I love Germans, and everything they are and have, fashion isn’t one of those.😄
@@AlexanderGoeres Or a lively stone grey? Loriot lässt grüssen :D
I'm South African and we're taught to wait until everyone has their food before we start eating, and also "no elbows on the table". Weird :)
I am a German living in Sweden and the things I stopped doing are:
-starting random discussions about everything
-Googling everything trying to prove that I’m right
-doing things “out of principle” and judging others
-I have gotten more careful about what I say that could be perceived negative, or when my partner does something that annoys me to not do like a 2 second burst out but stay very calm (it’s so fucking hard haha)
-stopped wearing Adidas jogging pants outside (in Berlin completely normal but in Sweden a fashion disaster hahaha)
Maybe it’s not “German” things that I stopped but I definitely noticed among my family, friends and other German expats the same traits and the complaining/negativity on a daily basis annoys the heck out of me by now too 😂
Always good to get an insight into a new culture so you can pick the best of both worlds!
I think those ARE German traits ... and exactly the reasons why my husband gets mad at me (I'm German, he's Swiss). Well, except the jogging pants thing. It was not really normal where I grew up in Germany, must be a Berlin thing.
Wearing sweatpants/ Jogginghosen outside is a fashion faux pas in Germany too. Harz4-Style. Ich möchte dazu Karl Lagerfeld zitieren: „Wer eine Jogginghose trägt, hat die Kontrolle über sein Leben verloren“
Fabian Falatyk yeah but I’m from Berlin and I can tell you here it’s fashionable 😛
@@fabianf4626 Karl Lagerfeld is not really a great authority on anything to be honest. And unironically repeating the words of a filthy rich person who made millions by making ridiculous clothes, to bash on poor people reeks of classicism.
I bought my first car at age 29. If you're in a city there's just no need for a car. Öffi-Ticket is 50-60EUR per month, a car (with insurance, taxes, gas and maintainance) easily over 200EUR. You could get a Moped/Roller though, they're a lot more affordable and great for grocery runs etc.
I am from the southern US. Every time I visit Germany or Europe people want to hear my southern country accent. I now live in the Mid West US. People here like my accent as well, plus they love hearing the word y'all. I am glad to hear you have kept that part of your southern charm. Y'all.
i didn't really believe that people in america put their hand in their lap while eating and that they think it's bad manners to eat with both hands on the table! 😯 but in the comments there were so many that agreed! that was so shocking to me! in the future i think i will pay much more attention to american movies when people eat in the scene.
i heard that the popcorn in movie theaters are salty? is that true? can someone choose sweet popcorn too? and which kind do you prefer?
1000000% salty popcorn and even Mike likes salty popcorns due to being with me 🥰 when I don’t go to the movies with him he still chooses salty. No you can’t get sweet in the USA- I mean it’s not that common. There are some fancy movie theaters that have “kettle popcorn” which is a lot sweeter than the German version.... but I think out of the 10-15 movie theaters in my old county in the USA .... only 2 had that option
Sweet popcorn is a Germany only thing, I think. Even over here in Austria there's no sweet popcorn at theaters and we think it's weird and are not used to the taste.
@@TheFeldhamster I'm german and I prefer salted popcorn.
Hi Hayley, I moved from the USA as well and I agree with you that I do eat differently, lol. Also, I do not have a microwave but I do have an air fryer nor do I have a tumble dryer and I have gotten used to it. I do have a car here in the UK but public transportation is sooooooo good in London and I am definitely thinking of getting rid of it later this year maybe.
I always see a car as an extra expense... or money "wasted" that I could spend on something else- i.e. experiences/trips/FOOD** (most important category)
As an American, it's called manners! I was raised you NEVER start eating until everyone has their food on the table.
Same as a Brit.
When eating out in Australia most people will suggest you start and eat your meal while it is still hot rather than waiting on others, but you wouldn’t just start.
Right? I wad thinking the same. None of these things were unfamiliar to me..maybe it depends on the state youre from
I hear that if you do this in Italy when you are being served home-made pasta, the cook will get mad. Those have to be eaten while freshly hot!
No waiting around, just pasta time.
Lamborghini, spoken with the "hard" g is correct. 👍 Good Job therefore, and no need to correct it! 😉
I live in the U.S. Waiting for everyone to get their meal is pretty commonplace around here. It is considered good manners.
I try as much as I can to also invest in good quality cloths, especially winter ones.Wellensteins are the best. I sweat in them in a -92degress weather.😆
I would say that the only unhealthy thing about a microwave oven is that it makes you lazy.
And a car is a much easier thing to do without in Deutschland than in the US.
Oh 10000% but one thing I did in the USA that was uncommon was... I purchased a $1500 car.... instead of a "nice" car and did not care...I am someone that has no need for fancy cars
Great and interesting video, Hayley.
Hay ley, sehr interessant, was du dir alles abgewöhnt hast!
Mach doch bitte mal ein Vid über die Dinge, du dir angewöhnt hast. so richtig deutsche Sachen..
Rufst du z. B. an der roten Ampel auch "Es ist - rot du Spacken'" wenn einer das rote Männchen ignoriert? Lach!
LG Ben
@@wolfganggeiss636 Mh.. Dirk, oder?
In Hamboach hilft dir einer hoch, du bedankst dich..
Sacht er drauf: 'da nich für.. Nütz jo nix, mutt jo sünn..
😂
Aber mich interessiert wirklich, was Hayley von uns angenommen hat.. Außer: Currywürscht.. XD
Wie ist's grad in Tennessee? LG Ben
OMG, it's SO NICE to get some validation here! My German husband used to think I was so uncultured, but we were taught to not have hands and arms on the table! We got in trouble if we did! And I think that also had a hand in the fact that we only eat with a fork. Otherwise, we've have (GASP!) both arms on the table!
Also, I have never been so damn cold as the first couple of years I was in Munich. I did ask my mom to send me some long johns from the U.S. Hahaha. I have no shame.
The same is true in Germany as uncultivated. You shouldn't rest your bow or elbow on the table while eating, they should be in the air, Or you should always have your knife and fork in your hand, and then hold them up the whole time, and not rest with your elbows on the table and not even if you are only with the fork, your arm, which is free, then dangle under the table.
Hayley I'm so done with this lockdown. The situation where I live is bad. I just wanna go eat out. I haven't been to a restaurat since August 2019
Fried pickles? I had to pause and look them up on YT, but I‘m wondering how big or small you should make them. Any recommendation or preference @Hayley Alexis?
I prefer chips over spears :) so thin circles are my preference
i grew up eating dinner at the same time. We all waited for everyone to have their food. That is not a thing here. i find it odd. I have taught my children as i was taught. The same goes for eating out the servers come and take plates away bit by bit which sometimes leaves one person still eating. I am not a fan of that habit. That did not happen in Greece.
*Oh I forgot to mention that as well but had it written down in my notes* This is something that also bothers me THE MOST in the USA...when people come and take your plates away while other people are still eating.... OH MY GOSH I could scream. It is very rude in my opinion to interrupt people while they are eating :/
It should be a normal habbit. Especial the person who had the work with buying, cooking and cleaning is not sitting at the table.
In Germany and probably in Europe we have different cuterly signs. If you have finished your meal you put the knife and fork or spoon like the clock position 20 minutes past 4 and the waiter knows he can clean up. If you wanna eat further: 20 minutes to 4. There was a german "Who wants to be a millionaire?" winner, 1mio € question "What is the waiter position?" He worked earlier days as a waiter.😁
A good waiter would not take the plate if one guest has not finished eating.
@@HayleyAlexis Except if someone wants their plate to be taken. I had a friend that did not like to have her dirty plate sitting in front of her once she was done eating. I don't find that a problem at all.
Definitely your favorite word, y'all
I was happy to hear that you did your research on the microwave topic :-)
I usually do.... and I am always shocked at how stupid and gullible I am
All the time I am in the USA I stop speaking German. How about that? Or eating proper bread? But never stop having drinks with no ice. (Have to remember to ask for leaving it off every time at the start of a journey. I once p/o-ed a flight attendant when I simply poured the ice back into their container! 😧
Smart decision on car , love ur videos !!! Thank you ❤️big hug ..TX
Such a fun video! I would love a video about hiw u r making fried pickles. I LOVE them! ♥️♥️♥️
I have one planned!!
Microwave has nothing to do with radiation, it is not an atomic microwave and is healthy. The microwave works like a loudspeaker only with a very high frequency so the food is set in vibration, which again means friction and thus generates heat.
.....wow......I really have no idea how stuff works.....
@@HayleyAlexis Well a loudspeaker use air as a medium, hence the membrane. Microwaves are electromagnetic they care the medium with them....The wavelength of microwaves is calibrated to be absorbed by Hydrogen atoms...and water has two of them.... so microwaves pass throu most of your food but the water. It heats the water inside your food. That's why you don't put old pizza in your microwave , because after that it tastes like old cooked pizza. For pizza and most food made of dough you use a hot air oven to make it hot again.
I can drive, do it sometimes on holiday, but never owned a car. Like you, i don't need it. I live in a city, can go by bike, on foot, or public transport to go anywhere anytime.
We have the microwave only to warm up the quick rice or noodles, sometimes a microwave dinner, but that's all, we like fresh cooking 😇
Microwave is really good at de-thawing frozen veggies. Which can be more fresh than "fresh" ones and don't go stale/bad as easily. Eg. we never manage to eat a whole head of broccoli before some of it goes bad (we're only a couple, not a big family). Frozen broccoli florets are great! Same for other frozen plain veggies. Iglo freezes them within a couple hours after being plucked, usually faster than they even arrive at a store when fresh.
Vorwerk agent trying to sell a kitchen device.
"...and this Thermomix can do all your food. You put all in here and choose the program and it will do anything alone"
Hayley: "Where is the fry button?"
Of course you'd eat with your hand in your lap because for some reason Americans seem to have a real problem with using a knife and fork at the same time.
Funny ...I learned the total opposite about the "useless hand" while eating ...it was totally against good table manners to have the hand in your lap where nobody can see it..it had to be aside the plate .. but no ellbows on the table never ever at no time...Having the hand in your lap was/is seen as very unpolite and especially back then was seen as very suspicious (what is he/she doing with his hand down there?..hiding a weapon? Is he an conspirator? ...Or.....Is that well known lecher doing approximatelly sexual stuff? The woman/man next to him/her seems looking very uncomfortable/or very in pleasure....and just to prevent such thoughts by the others the hand was/is on the table.)
Well the table manners in the German speaking area are a mixture of aristocratic table manners of France and Russia by the way which goes back to baroque times (17th century)..where those aristocratical dinners where very huge and pretentious and every course meaning the food which was brought on the table was presented as an artificial sculpture or painting.
About starting eating while the others are still waiting for the food is a matter of the actual situation. But it is a sign of manners to ask the others if they don´t mind when you start to eat to prevent that the food gets cold.
In high class restaurants and also in well-run restaurants which are not "high class" but with good reputation the food usually will be served for all at the same time anyway.
I learned that neither „dirty hands“ nor elbows are allowed on the table while there is food on the plates.
Also to wait for all the food to arrive, when it’s up to six people at the table and just start eating, when it’s more.
In my experience around ten people seems to be a „natural limit“ of food arriving at the same time - even in one or two star restaurants.
@@jennyh4025 I'm pretty sure your Knigge would have told you to keep the hands on the table and the ellbows off the table.
@@jennyh4025 The limit for 1 waiter (speaking of a true professional) is usually 6 plates on the "big tableau" called "Schlitten" UNLESS the plates are high /soup-plates then he can pile up in "pyramid-style" till 12 plates on one Schlitten..which is almost a circus act to deliver proofing the waiter is well trained respectively a "true professional"....
I worked decades ago as a waiter therefore I know because our staff including me did...And by more than 6 guests on one table we served food with 2 or 3 waiters depending on the amount of guests on the table anyway in order to serve the food at the same time..just saying.
But for such an approach the restaurant has to have enough staff of course meaning "trained professionals" and not "randomly hired people without qualification"" who barly can handle more than 2 plates with both hands and is unable to go with the big tableau on his shoulder respectively can´t handle any tableau properly....which I admit some restaurants do.
A professional can handle minimum 4 plates in one hand including with his forearm (= 2 plates overlapped with your hand using thumb + 3 fingers - with big hands/long fingers even one plate more - 1 plate on the wrist holding in balance with the free pinky and 1 plate on the forearm) and a 5th or 6th one in the other hand..
And with "dirty hands" you are not allowed to sit on the table anyway.
@@michaelgrabner8977 I‘ve only been to high class restaurants for company Christmas parties, so there were usually seven or eight big tables and we had two waiters per table at the same time. And one table had their food at the same time, but they didn’t have enough staff to have all tables in the room plus the „normal guests“ served at the same time.
Did you see the quotation marks for my „dirty hands“? I put them there for a reason, because even washed hands were considered dirty in some places about a 120 years ago, when my great grandma (who used to say this, when she had us sitting there at the table with a paper under the arms, trying to eat with way too big - literal - silverware) was a child.
@@jennyh4025 When the whole table gets the food at the same time then everything was all right...and there was nothing to complain.
And when - as you said - even "washed hands" are considered as dirty then when are the hands considered as "clean"? Never, right?..then you had to wear gloves ..which by the way was standard for waiters/house servants as well 120 years ago...even today in very prestigous awarded with multiple "Hauben-" and "stars- " (which is different) restaurants as well.
Speakers are trained to use hand gestures, to keep listeners engaged, with what you're saying.
I grew up waiting on every one to be seated and food in front of them before we all start eating even when eating out. I thought that was what everyone did. It is considered rude to eat before anyone else.
people gain weight in the US typically because one or more of the following three reasons: 1 they eat when they're bored, 2 they dont drink enough water and confuse thirst with hunger, and/or 3 they restrict their food intake too much trying to lose weight and the body reacts by slowing their metabolism so when they lapse and binge then the body stores more of the food as fat compared to if they hadn't been on a "diet" in the first place.
While this definitely being true, these are not very typically "American" behaviours, I think. It's the same all over the world.
But something that I consider quite "American" is emotional eating. You see this so often in American TV shows and movies. When there's a break-up or something bad happened, they always get out the ice-cream and start bingeing. It's a mindset that has also taken over in Europe now. Understandable, but not very healthy and doesn't help in order to develop a good relationship with food.
here is one thing i stopped doing here in the South of the US: i stopped eating real bread! i just can't find any... after living in the US full time since 98 i still use both hands to eat, and my american wife still cuts up everything first... we are both fine. the one thing that does bother me is not eating at the same time. My in-laws call: you wanna come over and eat? sure! so i walk across the street and they have both already eaten... it is a weird place!
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 the eating before everyone else really gets me in the USA.... it’s something that (no matter rich or poor) tends to always happen. Plus I feel like the idiot that waits for people to get their food first and then no one waits for me 😆
Are burglaries more common in the US? I always hear people from America being very paranoid regarding that stuff, meanwhile I've never even heard of someone in my friend group having their house broken into, and nobody's particularily worried about it either. At least that's my observation from living in a small town in Bavaria.
They happen often.... 😅 and no one is really safe. I know people who have million dollar homes and have been robbed.... I used to live in an apartment complex.... and rode a bike to work because I worked about .5 miles away from my job.... one day I had to use the restroom so I rode my bike back home and literally was gone for maybe 7 minutes Max..... my bike was gone 🙃 it was literally at my front door in my apartment complex 😅
I stopped driving. I didnt see the need of driving in Switzerland or Germany. EVERYTHING was so damn close. I had 2 doctors and my German school was far away, but that's why we have public transportation. It's cheaper to buy an UAbo (in Switzerland. I don't remember what it was called in Germany).
I used to not have a microwave, but once I became a mom I needed a way to quickly reheat my food or coffee.
I noticed the lack of microwaves in Germany and especially with lockdown and cooking at home I must ask - how do you...sorry: y'all heat up the leftovers? When I cook at home in Germany - 29 days per month - there are always leftovers. I'm not gonna eat cold Auflauf.
Eating out in the USA - true - I ate out 2, sometimes 3 times per day. There was a Thai restaurant where I worked and the same owner had a Thai restaurant where I lived. He'd often see me show up for lunch and then for dinner at his 2 restaurants. I would be ashamed but his Thai food was freaking excellent.
I have an oven with an integrated microwave. It's convenient for reheating pasta or similar dishes, but as soon as you want something crispy the microwave is no help at all. So I don't use it often.
But that's what makes the integrated MW so great. First you halve the cooking time with the MW, then you turn it crispy with the oven/grill function. That's why probably half the microwaves sold nowadays have at least a grill function in addition to the MW.
@@TheFeldhamster The oven does have some programs that combine MW and oven. I've tried it a couple of times, but I'm so used to baking and cooking without it I constantly forget it's an option and arrange food and dough in metal casseroles - and in these cases I can't use that MW support.
Good vlog. interesting themes,good analysis.Außer Hähnchen,Burger oder Spareribs ißt man in Deutschland eigentlich nix ohne Besreck.
If you need no car in your hometown or for work, you´re right not to spend money in getting a driving license.
Better in good food or vacation, if it´s possible.keep it up and stay safe
Falsch! Weißwurst zuzeln funktioniert auch ohne Besteck.
Yeah- unless I get a job that is 1 hour away and requires me to drive... I won't get a car (unless I become filthy rich because a long lost uncle of mine was a rich African prince and left me millions in his will)
@@HayleyAlexis nice humor.
@@wernerruf7761 ok.Mag ich eh nicht.
I like your Yankeee Candle - have the Christmas one too...
it smells so amazing... I just purchased it because it was on sale
Jaa! I love when you say that in between!!
Investing in your teeth instead in a car, what a wise decision! And again: your mimic!! 😂😂🤪🤪😉👍
I'm really not a conceited person. But I also have to confess that I, as a European, when watching Americans eating, I mostly feel - please, forgive me this "Star Trek" comparison - like a Vulcan staring unbelieving at a horde of Klingons during their feeding time. 😂 I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but that's my reaction.
I'd like to add a point, you didn't mention. It might not concern you, as a woman, in the first place, but:
Tuxedos on a wedding!!! I've seen so many Hollywood movies showing grooms and guests wearing tuxidos in the afternoon or even before midday (!!!).
There's a reason why the Brits call those suits "dinner jackets". They are not supposed to be worn before 6 pm.
Even a diving suit or a knight's amour would be more appropriate than a tuxedo.
On a wedding a man should go for a morning coat aka. cutaway or a Stresemann, or, if the bridegroom himself doesn't wear one of them, a dark three-piece suit with a long tie. 🙂
Maybe try the Wim Hof method - saves you the expensive winter clothing, haha.
....he is 61... holy crap.. good for him
i since love this video
I did use my microwave regularly, but since it is terribly ugly I banished it to the basement. Turns out, I can do well without.
Microwaving isn't unhealthy. But most food isn't very good if it has been microwaved. It often ruins texture and taste due to its uneven heating.
Thats so interesting! You got in trouble for NOT putting your hand on the table? I grew up in in the U.S but i got in trouble if i ever had my hand under the table. Had to keep both wrists on the table, NEVER elbows though.
Microwaves are not harmful. A defective microwave oven could harm you, so just don stay to close. If you are afraid of microwaves you MUST power down you WifI, because Wifi (here the most used 2.4GHz Band) is at exactly the same frequency as your microwave oven (2450 MHz or 2.45GHz) even 3G uses Bands around 2GHz and above the same goes for all modern wireless communication.
Actually microwaved veggies keep more nutrients vs boiling! Also exercise is less because of lockdown.
Y'all, y'all, y'all, y'all...
First observation, starting to comment... :-)
* Yes, everyone starts to eat because of manners. If you're in a restaurant and food arrives at different times, you can ask your mates if you can start before it gets cold. A good restaurant will time the food order so everything arrives at the same (or nearly the same) time and everyone can start eating without waiting for someone.
* "eating with your crotch". I was trained as a kid, when eating something that only requires one hand, use the right one and put the left one on the table beside your plate.
* Fried pickles - can you do a video on how to make them? It sound tasty... :-) ... I do deep fry my french fries. On the other hand, I make them from fresh potatoes... ;-)
* Using the microwave... the reason why it's called bad is because sometimes, stuff feels hot but didn't get heated all the way through. Thus, there might be pockets in there that didn't get enough heat to kill all the germs. The reason why it's called good for you is, since it heats stuff really quickly, less vitamins break down.
* winter clothing. If you don't care about the looks that much, I got a jacket for 40 Euros that I wore over a T-Shirt at -10C last week. I got it at Metro a year or so ago, it's Hi-Viz Yellow, the same thing truckers and emergency workers wear... you won't get overlooked in that one. Also, you might want to look at marine/sailing wear. That stuff is almost indestructible and the offshore cold weather gear is REALLY warm. It's supposed to keep you warm while getting sprayed with salt water at sub-zero temperatures... it's expensive, though. ;-)
Whoa.. long comment. :-)
Microwaves are not bad.
Movement of atoms is heat, heat is movement of atoms.
The frequence of the microwave generates movement of Hydrogens bonds. They start to swing, it gets warm.
Yes, the microwaves itself are not healthy but you don't come in contact with them. When it is running they are caged in by the net in the door.
When it is not running, they do not stay in the food. It is not like nuclear radiation.
The disadvantage of the microwave is that the food is not heated up equally because the waves have fixed spots where they appear. That is why you have a rotating plate in it.
But if it is food you can stirr, it is OK. Just stirr more often.
All things that contain water are great for heating up because the micorwaves are working very good with it, because of the hydrogen in the water.
For small portions or for defrosting a mircorwave can be better. My grandmother is even cooking potatos in the micorwave now. For two potatos with a little bit of water it works fine.
And she is really picky with potatoes.
It is like with any other tool. For some tasks it is better than for others.
I'm German and at least in my family everybody always started eating as soon as they got their food. :D
I'm opposed to a pink Lamborghini! If you ever had to sell it you would have to paint it. Retail red is your best bet.
I wouldn't sell it.... EVER
Microwave... only the Esos believe that the waves are bad... "destroying" the "energy of the food... I have a small one and do not use it very often but it has its purpose. A downside is some foods aren't as good to heat up with it, I'd never warm up a bread-dish with it, or only for 10 seconds or so. Another downside probably is that it does not heat the food uniformly and that means you have to stir it from time to time or it might not be as save as a oven which dows heat the food more uniformly... IMO of course :P
I love my microwave :D how do you heat up left overs without it?
My toaster and my stove top LOL. I was not joking about using my toaster....I am very savvy when it comes to using my appliance
There are a number of things in the global, human consciousness that don't make a lot of sense to me and one of them is car ownership. It seems to me, if a car costs a lot of money to _own,_ it shouldn't be the kind of car that you have to constantly worry about incurring expensive damage. If it costs $100,000 to _buy,_ it should be practically _impossible_ to _scratch_ or its scratches should be fairly cheap and quick to _repair_ so you don't have to _worry_ about what might _happen_ to it when your _back_ is turned.
The table etiquette drives me nuts. I'm American, Hubby is German. I received so many pops on the hand for having both hands on the table when I was a little girl. Now, I feel like a barbarian with both hands on the table. Lol aaahhhh childhood trauma😄.
Where I live I was taught that it's impolite to have your elbows on the table, but otherwise hands were okay. I guess it's okay to have your hand under the table too. I'm from Finland.
here my 5 cent of thoughts XD
eating, even when people don't have their food: this is still yet more a thing, that happens in restaurants and it is absolut legit. It is also in the ettiquet guide, to do it. So it would be fine there. But at home or by friends, it makes no sense to eat like that.
Cars: when you live in cities it makes sense to use more the trains, busses, bikes or your own feet. Living outside in villages, it is absolut different. But ALSO there is this kind of mindset: oh, this is just 5miles far away? this is nothing. I walk this without any complains.
And yes, when I do that in USA all my friends call me weird and asked me, why I don't use uber. Well....I still can walk!
I really love your list. In some points I absolut agree and in somes it is depending of where you live or for what you need it.
I am German and I am so visually impaired that I am not allowed to drive cars or anything.
I never felt the need to be sad about this, because everything is in walking distance and there are so many busses, trains and stuff like that. I would feel really disabled if I lived in the USA, but here I can live normally.
Starting your food separately on an American dinner table sounds strange to me if you have in mind all those American movies where the family does a table prayer prior to start eating.
Difference between movie and reality ;-) Also, in the movies they always cook by themselves.
German here and everytime i can use my microwave without any worse results, i'll use it. Even to heat up Glühwein in the Winter.
I was taught to cut my food with my fork in my left hand and knife in my right hand. Then put the knife down, switch my fork to my right hand to bring the food to my mouth....left hand into my lap.
I have almost stopped speaking English (unless I am studying) since moving to a foreign country.
That is awesome... I wish that was me... lol
The 1,50€ for extra guacamole I felt that 😄, when it comes to extras when eating out, I’m rich too 🙈
What about a separate hands cam? They could even get a separate channel later! There've been spin offs with less solid ideas behind them!
It's hard to eat with one hand in the crotch when using knife and fork.
So it can only be done when one is a fork fetishist. :)
Good Point, I have not thought of that. In my experience, people from the USA first cut all of their food and then put the knife to the side and eat like my toddler, when he’s too lazy to use fork and knife.
While we have been brought up to have the utensils in our hands all the time.
you should make a TikTok about things in Germany that are different to the us/ Florida! :)
Yes teeth 🦷 are the best priority
I always had a microwave in Germany as a german. It makes life so much easier.
Breathe dear Hayley please
As an Black American woman, where does your fascination with Germany come from?
I don't think it has anything to do with Germany...it can be any country..... I just chose Germany
Ausgezeichnet!! Ok then, I love it! But was Germany just out of the blue or was there anything leading you there? I just fell on it and love it. Cant be any more racist than the U.S.A.
One thing about eating less when you get older: As the body gets older it needs less food. So it fits your observation: You eat a bit less, which is just that bit less you body needs when you get older, so your weight sticks.
Fried Cheesecake and FRIED PICKLES?!?!?!!!!!!!?!!!
yeah, I even wondered how that works...
@@henningbartels6245 I'm curious too. maybe sort of Tempura style? like with the ridiculous sweet fried Oreos.
Fried W H A T??? 😳
@@tonifischer2421 I also had to google that. I was thinking: "I know the words but that cannot be it!" -- Well, it is! 😁
You don't need a microwave but microwaves are not harmful. They only let the molecules swing in your food which creates heat and the food gets warm. What you should avoid is standing in front of it when it's turned on because you don't want the molecules in your body start swinging and getting hot :P other than that microwaves are saving you energy and time. Did y'all know you can cook potatoes and other vegetables in it?! My mind was blown away when I found out after 27 years being on this planet 😂
NEVER cut your food first, put away the knife, move the fork to your "eating hand" and put the other hand in your lap! It will be considered to be very, VERY uncultivated in Europe. At least in "cultivated circles"! You always eat with fork AND knife, even sandwiches. Well - don't overdo it with being "cultivated"!😂
Respect for not having a car! I can't. I'd like to. But in my area...VERY rural! Public transport is rare and sloooow!🐌
Yeah... it honestly depends on your location. I told Mike if we move further outside of the city (1 hour)- I will most likely get a car because the money I would be saving on rent... I would spend on a car... but knowng me- I would get the cheapest lease that there is
@@HayleyAlexis Cars certainly are a problem. Either you get a newer one, then you'll have to take up money for a loan or you buy an old one, then you are more under it or in a garage than you drive it!😂
If you can be without - it is a kind of luxury - although I really like driving, but always with a little bit of bad conscience, a tiny bit!🙄😂
Its weird, in Germany I was often told as a child to have both hands on the table while eating.
Feel the microwave one. Got mine for like 5 years or so now, have used it maybe twice, no f-ing clue I have it. Even worse with the deep fryer, don't think I ever actually fired that thing up.
Speaking of which - _deep fried cheesecake??_ Sounds like it will taste pretty good but would give me an instant heart attack lmao
I mean it probably would BUT it’s still delicious 🤤 I used my air fryer every day but I also had a deep fryer or maybe used it 3 times in sommer to make French fries 🍟
@@HayleyAlexis ohh, I heard _so_ many good things about air fryers, really tempted to try one out - are they really that much better?
@@MegaSim3 I purchased it for frying chicken and it’s amazing. I like the smaller ones more than the big ones (storage issues) but the bigger ones can cook more
@@HayleyAlexis Thank you very much :D
And a very interesting video, I should mention - I'm sorry, sometimes I don't know where my head is
"im freezing" + "i don't wear warm undergarments" in winter.
spot the error!
(btw: a winter coat @ $20 retail is not a winter coat. it's junk.)
😅😖 Like I said "I am not Germanized yet"... It is so strange to me as a bio-Floridian to have underwear that are thick and long underneath your clothing 😅😆
@@HayleyAlexis Why not wear sweatpants instead of Wollunterhosen?
Hahaha - you are unbelievably cute, Hayley!!! You know why. Stay safe!
Thank you :D You too!!
The issue with eating out and ordering in (as opposed to cooking at home) is portion size - they put way too much food in front of you and you eat it all because you paid for it. Every visitor to the US first notices how many fat people there are, and then they order food and see how insane the portions are and it all makes sense.
Fryed Cheesecake?! OK, i have never heard of that! 😂
It’s seriously amazing 🙈
@@HayleyAlexis Well then. Maybe i DO have to visit the United States at some point... :)
About not losing weight
Have you tried intermittent fasting?
It seems to be working for me. I try to not eat anything until 4pm and then as much as I want sometimes right before going to bed (which is stupid to be fair since trying to sleep with a full stomach ain't easy).
It's impossible to keep that up during corona though so I try to at least wait until after 12pm before I eat anything and then try to stop earlier.
In 4 weeks of Krankenpflege Praktikum (not going to look up what word to use for Praktikum) I managed to lose 5 kg and get back below 100kg. And stayed there.
I literally don't eat until 6pm each day.... and I really don't eat that much... Even Mike says he is confused as to why I am gaining weight because I have cut back on dairy, I don't drink sodas as often as I used to... I don't eat out that often due to most restaurants being closed.... and yet... here we are.... I just need the gyms to open up ASAP because that is seriously the only way for me to keep my weight under control
@@HayleyAlexis okay that's certainly weird.
In that case let's hope this whole thing will be done by summer and good luck with your endeavors.
@@HayleyAlexis I think you can also gain weight because your metabolism is slow ... or because of not eating enough for some time and then eating more than you need for a while again. And then there's the problem that what we feel we do and what we actually do is not always the same. I'm gaining weight all the time, too, although I thought I didn't eat that much. Then I started tracking my calories and ... well ... I found out that don't eat much during meals, but I snack way too much. Surprise, surprise! Intermittent fasting helps me to cut down on my snacking, but I still have to watch my calorie intake (and still eat enough, because eating too little is not good for you either). I'm not very motivated to do very much about it at the moment, so I look like a teddy bear right now, but I hope it will get better when spring comes.
Is this a mild Covid or the flu ?
Point 2: What is that supposed to mean? Eat from the crotch/lap? I do not get it. Would it be possible for you to explain this in a little more detail? And what you mean by not eating with your hands anymore. In Germany one is e.g. French fries with your hands too. Sometimes
Microwave devices are not dangerous. First, microwaves cannot escape the device, because it works like a Faraday cage. Second, considering their impact range, in a distance of 30 cm from the device microwaves have already lost 90% of their impact. And their frequency lies between radio waves and infrared waves. They stimulate the movement of water particles in food and by this way heat it up. They are very different from X-rays or nuclear radiation, who can destroy tissues. Nonetheless, don’t put your cat into the microwave, unless you like her juicy and tender.