yeah, in Italy tap water is "acqua del rubinetto" lit. tap water or sometimes "l'acqua del sindaco" (lit. the water of the Mayor) that basically means "the public water".
As a portuguese, i can tell you right now, 1st our pizzas are not cut at restaurants, and yes the vast majority of us uses cutlery, and we DO NOT put ketchup on it ( we are not barbarians lol )
It totally depends on where you source your pizza... fancy restaurants in Denmark will give you a plate with a pizza on and cutlery... fastfood joints will cut your pizza in slices of 8 and expect you to eat each slice by hand... and im sure you could request ketchup but its usually not something you automatically get on it.
I'm from the UK and our pizza is cut with a pizza roll and we tend to eat pizza with barbaque sauce also some Italian restaurants just leave the pizza for you to cut to your standard
Austrian here. I eat pizza with fork and knife if it's a pizza from a restaurant. Like the pizza in a Italian restaurant is often almost impossible to eat without cutlery because it's so thin. But the random pizza you'd order to your house is normally just eaten by hand. And who the f puts ketchup on pizza... I've never done that or seen someone do that.
In France, pizzas are not cut in slices if you are in a restaurant, and you don't eat with your fingers at a restaurant table. But if you have a pizza deliverd at your home in a box, then it is cut in slices. And you eat it with your fingers....
Yes, I think you are correct. There is a difference between eating in a restaurant or at home. Same in the UK. Restaurant is with a knife and fork, at home fingers. Whichever location we don’t put ketchup and mayonnaise on it.
Same in Germany. Another etiquette thingie is mashing potatoes on the plate and *dramatic music* stirring them with gravy. Totally fine at home, among friends and family, at all ages really, but mortifying for parents of a teenager who "still does that" in a restaurant, hinting at mushed baby food. Hats off upon entry of an establishment unless outdoor seats and weather warrant keeping them on, forearms on the table are fine but no elbows and always, always, place your order with a cadence that reflects consideration for the waiter's time and workload. On a slow day, polite banter humanizes the job.
In Italy, you can ask to have it sliced if it's takeaway, because it might be like to share for a party or something. In a restaurant, it's never cut and most people eather eat it with knife and fork or slice it themselves. Every style is allowed.
Europe is not a single culture. You cannot generalise about what "Europeans" do. What we do in England, Sweden, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Poland or Austria, for example, varies hugely. There are cultural differences between the four countries of the UK and within them: London and Leeds, Cardiff and Llanelli, Glasgow and Wester Ross, all different.
But there is still something what we can call European. There are very specific European customs and habits and it is somehow common for all Europeans. So yes in some sense Europeans are Europeans and it really differ from US or China or any other country
Italian pizza and... lets call it american type. Its different. For italian one its ok i guess but i never see that anyone eat american one like on that picture. For me its a same as salting a melon.
As an Italian, I can tell you that we do eat pizza with a fork and knife especially at a pizzeria, you don't eat with your hands in a restaurant. At home at least the first few bites I also eat with a fork and knife, the pizza is too soft the towards the center and everything would just drip down. Something we would never do in Italy is put mayo and/or ketchup on pizza, that's just gross
I think its a very uncommon thing for most of us to put on pizza bea sauce however is very popular atleast here in sweden . i Did the mistake of asking for bea sauce when i went to italy and was going to eat at a pizza . It was like time stopped and everyone inside froze for a second as if i had commited murder or something. Then it seems like everyone realized i was a turist . I never asked again or needed to either since the pizza was saucy on its own and you could taste every ingridient and not just oil and cheese.
True but she's also getting many of her 'European' things wrong, as they are really only relevant to her locality and the people she associates with. That's not a good way to compare huge areas of the world.
She's right about the fast food prices: Fast food is NOT cheap in europe. Most normal restaurants are about the same price per (better) meal. Fast food is fast. Thats it.
That's right for the 20-30€ a McDonalds meal would cost consisting of 2 burgers, fries and a soft drink I also can get high quality burgers from an actual restaurant or other high quality food that tastes better, is healthier and makes me feel more full.
Depends on where you live I guess. Here in the Netherlands it's cheaper than visiting an average restaurant. But if McDonald's (and others) keep similar prices for eastern Europe, I can definitely see how your average restaurant is about the same price or cheaper.
@@3limin4t0r For a big tasty bacon menu and an additional Bigmac in Germany you pay a bit >20€. For that price you can get a steak with fries in some places. For the price range 20-30€ in many places I can get two very good quality burgers with very good quality fries that automatically come with the burger. I would say in Germany it depends. But the difference to their competitors who serve actual quality food is quite small nowadays. At least with the burgers that taste like something.
The proper way to eat pizza in Italy: they give it to you uncut, you cut it into slices and eat with your hands or eat with fork and knife. In Germany, where I live, most people will eat with fork and knife at the restaurant, but ask for sliced pizza when takeaway. Never ever have I seen anyone put ketchup or mayo on pizza. Must be a Slovenia thing.
I see most people eat pizza with their hands but not like eating it with a fork and a knife is considered weird or anything, I think I've seen ketchup on pizza once but not mayo for sure
Pizza with knife and fork🧐Where does she eat,at the Ritz?😂As for taking food to go,of course we can. I only just did it other week in an Indian restaurant. Is she from Mars?😂😂 As for our bathrooms and lifts, we don’t need bigger ones, because we don’t eat all the hotdogs! / Which are full of disgusting crap anyway. Ryan. I said the same thing as you about the adaptor situation. DUHHH!😂I pre bought one to take to New York with me. It did amuse me though when I tested out fast food chains to see what the difference in portion sizes are from us. The staff looked so confused when they were doing my order and I said no more food on that thanks. I would not be able to eat it,would be a waste. Their reactions were hilarious!Dduw Bendithia America. / God Bless America.😂😂🏴
- NO, 99% people in Europe dont use ketchup and mayo on pizza. Maybe at home, but not at public. I have never seen it. - Boxes for food are avaliable everywhere, never found restaurant without them. - fast foods are more expensive than restaurants.Crap food menu in Mcdonalds its like 10-13 bucks and standard meal in restaurant is like 10 and even less at launch, where we have launch menu and its even lower price.
Brit here, I tend to start eating my pizza with a knife and fork (I can’t say it the other way around) and then move to my hands later. Pizzas are not cut in the UK, you get a pizza cutter with it. I’ve not seen anyone put ketchup on pizza. I’ve added chilli oil and garlic oil, but never ketchup. I would not want anyone packing my shopping in the supermarket. I can do it myself, thanks.
German perspective: ketchup and/or mayo on pizza is not normal... eewww Also, we do usually drink our tap water, it just might taste different depending where you are but it's safe to drink anywhere
Yes, here in Italy we eat pizza with a fork and knife. It's not precut, and it's not "to share". If you order a pizza here, you get one pizza (more or less the size of a dish) and you cut it, and eat it with a fork. Some people cut it in bite size pieces, others cut it in triangular slices that can be eaten with your hands (no scandal here, we do it), others cut it in other ways. But you don't usually eat it with your hands. We use and like ketchup but on fries, or on hamburgers. I don't see the point of putting a tomato based sauce on a pizza, which is already covered in tomato sauce. To go boxes are becoming common here, I use them all the time, but a lot of people feels that taking your leftovers home makes you look like a very poor person that hasn't enough to eat at home. Luckily this is changing, for my generation is quite normal (I am 56) but older people wouldn't do it out of shame. Grocery shopping: yes, we have carts, and those sturdy bags that you can reuse for years, they never tear or break no matter how you overfill them 😁.Also, many people have a supermarket near home, so no need to take the car to go there. Try that in the USA hehehehe
have i understood right that italians doesen't put ever high prices on pizzas in restaurants because its considered such standard food? Here in Finland u can even pay up to 20 euros from single pizza in some fancier place :D
@@Juhani96 Also in Prague, a large pizza can go up to 25 €. Not fancy, it's usually just overpriced. One pizzeria I actually like has prices around the 12 € mark which is bearable.
@@norma8686in Milano a fancy gourmet pizza can well be over 12/15 euro. A good margherita Neapolitan style with buffalo mozzarella will usually cost 9. Unfortunately, fresh buffalo mozzarella is expensive and has a short shelf life, so in the north they make you pay for it. You can spend less, of course, even 3 or 4 euro for a margherita, if you are willing to settle for low quality places.
In Italy, it is USUAL and normal to eat pizza in a restaurant with a knife and fork... The pizza is cooked fresh, should be eaten straight away and is TOO hot to eat with he hands. Different to pizza sold on the street or "al taglio" (often sold just by the slice). I'm English, but have vacationed in Italy many times... You can easily SPOT American's from across a restaurant, struggling to eat scalding cheese pizza with heir hands OR trying to use the knife and fork, BUT struggling using those TOO!!! 😂😂😂
@@nicoladc89Did you do a survey? My experience in Italy, people eat take away pizza at home with their hands, but in restaurants eat it with a knife and fork, because if it’s straight out of the oven it’s difficult to eat with your hands.
That’s my experience of Italy too, the only people trying to eat piping hot pizza with their hands are American tourists or military personnel. They usually end up with most of it down their clothing. 😂
@@ffotograffydd 1. I'm Italian,My experience in Italy has lasted for more than 30 years. And I assure you that a part of Italian literally hate who eat pizza with fork and knife. 2. According to a survey, eating pizza with fork and knife is in the top 10 of the "food crimes" for Italians. 31.1% of those interviewed said they did not tolerate those who eat pizza with a knife and fork. I think this is particularly true in southern Italy, in Naples for example. Neapolitan are a little bit extremist on pizza. Eating pizza with hands vs eating pizza with fork and knife in Italy is a feud, like toilet paper under vs toilet paper over, Apple vs PC, etc... As I said, a lot of Italians eat pizza with fork and knife and the Italian "galateo" (the Italian etiquette) said that you must eat it with fork and knife, but a part of Italians hates who do that.
@@nicoladc89 yeah it depends on the part of italy since it's one of the most diverse nations in europe. they have that special pizza folding technique of folding the flap up and then folding it in half
Swedish here: 1. We usually get the pizza unsliced and definatelt use cutlery to eat it, especially at a restaurant. No ketchup though! 2. You usally CAN get your food to go, but it´s not the norm. You have to ask for it yourself, they are never gonna offer, but they can usually find a box for you to put your food in. 3. You better be prepared to pack your own groceries in Europe! I've seen bag packers in the US and in Asia, but not once in Europe. 4. You pay per bag at all stores, so yes, we usually bring your own multiuse ones. 5. You can definately have a picknick drinking alcohol in most of Europe, or have a drink in the street. No brown paper bags around bottles here! 6. We definately drink tap water. It super clean and taste great! 7. Salty black licorice is the best candy in the world. 8. Smoking is much more prevalent in southern Europe than in the north. Up here it is actually prohibited to smoke in most areas. But then again, many northerns get their nicotine from snus instead of cigarettes. 9. Fast food IS expensive, and you probably can get at least lunch deals at the same or similar price nowadays. At least in a smaller city, which is where I live. A sit down dinner will be more expensive, though.
@@Alias_Anybody Slovenia was west of the iron curtain. Like Austria, Slovenia (former Yugoslavia) was a buffer between western Europe and eastern Europe
@@DanVibesTV I know Yugoslavia wasn't technically parts of the Eastern Block, but that's how it was perceived by most westeners because it was largely about systems, and Austria distinctly wasn't a communist regime, but Yugoslavia was.
@@DanVibesTV Austrian here. Austria was always part of Western Europe, and NEVER a buffer zone. Yugoslavia was only different to other Eastern European countries that people there were able to go to Western Europe. I remember as child I lived on the Southern border of Austria to Yugoslavia back in the time of the Iron curtain. People from Yugoslavia (Slovenia part) crossed the border frequently to smuggle croceries into Yugoslavia. When we went to Croatia at these times, we would always bring coffee and other items to our host there, and they would exchange it for Sliwowitz. Haha. We would also bottle up fantastic mineral water right at the scource in Slovenia, where it was freely available. Childhood memories......
@@jhezuzchristian1190 Good to hear im not the only swede wondering since when we eat mayo on pizza? some finnish person above is even thanking sweden for influencing them to do the same. I have never so far in my life seen a person here in sweden ask for or eat either mayo or ketchup on a pizza bea however we are crazy about .
I think her statement that people in Europe don't understand what United States is might be just her circle of friends maybe that didn't get it. I am living in Europe for 31 year and i still didn't met single person that don't understand "The United States"
lets talk about how americans eat with fork and knive - how they hold it normally first, cut normally, then put down their knives, switch the fork to the other hand, pick up the food with said fork while holding the fork in a clenched fist. then for the next bite they restart this whole gespiel again. absolute insane way of eating food.
Not just Americans do that! My friend at high school did that too, and when she saw me eating without switching hands, she looked me weirdly. There's to add that she isn't Italian but from Morocco, so maybe that's a strange thing they do there too.
Northern European here. 1. I eat pizza with fork and knife depending on restaurant i eat it in. Ketchup on a pizza, wtf, eww. 2. To-go bags in a restaurant are definately a thing. Reusable bags i always forget to take with me to the store. 3. Public drinking happens. 4. I make a point saying "United States" and not "america", since america is a continent that has several other countries too. 5. Tab water is the norm to drink. 6. We don't really eat hot dogs. I mean they exist in our realm, but are relatively seldomly eaten. 7. Bathrooms and elevators can be small. But never been to ones in the U.S.A. 8. Salted liqourice is delicious! 9. Smoking has gone down significantly in my life time. 10. Bars close 02-04. Alcohol can be only be purchased from a bar after 9 pm. 11. EU citizens and Schengen area doesnt need passports. 12. One can definately get better food from some other restaurant than what they could get from a restaurant.
For 4), and then what do you think that the letter A stands for in the "usa"? Antarctis? It's just an another way to shorten the annoyingly long name of the country.
Never been to Slovenia, but in non of the EU countries I've been visiting, I never encountered it to be a common thing to put ketch-up on pizza. Europeans have also a bunch of skills that are lost in USA like: Packing groceries, Cutting our own pizza, walking in the office with a lidless coffee mug without spilling and driving a manual car :) And indeed, McDonalds or similar fast food chains are expensive and not even considered a restaurant by most people. It's more a place where you go to make your kids happy, or where a group of teens go because they don't need to behave as proper as in a restaurant.
Here in Germany we have a relatively clear distinction between a fast food place and a "real restaurant". It's wired that Americans just call every place that sells warm food a restaurant 😮
Funny coincidence: I (german) was just eating in a Döner restaurant with several friends last weekend. One of them ordered a pizza (yes, these places sometimes have other things than just Döner for those that didn't know xD). His two year old daughter had a children's menu which included some fries as well as ketchup and mayonnaise. While her dad was chatting animatedly with the guy next to him, his daughter, apparently wanting to do her dad a favor, put half of her ketchup and half of her mayonnaise on her fries and the rest on daddy's pizza. When he finally looked back down at his food, he almost cried and then started to teach her this very valuable lesson so she would never forget: You DON'T put ketchup and mayonnaise on PIZZA!
@jackthehacker05 Yeah, it's full name is "döner kebap", turkish for "rotating roast". I guess since most Germans don't speak any turkish, they eventually just made the first word its commonly used name. Silly, really, because now we are just eating a "rotating"...
I answer to does sentence that she said, as an italian: 1. We of course don't eat only pizza with knife and fork, only in fancy restaurants to be cleaner and polite. 2. We don't put ketchup or mayo on pizza. But we have in one place of italy a pizza with mayo, that is made in a way, that it's good. 3. We can have box to take our food home, if we don't finish that food. 4. Yes, we don't have the cashier putting groceries into our bags. 5. Yes we can bring our reusable bags, made of harder material, or under the register we have recycled plastic bags.
French eating a pizza ATM, with fork and knife, because even if it's cooked to the point that the crust is half burnt, if i try to pick up a slice like an american, it will break under it's own weight and the whole topping will fall down on the plate leaving me with a sloppy and greasy piece of bread. That's how pizza with fresh ingredients is supposed to be
In italy depends on were you go, mostly is made to be eaten with hands but some high price restaurants do it very thin too, and has nothing to do with the ingredients freshness, only with the style of the place you buy it
@@jarluhtraed9725in my experience it’s not a problem of how thin the crust is, in Italy usually you eat your pizza with fork and knife but there are some people, in the same place, who use their hands , but usually they are the minority, if we exclude the kids
@@businessasusual9077 not the crust, but the dow under the ingredients, if it's very thin it's almost impossibile to be eaten without fork and knife (at least you should cut the tip out of the slices to not have it collapsing)
one day americans will learn that "europe" is not a country xD most she says is also weird for most europeans ... ketchup or mayo on pizza ? who on earth does that
6:10 : Plastic takeaway food boxes are banned in the whole EU. Grocery stores are not allowed to give you free plastic bags either, they have to charge you some money or give you paper bags. 27:30: During the pandemic lot of EU countries have temporarily suspended the Schengen Agreement, and closed their borders, so people were not allowed to travel abroad.
If you ask in a restaurant the food, I never heard that they charge you for the aluminium foil or box. And also I never saw an extra position for the box or the bag if you buy food to go or if you get it delivered. At least not on Germany.
@@gregor2436in germany there are plenty of plastic boxes as well. Maybe they don't check it because some don't use plastic but most do. Some supermarkets even startet using plastic bags again because they found some sort of loophole in the law.
The thing with the to go boxes in restaurants is we not only have smaller portions, but nobody ever even hints that you should leave the restaurant. It's customary to stay at the table longer, eat slowly, chat and just stay even after you finished your food; you won't get the check until you specifically ask for it. So we also have the feeling of more time to consume the meal. And while it doesn't happen everywhere, if the restaurant also does deliveries, they'll have boxes and gladly provide one for leftovers if you ask. Oh and I don't know if it's a majority, but VERY many Germans prefer sparkling water. And even if it's not sparkling, it's gonna be flat mineral water, not just filtered/processed tap water, like most of the US does. Most bottled water in Europe is mineral water, not just water. So maybe that's why they don't drink tap water. (But I'm not from Germany and I gladly drink my local tap water)
1. A Big King XL plus fries and drink will rush you over 12 Euros - about 13 USD $ in the tiny Western European 'country' I live in. 2. Public drinking is a.lot more lenient 3. A lot of us keep reusable grocery bags in our car trunks. 4. We weigh our produce ourselves and pack our own groceries in supermarkets. 5. Generally, we talk quietly when on trains, in busses and in waiting rooms - often people will whisper 6. When you go out in public, you'd better be empty, as it's not easy to find a place to pee. 7.The price you see on the tag is the price you pay - no complex GST / VAT calculations needed. 8. Cigarette smoking is hella prevalent. 9. Good luck finding an open store after 8 pm. Gas station convenience stores might push it to 10 pm. 10. We don't really need cars, as train and bus connections are generally great, although taking your car is faster 11. Tipping is not a big deal - if you feel like it, 10%. No biggie if you don't leave one.
Italian here, talking about Italy: pizza always comes uncut; always. So yes, we cut it ourselves, with fork and knife, and then some people keep eating it with the fork, and most people eat it with their hands. Ketchup on pizza: nowhere, noone, ever, even think of using ketchup or mayo, or any kind of sauce, on pizza; just thinking about such an idea makes any Italian skin crawl. An important detail about pizza: I know in America you usually make pizzas cooking a tomato and cheese base, and then put "toppings" and the like. In Italy such a thing doesn't exist: you order or make a specific type of pizza, which has a name, and cook everything together. Except for certain specific ingredients, that *need* to be raw, pizza and toppings all go in the oven in the same moment. There can be a few minor differences in ingredients between makers, but for the most part same name = same pizza. For example, pizza with tomato, mozzarella and basil = margherita; tomato, oregano and garlic = marinara; tomato, cheese, anchovies, capers = napoletana: and so on. Other typical names are Capricciosa, Quattro Stagioni, Quattro Formaggi, Diavola, Carrettiera, Romana, etc.
Yeah I imagine thats a kind of things than can get locals mad... and maybe your sass kicked in Naples. A friend of mine thought it would be funny to order pizza with pineapple there.... Well, the waiter, who spoke perfect English, started to start ranting in angry Italian, in which I only recognised couple of words "mortacci tua" and "stronzo". He was probably sick and tired of the pineapple pizza thing... can't really blame him.
So you speak for the whole europe but you only mentioned habits of two countries. How do you know if other countries put ketchup on pizza or not? I can say Croatia and Poland put ketchup on pizza. That's 3:1 for "We DO", so far. Just because Italy doesn't, does not mean europe doesn't.
Germany very much doesn't: Plain ketchup belongs on fries (if you're not having mayo or both), *maybe* on sausage (usually you'd rather go for curry ketchup or mustard), and definitely never on steak, pizza, or pasta. People might not punch you or argue but you're definitely going to get judgemental stares.
I love to eat pizza with a fork and a knife. I think it's mostly because I eat too fast by hands, I can enjoy it for a longer time if I have to cut it to little pieces 😅 Never seen ketchup on a pizza, but I love me some mayonnaise with certain kind of pizzas.
If you go to a sit-down restaurant in Europe and order a pizza, more likely than not you will get an uncut pizza so you kinda have to use a fork and knife. Also, Italian style pizzas are often too thin to hold with your hands without being all messy
Not the case here in Norway. It might be the case in some rare cases with genuine italian style restaurants, but otherwise they are all prescliced and many people do eat them with their hands. Italian style of course is different due to how thin they are, but most pizzas sold here are more american style.
@@em0_tion Because the leftovers in it are meant for the dog. Or at least that used to be the excuse, but the term stuck. Nowadays most are not feeding their dogs regular food, because it's not great for them.
I work in retail. I will pack people's bags if they ask me to and I will offer if they are struggling, but mostly, it would be insulting to suggest an adult can't pack their own bags. Another reminder that Americans see "good service" as playing the parent.
Reusable bags worked in the UK because shops started charging for the carrier bags. They are made of that because it,s cheap and strong, but there are also cotton bags. I have several.
I like the fairly new polyester bags that can be folded and rolled small enough to keep in a pocket. Makes it much easier to always bring a bag along, and the best reusable bag is the one that you remember.
@@gchecosse It was made into law, to discourage people to keep adding to the tons of rubbish we produce. If you want to convince people, talk to their wallets!
As a Brit (London) - I can tell you that I don't know ANYONE who would use a knife & fork to eat a pizza ! They're always cut into 6 with a pizza cutter so we can pick them up with our hands. A lot of pizzas are in takeaway boxes & people eat with their hands !
For Germany: The standard combos at Mc Donalds or Burger King are ~10€. They both have one cheap combo for 6€. You might not be able to go to a real restaurant for that price, but you could get some street food or something at the bakery for less than 10€. But the cheapest way is tro cook yourself. And for eating pizza with knife and fork: It depends. A more American style pizza will typically be eaten with the hands, but some might still use knife and fork. A real good pizza here should have a very thin dough, so that it would "bend down" and the topping would drip from the tip of the slice if you pick it up at the crust - so you'd have to use a second hand to stabilize it - and then it's more common to use knife and fork. Also some places cut the pizza and some don't - but you can cut it into slices yourself if you want to. And I never saw anyone putting ketchup and mayo on their pizza.
In Italy there are two "parties": people who eat pizza with fork and knife and people who eat with hands. Anyway the Italian etiquette say that people have to eat pizza with fork and knife, cutting small pieces and eat them with fork. To be more specific, there isn't only a type of pizza, there are a lot of types, some types are usually ate with fork and knife some other not. But remember one thing, no pizzerias in Italy cut your pizza, except some fast food chain. So even the people who eat pizza with hands, have to use fork and knife and cut it. Sometimes the pizza is cut in 4/6/8 pieces and ate with hands, sometimes the pizza is folded in 4 and eat with hands (pizza a portafoglio), the "pizza al taglio" could be cutted in squares eaten with hands, sometimes with fork and knife. I think 50% of Italian eat the Neapolitan pizza with fork and knife and 50% don't, and usually who don't eat with fork and knife, hate who does. And much more people eat pizza al taglio with hands. I think really depends on where you eat pizza, in pizzeria sitting at a table with a ceramic plate etc... fork and knife, on the road, at a buffet etc... with hands. P.S. there's a dedicated circle in hell for those who put ketchup on pizza. If you put ketchup on pizza in Naples, you would probably get killed by the Camorra. And the murderers would be acquitted in self-defense for public decency.
Here in Germany i pay for a McDonalds Menu 10-12 Euro. I can buy a Döner with drink for 7 Euro or Currywurst with fries, mayo and large drink for 8.60 Euro.
Almost same for Denmark: €13 McDonalds menu vs €8 for the Döner menu. But in Denmark we have taxes on fat and sugar, which is really pressing products like McDonalds up.
I feel like generally McDonald's in Europe it's like separate categorie of food. Because its not as cheap like kebab for example and it's not as expensive like some average good looking restaurants. It's very mid. I feel like the only thing that's above average its drive thru, not many fast food joints have it in Poland its almost exclusively done by big American fast food chains.
Additional, in Germany there are a often public canteen or lunch menus at restaurants, where you have a limited choice of 3-5 dishes at lunchtime for about 10 €. Fresh cooked dishes, no fast food.
I don't drink tap water, because I, like many Germans, prefer carbonated water. But I use tap water for coffee and tea. So I actually do drink tap water.
Yes, here in Germany carbonated water / sparkling water is really standard. Nowadays, a lot of people also use Sodastream to carbonate their tab water at home, too, so you don’t need to buy heavy water bottles at the grocery store.
i drink carbonated water in restaurants, and tap water (including coffee and tea made from it) at home in germany. and i don't call it "tap water" or "toilet water", but _"Leitungswasser"_ which literally translates to "pipewater"
All i drink is on base of tap-water because i make my own cola, fanta or sprite via Soda-Stream. But i never drink pure water without any added flavor. Btw.: i wonder, is there even un-carbonated coke available in the US or all those weirdos that seem to hate carbonated water so much ? Because .. in the end coke is carbonate water .. with added flavor.
it's true, we eat it with a fork and a knife. it's only sliced when you order sliced.and you eat around the edges first, and half go towards the middle, because the edge cools down first. the core is warm for a long time
It is true that you can freely cross the borders between countries that are part of the Schengen agreement, but there may still be random checks at the borders where you have to show your passport to identify yourself and that is the only ID that is valid. The same applies if, for example, you are stopped by the police in another country that is part of the Schengen agreement, it is also only your passport that counts as valid ID, so even if we can drive freely between those countries, we must still have a passport on us all the time when we are abroad regardless of the schengen agreement or not.
Here in germany pizza is usually cut if you order delivery but most times not in a resaurant. Eating with your fingers is (with some exceptions) viewed as "barbaric".
The reason why McDonalds is more expensive may be precisely that it is not healthy. In some countries unhealthy food is taxed more heavily so that people would make better choices. The same reason why alcohol and cigarettes are taxed heavily.
Fast food places typically also use lots of disposable packaging which probably means they have to pay lots of different recycling costs. I don't know the details because EU regulations are very difficult to read for us ordinary people, but I know that they are planning to get rid of all kinds of single-use packaging over time.
In some countries it could be because of extra tax, but I think that it is a lot because we use more “real” ingredients in Europe where as in the US you can put a lot of cheep crap in the food …
The pizza in Sweden for take away is uncut, the pizza served in restaurants are uncut. You mainly eat pizza with knife and fork. At certain restaurants the pizza comes in slices. But for the most part, both in Sweden (and Norway) the pizza isn't sliced beforehand.
There are many weird things on this video, or perhaps its a Slovenian thing not known to other European countries. Firstly, EVERYWHERE in Europe they drink tap water. Now the quality varies. When I go to Southern Austria in the mountains, the tap water is so good that I find it superior to bottled water. In Southern France or Italy it is not so great, but drinkable. It also varies from village to village, from town to town. Secondly, I have NEVER seen any person in Europe putting ketchup on pizza, or worse, Mayonaise. It is the most horrible thing you can do to a pizza! In restaurants we eat it with folk and knife. Pizzas here, and I live 30 km from Italy, are mostly thin based with lots of toppings, and it would be a complete mess to eat it with your hands. But people would do it on the beach, where you can make a mess. Or at a children party. Thirdly, you do have doggy bags to bring home left over food from the restaurant! Even here in France, it is by law, although it took a while as it was seen as bad manners not to finish your food. In France generally people do not waste food, and one should finish yout plate when possible. It is also law not to throw away food in food markets after expire date, but give it to places where poor people can fetch it for free. Of course only if one can still eat it. EVERYWHERE I know in Europe you can still get booze until they close, except GB. Then, anywhere in the Schengen area you are allowed to move freely. But this does not apply to aeroplanes and trains. Even by car one should have some ID with just in case. But things have become much stricter since Covid and the migration wave. I regularily cross borders by train, and at EVERY border police will go through the train looking for illegal migrants and asking suspicious looking individuals for passports. They always get some illegal immigrants and take them off the train for further investigation. Mostly they send them back to where they came from, but I have no idea how this should work out.
Pizza dough in Europe is often very thin so you can't keep it in your hand as a firm slice. It flops and the ingredients drop on the floor. That's why we often use utensils. If the pie is thick we use hands mostly.
never condemning something without trying, i one had pizza from the hut, but afterwards always left thick pizza to the americans. *if i want something with thick fluffy dough, i eat a cake.* ... "quite a few" decades ago, also in germany lots of restaurants had thick dough for pizza, but that was because they only had started to offer pizza and used their normal dough and normal ovens. the few good pizzerias in germany always had thin italian pizza made from their own pizza dough and in stone ovens. btw: real pizza in a restaurant or pizzeria always with utensils, but cheap precut slices from fastfood stores in train stations etc with hands.
I hate when I'm about to go to work and I find a person on the internet that is wrong about something. Forcing me to be late to work, just to talk some sense into that person before I leave home.
Okay, lets take it step by step. First off, Im Danish and comments from a Danish point of view. 1. Pizza and cutlery. Often when we eat at home (and a few times at resaurants) the pizza is just too hot to hold, so yes, fork and knife. Also if the bread is too soft. 1,5. Pizza with ketchup or mayo, never heard of that before. Many pizzas in Denmark comes with a sour-creme dressing, sometimes with garlic in it too. Chili- and garlic-oils are also popular. 2. To-go bags were something I never saw as a kid, 25-30 years ago but has been more and more available. Now I think you can get them about everywhere, if you ask for it, though at fancier places people might look at you weirdly. 3. What to call USA? I've heard it referred to as US, USA, US of A (jokingly ofc), United States, America or North America. People knows what you're talking about regardless of which you use. Talking about any other country in North America, we use that countrys name. 4. Tap Water/toilet water. I think I've read somewhere that Denmark, at some point at least, had the cleanest tapwater in europe. Not sure about it though, but in my experience, the further north you go, the cleaner water in the tap and we use the same drinkable water in toilets, though we dont drink from there. Also, I've heard from several people that the water tastes a lot different from in the US. Not having been to the US myself, I can only guess but I think that while yours may have a destinct "tapwater" taste, ours would be more like "fresh springwater taste". 5. Hotdogs are a big thing in Denmark, like BIG big, though sometime in my teens (20 years ago now) I think I heard that hotdogs was close to becoming the new national dish here. It's waned a bit since then, but at almost all farmers gatherings, markets, festivals and many other big occations you WILL find at least 1 place selling hotdogs. 6. Small bathrooms. Occasionally, yes. Not in restaurants though. In old buildings where a small closet or a stairwell had been repurposed into a toilet. I've seen it at pubs, a few stores or public restrooms but it's mostly in old houses. I've used bathrooms so small, it couldnt fit another person in there. 7. Mayo on hotdogs, no thanks, but on fries? Oh yes. I think I've seen around 30 different kinds of mayo for fries, it's a big hit here. Ketchup is nice but most I know prefer mayo. Also remoulade is popular, I've been told that isnt a thing in USA, but I dont know. 7.5 Salty licorice, I dont know a single dane who doesnt LOOOVE that. The sweet, salty licorice taste is just delicious to us. 8. In Denmark there have been a big fight against cigarettes and other tobacco products for many years. I think EU has made some laws against it as well in recent years. 25-30 years ago smokers were EVERYWHERE and almost everyone smoked, now smokers are (relatively) few. Also prices on tobacco has increased a LOT, partly to discourage new smokers from starting. 9. Fastfood IS expensive. Not sure but I believe it is made so because it is unhealthy and should not be consumed daily, though some do anyway. Generally, when I order 1 fastfood meal, it costs 80 - 120 DKK (11,46 - 17,20 dollars) whereas I can easily make a meal for 2 persons for a total of 50 DKK (7,17 dollar). I dont eat at McD - ever, so dont know the prices there. Sorry for the long list but I really wanted to address these things...
I'm Dutch, while I can't speak for the entirety of the Netherlands, let alone all of Europe, I can generalise a bit: - Pizza isn't cut in pizzerias (Restaurants that usually only sell pizza). - Yes, we eat with cutlery, because 1. See above, and 2. I was taught that eating with your hands is rude in a restaurant (or at the table). - When you order pizza at home, it's usual cut in slices (but you can choose), and most of the time I switch to hands halfway 😅. - Ketchup on pizza? Have NEVER seen that. Disgusting. - We pack our own groceries, and bags aren't given in supermarkets. Most of us have reusable cloth bags or the bags in the video - a lot of times these can be bought in stores for those who forgot a bag, or need more space. - Walking around with alcohol on the streets isn't really acceptable. In some cities it's illegal and you will get a high fine. But, cities and towns in the Netherlands are allowed to decide for themselves. That'll be written down in the General local law (Algemene Plaatselijke Verordening: AVP), so if you're unsure, ask at the local government. It's smartest to assume it's not allowed on the street or in parks. Usually having a beer or wine on the beach in tourist areas is okay. Be aware if you're lying/ sitting on private property or beach that's considered part of a terrace/ beach bar. Obviously then it's allowed, but only when bought from said bar. - Most of us say Amerika. Though some use United States and Amerika intertwined. - Where was she in Germany? I have German friends and they drink from the tap, and call it tap water. Definitely not toilet water! Just like us in the Netherlands where water is clean, too. In some areas it comes straight from the well. There is a European website that tells you where in Europe the water is clean and safe. Greece, for example, isn't always an ideal place to drink from the tap. It smells a bit like chlorine, too. There I buy bottled water. But @RyanWuzer trust me: in most EU countries everyone drinks water from the tap and calls it that, as well. - Dutch mayonnaise tastes very different from every other mayo I've ever tried. -Europeans do not smoke a lot. We're not a country!! Some countries in Europe have a high % of smokers, particularly the Balkan region. Serbia and Croatia have the most smokers (2022: +/- 39%) of the *continent* of Europe, whereas most of Western and Northern Europe scores low - France is an exception with 36%. The rest is all much lower, my own country scores better - as in less smokers - (+/- 21%) than the US (+/- 24%), and these numbers have only decreased since then. I am not sure but I think we're around 19% now. - For the opening/closing time and alcohol she probably spoke about Slovenia VS California. Sometimes it feels like this video a Mexican is speaking for the entirety of South America. There are SO many differences between our countries, you can't just say "In Europe"... - The majority of Dutch people - at least my generation - are being taught to tip. Ten procent when food and service was great, five procent when it was okay. You only don't tip when you want to make a point. - Yeah, junkfood is expensive here. Saying a restaurant is cheaper is utterly ridiculous. Maybe in Slovenia, but restaurants are hella expensive in the Netherlands. Cheapest item usually 15 euro here. However, while junk food is cheaper than a restaurant it still isn't exactly a cheap option compared to making your own.
My mate son. Married an American Girl. When they moved to Australia just before Covid.. she said to me she was amazed by portion sizes in restaurants, and prices. I advised her, prices are due to staff getting a Decent Wage. Portion sizes are the recommended size for an Adult meal..
I've lived in 4 European countries and never ever heard of putting ketchup on your pizza!! It must be a Slovenian thing. Also, wherever I've been in Europe (which is many places) I've always been able to ask for a doggy bag if I haven't finished my meal.
The reason: Real italian-style pizza has extremely thin dough so it simply won't hold up in your hand without everything falling down and making a mess, thus fork and knive are a must. American pizza seems to have thicker dough so you can actually hold the slices in your hand.
5:55 Well, we do, but they're less commonly available and less commonly used. In European restaurants, the portions are generally smaller compared 5o US American ones and in European culture, it is less acceptable to not finish your meal in one go. So yeah, goodybags are a thing, but they are rarely available and even more rarely used.
Meanwhile in 🇪🇦🍕✂️ I think they always put fork and knife in the table for the people to cut however they like. It's also hot. So it makes sense to not touch it with hands.
German here, 71 years old. I obviously can't speak for all Germans, let alone all Europeans, only talk about my personal experiences: -I've NEVER heard any German use the expression "toilet water" - it's "Leitungswasser" (pipe water) or in some regions I've been to "Kranwasser" (tap water) As for US tap water: I've never been to the US, but many of my students have; one thing I heard repeatedly was "my hosts said it was safe, but it tastes disgusting". -Free tap water in restaurants: in Germany not the norm (in my favourite spa hotel, only one group of guests gets it: the US Army often uses the hotel for "family retreats"). ------------------------------------------------------- ADDENDUM (19th of August): I've just come back from my favourite spa hotel again, and they've done something rather spectacular: in their restaurant, ALL drinks (from mineral water through beer to wine - no spirits) are free (self service from large glass door fridges) - and as I didn't pay more per night than on my previous visit, apparently they are REALLY free. ------------------------------------------------------- In my favourite holiday country, Ireland, I've had a jug of tap water - usually with half a dozen ice cubes - with nearly every dinner I've ever had. -Ketchup/Mayo on pizza: never! -restaurant pizza: hardly ever pre-sliced, eaten with knife and fork. -name calling: I've NEVER met anyone who didn't understand "die Staaten" (the States) or "US-Bürger" (US citizens). -Smoking in Germany: there's definitely still too much of it, but from way above 50% in my childhood it has dropped to below 25%, so we're getting there... slooowwwly.
The remaining 25% will drop fast once we get you hocked on the snus. ;) Do it. Do it now! Seriously though. That is the main reason for "nearly no smokers" in Sweden. Maybe for Germany the marijuana legalisation will contribute some as well.
@@norrinradd2364 IDK. "Nobody" seem to likes either those or similar things for some reason. Except streamers. Maybe because they are always close to a USB port. ;)
Italian living in Austria here and almost everything you said is true for Italy and Austria as well, except for the free tap water, that's pretty much a norm everywhere I lived so far.
@@BarelloSmith tap water in restaurants isn't the norm in spain nor portugal, usually they sell you bottled water, of course they don't tell you they're selling it to you when they ask you "would you like some water?" I've never seen tap water served besides maybe with a disgustingly strong andalousian coffee, and I'm pretty sure even if you specifically ask for it iy😢will depend on their good will, in France on the other hand it's standard to serve tap water unless you specifically ask for bottled one, often times they will just automatically bring a jug of it without you asking.
In a pizza restaurant, I would always eat my pizza with a knife and fork ("fork and knife" sounds so weird to my English ears). I wouldn't put ketchup (or any other sauce) on a pizza.
33:15 In the UK you can get a medium/well done burger plate served with a side & pint of drink for around £12 ($15) in a pub. Same meal in McDonalds without a drink (burger with fries and salad) will result in £9 ($11). So yeah, not much reason to go there. Add a bit more and you get another level of food. Pre-cooked sometimes, but still below the restaurants rates.
Right, the only pre-cut pizzas I've seen were for children or to-go. Thanks goodness that pizza was sliced becaused I'd not had any knife to cut it with, since we ate on a bench.
we do have a lot of bistros here (ger.), these places are a mixture of pub/ bar and restaurants, with ``Imbiss`´´/ fast food/ finger food sub catagories ... so usually for havin drinks and foods of all sorts in one place.. like burgers, pizzas, salads, backery stuff or even more country specific italian, mexican, greek, german, european stuff etc.. but these vary locally and are area dependend and mostlikely no vast food chains in addition to restaurants. So fresh ingredients for take away and eat at home or just have meals and hang out spaces for listenin to music play games like cards, pool, table- soccer, dart, dice games, watchin football, formula 1 and have drinks.
In Austria we do drink tap water. All the time. There are many people that prefere bubbly water, but they will still drink tap water, too. Also, a lot of people "make" their bubbly water at home, using tap water. Pizza hier isn´t cut in restaurants. If ordered home, you have to ask for it to be cut. Some people eat it with their hands, but most use forks and knives.
Also, again in Belgium, a lot of houses have a pit to collect rain water and that is used for the toilet, shower, washing machine etc. We do drink tap water and use it for other drinks and food preparation.
in germany rainwater can be used for toilet, washing , etc. . But there is a problem with register the amount you release to the sewersystem. because the cost for tapwater every time includes the cleaning costs for the wastewater. where i live1m³ drinking water costs 0,60€ includet sewer transport and cleaning at the sewerplant it costs in total3,90€. cleaning the waste is the realy expensiv part
prices in europe vary A LOT depending in which country you are. Here in Belgium a big mac is like 8€ ... if you want fries and a drink with it you buy a menu that costs 11€... for that money you can get a fresh meal with healthy fresh vegetables and non-processed meat + a bowl of soup!
@@gerardflynn7382 ALL civilized countries do. And the reason why MacDonalds and consorts are popular here, it's because kids and youngsters find it super fun to eat with their fingers (for a change)!
AND... even when they DO try to use a knife & fork.... They put the knife down, switch the fork from one hand to the other, then use the fork often with the tines UP (like a scoop to shovel the food in !!!) - DUH? 😂😂😂
German here - if you get a takeout pizza, that is sometimes pre-cut, sometimes you have to specifically ask for that. In a "proper" restaurant, it's the norm to eat a pizza with fork and knife, and it *never* arrives cut into slices. The difference is simply how formal or casual the occasion is. Although I see more people bringing their way of eating their pizza in front of the TV to restaurants these days. Really don't get the "but you can hold it in your hand" argument against it. There's lots of other foods you could eat with your hands, but typically use cutlery for. It's ultimately just a matter of your culture. I mean, why not serve soup in a tall glass instead of having to ladle it to your mouth with a spoon? Why cut steak if you could just lift it to your mouth and take bites out of it? But also - why use a fork or spoon to eat a curry when you can obviously scoop up some rice or meat with your hand - as is common in India.
Yep in Italy pizza is not served cut, you cut your pizza how you want, generally we cut the slice and then we eat it with hands but some people use fork and knife even here, not considered weird but not he majority. But pizza is always uncut and you cut it yourself
Fast food - depends on the country and the food. Foreign chain/franchise restaurants like McDonalds or Burger King can be more expensive and mostly avoided by the locals, but then you have a street "no brand name" kiosk or a tiny local "restaurant" where you can buy a burger/gyro/kebab (depending on the location) for a fraction of the price.
Ok I feel as a Slovenian I should clarify something... Ketchup on pizza is not the standard. Not everyone does it. BUT if you want it, it's available. Or you can ask for it and they'll bring it to you (costs extra btw). Some people ask for tabasco instead. And you put it on your own pizza, it won't come to the table slathered in ketchup. Also I feel like that's more of a cheap/leftover pizza thing? At least the way I use it, and also depending on what else is on the pizza. Also the place she showed, Holy Food, it's more of a fast food place than a restaurant (they don't just have pizza btw), and it's one of the cheapest in town. I mean, it's not terrible, but it's not amazing. Ketchup may be more desirable on that kind of pizza.
you might call it “posh” but Europeans do not like greasy hands, and pizza and fries are usually greasy. I actually even eat fruit with cutlery… I just hate sugary, sticky or oily fingers…
Dang, Ryan. Stop making such engaging videos. I can't stop commenting on everything, this is my fifth comment on this video. Its amazing how engaged we get when its to do with something we identify with. 😊👍
That material the bags are made of is (often) made of recycled plastic bottles. And the bags last forever (I still have a few that are some two decades old and I still haven't managed to rip them). Plus, if you live in an apartment on the sixth floor with no lift (eg. in an old city center), the last thing you want is to carry a myriad small, flimsy plastic bags up the stairs. Regarding the fast food pricing, there is a "premium" because those are American brands, and some people see them as luxury, go figure. You can buy fast food (as in local street food (eg. local versions of kebab or gyro), for much cheaper than in those franchises. And a lot of restaurants offer set meals for lunch (usually a soup, a main course (eg. a pasta dish or some combination of meat and potatoes) and a salad) for a price lower than a McD menu. The point of the schengen zone is that there's a passport control only on the external borders of the zone (and airports/ports), but EU citizens can travel freely within the zone. A lot of the former infrastructure (eg. fences, border control posts) has been removed, and you can drive (or walk) from one country to the next without even noticing. Though in some places, you can still see remains of the iron curtain installations (eg. military posts). It's quite fascinating to be able to drive right past it, when like half a century ago you'd be shot for even trying to approach). National authorities (eg. the police) can ask you for proof that you are a citizen (eg. ID card, passport), but once you've proved it, that's it. Unfortunately with the mess the world is in, passport controls have been reintroduced on some borders for security reasons. There aren't any customs controls, save for the external EU borders (which include the non-schengen EU countries), since EU is a customs union. As for tap water, there are examples of American brand big name sodas being manufactured in Europe, where the water needed to be dirtied first, else the soda wouldn't taste "right". Also, there are some European countries where corporations can't own water sources, they just purchase the rights from the state for limited periods; and in case of water shortages, the people have priority right to that water regardless (eg. the state can demand the corporations to stop using the water until there's enough for household use).
In UK we eat take-away pizza by the slice no knife and fork needed, however in a restaurant you can choose to have your pizza cut or not, and if it is not cut then it makes sense to use a knife and fork. I would never add ketchup or mayonnaise to a pizza.
The big problem with Mc Donalds is that you need to eat 4-5 cheese burgers to get half filled, despite it being a cheap burger it adds up and 1 Döner would maybe cost like 8 Euro but at least you would feel full!
In Sweden the reusable bags became common when the government put a special tax on plastic bags. We have had to pay for bag for many years. Before the tax they were maybe ten of fifteen cents. After they added the tax they were suddenly eighty cents. Thus the reusable bag soared. The tax is gone again, but now we are so used to the reusable ones, so we keep using them.
The Aldi way of bagging is the best. Cashier scans everything at lightning speed, you put it back in your trolley and bag it yourself in the bagging area. No old farts in front of you holding things up! Euro mains adapters are available in many places and are in your face at airports! It's impossible to miss them!
Here in the UK you can also have fabric ones too which are different to what she is showing on the video. The only plaster carrier bags we have like before you have to pay for them you won't get free ones anymore. Yeah in the UK a lot drink tap water, whether you're drinking tea, squash coffee etc, but it would be tap water used.
Just to clarify, people do drink tap water all over, Germans and some other countries in Central Europe are a bit like that but I think it’s mostly because they prefer sparkling water. And also in German restaurants they don’t agree with tap water because they want to make u pay ahah. But in France, Ireland, uk, Spain or Italy I never had any issues with tap water in or out of restaurants (although it does taste like shit sometimes)
I can tell you where the shopping bag thing comes from! ALDI and LIDL in the USA educate their customers by having them bring their own bags, because ALDI and LIDL only sell recyclable bags with their logos on them. This is supposed to raise their awareness of the environment. A cleaner environment through less plastic in it. I wouldn't be surprised if ALDI and LIDL soon introduce their deposit system like they have in Germany.And on the subject of drinking water from the tap, the USA does not have the same standards for the quality of drinking water across the country, and by the way, there is no chlorine in it! In Germany, the water is filtered and treated in an organic and environmentally friendly way. Bacteria for treatment, for example, also play a major role in the process there.For your information: Some American devices do not work in Europe because the socket here is 220 volts and not 110 volts like in the USA.
McDonalds is more expansive than regular restaurants for the same ammount of food. The reasons, why people still go there are that it's fast, it has a drive through and a take away option and last but not least you can go there on your own without feeling judged for eating alone.
14:30 Well... it really depend on the person, place, and generation. In my experience, it's actually primarily the US Americans who claim the name "America" for the USA. I've gotten into many an argument with US Americans over it. In Dutch, you can use "Amerika" for both the America's and informally for the USA. In French, the USA are called "Les États-Unis" ("The United States") and rarely "America". So yeah, I'm gonna say it differs per region and per person.
some do eat pizza with fork and knife, especially in restaurants, that's more a matter of elegancy. doggy bag started to be a thing these days in France, but it was not the case like 10-15 years ago. 9:34 that material is actually really sturdy, so it the only thing that will break if you have heavy things in it will be your back, or your shoulder, or your wrist, depending on what is weaker.
Not all Italians will eat pizza with fork and knife but pretty much the general idea for decorum when in a restaurant is that the only food you are "allowed" to touch with your hands is bread, the rest should be consumed with cutlery. That means also pork ribs, shell fish, prawns, lobster, crab etc...
This video should be titled weird things Slovenians do.
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Yes, for instance Belgian restaurants usually don't sell burgers, as Belgian cuisine has way more to offer.
@@flitsertheo id say that in slovenia they may call burger joints (not fast food) also restaurants. And I know you have such places in Belgium too.
She said at beginning she's giving her slovenian view and that people are different across Europe , why butthurt
@@purpleguy5274Because the videos title is very misleading. Its annoying. The title doesnt say "Weird things Slovenians do", as it should.
It is untrue that europeans call tap water "toilet water" and refuse to drink it. At least in northern europe it's simply not true!
yeah, in Italy tap water is "acqua del rubinetto" lit. tap water or sometimes "l'acqua del sindaco" (lit. the water of the Mayor) that basically means "the public water".
Same, here in The Netherlands we call it kraanwater, literally tap water. Basically everyone here drinks from the tap.
In Poland we also drink tap water. I can't taste a difference between bottled water and tap water.
i live in germany and i never heard someone saying "toilet water". it's "leitungswasser" or "pipe water". some people like dinking it others not
That's the same in the UK.
As a portuguese, i can tell you right now, 1st our pizzas are not cut at restaurants, and yes the vast majority of us uses cutlery, and we DO NOT put ketchup on it ( we are not barbarians lol )
German, no ketchup and i use fork and knife for eating pizza!
It totally depends on where you source your pizza... fancy restaurants in Denmark will give you a plate with a pizza on and cutlery... fastfood joints will cut your pizza in slices of 8 and expect you to eat each slice by hand... and im sure you could request ketchup but its usually not something you automatically get on it.
I'm from the UK and our pizza is cut with a pizza roll and we tend to eat pizza with barbaque sauce also some Italian restaurants just leave the pizza for you to cut to your standard
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Austrian here. I eat pizza with fork and knife if it's a pizza from a restaurant. Like the pizza in a Italian restaurant is often almost impossible to eat without cutlery because it's so thin. But the random pizza you'd order to your house is normally just eaten by hand.
And who the f puts ketchup on pizza... I've never done that or seen someone do that.
In France, pizzas are not cut in slices if you are in a restaurant, and you don't eat with your fingers at a restaurant table. But if you have a pizza deliverd at your home in a box, then it is cut in slices. And you eat it with your fingers....
Yes, I think you are correct. There is a difference between eating in a restaurant or at home. Same in the UK. Restaurant is with a knife and fork, at home fingers. Whichever location we don’t put ketchup and mayonnaise on it.
This is 100% accurate :)
Same in Germany. Another etiquette thingie is mashing potatoes on the plate and *dramatic music* stirring them with gravy. Totally fine at home, among friends and family, at all ages really, but mortifying for parents of a teenager who "still does that" in a restaurant, hinting at mushed baby food. Hats off upon entry of an establishment unless outdoor seats and weather warrant keeping them on, forearms on the table are fine but no elbows and always, always, place your order with a cadence that reflects consideration for the waiter's time and workload. On a slow day, polite banter humanizes the job.
In Italy, you can ask to have it sliced if it's takeaway, because it might be like to share for a party or something. In a restaurant, it's never cut and most people eather eat it with knife and fork or slice it themselves. Every style is allowed.
Of course,mediterranea countries have alike customs.So said from Napoli,the house of pizza.Americans...well they re something else.
The Ketchup thing... I would expect that crime from Americans, never saw that in Europe... 😂
I don't eat without ketchup on, I feel like something is lacking (I guess it's a Romanian thing). Now the mayo?! That is wild, ew
If you try ordering ketchup for your pizza in Italy your life might be in serious danger! 😅
The concrete shoes are ready 4 action!
At the end, this guy end up in slices like a deliverd pizza. 😅
Don't doubt that! Never had heard about this. I'm from Finland.
No they just deport you now
Exactly
Europe is not a single culture. You cannot generalise about what "Europeans" do. What we do in England, Sweden, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Poland or Austria, for example, varies hugely. There are cultural differences between the four countries of the UK and within them: London and Leeds, Cardiff and Llanelli, Glasgow and Wester Ross, all different.
Lets not forget just the simple differences as individuals. Not all family members do exactly the same things.
It varies to an extent, but there’s also a huge amount of crossover.
But there is still something what we can call European. There are very specific European customs and habits and it is somehow common for all Europeans. So yes in some sense Europeans are Europeans and it really differ from US or China or any other country
@@avitalsheva Examples of "specific European customs and habits"?
the biggest cultural difference in Europe is between the former Roman Empire's countries and the former Soviet Empire's countries.
You know when there is an authentic Italian restaurant when they dont cut your pizza.
Italian pizza and... lets call it american type. Its different. For italian one its ok i guess but i never see that anyone eat american one like on that picture. For me its a same as salting a melon.
I would not say that as for Italian pizza you normally do not need any cutlery for yourself. Just your hands.
basically every place haha.
@@bastyayaNormal sized Napoli pizza easily fits in your hands. It’s only when you go seriously oversized…
or ASK for that
Just to be clear. No one in France would ever put ketchup or mayo on a pizza. We put olive oil mixed with hot chili pepper
Or olive oil with garlic 🤤
I imagine some people do but I don't know of any. 🇫🇷 to
To continue french answer. We drink tap water. We can eat Pizza with fork and knife
As an Italian, I can tell you that we do eat pizza with a fork and knife especially at a pizzeria, you don't eat with your hands in a restaurant. At home at least the first few bites I also eat with a fork and knife, the pizza is too soft the towards the center and everything would just drip down. Something we would never do in Italy is put mayo and/or ketchup on pizza, that's just gross
I think its a very uncommon thing for most of us to put on pizza bea sauce however is very popular atleast here in sweden . i Did the mistake of asking for bea sauce when i went to italy and was going to eat at a pizza . It was like time stopped and everyone inside froze for a second as if i had commited murder or something. Then it seems like everyone realized i was a turist . I never asked again or needed to either since the pizza was saucy on its own and you could taste every ingridient and not just oil and cheese.
This is like a person from Panama representing the whole of the Americas from Canada to Argentina.
True but she's also getting many of her 'European' things wrong, as they are really only relevant to her locality and the people she associates with. That's not a good way to compare huge areas of the world.
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She's right about the fast food prices: Fast food is NOT cheap in europe. Most normal restaurants are about the same price per (better) meal. Fast food is fast. Thats it.
And sometimes barely considered as food.
That's right for the 20-30€ a McDonalds meal would cost consisting of 2 burgers, fries and a soft drink I also can get high quality burgers from an actual restaurant or other high quality food that tastes better, is healthier and makes me feel more full.
Depends on where you live I guess. Here in the Netherlands it's cheaper than visiting an average restaurant. But if McDonald's (and others) keep similar prices for eastern Europe, I can definitely see how your average restaurant is about the same price or cheaper.
@@3limin4t0r For a big tasty bacon menu and an additional Bigmac in Germany you pay a bit >20€.
For that price you can get a steak with fries in some places.
For the price range 20-30€ in many places I can get two very good quality burgers with very good quality fries that automatically come with the burger.
I would say in Germany it depends. But the difference to their competitors who serve actual quality food is quite small nowadays. At least with the burgers that taste like something.
Not in Germany
The proper way to eat pizza in Italy: they give it to you uncut, you cut it into slices and eat with your hands or eat with fork and knife.
In Germany, where I live, most people will eat with fork and knife at the restaurant, but ask for sliced pizza when takeaway.
Never ever have I seen anyone put ketchup or mayo on pizza. Must be a Slovenia thing.
If they cut it it's usually cut horribly.
I see most people eat pizza with their hands but not like eating it with a fork and a knife is considered weird or anything, I think I've seen ketchup on pizza once but not mayo for sure
If you put mayo or ketchup on a pizza in Naples, you would probably killed by the Camorra.
Pizza with knife and fork🧐Where does she eat,at the Ritz?😂As for taking food to go,of course we can. I only just did it other week in an Indian restaurant. Is she from Mars?😂😂 As for our bathrooms and lifts, we don’t need bigger ones, because we don’t eat all the hotdogs! / Which are full of disgusting crap anyway. Ryan. I said the same thing as you about the adaptor situation. DUHHH!😂I pre bought one to take to New York with me. It did amuse me though when I tested out fast food chains to see what the difference in portion sizes are from us. The staff looked so confused when they were doing my order and I said no more food on that thanks. I would not be able to eat it,would be a waste. Their reactions were hilarious!Dduw Bendithia America. / God Bless America.😂😂🏴
@@nicoladc89 Or worse, an Italian nonna looking at you with disapproval and disappointment.
Yes, you are the ruin of an Italian granny's day. 🤣
- NO, 99% people in Europe dont use ketchup and mayo on pizza. Maybe at home, but not at public. I have never seen it.
- Boxes for food are avaliable everywhere, never found restaurant without them.
- fast foods are more expensive than restaurants.Crap food menu in Mcdonalds its like 10-13 bucks and standard meal in restaurant is like 10 and even less at launch, where we have launch menu and its even lower price.
Garlic sauce or sour cream sauce though.
Brit here, I tend to start eating my pizza with a knife and fork (I can’t say it the other way around) and then move to my hands later. Pizzas are not cut in the UK, you get a pizza cutter with it.
I’ve not seen anyone put ketchup on pizza. I’ve added chilli oil and garlic oil, but never ketchup.
I would not want anyone packing my shopping in the supermarket. I can do it myself, thanks.
German perspective: ketchup and/or mayo on pizza is not normal... eewww
Also, we do usually drink our tap water, it just might taste different depending where you are but it's safe to drink anywhere
Irish perspective : I agree with you.
yeah, please dont put us all in the same bucket as that wierdo who made the video.
Norwegian perspective: Kinda weird but if you want to I guess?
Just don't vomit when I'm there.
Added as a German. We are not allowed to judge, people put Pineapple on Pizza
Yes, here in Italy we eat pizza with a fork and knife. It's not precut, and it's not "to share". If you order a pizza here, you get one pizza (more or less the size of a dish) and you cut it, and eat it with a fork. Some people cut it in bite size pieces, others cut it in triangular slices that can be eaten with your hands (no scandal here, we do it), others cut it in other ways. But you don't usually eat it with your hands. We use and like ketchup but on fries, or on hamburgers. I don't see the point of putting a tomato based sauce on a pizza, which is already covered in tomato sauce.
To go boxes are becoming common here, I use them all the time, but a lot of people feels that taking your leftovers home makes you look like a very poor person that hasn't enough to eat at home. Luckily this is changing, for my generation is quite normal (I am 56) but older people wouldn't do it out of shame.
Grocery shopping: yes, we have carts, and those sturdy bags that you can reuse for years, they never tear or break no matter how you overfill them 😁.Also, many people have a supermarket near home, so no need to take the car to go there. Try that in the USA hehehehe
have i understood right that italians doesen't put ever high prices on pizzas in restaurants because its considered such standard food? Here in Finland u can even pay up to 20 euros from single pizza in some fancier place :D
@@Juhani96 the highest price I ever found on a pizza is 9 euros (I'm Italian)
@@norma8686 well, that confirms it then, thanks! 🫡
@@Juhani96 Also in Prague, a large pizza can go up to 25 €. Not fancy, it's usually just overpriced. One pizzeria I actually like has prices around the 12 € mark which is bearable.
@@norma8686in Milano a fancy gourmet pizza can well be over 12/15 euro. A good margherita Neapolitan style with buffalo mozzarella will usually cost 9. Unfortunately, fresh buffalo mozzarella is expensive and has a short shelf life, so in the north they make you pay for it. You can spend less, of course, even 3 or 4 euro for a margherita, if you are willing to settle for low quality places.
In Italy, it is USUAL and normal to eat pizza in a restaurant with a knife and fork... The pizza is cooked fresh, should be eaten straight away and is TOO hot to eat with he hands. Different to pizza sold on the street or "al taglio" (often sold just by the slice). I'm English, but have vacationed in Italy many times... You can easily SPOT American's from across a restaurant, struggling to eat scalding cheese pizza with heir hands OR trying to use the knife and fork, BUT struggling using those TOO!!! 😂😂😂
TBH 30% of Italians think that's "a crime" eating pizza with fork and knife. But a lot of Italians do it.
@@nicoladc89Did you do a survey? My experience in Italy, people eat take away pizza at home with their hands, but in restaurants eat it with a knife and fork, because if it’s straight out of the oven it’s difficult to eat with your hands.
That’s my experience of Italy too, the only people trying to eat piping hot pizza with their hands are American tourists or military personnel. They usually end up with most of it down their clothing. 😂
@@ffotograffydd 1. I'm Italian,My experience in Italy has lasted for more than 30 years. And I assure you that a part of Italian literally hate who eat pizza with fork and knife.
2. According to a survey, eating pizza with fork and knife is in the top 10 of the "food crimes" for Italians. 31.1% of those interviewed said they did not tolerate those who eat pizza with a knife and fork.
I think this is particularly true in southern Italy, in Naples for example. Neapolitan are a little bit extremist on pizza.
Eating pizza with hands vs eating pizza with fork and knife in Italy is a feud, like toilet paper under vs toilet paper over, Apple vs PC, etc...
As I said, a lot of Italians eat pizza with fork and knife and the Italian "galateo" (the Italian etiquette) said that you must eat it with fork and knife, but a part of Italians hates who do that.
@@nicoladc89 yeah it depends on the part of italy since it's one of the most diverse nations in europe. they have that special pizza folding technique of folding the flap up and then folding it in half
Swedish here:
1. We usually get the pizza unsliced and definatelt use cutlery to eat it, especially at a restaurant. No ketchup though!
2. You usally CAN get your food to go, but it´s not the norm. You have to ask for it yourself, they are never gonna offer, but they can usually find a box for you to put your food in.
3. You better be prepared to pack your own groceries in Europe! I've seen bag packers in the US and in Asia, but not once in Europe.
4. You pay per bag at all stores, so yes, we usually bring your own multiuse ones.
5. You can definately have a picknick drinking alcohol in most of Europe, or have a drink in the street. No brown paper bags around bottles here!
6. We definately drink tap water. It super clean and taste great!
7. Salty black licorice is the best candy in the world.
8. Smoking is much more prevalent in southern Europe than in the north. Up here it is actually prohibited to smoke in most areas. But then again, many northerns get their nicotine from snus instead of cigarettes.
9. Fast food IS expensive, and you probably can get at least lunch deals at the same or similar price nowadays. At least in a smaller city, which is where I live. A sit down dinner will be more expensive, though.
3:16 in Italy pizza isn't pre-cut, unless it's to go, and then the majority prefers eating in slices, but alot do use only cutlery and no hands
OMG! It freaks out a lot of people in Europe too.. I think this is just a Slovenian thing.. For an Italian that would be a mortal sin.
Def not only Slovenian
@@AFFoC
Nobody west of the former Iron Curtain at least.
@@Alias_Anybody Slovenia was west of the iron curtain. Like Austria, Slovenia (former Yugoslavia) was a buffer between western Europe and eastern Europe
@@DanVibesTV
I know Yugoslavia wasn't technically parts of the Eastern Block, but that's how it was perceived by most westeners because it was largely about systems, and Austria distinctly wasn't a communist regime, but Yugoslavia was.
@@DanVibesTV Austrian here. Austria was always part of Western Europe, and NEVER a buffer zone. Yugoslavia was only different to other Eastern European countries that people there were able to go to Western Europe. I remember as child I lived on the Southern border of Austria to Yugoslavia back in the time of the Iron curtain. People from Yugoslavia (Slovenia part) crossed the border frequently to smuggle croceries into Yugoslavia. When we went to Croatia at these times, we would always bring coffee and other items to our host there, and they would exchange it for Sliwowitz. Haha. We would also bottle up fantastic mineral water right at the scource in Slovenia, where it was freely available. Childhood memories......
Sweden here, I have never heard or seen anyone put ketchup on a pizza.
But bea or kebab sauce. mm
Or mayo neither wtf. All tho we have banana on pizza.
@@jhezuzchristian1190 Good to hear im not the only swede wondering since when we eat mayo on pizza? some finnish person above is even thanking sweden for influencing them to do the same. I have never so far in my life seen a person here in sweden ask for or eat either mayo or ketchup on a pizza bea however we are crazy about .
I think her statement that people in Europe don't understand what United States is might be just her circle of friends maybe that didn't get it. I am living in Europe for 31 year and i still didn't met single person that don't understand "The United States"
I'm a fair bit older than you and have never heard of anyone not 'getting' United States either.
I believe it is just called states now. As in:"I am from the states".
lets talk about how americans eat with fork and knive - how they hold it normally first, cut normally, then put down their knives, switch the fork to the other hand, pick up the food with said fork while holding the fork in a clenched fist. then for the next bite they restart this whole gespiel again. absolute insane way of eating food.
Not just Americans do that! My friend at high school did that too, and when she saw me eating without switching hands, she looked me weirdly. There's to add that she isn't Italian but from Morocco, so maybe that's a strange thing they do there too.
Northern European here.
1. I eat pizza with fork and knife depending on restaurant i eat it in. Ketchup on a pizza, wtf, eww.
2. To-go bags in a restaurant are definately a thing. Reusable bags i always forget to take with me to the store.
3. Public drinking happens.
4. I make a point saying "United States" and not "america", since america is a continent that has several other countries too.
5. Tab water is the norm to drink.
6. We don't really eat hot dogs. I mean they exist in our realm, but are relatively seldomly eaten.
7. Bathrooms and elevators can be small. But never been to ones in the U.S.A.
8. Salted liqourice is delicious!
9. Smoking has gone down significantly in my life time.
10. Bars close 02-04. Alcohol can be only be purchased from a bar after 9 pm.
11. EU citizens and Schengen area doesnt need passports.
12. One can definately get better food from some other restaurant than what they could get from a restaurant.
For 4), and then what do you think that the letter A stands for in the "usa"? Antarctis? It's just an another way to shorten the annoyingly long name of the country.
@@tovarishchfeixiao i understand that. My point still stands. Lot of other Americans too than people from the states.
Never been to Slovenia, but in non of the EU countries I've been visiting, I never encountered it to be a common thing to put ketch-up on pizza. Europeans have also a bunch of skills that are lost in USA like: Packing groceries, Cutting our own pizza, walking in the office with a lidless coffee mug without spilling and driving a manual car :)
And indeed, McDonalds or similar fast food chains are expensive and not even considered a restaurant by most people. It's more a place where you go to make your kids happy, or where a group of teens go because they don't need to behave as proper as in a restaurant.
We can even multitask, with a knife in one hand and a fork in the other!
The proper use of knife and fork went lost in the USA too. Knives are used to stick in people but forks, what do you need those for ?
McDeath is mostly seen as expensive because the shit they have to offer just isn't worth money at all. They need to pay me to eat that.
Here in Germany we have a relatively clear distinction between a fast food place and a "real restaurant". It's wired that Americans just call every place that sells warm food a restaurant 😮
Funny coincidence: I (german) was just eating in a Döner restaurant with several friends last weekend. One of them ordered a pizza (yes, these places sometimes have other things than just Döner for those that didn't know xD). His two year old daughter had a children's menu which included some fries as well as ketchup and mayonnaise. While her dad was chatting animatedly with the guy next to him, his daughter, apparently wanting to do her dad a favor, put half of her ketchup and half of her mayonnaise on her fries and the rest on daddy's pizza. When he finally looked back down at his food, he almost cried and then started to teach her this very valuable lesson so she would never forget: You DON'T put ketchup and mayonnaise on PIZZA!
We try to teach that to citizens of Mostar, BiH, but they don't listen😅
Different folks, different strokes I guess!
They sell pizza in Kebab places here in England too, along with chips, assuming that’s what Döner is (we don’t call it that in England, simply Kebab)
@jackthehacker05 Yeah, it's full name is "döner kebap", turkish for "rotating roast". I guess since most Germans don't speak any turkish, they eventually just made the first word its commonly used name. Silly, really, because now we are just eating a "rotating"...
it might be good that in america it isnt allowed to drink in public spaces when those people get drunk and are allowed to carry guns with them
It would be even better if carrying guns in public weren't allowed. But then this is "Murica".
In The Netherlands we definitely put not ketchup or mayonnaise on a pizza.
Wij gebruiken gewoon knoflooksaus 😂
I answer to does sentence that she said, as an italian:
1. We of course don't eat only pizza with knife and fork, only in fancy restaurants to be cleaner and polite.
2. We don't put ketchup or mayo on pizza. But we have in one place of italy a pizza with mayo, that is made in a way, that it's good.
3. We can have box to take our food home, if we don't finish that food.
4. Yes, we don't have the cashier putting groceries into our bags.
5. Yes we can bring our reusable bags, made of harder material, or under the register we have recycled plastic bags.
French eating a pizza ATM, with fork and knife, because even if it's cooked to the point that the crust is half burnt, if i try to pick up a slice like an american, it will break under it's own weight and the whole topping will fall down on the plate leaving me with a sloppy and greasy piece of bread. That's how pizza with fresh ingredients is supposed to be
In italy depends on were you go, mostly is made to be eaten with hands but some high price restaurants do it very thin too, and has nothing to do with the ingredients freshness, only with the style of the place you buy it
@@jarluhtraed9725in my experience it’s not a problem of how thin the crust is, in Italy usually you eat your pizza with fork and knife but there are some people, in the same place, who use their hands , but usually they are the minority, if we exclude the kids
@@businessasusual9077 not the crust, but the dow under the ingredients, if it's very thin it's almost impossibile to be eaten without fork and knife (at least you should cut the tip out of the slices to not have it collapsing)
Hang on, you have ATMs made out of pizza in France??? How convenient, you can get cash and something to eat at the same time! ☺️😉
I think it depends where you are. In restaurants it's typical to eat with knive and fork. But if you're alone at home nobody will judge you.
one day americans will learn that "europe" is not a country xD most she says is also weird for most europeans ... ketchup or mayo on pizza ? who on earth does that
That is the thing that irritates me. What kind of animal does that?
@@Kloetenhenne A lot of europeans.
@@bee12117 that doesn't answer the question. Who does that?
"América" is not a country is USA
A lot of Poles. Not in Italian restaurants but in polish-italian or fastfood you always get extra sauces. Often garlic sauce
6:10 : Plastic takeaway food boxes are banned in the whole EU.
Grocery stores are not allowed to give you free plastic bags either, they have to charge you some money or give you paper bags.
27:30: During the pandemic lot of EU countries have temporarily suspended the Schengen Agreement, and closed their borders, so people were not allowed to travel abroad.
In France, even single use plastic boxes and cutlery have been banned! Perfect, imo.
If you ask in a restaurant the food, I never heard that they charge you for the aluminium foil or box. And also I never saw an extra position for the box or the bag if you buy food to go or if you get it delivered. At least not on Germany.
Er in the uk theres plenty of plastic boxes
@@sunseeker9581 the UK is not part of the EU any more ;).
@@gregor2436in germany there are plenty of plastic boxes as well. Maybe they don't check it because some don't use plastic but most do. Some supermarkets even startet using plastic bags again because they found some sort of loophole in the law.
The thing with the to go boxes in restaurants is we not only have smaller portions, but nobody ever even hints that you should leave the restaurant. It's customary to stay at the table longer, eat slowly, chat and just stay even after you finished your food; you won't get the check until you specifically ask for it. So we also have the feeling of more time to consume the meal.
And while it doesn't happen everywhere, if the restaurant also does deliveries, they'll have boxes and gladly provide one for leftovers if you ask.
Oh and I don't know if it's a majority, but VERY many Germans prefer sparkling water. And even if it's not sparkling, it's gonna be flat mineral water, not just filtered/processed tap water, like most of the US does. Most bottled water in Europe is mineral water, not just water. So maybe that's why they don't drink tap water. (But I'm not from Germany and I gladly drink my local tap water)
1. A Big King XL plus fries and drink will rush you over 12 Euros - about 13 USD $ in the tiny Western European 'country' I live in. 2. Public drinking is a.lot more lenient 3. A lot of us keep reusable grocery bags in our car trunks. 4. We weigh our produce ourselves and pack our own groceries in supermarkets. 5. Generally, we talk quietly when on trains, in busses and in waiting rooms - often people will whisper 6. When you go out in public, you'd better be empty, as it's not easy to find a place to pee. 7.The price you see on the tag is the price you pay - no complex GST / VAT calculations needed. 8. Cigarette smoking is hella prevalent. 9. Good luck finding an open store after 8 pm. Gas station convenience stores might push it to 10 pm. 10. We don't really need cars, as train and bus connections are generally great, although taking your car is faster 11. Tipping is not a big deal - if you feel like it, 10%. No biggie if you don't leave one.
I feel toilet water is an awful translation of "Leitungswasser" it directly translates to "pipe water" not "toilet water"
No she is not german. She is from slovenia. They dont have that term
@@убитьБэра That comment was talking about Germany.
Italian here, talking about Italy: pizza always comes uncut; always. So yes, we cut it ourselves, with fork and knife, and then some people keep eating it with the fork, and most people eat it with their hands. Ketchup on pizza: nowhere, noone, ever, even think of using ketchup or mayo, or any kind of sauce, on pizza; just thinking about such an idea makes any Italian skin crawl. An important detail about pizza: I know in America you usually make pizzas cooking a tomato and cheese base, and then put "toppings" and the like. In Italy such a thing doesn't exist: you order or make a specific type of pizza, which has a name, and cook everything together. Except for certain specific ingredients, that *need* to be raw, pizza and toppings all go in the oven in the same moment. There can be a few minor differences in ingredients between makers, but for the most part same name = same pizza. For example, pizza with tomato, mozzarella and basil = margherita; tomato, oregano and garlic = marinara; tomato, cheese, anchovies, capers = napoletana: and so on. Other typical names are Capricciosa, Quattro Stagioni, Quattro Formaggi, Diavola, Carrettiera, Romana, etc.
European portions in Europe are human sized. And no We do not put ketchup on pizza. Maaybe in Slovenia but not Italy. and yes we bag our groceries.
Which size have American portions in Europe?
Us Europeans do not have a "leftover culture" like US citizens do.
Yeah I imagine thats a kind of things than can get locals mad... and maybe your sass kicked in Naples. A friend of mine thought it would be funny to order pizza with pineapple there.... Well, the waiter, who spoke perfect English, started to start ranting in angry Italian, in which I only recognised couple of words "mortacci tua" and "stronzo". He was probably sick and tired of the pineapple pizza thing... can't really blame him.
So you speak for the whole europe but you only mentioned habits of two countries. How do you know if other countries put ketchup on pizza or not? I can say Croatia and Poland put ketchup on pizza. That's 3:1 for "We DO", so far.
Just because Italy doesn't, does not mean europe doesn't.
Germany very much doesn't: Plain ketchup belongs on fries (if you're not having mayo or both), *maybe* on sausage (usually you'd rather go for curry ketchup or mustard), and definitely never on steak, pizza, or pasta. People might not punch you or argue but you're definitely going to get judgemental stares.
I love to eat pizza with a fork and a knife. I think it's mostly because I eat too fast by hands, I can enjoy it for a longer time if I have to cut it to little pieces 😅 Never seen ketchup on a pizza, but I love me some mayonnaise with certain kind of pizzas.
If you go to a sit-down restaurant in Europe and order a pizza, more likely than not you will get an uncut pizza so you kinda have to use a fork and knife. Also, Italian style pizzas are often too thin to hold with your hands without being all messy
Not the case here in Norway. It might be the case in some rare cases with genuine italian style restaurants, but otherwise they are all prescliced and many people do eat them with their hands. Italian style of course is different due to how thin they are, but most pizzas sold here are more american style.
Ive never gotten uncut pizza and fork and knife for pizza in Bulgaria
European portions are not supersized, so its rare to need a doggy bag.
But if you ask for it, most places will bring you some kind of container.
I occasionally ask for some to take away for my little dog who I feel guilty for leaving in the car while I eat.
@@Para2normal 🤣 I never got why people call it a "doggy" bag. 🤷♂
@@em0_tion Because the leftovers in it are meant for the dog. Or at least that used to be the excuse, but the term stuck.
Nowadays most are not feeding their dogs regular food, because it's not great for them.
@@AltCutTV What a surprise that dogs not supposed to eat the same things as humans. Who would have thought that.
@@tovarishchfeixiao In fairness it's usually a surprise to most dogs as well.
Maybe after another 10000 years everyone will eat the same though.
I work in retail. I will pack people's bags if they ask me to and I will offer if they are struggling, but mostly, it would be insulting to suggest an adult can't pack their own bags. Another reminder that Americans see "good service" as playing the parent.
Reusable bags worked in the UK because shops started charging for the carrier bags. They are made of that because it,s cheap and strong, but there are also cotton bags. I have several.
... cheap, strong AND recyclable!
Shops were forced to charge by legislation
The law changed so they had to charge for disposable bags.
I like the fairly new polyester bags that can be folded and rolled small enough to keep in a pocket.
Makes it much easier to always bring a bag along, and the best reusable bag is the one that you remember.
@@gchecosse It was made into law, to discourage people to keep adding to the tons of rubbish we produce.
If you want to convince people, talk to their wallets!
As a Brit (London) - I can tell you that I don't know ANYONE who would use a knife & fork to eat a pizza ! They're always cut into 6 with a pizza cutter so we can pick them up with our hands. A lot of pizzas are in takeaway boxes & people eat with their hands !
For Germany: The standard combos at Mc Donalds or Burger King are ~10€. They both have one cheap combo for 6€. You might not be able to go to a real restaurant for that price, but you could get some street food or something at the bakery for less than 10€. But the cheapest way is tro cook yourself.
And for eating pizza with knife and fork: It depends. A more American style pizza will typically be eaten with the hands, but some might still use knife and fork. A real good pizza here should have a very thin dough, so that it would "bend down" and the topping would drip from the tip of the slice if you pick it up at the crust - so you'd have to use a second hand to stabilize it - and then it's more common to use knife and fork.
Also some places cut the pizza and some don't - but you can cut it into slices yourself if you want to.
And I never saw anyone putting ketchup and mayo on their pizza.
In Italy there are two "parties": people who eat pizza with fork and knife and people who eat with hands. Anyway the Italian etiquette say that people have to eat pizza with fork and knife, cutting small pieces and eat them with fork.
To be more specific, there isn't only a type of pizza, there are a lot of types, some types are usually ate with fork and knife some other not. But remember one thing, no pizzerias in Italy cut your pizza, except some fast food chain. So even the people who eat pizza with hands, have to use fork and knife and cut it.
Sometimes the pizza is cut in 4/6/8 pieces and ate with hands, sometimes the pizza is folded in 4 and eat with hands (pizza a portafoglio), the "pizza al taglio" could be cutted in squares eaten with hands, sometimes with fork and knife. I think 50% of Italian eat the Neapolitan pizza with fork and knife and 50% don't, and usually who don't eat with fork and knife, hate who does. And much more people eat pizza al taglio with hands. I think really depends on where you eat pizza, in pizzeria sitting at a table with a ceramic plate etc... fork and knife, on the road, at a buffet etc... with hands.
P.S. there's a dedicated circle in hell for those who put ketchup on pizza. If you put ketchup on pizza in Naples, you would probably get killed by the Camorra. And the murderers would be acquitted in self-defense for public decency.
Even as a German, I know that the Italian wasn't kidding when it came to the ketchup on the pizza. You definitely will be killed for that. :)
Here in Germany i pay for a McDonalds Menu 10-12 Euro. I can buy a Döner with drink for 7 Euro or Currywurst with fries, mayo and large drink for 8.60 Euro.
Almost same for Denmark: €13 McDonalds menu vs €8 for the Döner menu.
But in Denmark we have taxes on fat and sugar, which is really pressing products like McDonalds up.
Currywurst mit Pommes Mayo 🥰
I feel like generally McDonald's in Europe it's like separate categorie of food. Because its not as cheap like kebab for example and it's not as expensive like some average good looking restaurants. It's very mid. I feel like the only thing that's above average its drive thru, not many fast food joints have it in Poland its almost exclusively done by big American fast food chains.
@@Hojitashima Is it cheaper, because Döner places dont pay taxes? or other reason?
Additional, in Germany there are a often public canteen or lunch menus at restaurants, where you have a limited choice of 3-5 dishes at lunchtime for about 10 €. Fresh cooked dishes, no fast food.
I don't drink tap water, because I, like many Germans, prefer carbonated water. But I use tap water for coffee and tea. So I actually do drink tap water.
We cook with tape water, we make ice cubes with it. Tape water is the most controled "food" in Germany! Greetings from Germany
Yes, here in Germany carbonated water / sparkling water is really standard. Nowadays, a lot of people also use Sodastream to carbonate their tab water at home, too, so you don’t need to buy heavy water bottles at the grocery store.
i drink carbonated water in restaurants, and tap water (including coffee and tea made from it) at home in germany.
and i don't call it "tap water" or "toilet water", but _"Leitungswasser"_ which literally translates to "pipewater"
All i drink is on base of tap-water because i make my own cola, fanta or sprite via Soda-Stream. But i never drink pure water without any added flavor.
Btw.: i wonder, is there even un-carbonated coke available in the US or all those weirdos that seem to hate carbonated water so much ? Because .. in the end coke is carbonate water .. with added flavor.
@Anson_AKB in the Netherlands we also call it "gemeente pils" meaning municipal beer 😅
it's true, we eat it with a fork and a knife. it's only sliced when you order sliced.and you eat around the edges first, and half go towards the middle, because the edge cools down first. the core is warm for a long time
It is true that you can freely cross the borders between countries that are part of the Schengen agreement, but there may still be random checks at the borders where you have to show your passport to identify yourself and that is the only ID that is valid. The same applies if, for example, you are stopped by the police in another country that is part of the Schengen agreement, it is also only your passport that counts as valid ID, so even if we can drive freely between those countries, we must still have a passport on us all the time when we are abroad regardless of the schengen agreement or not.
Here in germany pizza is usually cut if you order delivery but most times not in a resaurant. Eating with your fingers is (with some exceptions) viewed as "barbaric".
The reason why McDonalds is more expensive may be precisely that it is not healthy. In some countries unhealthy food is taxed more heavily so that people would make better choices. The same reason why alcohol and cigarettes are taxed heavily.
Fast food places typically also use lots of disposable packaging which probably means they have to pay lots of different recycling costs. I don't know the details because EU regulations are very difficult to read for us ordinary people, but I know that they are planning to get rid of all kinds of single-use packaging over time.
Alcohol and tobacco are both addictive too. Guaranteed tax revenue.
In some countries it could be because of extra tax, but I think that it is a lot because we use more “real” ingredients in Europe where as in the US you can put a lot of cheep crap in the food …
In Europe those bags are made from recycled bottles aka PET.
The pizza in Sweden for take away is uncut, the pizza served in restaurants are uncut. You mainly eat pizza with knife and fork. At certain restaurants the pizza comes in slices. But for the most part, both in Sweden (and Norway) the pizza isn't sliced beforehand.
There are many weird things on this video, or perhaps its a Slovenian thing not known to other European countries. Firstly, EVERYWHERE in Europe they drink tap water. Now the quality varies. When I go to Southern Austria in the mountains, the tap water is so good that I find it superior to bottled water. In Southern France or Italy it is not so great, but drinkable. It also varies from village to village, from town to town. Secondly, I have NEVER seen any person in Europe putting ketchup on pizza, or worse, Mayonaise. It is the most horrible thing you can do to a pizza! In restaurants we eat it with folk and knife. Pizzas here, and I live 30 km from Italy, are mostly thin based with lots of toppings, and it would be a complete mess to eat it with your hands. But people would do it on the beach, where you can make a mess. Or at a children party. Thirdly, you do have doggy bags to bring home left over food from the restaurant! Even here in France, it is by law, although it took a while as it was seen as bad manners not to finish your food. In France generally people do not waste food, and one should finish yout plate when possible. It is also law not to throw away food in food markets after expire date, but give it to places where poor people can fetch it for free. Of course only if one can still eat it. EVERYWHERE I know in Europe you can still get booze until they close, except GB. Then, anywhere in the Schengen area you are allowed to move freely. But this does not apply to aeroplanes and trains. Even by car one should have some ID with just in case. But things have become much stricter since Covid and the migration wave. I regularily cross borders by train, and at EVERY border police will go through the train looking for illegal migrants and asking suspicious looking individuals for passports. They always get some illegal immigrants and take them off the train for further investigation. Mostly they send them back to where they came from, but I have no idea how this should work out.
Ketchup with pizza is not normal in Germany. Sometimes you dip your crust into aioli or something but that’s it.
Pizza dough in Europe is often very thin so you can't keep it in your hand as a firm slice. It flops and the ingredients drop on the floor. That's why we often use utensils. If the pie is thick we use hands mostly.
never condemning something without trying, i one had pizza from the hut, but afterwards always left thick pizza to the americans. *if i want something with thick fluffy dough, i eat a cake.* ... "quite a few" decades ago, also in germany lots of restaurants had thick dough for pizza, but that was because they only had started to offer pizza and used their normal dough and normal ovens. the few good pizzerias in germany always had thin italian pizza made from their own pizza dough and in stone ovens.
btw: real pizza in a restaurant or pizzeria always with utensils, but cheap precut slices from fastfood stores in train stations etc with hands.
Plus you will get oil on your hands as well. So the fork and knife can help to avoid that too.
I hate when I'm about to go to work and I find a person on the internet that is wrong about something. Forcing me to be late to work, just to talk some sense into that person before I leave home.
Agree. This female is talking out of her backside.
Okay, lets take it step by step. First off, Im Danish and comments from a Danish point of view.
1. Pizza and cutlery. Often when we eat at home (and a few times at resaurants) the pizza is just too hot to hold, so yes, fork and knife. Also if the bread is too soft.
1,5. Pizza with ketchup or mayo, never heard of that before. Many pizzas in Denmark comes with a sour-creme dressing, sometimes with garlic in it too. Chili- and garlic-oils are also popular.
2. To-go bags were something I never saw as a kid, 25-30 years ago but has been more and more available. Now I think you can get them about everywhere, if you ask for it, though at fancier places people might look at you weirdly.
3. What to call USA? I've heard it referred to as US, USA, US of A (jokingly ofc), United States, America or North America. People knows what you're talking about regardless of which you use. Talking about any other country in North America, we use that countrys name.
4. Tap Water/toilet water. I think I've read somewhere that Denmark, at some point at least, had the cleanest tapwater in europe. Not sure about it though, but in my experience, the further north you go, the cleaner water in the tap and we use the same drinkable water in toilets, though we dont drink from there. Also, I've heard from several people that the water tastes a lot different from in the US. Not having been to the US myself, I can only guess but I think that while yours may have a destinct "tapwater" taste, ours would be more like "fresh springwater taste".
5. Hotdogs are a big thing in Denmark, like BIG big, though sometime in my teens (20 years ago now) I think I heard that hotdogs was close to becoming the new national dish here. It's waned a bit since then, but at almost all farmers gatherings, markets, festivals and many other big occations you WILL find at least 1 place selling hotdogs.
6. Small bathrooms. Occasionally, yes. Not in restaurants though. In old buildings where a small closet or a stairwell had been repurposed into a toilet. I've seen it at pubs, a few stores or public restrooms but it's mostly in old houses. I've used bathrooms so small, it couldnt fit another person in there.
7. Mayo on hotdogs, no thanks, but on fries? Oh yes. I think I've seen around 30 different kinds of mayo for fries, it's a big hit here. Ketchup is nice but most I know prefer mayo. Also remoulade is popular, I've been told that isnt a thing in USA, but I dont know.
7.5 Salty licorice, I dont know a single dane who doesnt LOOOVE that. The sweet, salty licorice taste is just delicious to us.
8. In Denmark there have been a big fight against cigarettes and other tobacco products for many years. I think EU has made some laws against it as well in recent years. 25-30 years ago smokers were EVERYWHERE and almost everyone smoked, now smokers are (relatively) few. Also prices on tobacco has increased a LOT, partly to discourage new smokers from starting.
9. Fastfood IS expensive. Not sure but I believe it is made so because it is unhealthy and should not be consumed daily, though some do anyway. Generally, when I order 1 fastfood meal, it costs 80 - 120 DKK (11,46 - 17,20 dollars) whereas I can easily make a meal for 2 persons for a total of 50 DKK (7,17 dollar). I dont eat at McD - ever, so dont know the prices there.
Sorry for the long list but I really wanted to address these things...
I'm Dutch, while I can't speak for the entirety of the Netherlands, let alone all of Europe, I can generalise a bit:
- Pizza isn't cut in pizzerias (Restaurants that usually only sell pizza).
- Yes, we eat with cutlery, because 1. See above, and 2. I was taught that eating with your hands is rude in a restaurant (or at the table).
- When you order pizza at home, it's usual cut in slices (but you can choose), and most of the time I switch to hands halfway 😅.
- Ketchup on pizza? Have NEVER seen that. Disgusting.
- We pack our own groceries, and bags aren't given in supermarkets. Most of us have reusable cloth bags or the bags in the video - a lot of times these can be bought in stores for those who forgot a bag, or need more space.
- Walking around with alcohol on the streets isn't really acceptable. In some cities it's illegal and you will get a high fine. But, cities and towns in the Netherlands are allowed to decide for themselves. That'll be written down in the General local law (Algemene Plaatselijke Verordening: AVP), so if you're unsure, ask at the local government. It's smartest to assume it's not allowed on the street or in parks. Usually having a beer or wine on the beach in tourist areas is okay. Be aware if you're lying/ sitting on private property or beach that's considered part of a terrace/ beach bar. Obviously then it's allowed, but only when bought from said bar.
- Most of us say Amerika. Though some use United States and Amerika intertwined.
- Where was she in Germany? I have German friends and they drink from the tap, and call it tap water. Definitely not toilet water! Just like us in the Netherlands where water is clean, too. In some areas it comes straight from the well. There is a European website that tells you where in Europe the water is clean and safe. Greece, for example, isn't always an ideal place to drink from the tap. It smells a bit like chlorine, too. There I buy bottled water. But @RyanWuzer trust me: in most EU countries everyone drinks water from the tap and calls it that, as well.
- Dutch mayonnaise tastes very different from every other mayo I've ever tried.
-Europeans do not smoke a lot. We're not a country!! Some countries in Europe have a high % of smokers, particularly the Balkan region. Serbia and Croatia have the most smokers (2022: +/- 39%) of the *continent* of Europe, whereas most of Western and Northern Europe scores low - France is an exception with 36%. The rest is all much lower, my own country scores better - as in less smokers - (+/- 21%) than the US (+/- 24%), and these numbers have only decreased since then. I am not sure but I think we're around 19% now.
- For the opening/closing time and alcohol she probably spoke about Slovenia VS California. Sometimes it feels like this video a Mexican is speaking for the entirety of South America. There are SO many differences between our countries, you can't just say "In Europe"...
- The majority of Dutch people - at least my generation - are being taught to tip. Ten procent when food and service was great, five procent when it was okay. You only don't tip when you want to make a point.
- Yeah, junkfood is expensive here. Saying a restaurant is cheaper is utterly ridiculous. Maybe in Slovenia, but restaurants are hella expensive in the Netherlands. Cheapest item usually 15 euro here. However, while junk food is cheaper than a restaurant it still isn't exactly a cheap option compared to making your own.
Outside fast food restaurants, the French eat burgers with fork and knife also. They even eat fries with forks.
Same here. I don't want my hands covered in grease/sauce. Knife and fork all the way.
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Of course. How else would you eat it? Greetings from Nice, France.
@@ushiefreebird7470 hands?
@@MiguelBorgesphotography yes, on the beach. But not in a restaurant :-)
My mate son. Married an American Girl. When they moved to Australia just before Covid.. she said to me she was amazed by portion sizes in restaurants, and prices. I advised her, prices are due to staff getting a Decent Wage. Portion sizes are the recommended size for an Adult meal..
I've lived in 4 European countries and never ever heard of putting ketchup on your pizza!! It must be a Slovenian thing.
Also, wherever I've been in Europe (which is many places) I've always been able to ask for a doggy bag if I haven't finished my meal.
The reason: Real italian-style pizza has extremely thin dough so it simply won't hold up in your hand without everything falling down and making a mess, thus fork and knive are a must. American pizza seems to have thicker dough so you can actually hold the slices in your hand.
5:55 Well, we do, but they're less commonly available and less commonly used.
In European restaurants, the portions are generally smaller compared 5o US American ones and in European culture, it is less acceptable to not finish your meal in one go.
So yeah, goodybags are a thing, but they are rarely available and even more rarely used.
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I think they always put fork and knife in the table for the people to cut however they like.
It's also hot. So it makes sense to not touch it with hands.
German here, 71 years old. I obviously can't speak for all Germans, let alone all Europeans, only talk about my personal experiences:
-I've NEVER heard any German use the expression "toilet water" - it's "Leitungswasser" (pipe water) or in some regions I've been to "Kranwasser" (tap water)
As for US tap water: I've never been to the US, but many of my students have; one thing I heard repeatedly was "my hosts said it was safe, but it tastes disgusting".
-Free tap water in restaurants: in Germany not the norm (in my favourite spa hotel, only one group of guests gets it: the US Army often uses the hotel for "family retreats").
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ADDENDUM (19th of August): I've just come back from my favourite spa hotel again, and they've done something rather spectacular: in their restaurant, ALL drinks (from mineral water through beer to wine - no spirits) are free (self service from large glass door fridges) - and as I didn't pay more per night than on my previous visit, apparently they are REALLY free.
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In my favourite holiday country, Ireland, I've had a jug of tap water - usually with half a dozen ice cubes - with nearly every dinner I've ever had.
-Ketchup/Mayo on pizza: never!
-restaurant pizza: hardly ever pre-sliced, eaten with knife and fork.
-name calling: I've NEVER met anyone who didn't understand "die Staaten" (the States) or "US-Bürger" (US citizens).
-Smoking in Germany: there's definitely still too much of it, but from way above 50% in my childhood it has dropped to below 25%, so we're getting there... slooowwwly.
The remaining 25% will drop fast once we get you hocked on the snus. ;) Do it. Do it now!
Seriously though. That is the main reason for "nearly no smokers" in Sweden. Maybe for Germany the marijuana legalisation will contribute some as well.
Or they switch to e-zigarettes like in the US @@AltCutTV
@@norrinradd2364 IDK. "Nobody" seem to likes either those or similar things for some reason. Except streamers. Maybe because they are always close to a USB port. ;)
Italian living in Austria here and almost everything you said is true for Italy and Austria as well, except for the free tap water, that's pretty much a norm everywhere I lived so far.
@@BarelloSmith tap water in restaurants isn't the norm in spain nor portugal, usually they sell you bottled water, of course they don't tell you they're selling it to you when they ask you "would you like some water?" I've never seen tap water served besides maybe with a disgustingly strong andalousian coffee, and I'm pretty sure even if you specifically ask for it iy😢will depend on their good will, in France on the other hand it's standard to serve tap water unless you specifically ask for bottled one, often times they will just automatically bring a jug of it without you asking.
In a pizza restaurant, I would always eat my pizza with a knife and fork ("fork and knife" sounds so weird to my English ears).
I wouldn't put ketchup (or any other sauce) on a pizza.
I eat pizza with fork and knife in Slovakia, even tho most of the time it is pre-cut. Dunno, it just feels kinda wrong to not use cutlery.
33:15 In the UK you can get a medium/well done burger plate served with a side & pint of drink for around £12 ($15) in a pub. Same meal in McDonalds without a drink (burger with fries and salad) will result in £9 ($11). So yeah, not much reason to go there. Add a bit more and you get another level of food. Pre-cooked sometimes, but still below the restaurants rates.
Hello from Slovenia! If you go in a pizzeria, you'll usually eat with fork and knife, but when you order delivery, you'll eat by slices... :)
Italian here: I definitely use a knife and fork. (Also it irritates me immensely if the pizza gets to me pre-sliced, but that's 100% a *me* thing).
Based on my experience, pizza is not sliced in Europe (Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain) and they served it in a nice ceramic plate with knife and fork.
That's usually true in fancier restaurants and in tourist areas. But usual pizza joints just do regular pizza
Right, the only pre-cut pizzas I've seen were for children or to-go. Thanks goodness that pizza was sliced becaused I'd not had any knife to cut it with, since we ate on a bench.
we do have a lot of bistros here (ger.), these places are a mixture of pub/ bar and restaurants, with ``Imbiss`´´/ fast food/ finger food sub catagories ... so usually for havin drinks and foods of all sorts in one place.. like burgers, pizzas, salads, backery stuff or even more country specific italian, mexican, greek, german, european stuff etc.. but these vary locally and are area dependend and mostlikely no vast food chains in addition to restaurants. So fresh ingredients for take away and eat at home or just have meals and hang out spaces for listenin to music play games like cards, pool, table- soccer, dart, dice games, watchin football, formula 1 and have drinks.
In Austria we do drink tap water. All the time. There are many people that prefere bubbly water, but they will still drink tap water, too. Also, a lot of people "make" their bubbly water at home, using tap water.
Pizza hier isn´t cut in restaurants. If ordered home, you have to ask for it to be cut. Some people eat it with their hands, but most use forks and knives.
Also, again in Belgium, a lot of houses have a pit to collect rain water and that is used for the toilet, shower, washing machine etc. We do drink tap water and use it for other drinks and food preparation.
in germany rainwater can be used for toilet, washing , etc. . But there is a problem with register the amount you release to the sewersystem. because the cost for tapwater every time includes the cleaning costs for the wastewater. where i live1m³ drinking water costs 0,60€ includet sewer transport and cleaning at the sewerplant it costs in total3,90€. cleaning the waste is the realy expensiv part
prices in europe vary A LOT depending in which country you are. Here in Belgium a big mac is like 8€ ... if you want fries and a drink with it you buy a menu that costs 11€... for that money you can get a fresh meal with healthy fresh vegetables and non-processed meat + a bowl of soup!
In the UK, you can often find somewhere to get a decent meal for LESS than a McD's...
in England, we use a knife and fork one in each hand.
Most civilised countries outside of the US usually do.
@@gerardflynn7382 ALL civilized countries do. And the reason why MacDonalds and consorts are popular here, it's because kids and youngsters find it super fun to eat with their fingers (for a change)!
AND... even when they DO try to use a knife & fork.... They put the knife down, switch the fork from one hand to the other, then use the fork often with the tines UP (like a scoop to shovel the food in !!!) - DUH? 😂😂😂
@@gerardflynn7382 That's why it needed to be mentioned for England.
I use two forks and two knives in each hand. Second ones are just spare, in the case the first ones fall on the floor.
German here - if you get a takeout pizza, that is sometimes pre-cut, sometimes you have to specifically ask for that. In a "proper" restaurant, it's the norm to eat a pizza with fork and knife, and it *never* arrives cut into slices. The difference is simply how formal or casual the occasion is. Although I see more people bringing their way of eating their pizza in front of the TV to restaurants these days.
Really don't get the "but you can hold it in your hand" argument against it. There's lots of other foods you could eat with your hands, but typically use cutlery for. It's ultimately just a matter of your culture. I mean, why not serve soup in a tall glass instead of having to ladle it to your mouth with a spoon? Why cut steak if you could just lift it to your mouth and take bites out of it? But also - why use a fork or spoon to eat a curry when you can obviously scoop up some rice or meat with your hand - as is common in India.
German DO drink tapwater a lot. We just sometimes use a sodastream to have sparkling tapwater.
Yep in Italy pizza is not served cut, you cut your pizza how you want, generally we cut the slice and then we eat it with hands but some people use fork and knife even here, not considered weird but not he majority. But pizza is always uncut and you cut it yourself
USAians are sooooooo lazy!
Same pretty much everywhere, except the USA (Cananda?),
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63 percent of Germans drink tap water almost every day.
Source: Trink Was(ser), Deutschland! TK-Trinkstudie 2019
Personally, I use a soda maker. I make my own sparkling water from tap water.
We dont have boxes to go because we dont have gigantic portions
Fast food - depends on the country and the food. Foreign chain/franchise restaurants like McDonalds or Burger King can be more expensive and mostly avoided by the locals, but then you have a street "no brand name" kiosk or a tiny local "restaurant" where you can buy a burger/gyro/kebab (depending on the location) for a fraction of the price.
Ok I feel as a Slovenian I should clarify something... Ketchup on pizza is not the standard. Not everyone does it. BUT if you want it, it's available. Or you can ask for it and they'll bring it to you (costs extra btw). Some people ask for tabasco instead.
And you put it on your own pizza, it won't come to the table slathered in ketchup.
Also I feel like that's more of a cheap/leftover pizza thing? At least the way I use it, and also depending on what else is on the pizza.
Also the place she showed, Holy Food, it's more of a fast food place than a restaurant (they don't just have pizza btw), and it's one of the cheapest in town. I mean, it's not terrible, but it's not amazing. Ketchup may be more desirable on that kind of pizza.
you might call it “posh” but Europeans do not like greasy hands, and pizza and fries are usually greasy. I actually even eat fruit with cutlery… I just hate sugary, sticky or oily fingers…
The smoking thing is more continental European. In Britain, the number of smokers has dropped drastically since I was a child in the 1960s.
I've quoted the numbers in a separate comment but we in the UK have approx. 10% less smokers per capita than the US does.
Dang, Ryan. Stop making such engaging videos. I can't stop commenting on everything, this is my fifth comment on this video. Its amazing how engaged we get when its to do with something we identify with. 😊👍
That material the bags are made of is (often) made of recycled plastic bottles. And the bags last forever (I still have a few that are some two decades old and I still haven't managed to rip them). Plus, if you live in an apartment on the sixth floor with no lift (eg. in an old city center), the last thing you want is to carry a myriad small, flimsy plastic bags up the stairs.
Regarding the fast food pricing, there is a "premium" because those are American brands, and some people see them as luxury, go figure. You can buy fast food (as in local street food (eg. local versions of kebab or gyro), for much cheaper than in those franchises. And a lot of restaurants offer set meals for lunch (usually a soup, a main course (eg. a pasta dish or some combination of meat and potatoes) and a salad) for a price lower than a McD menu.
The point of the schengen zone is that there's a passport control only on the external borders of the zone (and airports/ports), but EU citizens can travel freely within the zone. A lot of the former infrastructure (eg. fences, border control posts) has been removed, and you can drive (or walk) from one country to the next without even noticing. Though in some places, you can still see remains of the iron curtain installations (eg. military posts). It's quite fascinating to be able to drive right past it, when like half a century ago you'd be shot for even trying to approach). National authorities (eg. the police) can ask you for proof that you are a citizen (eg. ID card, passport), but once you've proved it, that's it. Unfortunately with the mess the world is in, passport controls have been reintroduced on some borders for security reasons. There aren't any customs controls, save for the external EU borders (which include the non-schengen EU countries), since EU is a customs union.
As for tap water, there are examples of American brand big name sodas being manufactured in Europe, where the water needed to be dirtied first, else the soda wouldn't taste "right". Also, there are some European countries where corporations can't own water sources, they just purchase the rights from the state for limited periods; and in case of water shortages, the people have priority right to that water regardless (eg. the state can demand the corporations to stop using the water until there's enough for household use).
In UK we eat take-away pizza by the slice no knife and fork needed, however in a restaurant you can choose to have your pizza cut or not, and if it is not cut then it makes sense to use a knife and fork. I would never add ketchup or mayonnaise to a pizza.
Outside of the US.
Who would?
Outside of the US
Who would?
The big problem with Mc Donalds is that you need to eat 4-5 cheese burgers to get half filled, despite it being a cheap burger it adds up and 1 Döner would maybe cost like 8 Euro but at least you would feel full!
In Sweden the reusable bags became common when the government put a special tax on plastic bags. We have had to pay for bag for many years. Before the tax they were maybe ten of fifteen cents. After they added the tax they were suddenly eighty cents. Thus the reusable bag soared. The tax is gone again, but now we are so used to the reusable ones, so we keep using them.
The Aldi way of bagging is the best. Cashier scans everything at lightning speed, you put it back in your trolley and bag it yourself in the bagging area. No old farts in front of you holding things up! Euro mains adapters are available in many places and are in your face at airports! It's impossible to miss them!
Here in the UK you can also have fabric ones too which are different to what she is showing on the video. The only plaster carrier bags we have like before you have to pay for them you won't get free ones anymore. Yeah in the UK a lot drink tap water, whether you're drinking tea, squash coffee etc, but it would be tap water used.
Just to clarify, people do drink tap water all over, Germans and some other countries in Central Europe are a bit like that but I think it’s mostly because they prefer sparkling water. And also in German restaurants they don’t agree with tap water because they want to make u pay ahah. But in France, Ireland, uk, Spain or Italy I never had any issues with tap water in or out of restaurants (although it does taste like shit sometimes)
In the UK tap water must be available free in all eating establishments (restaurants, cafes etc.).
Even though it tastes horrible (at least in london)
I can tell you where the shopping bag thing comes from! ALDI and LIDL in the USA educate their customers by having them bring their own bags, because ALDI and LIDL only sell recyclable bags with their logos on them. This is supposed to raise their awareness of the environment. A cleaner environment through less plastic in it. I wouldn't be surprised if ALDI and LIDL soon introduce their deposit system like they have in Germany.And on the subject of drinking water from the tap, the USA does not have the same standards for the quality of drinking water across the country, and by the way, there is no chlorine in it! In Germany, the water is filtered and treated in an organic and environmentally friendly way. Bacteria for treatment, for example, also play a major role in the process there.For your information: Some American devices do not work in Europe because the socket here is 220 volts and not 110 volts like in the USA.
McDonalds is more expansive than regular restaurants for the same ammount of food. The reasons, why people still go there are that it's fast, it has a drive through and a take away option and last but not least you can go there on your own without feeling judged for eating alone.
That reminds me that in Japan, restaurants have lots of single tables, usually facing a window or a wall. It’s common to eat alone there.
14:30 Well... it really depend on the person, place, and generation. In my experience, it's actually primarily the US Americans who claim the name "America" for the USA. I've gotten into many an argument with US Americans over it. In Dutch, you can use "Amerika" for both the America's and informally for the USA. In French, the USA are called "Les États-Unis" ("The United States") and rarely "America".
So yeah, I'm gonna say it differs per region and per person.
some do eat pizza with fork and knife, especially in restaurants, that's more a matter of elegancy.
doggy bag started to be a thing these days in France, but it was not the case like 10-15 years ago.
9:34 that material is actually really sturdy, so it the only thing that will break if you have heavy things in it will be your back, or your shoulder, or your wrist, depending on what is weaker.
Not all Italians will eat pizza with fork and knife but pretty much the general idea for decorum when in a restaurant is that the only food you are "allowed" to touch with your hands is bread, the rest should be consumed with cutlery. That means also pork ribs, shell fish, prawns, lobster, crab etc...