Trying weird German food part 2

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  • čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
  • You guys sent me so many weird German dishes, I HAD to make a second part cooking weird German food. I hope you’re ready for some truly “interesting“ German classics.
    00:00 - Intro
    00:31- Mettigel (meat hedgehog)
    03:36- Tote Oma (dead grandma)
    08:52- Heringssalat (pickled hering salad)
    14:11- Handkäs mit Musik (hand cheese with music)
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  • @jamielee233
    @jamielee233 Před měsícem +1372

    the Mett Damon pun was so unexpected and funny but Uyen being so done with him makes it seem like these kind of interactions are a daily occurrence xD

    • @uyenninh
      @uyenninh  Před měsícem +344

      He is the president of dad jokes so I am too used to it at this point :)))

    • @macrusdidsmth
      @macrusdidsmth Před měsícem +11

      Lmao 🤣

    • @HotelPapa100
      @HotelPapa100 Před měsícem +34

      It's also very German. Matt and Mett only sound alike in a German accent...

    • @lisastenzel5713
      @lisastenzel5713 Před měsícem +10

      😂Oh I was so confused why she didn't even smile 😅

    • @Itsjustme-Justme
      @Itsjustme-Justme Před měsícem +84

      When the Mettigel is named Mett Damon, the cutting board needs to be named Brett Pitt.

  • @darksunelli
    @darksunelli Před měsícem +988

    "It's impossible to feed him something he doesn't know" There's a German saying for that, "Was der Bauer nicht kennt, frisst er nicht"

    • @caligo7918
      @caligo7918 Před měsícem +86

      I think it's especially hilarious, after she dodged the Mettigel for basically the same reason

    • @freedomcat
      @freedomcat Před měsícem +83

      Translation: What the farmer doesn't know, he doesn't eat.

    • @HotelPapa100
      @HotelPapa100 Před měsícem +25

      @@caligo7918 Well, considering about a quarter of Uyen's videos being about her being a picky eater...

    • @NoFvckWasGiven
      @NoFvckWasGiven Před měsícem

      @@HotelPapa100Well I've been to Vietnam last month and the food was amazing! Probs one of the best food I've ever tried. Way much better than Thai food.

    • @robertomorsink2014
      @robertomorsink2014 Před měsícem +23

      Auf Niederländisch: Wat de boer niet kent eet (vreet) ie (hij) niet.

  • @colinrickatson6320
    @colinrickatson6320 Před měsícem +440

    that's not a hedgehog it's a Pork...cupine!!! I'll see myself out 🤣

    • @myradolch1301
      @myradolch1301 Před měsícem +3

      Lol!

    • @DoodleBug84
      @DoodleBug84 Před měsícem +4

      My family literally made these with beef called Porcupines, but we cooked them (though dad and I would nip bits off while still raw and eat with a touch of salt lol)

    • @sinnysiva116
      @sinnysiva116 Před měsícem +3

      Nice one

    • @michellem4118
      @michellem4118 Před měsícem +4

      Guessing that's the mandatory dad joke that goes with that joke.

    • @mirandaandrews2872
      @mirandaandrews2872 Před 28 dny +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Flo-vn9ty
    @Flo-vn9ty Před měsícem +488

    Yes, don't eat just any raw ground pork. German butchers have regular ground pork and they have Mett. Mett is the ground pork that is supposed to be eaten raw, so the butcher makes sure it is fresh enough to be eaten raw. It usually is already seasoned and grinded more finely than the regular ground pork. Don't eat regular ground pork raw. It might not be safe.

    • @romanknetsch1035
      @romanknetsch1035 Před měsícem +21

      Minced raw pork is absolutely safe, if you buy it from a butcher. Food regulations in Germany are super strict, especially with raw pork!

    • @cassie6349
      @cassie6349 Před měsícem

      I don't believe any raw meat is safe

    • @rosaliac.386
      @rosaliac.386 Před měsícem +26

      US friends: DO NOT CONSUME RAW PORK unless you have a hook up with a great butcher who you know you can trust, then of course proceed at your own risk. I have no problem eating the safe things raw sometimes (high quality+clean beef+fish) but pork is not a gamble I consider worth it.

    • @MaddyLockman
      @MaddyLockman Před 29 dny +5

      ​@@rosaliac.386 I've seen enough House MD to know that trichonosis is absolutely no joke. No brain worms for me, thanks

    • @madarah8533
      @madarah8533 Před 28 dny +3

      ​@@rosaliac.386 if it is from a normal butcher the Mett will be safe because that Butcher will instantly go bankrupt if he sells unsafe Mett

  • @habacht2465
    @habacht2465 Před měsícem +142

    Dont want to eat raw meat and saying " i am disappointed it doesnt taste like blood anymore" in the next scene is perfect.

  • @Flo-vn9ty
    @Flo-vn9ty Před měsícem +306

    The herring in the jar is not exactly raw. It is pickled with vinegar. For the herring salad, you usually use Matjes, which is also herring but is not pickled and doesn't come in a jar. Matjes is salted and slightly fermented. It tastes quite different, it's more salty and not sour. I have never used so much sugar for the herring salad. Actually I'm not sure if I ever used a recipe that had any sugar.

    • @mon76fel
      @mon76fel Před měsícem +15

      You are so right, she used a wrong herring.

    • @TulilaSalome
      @TulilaSalome Před měsícem +7

      Sugar seems odd, but pickled herring is already known as sweet cured, the marinade includes sugar, salt and vinegar, so it sort of makes sense.

    • @MissingRaptor
      @MissingRaptor Před měsícem +14

      I panicked when she added the sugar to the dressing 😰 waaaaaay too much!

    • @vomm
      @vomm Před měsícem +9

      And almost all salads (except of course lettuce etc) should be left to marinate for at least (!) overnight, and not just 10 minutes or a few hours. They completely change their consistency and become so much tastier if they marinate for 8 hours or more.

    • @dorotakarpiel6717
      @dorotakarpiel6717 Před měsícem +7

      Precisely! Matias are in brine, not in vinegar. Then you have to rinse it and put in fresh water for some time to reduce saltiness. This herring in the jar is ready to eat, but in the salad would taste strange (to me). Here in Poland Matias herrings are sold in brine in different containers or from bulk bins by weight. Herring salads are very popular and besides this basic recipe with cream dill and onion, there are many new ideas eg. sundried tomatoes and olive oil dressing (my favourite), chilli dressing and even kimchi with herring salad (sounds like culinary atrocities but is really tasty).

  • @MrFusselig
    @MrFusselig Před měsícem +633

    I don't think you eat the Mettigel like that. It's a nice decoration, and you still eat it with bread or bread rolls :D

    • @Kloetenhenne
      @Kloetenhenne Před měsícem +78

      Jaaaaa! Niemand isst Mett ohne alles 😂

    • @maxmustermann-zx9yq
      @maxmustermann-zx9yq Před měsícem +30

      @@Kloetenhenne I actually know someone that ate the whole mett ball as a kid instead of bringing it home as asked by her parents XD

    • @SquidandCatAdventures
      @SquidandCatAdventures Před měsícem +11

      I was thinking that it would have been much easier having a tiny bit on bread than a spoonful for a first time. I'm okay with steak tartare and I recently tried lamb crudo, but both had more flavouring and a good amount of toasted bread, but even having eaten those plenty, pork would be a challenge because it's generally considered unsafe to eat raw pork here. And I feel like I've had a tiny bit of uncooked pork accidentally (not cooking dumplings enough) and it had an unpleasant taste.

    • @HotelPapa100
      @HotelPapa100 Před měsícem +38

      @@SquidandCatAdventures Uncooked pork is NOT safe unless it's well inspected for trichinae.
      Germany is very peculiar about that, because pork is eaten raw. Don't try this at home, kids.

    • @ShadowOfStrikes
      @ShadowOfStrikes Před měsícem +10

      @@HotelPapa100 I always try this at home xD But I´m also german :P

  • @TheBecca5634
    @TheBecca5634 Před měsícem +65

    I think it's very funny that you try to make these things yourself instead of going out to a restaurant to try them. It certainly adds an element of chaos

  • @christoph_n
    @christoph_n Před měsícem +253

    Wrong Sausage for the Tote Oma. You need Grützwurst not Rotwurst... Tote Oma has a consistency that is smooth not chunky like yours. You eat this without bacon. All you need is Grützwurst, Sauerkraut, Pellkartoffeln and Bautzner mittelscharfer Senf. Maybe with pickled cucumbers.... you have to be able to masch the potatoes with the Tote Oma and the mustard.
    greetings from the Harz...

    • @juliestraight5736
      @juliestraight5736 Před měsícem

      Korrekt. Tote Oma ist Blut und Grütze. Sonst Nix.

    • @Excelsius_Cerell
      @Excelsius_Cerell Před měsícem +14

      Yeah I guessed ud need the fry-able blood sausage, not the "Aufstrich" version. The Fryable version turns to grütze if you sneeze at it.

    • @maikkunze3677
      @maikkunze3677 Před měsícem

      Yepp

    • @DottieDott
      @DottieDott Před měsícem +8

      If the texture is smooth, wont that be like blood porridge? Im sorry, but i feel like losing apetite more with that 😅

    • @Excelsius_Cerell
      @Excelsius_Cerell Před měsícem +5

      @@DottieDott Its incredibly delicious. Some dishes in cologne are topped/filled with "blood porrige" slices and its fantastic.

  • @siziaguiar
    @siziaguiar Před měsícem +134

    For some strange reason in my last company mett was something you would get as a breakfast in the company every time someone had birthday, you arrive in the office and you smell the onions and think "oh someone has birthday!" and then you go to the kitchen and find 4kg of mett and a huge pile of bread rolls, butter, salt and pepper :) it took me a while to get used to the idea but after I finally tasted (only butter in the bread roll, some salt in the mett and a indecent amount of black pepper, no onions!) it is quite tasty :D

    • @halvarf
      @halvarf Před měsícem +8

      That's the way!

    • @meirin5316
      @meirin5316 Před měsícem +5

      i always add extra onions ahahah i love onions w hackepeter!

    • @tobra7330
      @tobra7330 Před měsícem +2

      Naturalization test passed! Welcome to Germany. :)

  • @juliehall2893
    @juliehall2893 Před měsícem +48

    Every recipe: i actually don't have that ingredient. 😂

  • @ShadowOfStrikes
    @ShadowOfStrikes Před měsícem +237

    I don´t understand how people have no problem with raw beef (Tartar) or raw fish (Sashimi) but get cold feet at raw pork.
    Apart from that, Mettigel is not eaten “pure”, as far as I know. It is only a "nice" way to arrange the Mett.
    It normally is eaten like a normal Mettbröchen.

    • @JuliaDarling84
      @JuliaDarling84 Před měsícem +9

      My thoughts exactly 😂

    • @alihorda
      @alihorda Před měsícem +33

      Because it can be dangerous. I tried this and was alright but wouldn't buy it again

    • @WE__BTS
      @WE__BTS Před měsícem +50

      Bc food poisoning is more common with pork

    • @ShadowOfStrikes
      @ShadowOfStrikes Před měsícem +34

      @@WE__BTS I can see that, but that´s more of a "your land"-problem, than a "my land"-problem tbh xD

    • @Flo-vn9ty
      @Flo-vn9ty Před měsícem +23

      ​@@alihordaWell, beef Tatar and even more so raw fish can also be dangerous. I never had a problem with the raw pork but had a really bad experience after eating beef tatar at a restaurant. Of cause you shouldn't eat just any raw ground pork, only Mett which is supposed to be eaten raw. The butchers check the meat and make sure it is safe to eat it raw.

  • @halvarf
    @halvarf Před měsícem +578

    The combination of being super sloppy with the recipes but then quite picky about the taste gets me every time. It makes everything totally random.

    • @pcl89
      @pcl89 Před měsícem +90

      They really should invite someone german to cook the dishes for them. Cooking (german food) really isnt uyens strong suite...

    • @vomm
      @vomm Před měsícem +90

      She never have eaten and never made those dishes and then she even alternates the recipe lol
      It's like making a miso soup and then .. oh I have no miso here ... anyway, it won't matter. 🤷‍♂

    • @herreguda6199
      @herreguda6199 Před měsícem

      ​@@ursulascheufens-white740 Your racism isn't wanted. Do you even realise that the reason people learning languages as adults usually won't properly be able to shake their accent, is because as babies, humans lose the ability to pronounce sounds they don't need? The vietnamese language doesn't have the same sounds as English, that's why she has an accent and as you so crudely put it, "struggles" with some words (she's not struggling with the words - she hasn't grown up with the same sounds). You would never be able to pronounce some sounds that are in the Vietnamese language but not in English, so get off your high horse.

    • @suchetamehra6778
      @suchetamehra6778 Před měsícem +19

      For someone who loves food as much as she does, she’s an awfully sloppy cook 😂😂

    • @User-vz4xm
      @User-vz4xm Před měsícem +8

      Honestly not even Gordon Ramsay can save pickle herring or German blood sausage, especially when you have to follow a German recipe 😂

  • @Quotenwagnerianer
    @Quotenwagnerianer Před měsícem +147

    Ich hab auch schon Mettigel mit Salzstangen als Stachel gesehen. Das war definitiv 80er Jahre Partykeller.

    • @maxbarko8717
      @maxbarko8717 Před měsícem +5

      Eher 60er, 70er. 🎉

    • @JTUnhold
      @JTUnhold Před měsícem +4

      Ich kenn den nur so?? Nicht, dass es den oft geben würde, aber was ist bitte ein richtiger Mettigel ohne Salzstangen ;)

    • @Ahiku
      @Ahiku Před měsícem +4

      Am besten ist Mettigel Hawaii XD Schön mit Ananas auf den Salzstangen. #switchReloaded

    • @JTUnhold
      @JTUnhold Před měsícem +4

      @@Ahiku das denkst du dir doch jetzt aus 😂

    • @Ahiku
      @Ahiku Před měsícem

      @@JTUnhold XD Das war nur ein Gag. Musst mal bei YT Switch Reloaded und Mettigel Hawaii suchen. Wobei die da eher Fruchtcocktail drübergekippt haben, zum Nachtisch. 🤣

  • @vinadevdutt4542
    @vinadevdutt4542 Před měsícem +123

    Tbh the hedgehog looked kinda cute from the front.

  • @FaeQueenCory
    @FaeQueenCory Před měsícem +42

    "I was so happy eating dead grandma... But then you ruined it by revealing some people call it roadkill!!"
    😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @Acriddrop
    @Acriddrop Před měsícem +79

    A few fast/easy German dishes
    -Jägerschnitzel DDR Style
    -German "Pizza": Flammkuchen
    -Kalter Hund
    -Obatzda
    -Hausgemachte Currywurst
    -Senfeier
    -Bauern Frühstück
    -Spargelsuppe (soon Spargelzeit)
    -Soljanka
    -Arme Ritter
    -Rote Grütze
    -Würstchen im Schlafrock
    -Kartoffelauflauf

    • @HotelPapa100
      @HotelPapa100 Před měsícem

      Flammkuchen is actually Alsatian.
      I'm pretty sure she knows Auflauf. She's made a short about being disgusted by "Menschenauflauf".

    • @kiterkun1606
      @kiterkun1606 Před měsícem +3

      @@HotelPapa100 Since it comes from Alsace, it makes sense to call it German. Just like Bavarian dishes or Low German dishes are just German dishes.
      But if you want to be on the safe side, you can certainly say German-French DIsh to it. But most people agree that this is a Southwest German specialty.

    • @HotelPapa100
      @HotelPapa100 Před měsícem +1

      @@kiterkun1606 You have a point. I make a nasty joke: The Alsatians are the luckiest people in Europe: after the war they always are with the victorious...

    • @MrZocker92
      @MrZocker92 Před měsícem +1

      Spargelzeit war schon anfang april :)

    • @joachimdorr6060
      @joachimdorr6060 Před měsícem

      @@HotelPapa100 To be a ittle bit more specific "Flammkueche" belongs to the northern Alasce AND (as "Flammkuche") the the south of the "Pfalz"- region.
      Like North- and South-Vietnamese cuisine, the cuisine differs in detail as well.🙂

  • @frankfurtonfoottours2361
    @frankfurtonfoottours2361 Před měsícem +23

    The Hand Käse mit Musik should be served with bread and butter and you eat it with a knife, never a fork. I think the Kummel seeds are pretty much a must for this dish.
    Try Frankfurt Grüne Soße or Sachsenhausen Schneegestäuber.

  • @adriankoch964
    @adriankoch964 Před měsícem +102

    Now it just misses "Senfeier" (Mustard Eggs) which is an odd east German dish.

    • @cherette1986
      @cherette1986 Před měsícem +25

      East-German here. Senfeier is one of my favourite dishes - it's amazing! 8)

    • @shywalker404
      @shywalker404 Před měsícem +9

      not east german but i grew up w this dish , my mom came from the south

    • @Mangafan47
      @Mangafan47 Před měsícem +19

      not East German, just general German. I'm from NRW and everyone here has a family recipe for it. It's awesome.

    • @Schreibtiscification
      @Schreibtiscification Před měsícem +3

      SH here we eat it all the time with potatoes

    • @xDasMottex
      @xDasMottex Před měsícem +1

      Mh im more a "verlorene Eier" or "kartoffelbrei und saures ei" guy

  • @Coco-oz4sy
    @Coco-oz4sy Před měsícem +9

    Handkäs mit Musik has to ferment in the Apple cider for 2 to 3 days, not hours or minutes. The cheese expands to about twice it's size when it's ready to eat

  • @EasterWitch
    @EasterWitch Před měsícem +11

    In Sweden we also eat pickled herring salad. We use more potatoes and onions and only sour creme and mayonnaise, no yoghurt. Dill is a necessity! You can also put boiled eggs in, it compliments the fish well

    • @emilwandel
      @emilwandel Před měsícem

      I don't know why she did make cold soup. You can buy Heringsalat in every supermarket. Ready for consumption it would have turned out better.
      We also eat this with a peace of bread.
      I think people should be aware that a lot of these recipes are made for storage short lived groceries like fish and meat. Salt or acid preserves fish. Oil and Herbs preserved raw meats. Wursting and smoking preserved fish and meat as well.
      Germany doesn't use as many herbs in cooking, because normally one ingredient is already spiced (smoked wurst, fermented fish, sauerkraut, ...)and traditional they use a ton of herbs.

  • @gigi5537
    @gigi5537 Před měsícem +67

    “Just pass me the hedgehog” 🤣

  • @ferdinandhelbing3351
    @ferdinandhelbing3351 Před měsícem +41

    You eat some fresh potatoes with the Heringssalat. A good combination.

    • @maja5390
      @maja5390 Před měsícem +2

      With some lettuce and cucumber on the side it's fantastic

  • @Cancun771
    @Cancun771 Před měsícem +43

    Do Reibekuchen. They go with applesauce or lingonberries and lots of berry preserves or jams like that. Or even with Rübenkraut, which is basically liquid molasses made from sweet turnips. It is not just one of the best Rhenish dishes but one of the best _things_ from the Rhineland, period.

    • @TheIhplodur
      @TheIhplodur Před měsícem

      You forgot to warn her, your home will smell Like them for a week.😂

    • @stefanb6539
      @stefanb6539 Před 25 dny

      Reibekuchen isn't exactly a Rhineland dish, it's just a Rhineland name for a very widespread German dish. Other people just call it more often "Kartoffelpuffer", potatoe pancake.

  • @evatuti2827
    @evatuti2827 Před měsícem +40

    I feel like trying to cook original german food is a very ungrateful task, since most of these are done extremely different depending on the region, or sometimes even from one family to another.
    So good job, facing this impossible task! 👍🏻✨♥️

    • @beethovenjunkie
      @beethovenjunkie Před měsícem +6

      I think that's true for pretty much any country tbh

    • @MrJueKa
      @MrJueKa Před měsícem +2

      There are special cookbooks and videos that help you cook and bake in the traditional German way, it's not rocket science either.

    • @valhatan3907
      @valhatan3907 Před měsícem +2

      ​​​@@MrJueKaso there's a single homogamous way to serve German food? Wow, sometimes I forgot that German culture isn't as as heterogamous as Sean, because we here have so many variety of making the same food. There is no "original traditional way" to cook nasi goreng, because every other area also have their thing😂

    • @MrJueKa
      @MrJueKa Před měsícem +1

      @@valhatan3907 Sorry, then I didn't describe it well enough because in Germany there are also traditional dishes and recipes that may be prepared slightly differently in different regions, but the basic recipe remains the same and the way in which special dishes are served and eaten.

  • @IQzminus2
    @IQzminus2 Před měsícem +19

    That is the cutest ball of raw pork I’ve ever seen.
    Hedgehog gets 10/10

  • @HotelPapa100
    @HotelPapa100 Před měsícem +168

    It's called Pellkartoffel. Steamed in only a little water with salt sprinkled on top. Quite different from potatoes boiled submerged in salt water.
    As for fish not being popular in Germany: Remember that you are in Ba-Wü. it's quite different at the Waterkant.
    Add beetroot and potatoes to the heringssalat for a Czech salad.
    Have you had Matjes yet? Best form of herring I know.
    As for Blutwurst: The heavily seasoned and cured blutwurst you had is also called "Schwarzwurst"; it's very similar to English black pudding. You may like the fresh Blutwurst better that is served together with Leberwurst in a Schlachtplatte, a typical meal served when pigs are freshly slaughtered in the countryside to use up the quickly perishable bits. It is more alike to the congealed blood pudding that is eaten in east asia.
    Not something you can buy any time of the year in any supermarket. It is often offered as "Schlachtplatte" (Potatoes and Kraut or dry beans with fresh bits and sausages of Pig) in restaurants, or butchers that do still slaughter themselves will announce it, mainly in the fall. you may also get Eisbein then, another very German dish (pig's foot).
    Speaking of weird old fashioned German dishes with curious names: Look up "Kalter Hund"

    • @Julaeable
      @Julaeable Před měsícem +4

      I'd love to see her react to Labskaus 😂😂

    • @starfishjennie
      @starfishjennie Před měsícem +1

      I would love to see you make a guest appearance and cook!

    • @shadowfox009x
      @shadowfox009x Před měsícem +3

      Forelle (trout) is pretty popular in BaWü and fresh water fish are served a lot all along the Bodensee (Lake Constance).
      I absolutely love Hering in Sahnesoße mit Pellkartoffeln. My mom has a really nice recipe with apples and onions. She also goes light on the cream and uses joghurt instead. Heringsalat with beetroot is also very nice. That's the traditional New Year's Eve dish in my family (originally from NRW).

    • @stefanb6539
      @stefanb6539 Před 25 dny

      I don't find the taste of Pellkartoffel so different from normal steamed potatoes, it's just much more convenient to prepare. The perceived difference in taste is probably mostly from what you eat it with. Potatoes are served as sidedish with some kind of sauce that fits the main dish,, while Pellkartoffeln are without a sauce, just salt, butter (or plant fat) and either cheese or some sort of pickled fish, or with a variation of sour cream.

    • @HotelPapa100
      @HotelPapa100 Před 25 dny

      @@stefanb6539 I find it's mostly a difference in texture. And, yes, the dishes you use them in. I'm from Switzerland, some recipes use "Gschwellti" as a base for the Rösti. In some regions that's a sacrilege and you're supposed to fry it from raw...

  • @TRUTHisTRUTH70
    @TRUTHisTRUTH70 Před měsícem +8

    With the herring salad, you really needed the apple cider vinegar! Just a little bit of sugar.

  • @hh-kv6fh
    @hh-kv6fh Před měsícem +20

    Heringssalat wird kalt gegesssen und zusammen mit zb Pellkartoffeln. Ist ein klasse Essen wenn es sehr warm draussen ist. zb gerade jetzt.

  • @MrHerrS
    @MrHerrS Před měsícem +10

    In my hometown in Brandenburg every good bakery had "Mettbrötchen". It's a bread roll with "Mett" and onions and usually eaten by handymens on the way to work. I actually liked it every day. I also found Mettbrötchen in Niedersachsen and MeckPom. So pretty normal at least in north germany I would say.

  • @SofiaChambers
    @SofiaChambers Před měsícem +21

    Growing up in a german family Mett was not unusual to us. My grandfather's favorite lunch was mett on white bread with onion and mustard. He would make a big smile when he ate it. My mother thought it was terrible, though, and never made it for us. We always just bought the herring that was already creamed in the jar. I don't think i've had the homemade Heringssalat since maybe when i was a kid and my grandmother made it. My spouse is Vietnamese and the two of us are adventurous eaters, but have very different ideas of what is tasty. She enjoys Pho with chewy tendon and such bits, and i LOVE Blutwurst and Mett. More videos like this one, please! Keep up the good work!

    • @Kyaniteacres
      @Kyaniteacres Před měsícem +2

      After doing a deep dive on mettigel, it's not what people in the US are thinking it is, at least as far as safety. The pork it ground fresh from a singular cut of meat on sanitized equipment and you then take it home and use it immediately, 2nd day eating isn't recommended and 2nd day selling of the ground is against Germany law. If I could find a butcher to do that for me state side, I would try it in a heartbeat.

    • @SofiaChambers
      @SofiaChambers Před měsícem +1

      @@Kyaniteacres yes, being german i know that.

  • @user-lt4jo1iw9p
    @user-lt4jo1iw9p Před měsícem +16

    I think that handkase is actually harzkase. My grandmother used to have it. It is incredibly strong and almost translucent. Not everybodys taste but i loved it

    • @HotelPapa100
      @HotelPapa100 Před měsícem +2

      Yep, it's the same. But in that recipe it's specifically called "Handkäs"

  • @CJ-ni9yb
    @CJ-ni9yb Před měsícem +9

    Someone suggested Reibekuchen with Apple sauce and I second that! Reibekuchen also tastes really good with cream cheese or salmon for savory toppings.
    As for something regional, Bergische Waffeln. It's very simple.
    And I think Kaiserschmarrn, though Austrian, is a really cool dish.

  • @maxyy3642
    @maxyy3642 Před měsícem +7

    you should try "Kalter Hund" it´s a dessert and really tasty but you have to wait over night otherwise it wont taste as good

  • @adriankoch964
    @adriankoch964 Před měsícem +20

    Poland has some sort of meatballs made with pickled Hering. They are amazing to get over a bad hangover.

    • @mfsars1075
      @mfsars1075 Před měsícem +1

      Is it a little roll with a pickle inside? I think it's called Rollmops in Germany.

  • @RNS_Aurelius
    @RNS_Aurelius Před měsícem +14

    In the UK we call blood sausage black pudding and it's mostly served with an English Breakfast (sausage, bacon, fried eggs, beans, grilled tomato, mushrooms and toast)

    • @MustBeM
      @MustBeM Před měsícem +2

      Ugh Love black pudding (it’s also very Scottish!).

    • @tdb7992
      @tdb7992 Před měsícem +1

      Black pudding is popular here in Australia too. We usually eat it imported from the UK as British brands just do it better than our brands - the same goes for bacon.

  • @wormwoodwine6997
    @wormwoodwine6997 Před měsícem +26

    Uyen has the eat-the-food-of-your-people energy 🤣

  • @ShadeScarecrow
    @ShadeScarecrow Před měsícem +6

    Im pretty sure the Mett Igel is just meant to present the Mett for people to put on their bread buns. I don´t think anyone just eats it as is.....

  • @neenoo8693
    @neenoo8693 Před měsícem +8

    Noooo not the Mettigel without bread or Brötchen
    You should try it on white bread/toast with only a bit of Metta but lots of onions, not like it's a cake

  • @larkinthesky
    @larkinthesky Před měsícem +47

    Eating Mett without a nice, fresh roll seems sacrilegious to me. Put some butter on it as well as a solid layer of Mett and some thinly sliced onions and you have a great meal.

    • @blackdomeh
      @blackdomeh Před měsícem +3

      You make me sooo hungry. 😭 I want that now

    • @larkinthesky
      @larkinthesky Před měsícem +1

      @@blackdomeh I am making myself hungry too.

    • @omfglykwtfff
      @omfglykwtfff Před měsícem

      God I miss it so much

    • @MrJueKa
      @MrJueKa Před měsícem +3

      Mettbrötchen have been one of my favorite foods since I was a child and to this day. Germans, who like "Mett" and "Mettbrötchen", definitely never ever use a fork to eat "Mett" without a "Brötchen", and that's why it's called that.

  • @gagaku_goose
    @gagaku_goose Před měsícem +5

    You should try Labskaus, a dish from Hamburg!

  • @etuanno
    @etuanno Před měsícem +13

    Hey Uyen I have three normalish recepies for you:
    Brennnesselsuppe: Stinging nettle soup. It's not really known that it tastes great. Stinging nettles, onions and cream, then blend it. Yummy and very healthy.
    Bärlauchpesto: Wild garlic pesto. Make it like basil pesto, but use wild garlic.
    Otherwise a Swiss curry dish: Riz Casimir, it's a germanized curry dish with fruits in the curry sauce and fried bananas. I'm sure German boyfriend would like it.😊

    • @michelleh.5225
      @michelleh.5225 Před 27 dny

      That sounds so good. I actually grew up having stinging nettles tea, picked ourselves 😁

    • @stefanb6539
      @stefanb6539 Před 25 dny

      @@michelleh.5225 My mother used stinging nettle for spinach, too. I liked the taste, but I hated having to harvest it.

    • @stefanb6539
      @stefanb6539 Před 25 dny +2

      Attention about Bärlauch. It's classified as endangered species, so you should read up on how and when you are allowed to pick it, or you can end up paying hefty fines.

    • @joceery
      @joceery Před 24 dny

      omg I once accidentally bought bärlauch pesto instead of pesto genovese 💀 never again, I'm always double checking now

  • @hollish196
    @hollish196 Před měsícem +1

    I love your courage to try new things. There are far fewer people who have this quality than one would want. Your videos are so fun!

  • @Dzambor
    @Dzambor Před měsícem +6

    Meat hedgehog is amazing! In Poland we don't shape it and we chop the onion in way smaller pieces. Another thing is we eat it with raw egg yolk. When making it you need to be sure that pork and eggs are as fresh as possible.

    • @hansmuller3604
      @hansmuller3604 Před měsícem +4

      Hackepeter mit Ei, exactly the same exists in franconia. I guess the thing more dangerous is the egg yolk.

    • @SolarCookingGermany
      @SolarCookingGermany Před měsícem

      @@hansmuller3604 Fresh egg yolk is just as safe. The salmonella isn't inside the egg, it'll only grow if you let it sit for a long time

  • @jakobvanklinken
    @jakobvanklinken Před měsícem +4

    Something really interesting to keep in mind is that some foods were made for survival with what you got, and others were made for celebration. You can tell a lot about a regional culture by what foods you get at celebrations, or which foods are more staple regular ones, like the ones in the video

  • @Koko_Loko_123
    @Koko_Loko_123 Před měsícem +4

    I was just binge watching Uyen's videos! I'm so happy to see a new video~ Time to crochet to this! 😂

  • @tiff2106
    @tiff2106 Před měsícem +42

    The Mett Damon joke was hilarious! Greetings from a German who lives Mett.

    • @Schlini
      @Schlini Před měsícem

      Witziger Vertipper :) 😊

  • @neweyeswideopen
    @neweyeswideopen Před měsícem +4

    Nails are fantastic matches the cutting board!

  • @janinajane
    @janinajane Před měsícem +6

    You need to buy fresh mett from a butcher and eat it with Brötchen and one Slice of onion on top of it. You dont eat it without Brötchen. Without Brötchen its like eating sushi without the rice :O

  • @stenhomeyt4709
    @stenhomeyt4709 Před měsícem +8

    love the hering salat, whenever i shop in Germany i buy it at the supermarket. but we dutchies love hering

    • @plutoniumlollie9574
      @plutoniumlollie9574 Před měsícem

      It's really funny to me because whenever my mother shops in the Netherlands, she tries to buy some fish^^

  • @oliverkasper7733
    @oliverkasper7733 Před 6 dny +1

    You should make Labskaus next. It honestly looks like someone just threw up, but with fried eggs it is actually really nice.
    It's traditionally a north German dish made by sailor's as it only uses ingredients that they would have on board and that are good for a while.

  • @nikitanewman2401
    @nikitanewman2401 Před měsícem +2

    I love Mett. It’s the food that I miss most from Germany 😭

  • @likemarvelo
    @likemarvelo Před měsícem +3

    In Poland we have something similar. Its called Tatar - raw cow meat, raw egg, onion, pickle, salt and pepper and magi (that one u used with eggs), we eat with bread and its delicious 😅

  • @benny3188
    @benny3188 Před měsícem +5

    We in the south-west of Germany have a different understanding of "Tote Oma": you make jelly, but instead of water you use vodka. This is filled into small glasses and eaten once it has set.

  • @Candies1Creations
    @Candies1Creations Před měsícem

    Oh we love these videos. It's so important to show folks embracing trying new things outside their culture

  • @s.j.cook_s
    @s.j.cook_s Před měsícem +1

    I've been binge watching your videos recently. Especially, food related. I even tried a couple of Vietnamese recipes. Oh, they were delicious! So happy to see your content. Keep this up, Uyen ❤

  • @HerrChiller
    @HerrChiller Před měsícem +6

    Guess you made my dead grandmother cry, the chunks of onion and bacon are way too big for the "tote Oma", although the result looks pretty ok. I hope you try more DDR dishes like "bunte Katze" or "Beamtenstippe" which goes perfect along with drinks like "Grüne Wiese" or "Bierbowle mit Himbeeren". Vorwärts immer, Rückwärts nimmer

  • @springsprinkles5053
    @springsprinkles5053 Před měsícem +40

    Mett damon.... Ok, im spechless

    • @rebel4466
      @rebel4466 Před měsícem +2

      If you really like Mett, you're a Mett Dämon

  • @julissag7867
    @julissag7867 Před měsícem +1

    Love these videos! It’s fascinating learning about different countries & their cuisine 😄 thanks you two!
    Also, what about a garden tour? 🤩

  • @daschaosqueenlein8849
    @daschaosqueenlein8849 Před měsícem +2

    Mett is quite yummie. Eat it a lot when working at a fire station. With onions and salt/pepper very goof

  • @Chronokatan
    @Chronokatan Před měsícem +4

    Barbaric... put that poor Mettigel on a bread roll with salt, pepper and gherkin and onion. Yummy!
    You don't just spoon it up by itself.

  • @lisastenzel5713
    @lisastenzel5713 Před měsícem +13

    2:59 😮What? You never had one? And it is never eaten just without anything to my knowledge. I just had it 3 weeks ago when I visited my uncle and aunt in Thüringen. They got the best butchers and the GOOD Mett! The spices are KEY here. And I love me some roll or brown bread with Mett. It's so good, other than the parts that get stuck between your teeth. But totally worth it.
    Homemade? I doubt it's gonna be good. Sorry Uyen, but that's not your fault at all. It's the instructions you got😅

  • @starfishjennie
    @starfishjennie Před měsícem +2

    This video was so amusing and fun! More please!

  • @mishnmike
    @mishnmike Před měsícem +1

    Great video! ♥️ your honesty!!

  • @jessdoes1444
    @jessdoes1444 Před měsícem +5

    Mett is actually really good.. please try! 🤗

  • @blackdomeh
    @blackdomeh Před měsícem +13

    the Mett is the best thing. What. But I would put it on a breadroll.
    Maybe just buy a Mettbrötchen next time so it's already "correctly" seasoned and ready to eat.
    It always confuses me why people don't like Mett, but I guess I learned early that it tastes good. 😂

    • @Sorrely1
      @Sorrely1 Před měsícem +2

      I think you often like the foods you grew up with.

    • @lirianoc
      @lirianoc Před měsícem +1

      If you think Mett is the best thing, you have very low standards... Yikes!

    • @blackdomeh
      @blackdomeh Před měsícem +2

      @@lirianoc from the four things they showed here. I stand by my point

  • @Kangamoos
    @Kangamoos Před měsícem +2

    The music story was the best, thanks I needed that chuckle!

  • @audreylo9466
    @audreylo9466 Před měsícem +1

    Love your videos, they always put a smile on my face ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @astridlung4162
    @astridlung4162 Před měsícem +3

    ❤They should have tried the various dishes prepared by a professional who knows his way around the various ingredients.

  • @spinwitch
    @spinwitch Před měsícem +3

    Next time try Matjes for the Heringsalat. It tastes a lot better.

  • @Hopespringseternal
    @Hopespringseternal Před měsícem +2

    You are a brave soul! I had to eat new foods while living in Spain. I tried to hide my horror when the whole fish was on my plate, but was rightfully teased often. Didn’t take long to get used to it. Great job!

  • @ScolopendraLeRat
    @ScolopendraLeRat Před měsícem +2

    Also in Italy we eat raw meat, fish and eggs

  • @foggyflier84
    @foggyflier84 Před měsícem +5

    You guys are too cute. Please don't change 😂😂❤
    8:32 Ediblity: ded granma > traffic accident 😅

  • @K8Stuff
    @K8Stuff Před měsícem +4

    In Berlin we call it Hackepeter ... It's lovely on Brötchen ...

  • @rockway32
    @rockway32 Před měsícem +2

    "german sushi " 😂😂

  • @corvid_pest
    @corvid_pest Před měsícem +1

    Seafood is more common in the northern parts along the coast. I live in Ostfriesland, which has ocean all around 3 sides and we have a lot of fish and seafood here :D Lots of stores that sell fresh seafood from the same day/nightly fangs. Its less common the further south you go. Regions like Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Ostfriesland are very seafood heavy. We love our fish and crabs here. 🦀 🐟

  • @TastySchu4
    @TastySchu4 Před měsícem +3

    My mom does the lid butter knife clicking thing too, 😂. She's been told so many times, "don't do that, you'll get glass chips in your food!!!" She still keeps doing it. No one's died, yet 🤨😂. It's just cute to see it's your way as well to open jars 😁😉🫶.

  • @chloratum
    @chloratum Před měsícem +5

    If you need another slightly weird recipe, try "Saure Zipfel". Its sausages boiled in a sour stew.

  • @ysbel
    @ysbel Před měsícem +2

    I loved ordering Mettbrötchen when I lived in Germany!

  • @tdb7992
    @tdb7992 Před měsícem +1

    Blood sausages are very popular in the UK and Australia too. It's called "black pudding" and we usually eat it for breakfast.

  • @kaedesakura9274
    @kaedesakura9274 Před měsícem +4

    Grandma makes Heringssalat pretty often. My parents hate it with a passion

    • @Kloetenhenne
      @Kloetenhenne Před měsícem

      Mine made the red one all the time.. but my whole family loved it besides my sister. Rip Omma

  • @Kloetenhenne
    @Kloetenhenne Před měsícem +3

    Would have been easier if you would have put the Mett on a piece of bread 😂 it is the BEST

  • @CainTheShield
    @CainTheShield Před měsícem +2

    I have eaten every last thing in this video. And love it all. haha.

  • @Yukimiko0001
    @Yukimiko0001 Před měsícem +2

    The Heringssalat is best eaten with Pellkartoffeln on the side and left over night in the fridge.

  • @Grails_Knight
    @Grails_Knight Před měsícem +3

    Eat your mett on bread or a roll. Then its really tasty!

  • @herb6677
    @herb6677 Před měsícem +2

    Hey, the hedgehog book is the very same which my father showed me when I was a small child - what a flashback!

  • @trnobles
    @trnobles Před 22 dny

    I’m only halfway through and this is already one of the funniest videos I have seen recently 😂😂😂 you guys are sooo cute together

  • @florianbauer4422
    @florianbauer4422 Před měsícem +5

    oh boy, in reality you eat heringssalat not like a normal salad. that is the fist mistake. put it on a piece of dark bread.

  • @audrey5290
    @audrey5290 Před měsícem +4

    the german blood sausage did look a little disappointing. the one i’m used to is more moist and like almost a black color. i think the fresh one is way better.

    • @sphhyn
      @sphhyn Před měsícem +2

      She did use the wrong sausage for the dish. 😅 It’s actually made with fresh blood sausage. Not cured sausage. And it should be smooth inside ,no chunks. If the sausage it spiced well , it’s a very delicious dish

  • @parihavoudi8222
    @parihavoudi8222 Před měsícem +1

    I'm from Iran and all these dishes were so different from what I'm used to. Very interesting video. Loved it. thank you

  • @gerardacronin334
    @gerardacronin334 Před měsícem +2

    I am from Ireland, and I love blood sausage when it is done right. We call it Black Pudding and it is one of the ingredients in a traditional Full Irish Breakfast. There is also White Pudding, which is a similar sausage without the blood.

  • @microplastique
    @microplastique Před měsícem +3

    what all these dishes need is bread, i dont think youre supposed to eat any of them on their own like that

  • @charlottech9990
    @charlottech9990 Před měsícem +6

    Cutest hedgehog 🦔

  • @kirstenpaff8946
    @kirstenpaff8946 Před měsícem +1

    Seafood is very popular in Northern Germany (i.e. close to the coast). It's a typical case of traditional foods reflecting locally available ingredients. Pre-refrigeration it was not practical to transport seafood inland (unless it was preserved like pickled herring), so it never really caught on in popular cooking in the non-coastal areas of Germany.

  • @jtomas4850
    @jtomas4850 Před měsícem +1

    Absolutely love your videos. (Missouri, USA💜)

  • @cornershe
    @cornershe Před měsícem +34

    PROTECT THIS COUPLE ❤❤❤

  • @jessdoes1444
    @jessdoes1444 Před měsícem +4

    next time try Krabbenbrötchen, Toast Hawaii (with a creamy currysauce is my recommendation) and toter Hund! 😂

    • @plutoniumlollie9574
      @plutoniumlollie9574 Před měsícem +1

      She already made Toast Hawaii and as I remember it correctly, she wasn't too fond of it. At the same time, she used mortadella instead of ham 😯

  • @Suedetussy
    @Suedetussy Před měsícem +1

    Even as an Austrian, your neighbour from the South, i find this German food (and the names) very … unique.
    Brave of you to try it! 😄

  • @youremakingprogress144
    @youremakingprogress144 Před měsícem

    This was very fun to watch. I always enjoy your videos.

  • @lisastenzel5713
    @lisastenzel5713 Před měsícem +3

    😊❤ I would loooove for you to try and make some Senfsoße mit Ei!!! It's one of my favourite dishes as a child and I hadn't had it in 10years or so. I never got to cook it at home. I tried once soon after moving out...but back then I was a terrible cook. Cos very insecure. You gotta have balls to cook new things. 😅
    And it's an east Germany thing too