since I am a child I love Waldmeister, it's one of my favorite flavors. I cannot respect your opinion.😅

@ileana8360

7 ай бұрын

Not even Maibowle could convince me to like Waldmeister, sorry 😂

@pinkhope84

7 ай бұрын

Waldmeister Wackelpeter mit Vanillesoße. Yummy ❤

@jolinalee3887

7 ай бұрын

Same for me, love Waldmeister.

@Gnarlf

7 ай бұрын

Well, I have no issue, with you not like Waldmeister. More for the rest of us, I guess. You can't really describe the Taste of Waldmeister aka woodruff, since it just taste as itself. Now your attempt to describe the taste is, lets say "off by a mile". So either you got a very bad version or your tastebuds just work differently. For everybody else: Don't be afraid, just give it a try.

12:26 Hayley ... you're already complaining like a german. Why? Because you complain about how we complain, which is top tier german complaining! Congratulations. You're one of us. One of us! (It's meant funny, for those who don't get dry humor.)

@martinkasper197

7 ай бұрын

I think real Hayley was replaced by a german Körperfresser...🤣🤣🤣

Nooo Hayley. Waldmeister is the very best taste in the whole world. The German Bratkartoffeln with bacon and eggs and some herbs is the very best meal of the World. Greetings from Germany 😉

Oh Waldmeister ❤. They only seem to have it in Germany. Reminds me of my childhood. Waldmeisterwackelpudding. Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸

...i am from Hannover - and YOU have experienced HANNOVER as open-hearted???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you are the first human, that has made this experience --- thank you VERY MUCH..❤❤❤❤❤

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

It’s different but I do find the people to be very open and kind compared to Bavaria. 😆😆😆

@NicholasCorvin

7 ай бұрын

@@HayleyAlexis *Sorry, but how long have you been in Hannover? The longer you stay at a special place, the bigger are the chances to meet some dumb-turnips...personally I'm born in M-Nymphenburg and spend most of my life in M-Schwabing....but I definitely would not say the people in Schwabing are nicer than in Bogenhausen, if I haven't spent the same amount of time in Bogenhausen than in Schwabing...* 😇

@ramona146

2 ай бұрын

That's what I thought too 🤣🤣🤣

It is called Seviettenknödel because they were originally made in a piece of cloth! 😊❤

@MsLilyFay

7 ай бұрын

They still are 😵 Semmelknödel are round like you'd expect a Knödel. Serviettenknödel are the same exact dough - just not shaped into a ball but rolled into a Serviette (I use Stoffwindeln at home). Benefit to that is you don't have to wait for the dough to cure, 'cause it can't fall apart inside the Serviette, and also you can fry the slices you cut down in butter before serving, which is SOOO good ❤

@martinkasper197

7 ай бұрын

Serviettenknödel is more an Austrian thing. Semmelknödel are both Austrian and Bavarian/German...

@klarasee806

7 ай бұрын

@@martinkasper197 Serviettenknödel (or, depending on the region, Serviettenklöße) have a long tradition in Thuringia, Upper Franconia and Hamburg. Austria, on the other hand, is strongly influenced by Bohemian cuisine, which also knows Serviettenknödel. So they're both a German and an Austrian thing, but they haven't played a significant role in Bavarian cuisine for that long. To my knowledge, it is not known exactly where they were invented.

@Ari33sa

7 ай бұрын

If you make it in a cloth it's a serviettenknödel. If you just form a ball and put it into water (and like me hope it doesn't fall apart completely) you made a Semmelknödel. Both names are accurate and describe a slightly varied idea way on how to make them.

Girl I wished I had waldmeister in the states..that's the fav flavor since I was a child..❤❤❤

I totally agree with you about artificial Waldmeister flavors. They are usually disgusting. However I would strongly recommend you try Waldmeisterbowle with real Waldmeister. You can pick it in the woods at the end of April- beginning of May and it tastes nothing like the artificial stuff. It's actually a very delicate flavor.

@leDespicable

7 ай бұрын

But you have to be careful, since Waldmeister is poisonous in higher quantities. That's why artificial flavours are the norm nowadays.

@kieferngruen

7 ай бұрын

@@leDespicable You would have to consume very high quantities regularly to have an effect. The compound in question is coumarin which is also present in cinnamon. One Waldmeisterbowle per year definitely won't do you any harm.

@Transmodulator

7 ай бұрын

But you have to pick it before it blooms.

@ThomcarLP

7 ай бұрын

​@@Transmodulatorthats the Point:)

The best thing about the döner sauce is that you get to choose! My local döner knows I want 'dürüm mit joghurt und mit ohne scharf'

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

and i could probably eat it schaf scharf... and extra scharf 😂🤣😅🌶

@kinglars2280

7 ай бұрын

Döner, scharf wie Feuer - mit extra scharfer Soße. Und extra Chili.🥳🌶🌶@@HayleyAlexis

@tasminoben686

7 ай бұрын

@@HayleyAlexis😂 moin, tut mir leid, dir das zu sagen, aber ich liebe Waldmeister! Vielleicht, weil es das schon in meiner Kindheit gab. Und ich mag auch gerne Currywurst, besonders wenn sie richtig schön scharf ist! Und zu den Kartoffeln: mein Frau hat ein sehr schönes Rezept für einen Auflauf mit Kartoffelknödeln halb und halb, Hack und natürlich Käse. Und ich glaube, es kommt auch Zucchini damit rein. Sehr lecker!😅 liebe Grüße aus dem weihnachtlich weißen, und kalten Hamburg! Ben❤

@DADA-ir6kq

7 ай бұрын

all of the döner stände in my city have several sauces i usually do cocktail or garlic (not tzaziki, more like ajoli)@@HayleyAlexis

Yes like other people said, Waldmeister is something you know from your childhood. This sweet green syrup with the chemical taste. Did you go into the forest and found Waldmeister, rubbed it in your hand and smell? On the other hand the things with the rules I really don’t get. I think you have much more freedoms here. I will never forget the day I went to the swimming pool and I got an advice to follow the rules written on a sign: “swim clockwise”. Or in school there was a study hall hour: “no drinking, no eating, no leaving your seat, ….” Everywhere in the U.S. you meet an “advisor”. Asking the teacher to go to the restroom, getting a paper for being allowed to walk to restroom”….long time ago, but was a crazy experience.

@elgee1811

7 ай бұрын

Actually, fresh waldmeister leaves just smell like many other green plants when you rub them in your hands, kind of like grass. They only develop their well-known scent after wilting for a while, so letting them wilt is a must when preparing drinks or sweets from fresh waldmeister. Interestingly, some species of grass also contain the main aroma compound of waldmeister, and release it when wilting. So sometimes, fresh hay also has a slight waldmeister scent to it. Not enough to flavor any food with it, though.

Semmelknödel mit Speck... very delicious. TBH, potato dumplings aren't a convincing choice if the dish doesn't come with a good sauce. But bread dumplings with bacon, particularly if they're a bit fried in eg. butter... miraculous! And they combine really well with Sauerkraut.

Liebe Haley,wieder ein sehr schönes und Humorvolles Video von dir, danke!! Ich freue mich immer wieder auf Videos !!

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

Danke danke ❤️

So good seeing you I feel for you. I bin in USA 40 years. Miss Germany 🇩🇪 every day ❤

Waldmeister is Germany's root beer

i do agree with you on the döner without sauce take :D

Now you get courageous being far away ;) (This is my comment before watching, let's see :D)

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

No one can throw shoes or tomatoes at me from across the pond 😈😈

@derjoghurtmitderecke

7 ай бұрын

​@@HayleyAlexis You underestimate the aerodynamics of Birkenstock sandals!

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

@derjoghurtmitderecke 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Thank you so much for your opinion on the german internet-speed/-availability!🙏 I really dont understand why people always hate on it when they obviously never been outside of germany and experienced the internet in other countries. Last year i was in Florida an drove 2 1/2 hours from Tampa to Sebring. For 2 of those hours i had ZERO Internet... People only have to look up some maps and diagrams about internet availability in different countries and will quickly see how good germany is actually. ✌️

Team Semmelknödel, YAY, Hayley, and YAY to the nice Paisley sheets!!

For those not in the know, Waldmeister is 'sweet woodruff' (Galium odoratum) in English, a wild herbaceous plant with sweet-smelling leaves used in potpourri etc. However, the flavour used in Germany in foods and drinks is usually artificial as coumarin, which gives this scent and flavour to the plant, was found to be harmful for rats in the seventies. It can be used in limited quantities in drinks, but not in, say, candy and the like. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

One of my Favourite flavors : Waldmeister 😂 it's a real plant growing in the forests and used also to flavour alcohol beverage Bowle, Waldmeisterbowle, mix of wine, champagne and flavors

I have to admit that I can be truly irritable on my bike. I often tell myself "This time, just be relaxed, nice and forthcoming" - but after a few minutes, so-and-so many little things will have happened that tick me off. Pedestrians waddling in the biking lane, cars dashing out Einfahrten with no regard for anyone forcing you to slambreak, groups of slow riders that can't be passed (who, once you've overtaken them after all, will inevitably not wait behind the line at the next red light, get past and stop right in front of you, so you'll have to get past them all over again), teens sharing scooters finding it funny to go in serpentines, cars parking in the biking lane like that was what it's meant for - and as you have to swerve into the car lane to pass them, the car behind you will try to take you out ... and after ten of these type of incidents I've started boiling inside, so the eleventh person to cross me gets the "*@!%§!!" treatment - which is obviously an overreaction to what's probably a minor infringement, and I'm telling myself to do better - and the cycle starts again...

@achimschroter8046

7 ай бұрын

Kann ich alles zu 100% unterschreiben. Am schlimmsten sind echt die schlafwandelden Fußgänger auf den Radwegen die auf ein Klingeln erst reagieren wenn man schon zum Stehen gekommen ist. Oder wenn es Gruppen sind und die erstmal wie die Hühner durcheinander laufen

@CabinFever52

7 ай бұрын

And yet, as a pedestrian, I experience the very same thing from cyclists riding wherever they want, coming at me down the sidewalks at high speeds and wanting ME to get out of their way on a non-bike path. I usually have my dog with me and bikes and my dog do not mix well.

@frankschmitt6399

7 ай бұрын

Calm down mein Guter, die ganzen Punkte über Verhaltensweisen, von Mitmenschen über die man sich als Radfahrer aufregen kann, treffen um 180 Grad gedreht auch auf das Verhalten auf Strassen und Radwegen, speziell hier in Köln, ebenfalls auf die radfahrende Zunft zu.

@marcusbalzer8393

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Also I want to add cars overtaking way too close. I use bike lanes and routes wherever they exist, I still encounter these drivers. A lot of times even though they'd have the space to their left.

I think what annoys me most about people on bikes not following road laws is that there are almost no consequences for them. For car drivers you have speeding cameras and sometimes you see a police car pulling cars over. But for bicyclists you can technically, and very much practically, ride over a red light without anyone stopping you, unless there is that 1% chance that a police car is right behind you while you're doing it. There are fines for running a red light even for bicyclists, but they don't get caught on speeding cameras, and I've never seen one get pulled over by a police officer. On top of that I hate that I have partial fault when a bicyclist crashes into my car, but if I dare to come just a little too close to one of them, they yell at me or even slam their fist into my car. If I have to follow the rules and get consequences if not, they have too.

@HayleyAlexis

6 ай бұрын

I agree!

It's like a constant clash between bikers and car drivers. If you drive the bike, you are constantly annoyed by cars not noticing you and if you drive a car you think bicycles didn't hear about a single rule of the StVO

I was skeptical about the title and waited a while before giving an up- or downvote. But at 4:46 you got my upvote! Prost, Schwester!

Love Waldmeister. I guess your Waldmeister is my root beer. De gustibus...

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

I could drink root beer in gallons 😅😅😅

Döner Kebab is turkish (the words). Döner = rotierend = rotating, Kebab/ Kebap (from arabic كَباب kabāb) = "gebratenes oder gegrilltes Fleisch", roasted or grilled meat.

@tasminoben686

7 ай бұрын

Dankeschön, jetzt weiß ich endlich mal was d.h.!😂

Döner + Zaziki + Hot Sauce rocks. Kartoffelknödel are the best. And by the way I love Waldmeister especially as Jelly.

My experience with Waldmeister was a bit weird. Initially I liked it very much when I was a child. Then, all of a sudden, it was causing troubles with my stomach. So I stopped having food with Waldmeister, avoiding it completely for years. A few years ago I tried a tiny little bit of ice cream with Waldmeister and it was really delicious. So, now, I'm consuming it but with cautious restraint. I have similar difficulties with ginger.

Semmelknoedel are also much easier to make from scratch and great way to use up stale breadrolls. I love them. AND if you have left overs, cut them in slices and fry them in a pan with real butter. Makes it even better. (that might not be a thing in Germany). Driving in Germany is a lot calmer than in other places and the roads are awesome. I get stressed driving in New Zealand. People hog the fast lane, like they're entitled.

I don't think we prefer the potato dumpling. This is simply the traditional standard for some dishes, such as the “raw” potato dumpling in "Rheinischen Sauerbraten". This is comparable to the fact that in the USA, hamburgers include fries and not potato salad. Potato dumplings come in roughly two forms, firstly made from already cooked potatoes or secondly made from grated, still raw potatoes. Semmelknödel (Bread dumplings), on the other hand, are a specialty of southern German, Austrian, South Tyrolean and Bohemian cuisine. They are an accompaniment to dishes such as roast pork, often served together with sauerkraut and/or red cabbage, Saurem Lüngerl (Austrian Beuschel), lentil dishes or mushrooms in a cream sauce. Overall, dumplings are very regional side dishes and are not equally represented throughout Germany. Semmelknödel (Bread dumplings) are traditionally on the menu in southern Germany, the Serviettenknödel (cooked in cloths) was largely only known in Thuringia and Upper Franconia as well as in the area around Hamburg until the 1930s. They are served with various dishes, especially with dishes rich in sauce, such as game goulash or braised meat, also with steamed fruit, modern e.g. with goulash with peppers as a vegetable. The cloths used (like whirlpool cloths, for example) are usually washed without the use of soap or detergents and are boiled and disinfected as boiled laundry or have to be washed so often until there is no longer any soap foam or smell in the wash water or cloth. The napkin dumpling was also considered a wedding dish in Thuringia and Upper Franconia for a long time. There are Grießklößchen (“semolina” dumplings) made from semolina, milk, eggs and butter. When prepared heartily, they are seasoned with nutmeg, lemon peel or sugar and cooked in broth as a filling soup addition or are also served gratinated. Sweetened semolina dumplings are also known as a dessert, seasoned with cinnamon and sugar, especially as an accompaniment to fruit sauces and compotes. In Germany side dishes mainly include potatoes in various forms, be it boiled, fried, deep-fried, mashed, mashed and deep-fried as croquettes, cold as a salad with bacon, vinegar and oil or with mayonnaise, or simply as dumplings; new varieties such as sweet potatoes are also becoming more and more popular. Furthermore, flour products such as noodles and spaetzle or dumplings (Semmel- and Serviettenknödel) are particularly common. Rice has been around for a while now and is also found in classic dishes like chicken fricasses. But the side dish doesn't just consist of potatoes. In fact, Germans love and eat a lot of cabbage, but there's a lot more to it than just fermenting white cabbage into sauerkraut. Delicious German cabbage varieties include wild cabbage/cliff cabbage (mainly a specialty on the island of Heligoland), white cabbage and pointed cabbage, red cabbage, savoy cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts and also kohlrabi. There are also foreign varieties such as Chinese cabbage / Pak Choi or Romanesco. They are boiled, steamed, served with sauces or even baked with cheese. Other common vegetables include peas, green beans, broad beans, white beans, leeks, carrots, turnips, parsnips, chard, pumpkin, rhubarb, celery and fennel, spinach, asparagus and tomatoes. From the neighboring countries there are zucchini, peppers and eggplants.

Fully agree with the 1st point! 😂

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

It really is the best way to have it.... I always had to argue with my Döner guy to tell him I wanted it without sauce... His facial expression was always a look of disgust 😆

@wtsalive8210

7 ай бұрын

Ok. Über Geschmack läßt sich bekanntlich nicht streiten. Ich kann mir einen Döner ohne GUTE Soße nicht vorstellen. 2.: Da stimme ich Dir 100% zu. Ich habe die selben negative Erfahrungen gemacht wie Du! 3.: Auch hier stimme ich Dir 100% zu 4.: Ich liebe Waldmeister 5.: Ich liebe Bratwürste…aber nicht alle Sorten. Ich liebe alle Sorten von Knödel 6.: Unser Internet ist nicht überall gut…stellenweise sogar grottig

Try Kartoffelknödel fried in the pan, that is something very different from the fresh cooked ones and really delicious!

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

Oh wow…. I never thought of that but it sounds amazing.

@medusa4944

7 ай бұрын

@@HayleyAlexis It is 😊

I totally agree about the sauces on kebabs. The rules thing, too. Life is just so much easier when everyone cooperates. I actually like waldmeister! But a lot of people think wintergreen tastes nasty, but I really like that as well. I guess, like much of the world's aversion to root beer, tastes vary based on what you're used to. 😊

Well - you miss your other home! Thats documented. But we feel the same about lovely but grumpy bavarians! I notice the difference if I am visiting Köln again, the ooposite!!!! The Knödl are Semmelknödl - I love them too - but it really depends how they are made, otherwise I prefer Kartoffel Knödl.

Here in Berlin/ Steglitz, near or opposite of the townhall of that burough, is a Dönershop, which makes curry and avocado sauces. And they are the bomb, if you mix them up. Thankful I am not a bird, so you can't ruffle my feathers. ^^ Those darn Panda Truenos. ( It's an inside joke, of an anime. Where the maincharacter drives a Toyota Corola.) Awesome music.

Serviettenknödel was cooked inside a very big napkin originally. The dough was put onto the napkin and the napkin was rolled up into a wurstlike shape and fixated before putting it into the water. Otherwise the dough would not become a Knödel but disolve into the water. We have both kinds when we have rouladen and the filled savory kind (Leberwurst) with cream sauce and bacon.

Absolutely with you on the Kartoffelknödel, not so much about the Waldmeister. Though, it can taste awful if flavor or sweetening is artificial. I'm not sure I'm ready for a car vs. bike discussion on this Sunday morning.

Lieber TIPP für Bratkartoffeln : Koche Pellkartoffeln (festkochende Kartoffeln, Linda und Belinda sind prima, ca 25 min. kochen mit Salz! bei normaler Größe natürlich. Ich sortiere die ganz großen und die wirklich sehr kleinen vorher aus. Die ganz großen gebe ich als erstes in den Topf, 5 min. später all die normal großen und wenn noch Platz im Topf ist, kommen nach weiteren 5 min. die ganz kleinen dazu. Ergibt für ganz große Kartoffeln eine Kochzeit von 30 min, normale = 25 min. und ganz kleine = 20 min.). Und immer : Heiß pellen, kalt schneiden ! (Für Hitzeempfindliche wie mich heißt das, einen Becher kaltes Wasser daneben, Kartoffel mit Gabel aufpieksen, mit kleinem scharfen Messer längs einritzen und pellen. Da der Daumen zum Gegenhalten der Schale genommen wird, diesen immer zwischendurch ins kalte Wasser tunken). Dann die Kartoffeln ganz abkühlen lassen...also besser am Vortag machen, oder ein paar Stunden vorher... BEVOR man die Kartoffelscheiben knusprig brät, muss man *Panasche* machen. Bacon in Streifen, bzw Würfel schneiden und wirklich lange auslassen, bis sie anfangen braun zu werden. Dann ordentlich Zwiebelwürfel dazu, leicht salzen (damit die Zwiebeln schneller weich werden) und solange braten, bis die Zwiebeln wirklich glasig bis leicht braun sind. All das raus aus der Pfanne und daneben stellen (kann man gerne viel von machen und Tage später noch verwenden ! Ist auch sehr lecker zu Raclette!) ERST DANN die Kartoffelscheiben in die Pfanne (mit dem leckeren Öl, welches aus dem Bacon kam ;) ) leicht salzen, pfeffern, süßes Paprikapulver darüber streuen und ein klein wenig Cayennepfeffer, oder Chiliflocken. Kartoffeln wenden und knusprig braten. KURZ vor dem Servieren erst ein paar Löffel der Panasche darüber, heiß werden lassen und dann ab auf die Teller ! Guten Appetit !

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

I will try it :) thank you so much!!

I am NEVER commenting even tho I love your videos BUT at the Bavarian point I felt SO understood. My boyfriend lives an hour away from Munich in the south, and even tho I just love the state and the nature and Munich, I am soo happy when I’m back in NRW cause I just cannot deal with those grumpy people everywhere!? Even tho I learned Bavarian and am respectful towards the culture I soo often thought if only I can have Bavaria without bavarians

@sarahs.balance

7 ай бұрын

It’s so weird I think Bavaria is way nicer than NRW even people wise. How

@robertbauer6468

7 ай бұрын

You can not learn the dialect. If you simulate the dialect, the native speaking people are angry about it.

I tend to think the main reason people tend to be in such a god-awful _hurry_ on the roads, in the US, is our persistent, pervasive tendency to _procrastinate._ There's something we _have_ to do, but we know it won't be _pleasant,_ so we put it off. We get distracted. We wait and wait and wait until we have to rush _through_ it. Most people don't _enjoy_ being in a rush about anything, so the act remains with an unflattering association, motivating us to _continue_ procrastinating whenever the responsibility in question rolls around, again. And then we tend to wonder why there's never enough _time_ in the day.

i once ate kartoffelknödel for the first time as a kid with duck for an xmas dinner and i got food poisoning so i cant even touch a kartoffelknödel since then. "Napkin"-Knödel (bread dumpling) however is amazing haha

lol yes, you are very Bavarian 😀 Serviettenknödel are great, but then, I grew up in Austria.

Please try Waldmeister Ahoi Brause ❤

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

So I can choke on the bubbles ?!? 🙈🤣😅😆

Yay for Semmelknödel! As a kid, I found Waldmeister to be pretty cool. But these days, I don't even remember what it tastes like. I guess you could say I have moved on from it. For ice cream, I'd rather have nuts and berries flvours. Got to agree with your stance on the Bavarian undertone of grumpiness. Sometimes, it's like these people all skipped their Zweites Frühstück.

Oh, check it out. FDR's havin' a fireside chat.

Ich liiiebe Waldmeister!!! 😍😅

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

Wie...?? Warum???? HOWWWW? 🤣😂 Schmeckt wie..... 🌲🌴🌳🎄🎋

@kilsestoffel3690

7 ай бұрын

Ich liebe diesen künstlichen Waldmeister Geschmack. Ausser Ahoi Brause, da schmeckt das wie Seife

@mellec917

7 ай бұрын

Am meisten liebe ich dieses Wassereis zum Selbsteinfrieren in Waldmeister. 😋

@derjoghurtmitderecke

7 ай бұрын

🤢 But then again, I like root beer. So I'm not the typical german I guess.

@all_in_for_JESUS

7 ай бұрын

Ich esse auch den richtigen Waldmeister, der im Wald wächst.

I find that kartoffelknödel are the larger version of a gnocci. Same consistency. When i couldnt find the pfanni knödel/dumpling mix in the foreign food aisle one christmas i just bought gnocci.

Hayley, the main aroma compound of waldmeister ist coumarin. It is also found in many other aromatic plants, including various species of the cinnamon genus and the tonka bean. Escpecially the latter can have an extremely high content of coumarin, and people have been using the beans as a spice and in perfumery for a long time. When added to apple juice or wine, maybe together with a little bit of lemon, the drink actually comes close to waldmeister flavored drinks, in my opinion. It's not the same, of course, but similar. Licorice definitely has a coumarin flavor to it, yes, even though it is often overpowered by other flavors such as that of ansiseed or salmiak. However, I have never even thought of any of the other plants you mentioned as having a flavor similar to that of waldmeister. I mean, I really like waldmeister, and rotten cilantro is definitely not something I would want my food to taste like...

Waldmeister interests me - not too keen myself either - it's one of those old-fashioned ingredients that no-one else eats anymore (they used to eat it in the UK too and elsewhere in Europe). There are a lot of them - coming to Germany from the UK, I notice them because they are ingredients my grandmother or even great-grandmother would have used. I've heard of them because I read and learned to cook from my mother and grandmother but hardly ever saw them as a kid (though I do remember burdock, which is another one, and, of course, nettle, which has become more popular as a tea in recent years). The thing I like about it in Germany is this sense of eating something from the past because, basically, they've not given up what they regard in their pragmatic, stubborn way as perfectly good nutritious food whereas everyone else has found something more palatable. It's a bit like the Sundays here too - basically you get Sundays from the 1950s with everything, I mean *everything*, closed - not like anywhere else where Sunday opening is a thing and you can go and buy a litre of milk if you run out. Except for the bakerei, of course, which open at the crack of dawn and shut about 11am. At least you can get fresh bread of a Sunday morning. Wouldn't call Waldmeister disgusting though.

O Hailey, you're a speedy one, too. I'm loving my waldmeister in my driveway. And Grumpy Gertrud, don't we all know her?

In Munich there are a lot of "Grandler" but in Villages it's the opposite I think. But you can also find very bad ones at a Village of course

waldmeister mit vanillesoße von einer markenfirna ist spitze - just need to find a good one

I enjoyed eating kebab without any sauce as a teenager. Now only with sauce - that comes with age. I never used to eat butter on my bread, but now it's standard on every bread and brötchen (salted butter with nutella is AMAZIIIIING) :D Everything tastes better with butter :D Hell ya.... Waldmeister is NICE. There is certainly nothing comparable in the USA, but it can be described as exotic like your root beer maybe... :D I preffer Semmelknöddel... Yummie with bratensauce. Normal Knöddel taste like Tapetenkleister :D

The internet at My in-laws place in Hamburg is constantly dropping the net when more than 2 people use it. I can only compare the internet in Serbia, Hungary and Denmark, compared to them my in-laws internet is crap and it‘s quite challenging to do home office there.

I love Waldmeister. 🤣 But I had about the same feeling when I tried rootbeer for the first time. And not only the first time, other strains I've tried taste absolutely disgusting too. So I can understand your feelings about Waldmeister, I think there are tastes that you have to grow up with to like.

I love Waldmeister ❤ Escpecially in ice cream or in a pudding. So yummy for me

I personally like Knödel/Klöße in every way, shape or form but I can imagine what you mean with "worse consistency" talking about the Knödel you depicted (I personally like that aswell but I could see people not enjoying it) BUT could it be you just never found the right Kartoffelknödel for you? There is a wide array. Just from the top of my head, some that are different to the one in the video: Thüringer Klöße, Halb und Halb, Schlesische Knödel and Iam sure there are many more. They're all made from potatoe or atleast have potatoe as a main ingredient and are actually all very different taste and consistency wise. I was relieved when you said that you like Semmelknödel, anything else would be insanity. I get your dislike for Waldmeister (while I like it myself), maybe you have to have grown up with it. When you described that it tastes so different to you, I thought maybe it is a similar genetic thing, like many people have with cilantro (myself included). Don't know if there ever has been a study on this concerning Waldmeister

@martingerlitz1162

7 ай бұрын

Aber wenn sie die nun nicht mag...!

@simonl.6338

7 ай бұрын

@@martingerlitz1162 wie meinen?

No sauce?? You are a savage!! :D

About bicycles and bicycle riders, there is a compound issue that needs to be unravelled, which boils down to energy expenditure and energy debt. Bicycle riders tend to have a preferred energy expenditure/ speed combination. They don't like to slow down because of the energy they have to expend in getting to their most comfortable expenditure regime again. Add to that the problem of differing speed pelotons. There are roughly three of those, the up to 15 km/h leasure riders taking their bikes out for a spin without much practise and not very comfortable on the bike, the 15-24 km/h commuters, who have things to do and use the bikes primarily for convenient transportation, and lastly the 24+km/h sports/ courier/ delivery group, that wants to maintain speed and know how to sustain it. These three very differing groups share the sidewalks+bike lanes with each other and pedestrians and the roads and possible bike lanes painted on the road with motorised transports. And the last two pelotons, especially the sports and professionals, hate to incur the energy debt that slowing down causes. That holds true for obstacles like pedestrians, cars parked in the way, road damage etc., they are increasingly irritating. There's a bit more to this, but that is the gist.

Hmmm…interesting. I only tried Waldmeister jelly flavor. So far, taste is soso…at least I get to eat something 😂

Döner is one of the things I really miss since I eat vegan. For me it was best WITH the white sauce. Dürüm was not invented in Germany, by the way. It’s Turkish as far as I know. But the very similar Rollo was invented in my hometown Bremen, and the Döner Sandwich is from Berlin, of course.

@memories511

7 ай бұрын

NOE, DER DOENER KOMMT VON DER TURKEI UND NICHT DEUTSCHLAND.

@medusa4944

7 ай бұрын

You can create vegan Döner with Seitan, and many Dönerbuden offer vegan versions as well nowadays (at least in bigger cities.)

@susanneostermann6956

7 ай бұрын

ich mag das vegane "gyros und dönerfleisch" von "like meat": die würzung ist gut, das kaugefühl passt und man kann beides schön kross anbraten. 🙂

@moki4541

7 ай бұрын

Gibt auch gute Vegane Döner. Halal mit Krawall hat das wunderbar bewiesen

Semmelknödel sind zu 100% besser als die anderen und ich komme nicht mal aus Bayern lach sondern aus Hessen. Wobei selbst gemacht besser schmecken als die aus der Packung.

I missed you a lot. 😊 Make more serious videos about works. Tax. Critical point of life in usa vs germany

you are so right. A Döner with sauce is Bäääh

FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT!! I hate Waldmeister. Ever since I was a child, I had friends all around me, who were like "Waldmeister, try Waldmeister, it's great." It'S just disgusting grass to me. I also much more often eat Potato in whatever variety than sausage. And though I like Potato Dumplings, Semmelknödel are for life. (So I'm with you with most of your taste opinions. but..... BUT...But how dare you eat your döner without sauce!) (There is however one Kartoffelknödel I prefer over any other dumpling. That's the one day old dumpling, thrown back into the pan with some egg and left over gravy (and maybe bacon and left over meats). Yes...sometimes I just go to the restaurant to eat leftovers.)

Send us some sunshine!

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

It’s about to get cooler here as well soooo no real heat or sunshine to send 🥲😭😭😭

Döner ohne Sauce? Isn't that incredibly dry? I agree with you about the bikers. Today I saw someone riding their bike on the slippery (icy) sidewalk in the dark without the lights on. Waldmeister? I have had good waldmeister ice cream and I have had waldmeister ice cream that was not that good. But like everything it depends on personal preference. Kartoffelknödel? I think my parents don't like them so I never had them growing up. But I love them. But again that's personal preference. I didn't know the internet connection in the U.S. was so slow and that the internet is so expensive over there.

and for the dumplings.. thats personal taste and non discussable i just love them all if the sauce is right

Gosh, this is an awesome video. Except for the Waldmeister, maybe, but, TBH, I prefer Waldmeister as a fizzy drink.

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

that just sounds like a double whammy

@jenssylvesterwesemann7980

7 ай бұрын

@@HayleyAlexis 😄I suppose it is!

I like my kebab with a lot less sauce than usual. And preferably salt over the vegetables. You can optimize a Döner!

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

ohhhhh salt over the vegetables sounds amazing... I didn't know they did that

@michaeluhlenbruck5593

2 ай бұрын

@@HayleyAlexis Öl, Zitronensaft und Knoblauch ergibt eine Gute Sauce für den Döner, da es den Geschmack des Gemüses und des Fleisches verbessert. Dazu ist es Gesund und Gut für das Blut !

I'm german and i never had waldmeister ice cream. But the way you described it actually makes me want to eat it now xD i mean...peppermint?? liquorice?? how could i not want to try it xD

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

Mixed with coriander and cleaning supplies. Don’t miss that very important description 😆🤣

@doodle8258

7 ай бұрын

well i am up for a challenge i guess xD@@HayleyAlexis

@Zikkolino

7 ай бұрын

Well disribed Hayley. Had much fun watching your Video. Greets from Germany

I recommd Brezenknödel (pretzel-dumplings) instead of Semmelknödel (bread-dumplings.) as their tastier version... 😍

@HayleyAlexis

Ай бұрын

....Oh wow... I dont know how I feel about this... I do like Brezenknödel but I think a perfectly made semmelknödel is *to die for*

moin hayley. den namen der würstchen, den du suchst, das sind nürnberger rostbratwürstchen.... die kleinen, hellen... 🙂 waldmeister ist eine sache wie lakritz: die einen lieben es, die anderen hassen es.... ich mag ihn sehr gerne frisch in einer schorle, als wackelpudding mit vanillesauce oder den sirup aus einer glasflasche (mir fällt grad der markenname nicht ein). dann gerne mit vanille-eis, in mineralwasser oder auber auch sehr lecker: als berliner weiße mit schuss. als kindheitserinnerung dann noch die ahoi-brausepulver-tütchen... 🙂 bin ansonsten aber bei dir, das andere zeug schmeckt häufig nicht.

You have to do a a spring bowl with waldmeister, that you have picked from the foerst by yourself. If you use real Waldmeister, it is so much better than the stuff that you can buy.

You can just order without sauce. 😊 If you want to add a new taste to your repertoire, you have to eat it more than 20 times

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

I could maybe do that with the Döner sauce but with Waldmeister I won’t be able to eat it 20 times 😆😅😂

@else8

7 ай бұрын

@HayleyAlexis okay .you don't have to But in Brausestäbchen or waldmeisterpudding ( like jelly), the waldmeistertaste is not so dominant.

@martinkasper197

7 ай бұрын

Berliner Weisse 🍻 mit Waldmeister-Schuss is the best...❤️

Waldmeister is actually my most favorite flavor.

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

I am questioning your tastebuds 😆🤣😅

I like your description of waldmeister flavor, it sounds so nice. For me it just tastes like plastic.

I actually like Waldmeister, but the effect it has on you reminds me of my experiences with the taste of Root Beer. How can anybody like that? 🙂

not the waldmeister :o dont hate on it! have you tried maibowle though????!!!

Waldmeister to you is like root beer to me. Icky! 😂

Döner/Dürum: You are not alone, I switched to have them without sauce a few years ago. Maybe "ein klacks Joghurt", and that's it. Your history is correct. The "Döner to go" is the most Turkish-German possible. Bike rider problem: Yes, that is true. They are the minority, but they are VISIBLE! Waldmeister is a good choice for me :D. If you don't like it I won't judge you, 'cause I don't like some "typical my region" foods... For your Anti-bashing for our regulations: Thank you for your perspective!

I think the grumpy people you encounter are mostly in Munich. I'm from Nuremberg and I always find people there friendly in general. I live in the States and think that Americans are much friendlier over all but when I visit my home I always greet people and smile and most of them say hello and smile. People from Nuremberg don't really like being part of Bavaria. Thanks a lot Napoleon!!!😉😊

@martinkasper197

7 ай бұрын

Franken and Bayern are 2 different pairs of boots....🤣🤣🤣

Some of the nicest potato I ever had were some potato-balls (dumplings) I bought from Lidl in Berlin. I used to hate spuds by themselves but could easily eat a plate of those "as-is". Yes, Germans know their pots.

Servus Hayley, dass wir Münchner vergleichsweise unfreundliche Grantler sind ist mir auch aufgefallen, als ich öfter mal geschäftlich nach Norddeutschland kam! Das ist zwar schon 30..40 Jahre her, sonderbarerweise änderte sich zwischenzeitlich aber nur wenig, obwohl es mittlerweile mehr Zuagroaste gibt, als alteingesessene Münchner🙂

Do you have any advice for vegans travelers to Germany? Those side dishes look really tasty.

I think one has to grow up with Waldmeister to like it. For me it's the best.

My boyfriend is German and I am Austrian. We also have the Semmelknödel in Austria and I love them. When I first visited his family in Germany, they served us Kartoffelklöße and I tried them two or three times now, but I just can‘t with the consistency. It‘s really weird for me.

@martinkasper197

7 ай бұрын

In Austria you also have those Kartoffelknödel filled with sausage or meat...Wurstknödel or Fleischknödel... I like them...🤘👍

@Tina-sn7qd

7 ай бұрын

@@martinkasper197 Yes, I like them too, but the german ones are different.

@j.a.1721

7 ай бұрын

​@@martinkasper197das sind aber so zähe klebrige Kartoffelknödel. Die kenn ich hier in Österreich so nicht.

@martinkasper197

7 ай бұрын

@@j.a.1721 Müssen ja nicht immer Fertigknödel sein....🤔

@j.a.1721

7 ай бұрын

​@@martinkasper197kennst du die klebrigen, mit Brotstück in der Mitte? Ich frag mich echt ob wir vom selben reden. Ich mag die inzwischen, hat aber auch gedauert mich daran zu gewöhnen.

Waldmeister: Nowadays you almost never get Waldmeister. You will get a chemical mixture that tastes similar to Waldmeister. In the sense that Vanilla often is Vanillin, the chemical counter part. Kartoffelknödel are good, if they are made good. Making them good is a lot of hard work. Almost nobody makes them anymore the way they are supposed to be made. Most often you will get the industrial version. Here I agree with you, most often they are not really good. I am old enough to have experienced the real stuff. -- When I have the choice I prefer Semmelknödel. Serviettenknödel have their name from the preparation technique. The mixture is indeed enveloped in a napkin. The advantage is that they don't fall apart in the cooking process -- and they are not balls but more sausage-like. You can slice them and all slices have about the same diameter.

Did you ever try one of the German restaurants in Fort Myers or Naples? There is quite a number of German Expats living there, the restaurants are run by Germans. And they have a lot of Bavarian foods. 😉

I'm not wild about the knödel in general...spätzle/knöpfle/etc every day tho...

@HayleyAlexis

7 ай бұрын

I mean…. Spätzle could be a daily meal for me 🥘

Okay. I'm not offended by anything, I just will have to state, that your Waldmeister is my root beer. I just do not get it :D Other than that: I eat all kinds of Knödel and I like Döner with or without sauce, and potatoes of any freaking kind ^^ Totally agree about bike riding, internet and all the other things ^^

Absolutely right, I've been to so many countries in Europe, nowhere are cyclists as extremely aggressive as in Germany, and I'm a native

I don't know how you can describe woodruff like that. Not only did I love it as a child, but I still like to eat it today. As for the internet, I don't know what your tariff was in Germany, but it's terrible here. I am currently downloading a file of about 11 Gb and it will take a little over 2 days (this is not a typo). But it's nice to see that America isn't perfect either ;-)

OK the Doener is not German, here it is : You can trace German döner back to the traditional Turkish version, served sliced on a plate and accompanied by lavash bread. It was this döner that Turkish “guest workers” brought to Germany in the 1960s when they immigrated to help the country meet its post-war labor needs.

@klarasee806

7 ай бұрын

True, but the sandwich and Rollo versions of Döner were invented in Germany.

bratwürstel sind super. mit dijon senf. oder wiener/frankfurter würstel mit senf und geriebenem frischem kren(/meerretich aka horseraddish)

1. Don't agree (zu trocken) 2. Agree 3. Don't agree (of course not!) 4. Don't agree (you don't discuss tastes) 5. Agree (totally!) 6. Agree (surprisingly) 7. Agree 8. Agree (by experience) 5 out of 8 is a quite good score !

1:47 Döner und Kebab ist nicht das gleiche. Danke fürs Video

Döner ohne Soße: The original fried meat in turkey is served on bread with onions, parsley, maybe tomatoes - but definitely without any sauce! The sauce was a German/Berlin invention, because Germans need some kind of sauce on everything.

@hannofranz7973

Ай бұрын

When I was in Turkey, it wasn't served in bread and also in The German Döner Kebab bars it seems that the turks eat a Döner Kevab dish with rice. I have heard that the Kebab in bread thing was an invention by Turkish immigrants in Germany for realizing that Germans like eating snacks in bread.

Totally agree: Semmelknödel>Kartoffelknödel. Even better are Semmelknödel with laugenbrezel

well, I also love Waldmeister ;-)