I am not sure what would happen to a German if they mistakenly eat two heated meals in one day, but I am sure it would be devastation, because all Germans make sure that they eat exactly one warm meal each day.
In fact, if you eat with your colleagues at work in the cafeteria, you can tell which ones are married, because they will grab a salad and a roll, then remind you that they have a wife at home who will cook warmes for them later. Even if the cafeteria is serving their favorite heated dish, the German must consider that his wife will cook later, and he cannot break the cardinal rule of never, ever, under any circumstances, eating two meals above room temperature in one calendar day.
deutsche Übersetzung für Astrid ein/ausblenden
Tach auch, Astrid,
hier die Übersetzung:
Die Deutschen müssen genau eine warme Mahlzeit pro Tag essen
Es ist noch nicht erwiesen, was passieren würde, wenn ein Deutscher versehentlich zwei warme Mahlzeiten an einem Tag essen würde, aber es steht schon fest, dass es katastrophale Auswirkungen hätte, denn jeder Deutsche stellt sicher, dass er nur eine warme Mahlzeit am Tag verzehrt.
Wenn man mit seinen Kollegen in der Kantine zu Mittag isst, kann man ganz genau sehen, welcher von ihnen verheiratet ist. Der Ehegatte wird nur einen Salat und Brötchen bestellen und Sie dann voller Stolz daran erinnern, dass er eine Frau zu Hause hat, die später etwas Warmes für ihn kochen wird. Sogar wenn die Kantine das Lieblingsessen dieser Kollegen auf dem Speiseplan hat, müssen sie bedenken, dass die Frau später kochen wird und man nie, unter gar keinen Umständen, 2 Mahlzeiten über Raumtemperatur an einem einzelnen Tag zu sich nehmen darf.
Viele Grüße aus dem wilden Westen,
John
This entry was posted
on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 7:21 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Es soll auch Deutsche geben, die eine oder mehrere warme Mahlzeiten durch Helgoländer Eiergrog ersetzen…
April 28th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Es soll auch Deutsche geben die nur am Wochenende warm essen, einfach keine Zeit unter der Woche….lol.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Hmmm Eiergrog. Hört sich gut an.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:51 am
I would say this is just partially true. Especially students do actually eat more then one warm or hot meal a day.
I think the “one per day”-rule only attaches to people older then 40 and depends on the fact, that a warm meal usually contents of things with a high degree of fat and/or calories in germany.
So start talking to younger people, they propably eat two or three times a day a hot or warm meal.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
@ Bastian: not true. I am a young german woman and only eat one warm meal a day! So do my friends. My parents, who are older than 40, mostly eat warm meals twice a day…
May 5th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
I guess this has something to do with post-war memories. My gradma hated basically just two things:
1. Not finishing your meal. (waste)
2. Eating warm twice a day. (decadent/unnecessary)
yep
May 6th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
I had more than one warm meal a day for a couple of months once in university. The result was apparent and simple: I became fat.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Well, you sure have heard the saying “3* Bier** ersetzen eine warme Mahlzeit” (3* Beers* substitute one warm meal)?
Given the fact that we germans LOVE beer, maybe you understand why we have to cut back on the real warm meals…
*The number of beers that substitute one meal are hotly disputed; and as some people justifiably note, a meal without a beer to drink is no meal at all, so the only safe assumption can be that (X+1) Beers subsitute one meal.
**What is considered “one beer” may vary from region to region.
In Cologne, you’ll get 0,2 Liters if you order one beer, while the same order in Munich will get you a full liter, a “Maß Bier”.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Wait a second - there are people voluntarily missing a warm meal just because they will have one later on?
I can’t understand that - the best thing during Zivildienst was the possibility to get two warm meals a day; warm lunch at the cafeteria and warm dinner at home with my parents. Nearly forgot how good German bread tastes…^^
May 13th, 2008 at 9:26 am
That’s the reason why we germans are not so fat…
May 14th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Stefan: you wish
May 15th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Beer was a substitute for food by monks during the Lenten season, mostly in the Middle Ages. So yes, you can put quite a few calories in Starkbier.
There is a competition going on in the world, and it’s all about: which nation has the fatest citizens. The US might still be in the lead, but UK and Germany are closing in fast. Heck, even Italy ain’t what it used to be. German soldiers in Afghanistan are so fat, the Taliban confuse them with GIs and shoot at them.
P.S.: What do American beer and making love in a canoe have in common ? Both are f*cking close to water.
May 17th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Again: I’m from Germany and I eat 2 warm meals per day very often, but personnaly i have no problem with eating just one.
May 18th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I’m a German, living in exile. It’s very hard for me to have to eat two warm meals on most days. It makes me fat, but what can I do?
May 18th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Not entirely true xP
My family and me often eat on the weekends two warm meals: For lunch Spaghetti and for dinner Pizza ^^
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:38 pm
might be the reason why (though we get more fat through americanisation of our food) the average german is still slimmer than the average american
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I noticed this as well as the university Mensa. My fellow German students and I always have lunch at the mensa, and then they are always so surprised when I offer to make dinner at my house before doing something in the evening, such as going to a party or dance. Rather, most of them eat bread and cheese for dinner, or fruit.
Also, has anyone ever noticed that Germans don’t rinse their dishes after washing them? They wash them in soapy water, that gets murkier with every dish that gets washed, and then just leave it on the side to dry, or wipe off with a towel.. so strange.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I just had a discussion about that with my French girlfriend who also lives in the US. She likes to eat salads and apples and rice crackers. She can go days without a warm meal, which I think is not good for anybody. Mind you, she’s got an ideal BMI and is super healthy but still…
Doing dishes seems to be more of an individual culture thing than a people culture thing. None of my friends would not rinse the dishes after washing them. The main objective is to get the soap off and then also the murky water. But I notice that some people prefer sponges and others rags or brushes and that the actual process has many different ergonomic and resource variations. I also noticed that men (IF they do dishes) really think about those things and try to find the optimal method, whereas women just get the dishes clean.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:38 am
This is true for all older and many younger persons I know. My parents would never eat a hot meal twice a day. The think this is decadent as someone pointed out already.
In my opinion cooking a simple dinner like Spaghetti with tomato sauce is neither more expensive, contains more fat or takes longer than fixing a Brotmahlzeit with assorted sausage, cheese and salad.
August 17th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
[…] in den Genen, wie auch schon John vom fantastischen (aber leider sehr vernachlässigten) Blog „nothing for ungood“ feststellte: „Germans must eat exactly one warm meal per […]
July 15th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Das stimmt, wenn Deutsche sagen “Nein danke, ich hab schon gegessen” heißt es nicht, dass sie vor ein paar minuten gegesssen haben und nun keinen Hunger mehr haben, sonder es ehißt, dass sie irgentwann heute schon warm gegessen haben und jetzt keine warme Mahlzeit mehr essen dürfen
November 18th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Was ein Schwachsinn. Achja und durch Deutschland führt noch ne Mauer… .
November 7th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Interesting. I do this too but I’m only like 20% German.