WHY I EAT LESS MEAT SINCE LIVING IN GERMANY | Germany vs USA food habits
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Germany is known as the land of sausages, but is it really the king of meat in the world? I just want to have a quick conversation with y'all regarding the changed lifestyle choices and eating habits I have picked up from living in Germany.
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I grew up in Germany and have lived in the US for 20 years now. I am primarily on a plant based diet. I don't grow my own fruits and vegetables and for me it is much cheaper not to eat meat. Staples like rice, pasta, beans, lentils, potatoes, etc are so much cheaper. I think the problem is that many Americans don't know how to cook from scratch.
based. keep it up!
Wo bist Du aufgewachsen?
I love meat, vegetarian, and vegan dishes. I like variety.
In Sweden, I read parents only give their kids candy on Saturday. That is a good idea.
@@ilahildasissac1943 I read that years ago. My parents did that for a while. Candy only over the weekend.
Austrian here. Not vegetarian, but I eat less meat than I used too, and if I do, it most likely is organic.
ETA: It's actually processed food that does us under. After a couple of episodes of Der Besseresser one realises what kind of cheap sh*t the food industry is selling us. And in the USA even way more so.
Every step away from animals in food is a good step. I appreciate it. Greetings from a vegeterian!
yeah i bet those meat substitutes are just as bad if not worse for your health than meat, if you eat vegetarian why not make a natural vegetarian dish, like couscous with veggies and a yogurt sauce, why do you have a vegan chicken abomination?
i rather eat no meat at all instead of meat substitutes.
@@droal. I prefer the status of a "part-time vegetarian." Like it or not: the human intestines are just too short to stick to vegetarian food, let alone vegan food. Vitamin B12 is not available in plants.
@@TheWuschelMUC like it or not, the food of the animals that you consume is supplemented with Vitamin B12. Why not consume the B12 without the detour?
Where I am from in Germany, there is not a day without meat. I thought this video idea wouldnt hold up to facts, but lo and behold...
US: 137.08 kg/person
DE: 87.79 kg/person
At least in my opinion Germany still consumes way to much though.
Cool, now I know, if I was a hunter. I would need one red deer stag. If you don't count bone and awful. And there would still be some for few guests over for dinner.
But hardly anyone in Germany eats meat three times a day, every day. Right?
Ich esse meist nur einmal am Tag Fleisch oder Wurst und nicht täglich. Auch welches Fleisch ich esse, oder welchen Fisch zum Beispiel keinen Lachs aus Norwegen. Ich esse oft , wenn ich essen gehe vegetarisch, weil ich nicht weiß, wo das Restaurant sein Fleisch herholt. Ein argentinisches Steak brauche ich auch nicht und auf Geflügel und Eier verzichte ich wegen der Qualzuchten weitgehend.
umm where did you get these numbers?
may I ask why no lachs aus norwegen??
You make a good point regarding American meat consumption. I grew up in Southern Oklahoma. My grandparents were farmers, and my dad expected meat at every meal. I now live in Germany, and I consume a lot less meat than I did when I was growing up in the US. I still catch myself occasionally wanting to stock up the freezer when meat goes on sale at my local grocer, though. 😂
Yeah I do have a freezer full of meat in the USA right now but it’s due to the simple fact that it’s so much cheaper to buy meat in bulk 🫤🫤
@@HayleyAlexis You are right, the taste changes over time. I used to love Chicken Mc Nuggets, but now they taste strange to me. Did McDo change the recipe or am I simply getting older? I am not sure. 🤔Greetings from cold Hamburg to Florida.
The vegetables are really what makes a dish delicious and if you are going to eat meat, Boeuf Bourgoignon is so much better than a dry fried filé of some kind.
Funny thing: I feel that with my German mindset, I would be a vegetarian if I lived in the USA, simply because here, I have the possibility to get meat from animals that were kept with respect for the animals and the environment. From what I hear, this is much more difficult in the USA, and even the normal standards on the aforementioned aspects are much lower on the food you can get without being picky. That's why I would probably not eat meat if I lived in the USA (but still had the German mindset that I have).
You can get the same from the US. Really its easier in the US. 100% Grass-fed animals is raised for respect for animals and environment. Farmers know fertilizer, corn, oats, and barley arent good for cows. All it does is fatten them up.
You may ask how are cows grass-fed during winter months. US farmers have tons and tons and tons of land to grow grass. They have one pasteur for the warm months and another pasteur for the cold months. The cold month pasteur is grown for the entire spring and summer. During the fall it's harvested. This is why it's difficult for Germany and especially Switzerland to do this. European countries don't have the land mass that the US has. Russia has the land mass, but is it really a European Country? Asia continent and Europe continent runs through it.
Farmers uses manure and minerals to "fertilize" their grass to make it healthy.
Grass-fed animals has less calories, less fat, and reduces inflammation when compared to grain fed cows. I went with no red meat when I lived in Germany and Switzerland. I couldn't find grass-fed animals.
*Edit I do need to say 100% grass-fed meat is much much much much more expensive. Grass-fed meat would be the price of organic (bio) meat in Switzerland (and only Switzerland).
Speaking portions: a high quality steak (sirloin) here is about 180gr (6oz) costing 25€, coming with a salad and a jacket potato. Was always enough for me, hubby etc
As of google, a sirloin steak in the US is 8-9 ounces (225-255gr)
With 400gr (14oz) of ground beef (costs approximately 5€) I can make at least 6 portions of Chili (we add bell peppers, beans, corn and ear it with rice)
Based in Poland here. I eat meat 1-2 Per week. I try to eat fish once a week as well. Over 70% of my food is however vegetarian and I can make many different meals only using veggies. You can absolutely skip meat. I eat plenty of eggs and from dairies, mainly yoghurt. What shocks me in the US (visited) is the amount of cheese on everything. That’s a little too much cheese 😮.
Meat used to be, and eventually probably will be again ,a luxury. People all over the world used to cook with a bit of meat if any, and used other animal derived things like eggs and milk ( creams, sour creme, ghee and other butters etc) . The meat industry has had such a negative impact on the planet and people. Im vegan and was never that much of a fan of meat but I get that its tasty. I enjoyed a good burger before I made the decision so I dont judge people for liking it. I get that most people will never go vegan. However the way things are going and the rise in meat consumption is UNSUSTAINABLE.
When it was just the West it was already bad but The USA has exported its meat culture through fast food chains across the globe. Its also not healthy to eat soo much meat, especially red meat. Its not necessary or even benifitial to eat meat every single day. Thats not my opinion or ideology speaking but a fact.
People eat too little fiber, too little vegetables. All of those billlions invested into the meat industry should be cut and redirected into products of the earth that can be part of a healthy natural cycle. Have a meat industry but it should be smaller and more local( less big industry) .
Thats good for everyone honestly. Good for the people in the industry, the people living in proximity to the industry, the animals, the soil, the planet. Farmers can work less and be fairly compensated. Less meat is better for everyone but the ridicilously wealthy.
There are real reason why the 20+ types of beans, the 10+ types of legumes, but also bulgar etc are such important staple ingredients around the world. Good source of not only protein but fiber ( and other vitimans and minerals) , something most people dont eat enough of. In Asian countries there are even beans that are used in desserts. These industries have made us less creative. Thats why people thought, even with animal derived products on the list, that there was nothing that could be made that was a meal. A meal made with those ingredients would be such a good, well rounded meal though.
Im more like "it should contain potatoes" to be a proper meal :D
Oh yes 🤣🤣🤣 I could devour some potatoes 🥔
I had a funny experience on my first visit to the deep south in America as a vegetarian (at the time). We sat down at the restaurant and said we don't eat meat and the server said, "So, would you like chicken, fish, or pork?" To be fair that was the 90s.
I'm in no way a vegetarian, but even I can make a whole meal with no meat, like "Greek salad" (leaf salad, tomatoes, olives, cucumber, red onion, fitaki type cheese or some other, olive oil) - no boiling or frying needed, just cut and mix ingredients.
Besides, when I have meat, there got to be something else too - rice, potatoes, vegetables, bread (rye bread, of course) etc, unless that's a really small portion of meat.
Thank you Hayley for this video and very happy that you got another perspective on food habits in Germany! 🙏☺
I'm Italian and I'm always shocked when people think we eat a lot and especially lot of carbohydrates, when in reality not so many people do that and we are actually very lucky to consume fresh vegetables and fruits everyday, have access to a variety of food that we can cook by ourselves at home instead of buying processed foods (even though I think we increased our lunches and dinners at the restaurant), but above all what matters is portions size, less dressing (more simple like oil, salt and pepper), and as you said, if we already had meat once, we try to vary and eat something else for the next meals :)
Of course there are exceptions and of course this doesn't apply to everyone, but I had this feeling in my country, as well as in other European countries, especially when talking with friends from the US.
🌪 Oh lord, i hope you're all okay! Formerly there have been special days for special dishes. My grandma mostly served fish at friday, soup at saturday and as the highlight of the week meat on sundays. The famous "Sonntagsbraten". Even rarer: eating at a restaurant; something for birthdays, holidays or special occasions. And fast food wasn't a thing at all.
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i remember reading somewhere, that during one of the waves of migration into the US in the late 1800s/early 1900s, people from poor families in Ireland and other parts of of Europe would write back home, excitedly saying they were able to eat meat every day, as compared to maybe once a week in their hometowns....
Message from an expat: You. Are. Right.
Haley, you are so right. And I like your rhetoric. Not just in this video.
I appreciate that so much! Thank you for the compliment!
I am a German and I have been friends with an american family for a decade. First time my friend asked me about a holiday meal and then super politely asked 'and what is your protein' actually made me feel a bit ashamed. She thought I only explained the side dish. There was no protein, it was a vegetarian dish. She was super confused. And I felt like I did something wrong. Then she shared that they would have a steak dinner plus lobster tails and I have never had either of that in my life. Steak dinner isn't a thing in the tradition I grew up in.
Many vegetarian dishes do have protein. Legumes for example have lots of protein.
Saying a vegetarian dish is missing protein just because there’s no meat is stupid.
And I am saying that as an omnivore.
What I noticed is that in every bl**dy salad in the U.S. there' some sort of meat added. Mostly chicken. I rarely came around a leafs/greens/vegs only salad. Or they add some sort of noodles, rice, or other carbs to it. Also quite common.
The wonderful thing about restaurants in the US you can omit things. I eat Cobb salad all the time without the bacon.
It's not only over consumption of meet/beef but overconsumption in general. People are working their a.. off go into debt only for buy lots of stuff nobody really needs. US Americans are consumers more than any thing else.
Very good point. I do love meat and a filet steak in particular. However, I remember about 3 years ago, I went to Publix and got a double pack of filet steaks (Was cheaper than just one). Threw them on the grill and got 2 extra large french fries from Mc Donalds (Love McD fries). While I got the fries, I had the steaks in the oven to "finalize" as McD was just a minute away. I pretty much eat all of it, however, at night I felt so bad that I had to throw up and was sick for another day.
Wow I couldn’t agree with you more. I am an American who is a carnivore. I think our meat portions are way too big. We do not have to eat meat at every meal. I get frustrated when I go out to eat and maybe want a salad and they all have meat on them. There are very few vegetarian options at many restaurants. Also on a side note our chickens are out of control. Most chicken breast in the USA are super sized. This was a great video and something I feel as an American we should think about.❤
fyi you are an omnivore :)
you're not a carnivore though, no human is. It's not an identity you get to choose. Humans are animals and every animal has a species specific diet suitable for their teeth, stomach, digestion track, etc.
By definition, humans are omnivores - meaning they can eat both plant and animal foods. You learn that in 6th grade biology class. A typical carnivore would be a lion - they eat ONLY other animals that they hunt down and eat raw with blood and everything (and not just their meat).
Humans don't do that, not even you 😅 so you can try eating an actual carnivore diet of only other animals and see how quickly your human heart will give up 🤞
That's a nice variety of ingredients - the first thing that comes to mind would be shakshuka, accompanied by spinach with cheese. That on toasted or fried bread should be enough for a family.
It all depends on whether or not you eat 3 meals. My husband doesn't eat 3 meals and this amount of food isn't enough. The man eats for 3 people. It's like he has a 2nd stomach. He isn't fat either. He's 68 kg and 177 cm (he has 74% muscle which is perfect for his age).
Contrary to much of the sentiment here, I follow a YT'r from Switzerland who lives in Texas and he put out a video recently about things he'd miss about America if he were to go back to Europe. He said "The beef. Specifically Texas BBQ with its brisket." After watching him food blog about Texas, I really need to get to Texas.
As a dietitian in Germany, we don't recommend to eat meat more than 3 times a week 🙈
Yeah... and the amount is very small as well lol.... People think that 3 times = a big steak but that is not true...
@@HayleyAlexis true 😂 max. 200g per portion 👀
Eventho i eat Pescatarian, aka dont eat meat but fish and seafood, I find that actually all kinds of processed foods (incl veggie processed foods) are our real enemy tbh- seen from the people's health aspect. Surely meat isn't for everyone, and surely mass production of meat isnt ecologically acceptable, but some really need it- everyone is different right. Even the Dalai Lama has to eat meat since he turned sick. I think we doing the best already by eating fresh, non- processed foods, that can also include meat, but organic and grass-fed meats. Meat alternatives like Beyond Meat are a chemical explosion lol
This! You said, what I was thinking!
glad we r looking to the same direction :)@@fairgreen42
Very good Video, Hayley! I'm from Bavaria, and basically a Vegan since 1 year, with the exception of fish and honey. I had an American boyfriend once who used to say: "Eat your meat!" if I couldn't finish a meal, because it was too much. It was engrained in his mind that meat was more valuable than veggies, potatoes and salad. It is my overall experience with animal consumers, that they are usually men. It seems they feel fundamentally threatened by some ill fate, if they had to do without meat. They also make a big ado about BBQ. It seems to be a "masculine thing".
While I do agree with you.... I do have to make a little comment about the "eat the meat" point. I don't know if your boyfriend had the same upbringing as me BUT my family would also say "finish your plate" and put emphasis on finishing the meat. Now that I am older I realize that this can be quite bad for kids growing up and needing to understand self-regulation and making sound food decisions BUT the reason my family did this (which I do think is a valid reason) was because an animal died to provide meat on the plate. My family would always tell me if you want to eat meat that is ok but you have to understand that an animal died to provide you with that food and if you don't eat it and waste it- it died for literally nothing.
There is also a culture of meat obsession in Germany, but it is mainly found in the older generation (thank God) now. Things have drastically changed over the last decade! But for the elderly, who grew up with famines and social norms, it's still much in their brains. Even my father to this day expects meat to almost every lunch and frowns at vegetables.
I dont think its just meat industry, like in US everyones obsessed with as spicy( or salty or sweet) and as hot food as possible and then they claim food that actually tastes as the very ingredients its made of is too bland and tasteless cos apparently if its not physically painful twice, once to eat it and second time next morning, then its not good food or good tasting food.
also in Europe and Asia and everywhere around the world ppl like and enjoy eating local traditional food like most of time, 90% of time, and while they like foreign food and the variety they enjoy it only once a while, but in US( and UK) its like obsession to eat three different meals form three different cuisines every day, none of them actually original and all of them of the fast food chain restaurant variety, and then it result they complain how theyre bored eating like locals all the time and how difficult is to find proper e.g. Thai ingrediences when they move to Europe...
for me as an European it almost seems like Americans hate their traditional local domestic cuisine and the taste of actual food, the meals grandma would prepare, unlike in Europe where its our comfort food and classic we gladly return and perfection we struggle to achieve ourselves and prefer to limit the amount of chemical and also natural but unneeded additives to cover its proper taste.
Some European food is tasteless and this comes from a person who doesn't like salty, sugary, or really spicy food. You can add spices or herbs to your food (basil, oregano, pinch of salt, garlic, etc) with out your food tasting like crap or bothering you the next day. Majority of Americans really don't like spicy food. It's the Thai, Indians, etc that like their food spicy. Their spicy food makes US spicy food look like amateurs.
My husband is Swiss and grew up with his mother using no spices. When I cooked for him he said "holy shit. Food actually can taste good." I didn't use a lot of salt, sugar, or spicy spices/herbs. Once in awhile I'll make mild curry chicken and rice. My husband is now the one that loves spicy food.
They eat even more meat than Germans?!
I was in Bayern years ago and was a bit taken aback with the huge plates of mixed meat in restaurants, but I Guess that's not everyday meals. I used to barely eat meat back then. Now I eat a bit more, living rural, knowing a lot of farmers who raise sheep Pigs and beef, I get some of their meat regularly.
As an Austrian (we have a similar cuisine to Bavaria) I would say eating out or eating at home is quite different. At home I often eat very simple dishes, often vegetarian (just roast some veggies, pasta with cabbage, dumplings etc) that might be considered too simple for a restaurant.
@@j.a.1721 Exactly! Germans don't eat the traditional German restaurant food with meat platters at home!
Growing up in Scotland we had meat of some kind every day except Friday (fish) and Saturday, though there might have been omelette on Saturday and that would certainly have had bacon in it. And potatoes every day. Now living in Italy and eating much more vegetables and probably less meat than the average Italian. Maybe just once or twice a week, but not counting occasional cold cuts and bacon bits in the risotto. I really don't miss meat, but I do miss British sausages!
Scotland here and I was just thinking I've had sausages too many times this week! The were a multi pack though! Normally I'm having toast and peanut butter or toast and boiled eggs for breakfast. Toast or bread and cheese at mid day or tuna salad. Then some kind of meat and veg at night. But the meat at night could be some bacon in an omlette or chopped sausage in a pasta bake. No way could I eat more than one chicken breast! And I've pretty much entirely stopped eating beef. I'm fairly happy with meat free food, but in winter I don't eat it as often.
Square ones 😅I think only Scots will get it
@@scarba No, real bangers. We never had "flat sausage", probably my Mum didn't like it. She never made stuff she didn't like, so it was a long time before I discovered mushrooms, parsnips, broccoli, radishes .....
@@brackalack1 If it's a multi-pack you can put half in the freezer for another day. Can't abide peanut butter!
Have you come across „girl dinner“ I (as a German) was laughing my ass of!
Abendbrot is girl dinner. That’s probably the same misconception- is that a real meal 😂
LMAO...I never heard of it explained/described as girl math.... oh lordy
@@HayleyAlexis dinner, not math 😉
I thought it was something like lunchables or ramen but now I see it's actual German Abendbrot *lol*
Grüße aus Österreich 😊
It still baffles menthat American mothers actually think their kid's lunches are healthy. Some people even show it proudly in a short or a video.. a lunch consisting of a sandwich with white bread and mayo on it, maybe 3 carrot sticks and CHIPS! What the actual..?
My American brown-bag school lunch was always the same: a tunafish or egg salad sandwich on 100% whole wheat bread, a baggie of off-brand plain tortilla chips (yuk), a granola bar and a baggie of celery filled with peanut butter. I think my mom did a good job getting us full until dinner.
My sentiments exactly Haley. I eat vegetarian at least three times a week. Fish at least twice a week. The meat here in Ireland is always grass fed beef. I use free range corn fed poultry. Once a week is usually enough meat for me if it's of the high quality I mentioned.
Although we can get your grass fed butter, I still cannot find grass *finished* beef in Germany: (
To the person that wrote the comments on 2:03 : Did you ever thought for a single second about what animals eat? Cause I can tell you, if they eat those vegetables it will be in the meat to. "IJS 🤷 research for yourself"
I grew up in Eastern Europe and we always eat meat. Often relatives raised their own meat. It is still better for the planet to eat beef from the cow I walk by every day, vs. eating bananas who must be shipped from a tropical country via airplane or sea container and then by truck to my local supermarket. Oh and let’s not forget that these bananas or other fruits and veggies who are not native to Northern Europe were possible picked by underpaid young people. So, to sum it up, the logical conclusion and fact is that eating what is local in your area is most beneficial for the planet, not what they tell you on TV or movies or other suspiciously financed documentaries.
I agree to a degree. 🙂🙃🙂 And if the cows are fed from local sources also and not with soy beans from China or what not, your equation might even come up better.
Also, if the local farmers don't ship their surplus on cattle (male calfs for example) as lifestock around half the globe, where the poor surviving animals are being slaughtered. I am from Austria and sadly that happens everywhere.
There's so much factors to consider.
*USA: EVERYONE eats meat -- Germany: NO ONE eats meat*
Nah. I don't like such broad generalisations.
I'm pretty sure there are vegetarians and vegans in the US, and I know for a fact, that a lot of Germans eat a lot of meat.
I gave up meat that comes from animals in 2015 for ethical reasons. I also learned that the amount for water it takes to produce 1 pound of meat, 1 person could shower with that water for 6 months 😲 😱.
I'm with you. I like meat too. My husband and I are cooking mostly vegetable meals throughout the week, via meal kit. We add meat to our diet when we go out or on special
occasions.
That is awesome and a nice balance!
Crazy how the meat industry is so powerful in the USA. I always thought Germany had crazy prieces for meat and I recently watched a video from on YT from Alicia Joe where she talked about the meat propaganda by the german farmers association which I found really interesting, since they were the ones that got the saying into peoples head that meat was important for your health.
Regarding talking about meat consumption, the problem is that people have to think about their own behavior in the past and that may lead to the fact that they realise that it wasn't in tune with their values/it wasn't as healthy as they thought/they have been wrong about something in the past etc. which costs energy and can influence their selfesteem negetively - which people don't want. Also once people realise their eating habits aren't that great they either have to change something which needs a lot of energy and uncomftableness through change or they don't change their eating habits and have to surpress that thoughts to go on without a guilty conscience about their eating habits. So it is easier for people to say other people are wrong and don't overthink the own habits, because it takes less energy over time. Sad enough.
Regardless of what items are in the average giant US fridge I would love to know what proportion get eaten and what proportion end up thrown out. Food waste is an alien concept to me but I suspect it is an everyday occurrence in many American homes. I suppose one reason for the bigger fridges is the tendency to refrigerate all fresh food. I've never kept fruit & veg in the fridge but perhaps I would need to if I lived in a hotter country.
11:53 "Oh, ho. My _fancy word,_ here. I'm just gonna double-use it."
It is, indeed, conducive to an air of erudition. 🤷♂
Thank you for the laugh!
I once made note of _similar_ effect from the _dairy_ lobby, in the US. You're probably too young to remember it, but there was once a time when the airways, here, were _strewn_ with catchy commercials for _milk._ Not any particular brand. Just milk in _general._
"Milk. It does a body _good._ Pass it on," they all said.
"Milch macht müde Männer munter", the ad in Germany for dairy products
@@kilsestoffel3690 🤨 _All_ of them? This slogan pops up on _every_ ad, no matter what company?
Haley is most likely old enough to remeber it. I'm guessing Haley is close to my age based on experiences in Florida. I remember this logan.
@@lazyperfectionist1 as far as I remember, this was for the diary industrie in general, not a certain brand
HAYLEY!!!!! Extreme Capitalism does not work for the people at the top without excess!!!!!! You must watch more TV and view the ads on social media!!!!!!
You don't have to be screaming ma guy
Germany has slightly less lactose intolerance than the US. This makes it easier to use dairy to carry a meal. I am sure the same is true for eggs and protein rich gluten.
As to why the people take offense: I am a vegan and have noticed that omnivores and vegetarians are offended and try to belittle me when I say how I cook and why I cook like that. I can only assume that they do not want to hear the how and why because that would mean thinking about their own choices. It is easier to say "Ha ha, look at that crazy vegan" than realize maybe meat for breakfast, lunch and dinner is neither sustainable nor healthy.
You're omnivore too. Its a biological fact and nothing you can select.
Eating vegan food isn’t probably the best diet but it‘s heck of a lot healthier than the „standard western diet“.
An omnivore is an animal who only eats meat. A human who has meat in their diet isn’t an omnivore.
Chicken, turkey, and seafood is healthy. Yes turkey and chicken is meat. Turkey is healthier than chicken and seafood is healthier than chicken and turkey. Seafood needs to be low in mercury and either farm raised in North America, Europe, or Australia. If it isn't farm raised from those continents it needs to be wild caught from North America, Europe, or Australia. Asia (really its only China), Africa, and South America have low standards on the way seafood is raised on the farm. China farms uses poop from animals as food for the fish. Also China uses a buttload of chemicals in their fish.
It's all about moderation. Sure you don't want to eat only healthy meat and healthy seafood every single day. You want a larger portion of vegetables, a smaller portion of meat, and then an even smaller portion of carbs. I ate a medium amount of healthy meat with red meat once a week, a small amount of carbs, and a larger portion of fruits and vegetables and lost 45 kg. I tried the whole vegan thing and I didn't lose weight and I felt like crap, my hair was falling out, and my nails were brittle. Me personally I couldn't get enough iron, iodine, zinc, and B12. I don't want to take drugs to replace what I'm missing. I want to eat food with what I'm missing.
The reason why people are vegan is not the health, at least for me. It is because of the animals. They are suffering, they are murdered, just because people like to eat them? We have much to eat, nuts and friuts and vegetables, we don’t Need to eat meat anymore!
I'm really happy with everyone who turns vegan or vegitarian and there can't be too less of them.
That said, meat isn't meat. I live in the pre alps in Austria, where we eat only local beef from literally happy & totally "free to roam" (^^) cows (they stand in our garden from time to time and the farmers go collecting them in the small town^^) that have a name and got raised just like pets. They had a better life (and death) than most PPL on this planet tbh, getting cared off all day when they have to be inside and are usually 10 to 20 animals in a big comfy, climated, clean barn, that are getting treats like brushing them from their owners and are killed in a very human way and not in a too young age... I'd never eat beef from a grocery store in Germany and i couldn't, because like you said it tastes weird and not like meat, but i absolutely would, and even think i should support this way of faming, by eating local beef from here, or other regions like that, when i'm there.
German here, not a vegetarian or a vegan. I do not eat meat every single dinner ... but I eat cold meat slices on my Butterbrot. Or cheese. Alongside my vegetables.
I agree with you, that fridge contained things to cook a meal from - there were eggs in there. Last time I checked, that was protein ... how stupid they are who say you need to eat meat to get protein!
They eat cold wurst meat every morning mostly raw and lunch meat with side dishes the typical lunch meat is Fleischpflanzerl, Bratwurst, Dönerfleisch, Kohlroulade, Schweinebraten, Hirsch, Ente, Händel, and lots of other meats like schnitzel, Cord on blü, Rollbraten, and in every soup they have lots of Schweine speck so actually Germans eat meat 3 times a day not to forget they eat out every day in wirtshäuser and they always have meat on their plates they talk bad about how much Americans eat on meat but in reality, the Germans eat meat all day. I never seen them eat less meat a Day.
1) I've noticed that the meat in Spain, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic all taste better than ours here in the US, and I'm even talking about better than the beef we have out west. You're not imagining things.
2) In several of those countries, they seemed to eat less meat, but still plenty to satisfy me, a solid omnivore.
3) Fun with Americans: bring two big identical dishes that can be considered vegetarian, but label one as "regular" and the other "vegetarian". Tell people that B is a vegetarian version of A. The one labeled veggie will hardly be touched and the other will be totally gone. I've done it. It's just silly. :)
Also, in my opinion, it's okay to have an entire feast that doesn't contain meat. It's not a vegetarian thing, it's a normal human thing. Like, Pop Tarts are veggie and we gobble them up and call it breakfast, right??
I do need some meat from time to time. But then it will be either organic or filet or veal liver.
But I love Käsespätzle or Risotto Milanese with spinach and cheese, too.
I avoid processed food like the devil avoids holy or blessed water or what you call it in English. 🙂
Lunchables 🤣
Just checked my cook book, many without meat, but sooo many with cheese included :(.
Speaking of "ick", what are your thoughts now of American "chocolate" compared to a proper one?
Believe it or not I am not the biggest choclate fan. I am more of a salty snack person. I don't eat a lot of chocolate in the USA in general and notice that when I am in Germany I actually crave chocolate snacks (sometimes) BUT I would 10000% prefer a salty snack in Germany over a USA snack (sweet or salty) any day of the year!
I am 28 years old and I am a 28years and 267 Day long vegetarian. Don't care what others say I am healthy 😌. Never been to McDonald's burgerking subway and how ever you call all these. It's not existing in my world.
We are lucky to have you! The harsh facts you are touching are - "an American meal" is often just meat, no rice, pasta, potatoes or other root vegetables, the way meals are composed in the rest of the Western world. The nutritionists (even In the US like USDA) conclude that many models can help one to compose a main meal (like "the plate model" or the "meal pyramid"). Also, adults are advised to consume a variety of protein sources including lean meats, poultry, seafood, eggs, nuts, seeds, and legumes (Not just beef!) An adult's sufficient amount of protein would be about 1/3 of a pound. The rest of the meal should be like vegetables, rice, pasta, and root vegetables. I also pity ill-educated Americans who can't find meat without additives like hormones, who would rather eat chlorine-rinsed poultry than fight bad hygiene and always add sugar (often in the form of glucose syrup) to their food, even their bread!
In Germany, you had beer, bread, and fries with just 3 ingredients! (In the US about 1 dz!). You are definitely up to date!
You're forgetting the nom-starchy vegetables. The proper way to load your plates is 1/2 the plate is non starchy vegetables, 1/4 of the plate with starch (potato, pasta, etc), and 1/4 of the plate with healthy meat/seafood (lean chicken, lean turkey, and lean pork) or some kind of protein (lentils, chickpeas, chia seeds, etc).
The older I get, the less meat I eat. Mostly now it just feels more like only fat and salty (Wurst).
American (also from South Florida) in Germany for almost 15 years (my soul is slowly dying) . I find Germans are also obsessed with meat. Salami for breakfast and dinner... (abend brot yuck!) they eat a lot of meat too. I will say there are great options for vegetarians here and was surprised how little was at Publix for me when I looked. I also was dying for a Publix sub and could only get cheese on it... would have of loved some fake meat... I guess one must go to an alternative shop for these things. I miss Florida and the USA so much it hurts but it took me a while to get here. The longer I am awy the more I miss it.
Really? All of the Publixs in my area have vegan sandwiches with vegan meat and vegan cheese.
I'm 16 years in Germany and the longer I'm away from Seattle the more it hurts. Visiting does not really help. You mentioned salami for breakfast and dinner - my husband eats a salami sandwich for breakfast and lunch every single day. I cannot do anything about it, I just make him a nice dinner every night. (And if it's a frozen pizza, it's gonna be salami *LOL*.)
Was steht denn auf dem kleinen Zettel am Kopfende des Bettes?
"I will be more sensitive to other people's feelings"
@@HayleyAlexis OK, I did not expect that!
I think it is a misconception because yes, we Germans do love our meat and we have great meat, you know it but that is what it is about. It is about quality not quantity.
Overconsumption isn't only bad for you but also for the planet/climate, because it requires a lot of energy and water, which then again is bad for you.
I don't care for meat, my daughter went vegetarian, when she was 9, back then I still liked meat sometimes but I have stopped buying and eating meat several years ago. Only when I am in Berlin I like to buy an organic Currywurst once a year.
Carbs are not for everyone
Simple metals, that expression måde me think more than the meat diskussion. Simple meals will not be the same in Florida or in Lower Saxony. Cremed spinace, smiling boiled eggs and cooket potatoes with Some taste of muscat is a typical simple meal from my childhood. I think simple metals bring the convinience together with healthyness, so what Iwould considder part og the solution is more serious cookimg shows you Know then from german television such a succes if you ask me. WISSEN MACHT AHH!!
Hallo Hayley, kannst du mir bitte helfen? Es gibt eine Redewendung im Amerikanischen mit 'Karen's', ähnlich wie "Debbie-Downer". Kennst du die Redewendung? Kannst du mir bitte erklären, was damit gemeint ist? Viele liebe Grüße aus Deutschland.
einfach googlen: )
Do you react that way on pork? Did you try halal meat?
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Are dead animals cheaper than rice and beans in the US?
No I dont think so but meat is relatively affordable
@@HayleyAlexis Would you say rice and beans are a complete meal?
It honestly depends but yes sometimes I do consider that a meal
@@HayleyAlexis Good. I think rice and beans are a meal, too.
Ich weiß schon, was Du zuerst essen wirst, wenn Du zurück nach Deutschland kommst. KÄSESPÄTZLE 😊
ABER NATÜRLICH!!!
@@HayleyAlexis 😄😄😄😋
Americans have better bloodwork results on average than almost anyone else in the world does (iron, zinc...). Is it because of meat or maybe because more of their foods are fortified compared to elsewhere? I don't know. But, they are certainly doing something better than we (Europeans) do. I mean, numbers don't lie.
Could you tell me your source or what exactly you googled? I tried it and I mostly got stories about doping scandals.
My counter argument without any checking would be that in overal health condition most of Europe is way ahead of the USA, so one measurement doesn’t win the battle. But I am really curious about it now
I think it was on Our World in Data. That's where I get my info from, usually.
I always thought Germans ate quite a lot of meat.
Same here! Schnitzel, Sauerbraten, Schwein Haxe, Rind Rouladen, Mettwurst, Rost Bratwurst, Weißwurst, Frankfurter, Wiener, etc. And the hamburger! I always thought the US meat products and consumption were an imported custom from Deutschland!
what a boring bedroom , just a bed & some walls 🐰 & a door
Everyone in Germany eats meat the only Difference is in Germany the meat ist good
I eat mainly vegetarian and know many vegan and vegetarian people.
The meat in Germany is NOT good. Filled with hormones and antibiotics. And not everyone eats meat.
That is not true. I have a lot of German vegan friends 🤷🏽♀️
The last poll I could find says 3% are vegans, 10% are vegetarians and 38% are 'flexitarians' (they eat meat, but not often). So about 50% eat meat several days a week or everyday. Take that with a grain of salt, but it should give you atleast a better picture than 'Everyone in Germany eats meat'.
They eat cold wurst meat every morning mostly raw and lunch meat with side dishes the typical lunch meat is Fleischpflanzerl, Bratwurst, Dönerfleisch, Kohlroulade, Schweinebraten, Hirsch, Ente, Händel, and lots of other meats like schnitzel, Cord on blü, Rollbraten, and in every soup they have lots of Schweine speck so actually, Germans eat meat 3 times a day not to forget they eat out every day in wirtshäuser and they always have meat on their plates they talk bad about how much Americans eat on meat but in reality, the Germans eat meat all day. I never seen them eat less meat a Day.
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