Comments on: Germans have 117 ways to eat potatoes but only one flavor of chips

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:26:45 +0000

“In fact, any self-respecting grocery store in America has a chips and soda aisle with more square footage than the average German Aldi has altogether. Don’t forget to remind your German acquaintences that stuff is bigger and therefore better in America.”
And maybe why that’s partly why America has such an obesity issue.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:23:16 +0000

The potato is an American invention???? It originated in Peru and was brought to Europe in the 15th century, before anyone but the indigenous residents knew about the area which the USA now occupies.

By: steven

steven — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:15:57 +0000

my family is originally and proudly from Germany, i have never been to Germany, but dream of it, all my life lived in USA, the stuff in plastic bags labeled bread should be outlawed, especially anything like Wonder…….gottta get 16 grain bread at german bakeri in columbus ohio, aunt from germany came here and question why american bread was mushy and gummy lol

By: Florian Blaschke

Florian Blaschke — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:24:23 +0000

How funny, I was just going to mention those. I was amazed to find wasabi-flavoured chips in Germany, and turned my brother on those.

I like the “taccos texan barbecue” (whatever that means) variety too, with smokey bacon flavour.

Subway offers Walker’s chips from the UK, which is a nice one.

My preferred drink is O-Saft, and I like other juices, but I content myself with Fanta and mixes, too. I’ve never liked pure coke, and the one without sugar is positively undrinkable. The only use in carbonated acid I see is that it slows my drinking. It’s the reason why I can’t stand most mineral water, and de-carbonised water isn’t a real alternative; it’s pretty pointless since it is little more than dishwater. I’d rather drink tap water, which, by the way, is excellent in Munich as it comes directly from the Alps.

Tobias, “organic” food (the English term for “Bio-Lebensmittel”, and just as illogical) isn’t exactly an exclusively German specialty.

Germany offers an astoundingly wide selection of bread, meat, sausage and milk products. Especially cheese. I love cheese. Also, there are plenty of sorts of candies, cakes and Torten, and don’t forget Salzstangen and other Knabberzeug. Right now I’m eating peanuts. I have to say that I’m completely happy with the selection I do have and do not envy the Americans at all. Just sayin’.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:39:31 +0000

I find most of this stuff in the stores.
There is even a Green Tea flavored Coke (unfortunately).
And as for chips - I love the wasabi chips.

By: Stephan

Stephan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:18:57 +0000

You can get most of that stuff here in Germany. The problem seems to be that most of it is a tad too sweet for our German tastebuds, so it doesn’t sell, hence the companies have little incentive to put it in the stores. And it’s the other way around as well: try getting a decent sparkling water in the US (I’m not talking about Bonaqa or any of that carbonated de-mineralized and then re-mineralized tap water - I’m talking about REAL sparkling mineral water like Selters or Gerolsteiner). You can get a limited selection of German mineral waters in some Safeway stores but usually all you will find is bottled Perrier at a price that makes your thirst go away instantly. And you will have to wear a gas mask should you decide to be adventurous and consider drinking tap water in the US for all the chlorine they put into it - YUCK! Anyway, I find it amusing (and quite indicative of the eating/drinking habits) that despite all the variety of beverages you can’t get a decent bottle of water… Cheers, Stephan

By: Florian

Florian — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:46:28 +0000

We have all these drinks! You’re definitely wrong!

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:32:30 +0000

Just returned from Berlin, driving back to Britain. Went to several supermarkets in Berlin and along the way to UK, and notice a wide varitety of softdrinks, Coke (several types) Mountain Dew, Fanta, Nestea ( which I cannot find in my UK city), Fanta, etc. and more carrot juice than Bug Bunny could shake a stick at (which was wunderbar!). Seemed like a big enough choice for anyone to want.

What does make me wonder here on this forum is that how can anyone say a country doesn’t have enough drink choices, when one can buy Jack Daniels and Coke, already mixed and canned at all of the U-Bahn stations (in the small shops on the platforms) and at all the autobahn stops,etc. etc.

The Germans have apparently avoided becoming jaded in the palate as much as the Americans and Brit public, therefore not needing as many choices - all they need to do is make the right ones, such as the Jack in the Can combination mentioned before. These folks are smart, I am tellin’ ya!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:24:42 +0000

They have other and better stuff than we do!! But you can get everything we have if you know where.
Dude, and they have bread! REAL bread! They wouldn’t even call our white bread “bread”.

I LOVE GERMANY!!:)

By: biber

biber — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:32:49 +0000

Americans, learn to drink tea!
That’s a proper drink.
And don’t dare to pour milk into it like the brits do, they have to do that to hide the terrible taste of their low quality tea.

biber