Why Germans are obsessed with potatoes! | Germany In A Nutshell

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Whether as a fried potato, potato salad or potato fritters - Germans LOVE potato dishes. Potatoes are grown all over Germany, because the climate is similar to the region of origin of the famous potato. In fact, it doesn't come from Germany at all! Euromaxx reporter Hannah Hummel tells you where the potato actually originated, how it is grown and which varieties and dishes are most popular in Germany.
How do you like your potatoes best?
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:31 Potato 101
01:51 Deep Dive
03:12 Very Brief History
03:57 Ein bisschen Deutsch
04:29 Inside Stories
05:23 Outro
#Potato #Germany #GermanCulture
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CREDITS
Report: Hannah Hummel, Shaheen Welling
Camera: Henning Goll
Edit: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editors: Mirja Viehweger, Ruben Kalus
Special thanks to Biohof Klass and the restaurant Zum Märkischen Eck in Trebbin.
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  • @hfredydl
    @hfredydl10 ай бұрын

    Thank you for mentioning how the potato originated from South America!

  • @patrickfitzgerald2861

    @patrickfitzgerald2861

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes. So many "traditional" European foods were actually brought back there after the invasion of the Western Hemisphere began in 1492. Tomatoes are another prominent example.

  • @hassenvenero5126

    @hassenvenero5126

    10 ай бұрын

    As a Peruvian, it surprises me there are people who think potatoes come from Europe.

  • @laiyinquan8355

    @laiyinquan8355

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@hassenvenero5126That's because European countries extensively use potatoes in their dishes

  • @laiyinquan8355

    @laiyinquan8355

    10 ай бұрын

    @@allthingsfair773 To be fair, they kind of are geographically?

  • @divelea

    @divelea

    10 ай бұрын

    I mean... europeans told us where everything originated.

  • @derlaurenz
    @derlaurenz10 ай бұрын

    The apparent German potato farmer has ONE HEAVY aussie accent XD XD I liiiiveeee *snap snap snap*

  • @PetraSoule

    @PetraSoule

    2 ай бұрын

    well, that is not that unusual for a German to sound like an Aussie. When I went to England in 1974 I was often asked if I was from Australia.

  • @Habibtay
    @Habibtay10 ай бұрын

    Potatoes are such a life saver, can't imagine my life without them

  • @JJONNYREPP

    @JJONNYREPP

    10 ай бұрын

    Why Germans are obsessed with potatoes! | Germany In A Nutshell 1415pm 5.8.23 top notch advice to note when taking up that invite made by yer german friend: take along a lengthy piece of slate with you....

  • @Tommusix

    @Tommusix

    9 ай бұрын

    Like bread. As a German I can't imagine a life without bread.

  • @dennisp8520

    @dennisp8520

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Tommusixi can not imagine life without bread but I can imagine life without potatoes. That being said potatoes are an absolute miracle food. They have really good nutrients and can be used in so many different ways. They are also easy to grow and super cheap to buy.

  • @hinekde
    @hinekde10 ай бұрын

    In a video about Germany and potatoes I had expected a mention of the two types of potato salad. It's almost a religious thing here.

  • @dweuromaxx

    @dweuromaxx

    10 ай бұрын

    Haha - correct. Perhaps we need a part 2 ;)

  • @elizabethbedon7076
    @elizabethbedon707610 ай бұрын

    Coming from the Andes, I love potatoes in their different preparations 🤩 liebe Grüße aus Ecuador 🥔😍

  • @deep.space.12
    @deep.space.1210 ай бұрын

    4:33 I thought Hannah was gonna introduce us to her grandma 😂

  • @aroy7122
    @aroy712210 ай бұрын

    I am from West Bengal which is a Bengali state in India... So, we Bengalis also love potatoes so so so much that in every veg or non-veg dish, we put potatoes 🥔 (Aaloo- potato in Bengali)... When I came to Germany then I realize that Germans and Bengalis have many things similar but the most important is Kartoffel !! I loved it... ❤😅😊

  • @soulxslayerchan

    @soulxslayerchan

    10 ай бұрын

    Mochli

  • @kumarmanjeet6704

    @kumarmanjeet6704

    10 ай бұрын

    Same thing in bihar.. We put potatoes in almost everything

  • @liqiz1755

    @liqiz1755

    9 ай бұрын

    Really? It’s true that Kartoffel is potato, richtig.

  • @shahlabadel8628
    @shahlabadel862810 ай бұрын

    thanks.potatoes are worth liking!

  • @mikebaginy8731
    @mikebaginy873110 ай бұрын

    Having lived in the greater Stuttgart area many years, I now live near Bonn and prefer all sorts of potatoes. But home-made Spätzle are truly superb!

  • @MsLarrythegreat
    @MsLarrythegreat10 ай бұрын

    I remember a story from my childhood about the "Alte (old) Fritz" popularizing the potato by making a show about serving them at court and having the fields watched by armed guards during daylight hours. In order to tempt poor peasants into stealing from the fields at night. Because guarded fields would show those hungry enough that the strange bulbs must be good and worth eating the unknown.

  • @cedriceric9730

    @cedriceric9730

    10 ай бұрын

    Omg

  • @cedriceric9730

    @cedriceric9730

    10 ай бұрын

    Omg

  • @cedriceric9730

    @cedriceric9730

    10 ай бұрын

    Omg

  • @angelikapreu9323

    @angelikapreu9323

    10 ай бұрын

    I've heard this Story too.

  • @dansattah

    @dansattah

    10 ай бұрын

    Sounds about right. My mother told me how grandpa had to steal potatoes in East Prussia to survive before he migrated to Mecklenburg-Westpomerania.

  • @wiesengrund1314
    @wiesengrund131410 ай бұрын

    I own a very large cookery book titeled "Deutsche Küche". And what`s on the cover? A boiled potato! (Teubner Verlag)

  • @saba1030
    @saba103010 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the nice subject. You forgot the "potato dumplings and the potato bread" 😊

  • @dweuromaxx

    @dweuromaxx

    10 ай бұрын

    How could we! 😱

  • @Sunshine-un5ww

    @Sunshine-un5ww

    10 ай бұрын

    Both are so tasty

  • @uliludwig2798
    @uliludwig279810 ай бұрын

    "Kartoffelpuffer/Reibekuchen" (~potato pancakes) are missing 😀

  • @karstenbursak8083

    @karstenbursak8083

    10 ай бұрын

    Ah ... Pommes de Bordell 😂😂😂

  • @gluteusmaximus1657

    @gluteusmaximus1657

    10 ай бұрын

    Baggers in Nürnberg.

  • @angelikapreu9323

    @angelikapreu9323

    10 ай бұрын

    Reiberdadschi hier.👋😀

  • @guymarcgagne7630
    @guymarcgagne763010 ай бұрын

    Gratulieren, amusing overview. Be well & stay safe

  • @christianmenzel977
    @christianmenzel97710 ай бұрын

    Ihr hättet bei den Beispielen noch Kartoffelknödel hinzufügen können. Die sind in Bayern sehr beliebt. Ein schönes Video, toll gemacht!

  • @VRchitecture
    @VRchitecture9 ай бұрын

    How could one not to like potatoes? 👀

  • @kaffir76
    @kaffir7610 ай бұрын

    2:05 even your farmers look like models ❤❤

  • @thats_guip
    @thats_guip10 ай бұрын

    I love this series! 👏🏻😃

  • @ashlijerry
    @ashlijerry10 ай бұрын

    I like to eat mashed potatoes with brat wurst… I sprinkle pepper powder on both… It’s super easy to cook and delicious for lunch or dinner

  • @tomlineberger
    @tomlineberger10 ай бұрын

    I love potatoes!! As always, I really enjoy your videos!! Vielen Dank!!

  • @howardscott1556
    @howardscott155610 ай бұрын

    What about those marzipan potatoes you get at the Christmas market?

  • @trancemadmaz
    @trancemadmaz10 ай бұрын

    I guess the potato farmer learned his English during his 2 year young persons visa stay in Australia

  • @dweuromaxx

    @dweuromaxx

    10 ай бұрын

    😅😅 sounds like it!

  • @PetraSoule

    @PetraSoule

    2 ай бұрын

    well, that is not that unusual for a German to sound like an Aussie. When I went to England in 1974 I was often asked if I was from Australia. Not everyone sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger. North Germans sound different when speaking English than folks from the south of Germany😁

  • @trancemadmaz

    @trancemadmaz

    2 ай бұрын

    @@PetraSoule That guy has definitely been to Australia

  • @tanmanchiu3892
    @tanmanchiu38929 ай бұрын

    good quality video for people

  • @LCMM2150
    @LCMM215010 ай бұрын

    3:00 Are you supposed to throw the potatoes like that? Doesn't it cause bruises on them?

  • @emilywong6923
    @emilywong692310 ай бұрын

    Cute outfit on presenter! I grow them in my community garden plot but they messed up the soil for tomatoes.

  • @Steeler-wg5zo

    @Steeler-wg5zo

    10 ай бұрын

    Do you have a gray iron foundry nearby? The chips from machining of gray cast iron are great for growing tomatoes. They go off like rockets when you put the chips in the ground.

  • @jillwheeler6207
    @jillwheeler620710 ай бұрын

    We had a really delicious Kartoffel served in a skillet at Schwabinger Kartoffelhaus in Munich years ago. 🥔🍄🧈🥦🧀

  • @armchairwarrior963
    @armchairwarrior96310 ай бұрын

    Interesting. In china the potato was mostly brought in by Chinese pirates through european trade in the Ming Dynasty. It was the food of the poor. It grew in marginal areas, hills and mountains of China. potato still have a stigma as poor people's food. Even if people grew up eating it. They won't buy etc.. They don't want people to think they are poor. I had to take decades to get my parents to start eating potatoes again lol.

  • @marco21274

    @marco21274

    10 ай бұрын

    I ate really delicious fried potatoes in Yunnan. In my experiences the food in the poor provinces tastes much better than in the rich ones. It is simply fresher. 😊

  • @DontPanick
    @DontPanick10 ай бұрын

    It is kinda weird that people have that impression that we are obsessed with potatoes. Our consumption per capita is admittedly way larger than the world average, but we are just about average in Europe. Especially former Soviet Republics and East European countries eat way more. But also some South American countries, other Central and West European countries (e.g. UK 20 kg more per capita) or countries like Nepal and Rwanda consume way more. King is Belarus with 3x the German consumpion.

  • @Steeler-wg5zo

    @Steeler-wg5zo

    10 ай бұрын

    da machen die aber Vodka draus...LOL

  • @drj9506
    @drj950610 ай бұрын

    Absolutely miss the kebab boxes with fries in Germany, wish it were more common here in the States.

  • @mathiasm8489
    @mathiasm848910 ай бұрын

    It is the same in Belgium, i eat it like 5 times /week😁

  • @jugin199
    @jugin19910 ай бұрын

    1:22 you forgot the most important variant: potato dumplings!

  • @martingruba4226
    @martingruba422610 ай бұрын

    What are German Midsummer without potatos.

  • @rolfw2336
    @rolfw233610 ай бұрын

    The problem with this video is that it leaves you hungry :)

  • @davidbraun6209
    @davidbraun6209Ай бұрын

    I like potatoes, some of 'em I love. I love baked potatoes, skin left on, with butter, sour cream, salt, black pepper, maybe bacon and melted sharp Cheddar cheese, chives, maybe some spring onion tops, (fully loaded, very nearly potatoes Brennsn - something to Google). I also like baked potstoesI'with chili con carne, shredded Cheddar cheese, and pickled jalapeño slices with sour cream. m also partial to mashed potatoes, with butter, salt and black pepper, or decorated with spring onion cuts, bacon crumbles, and Cheddar cheese. I don'tvcare for American potato salad, but do like the German (schwäbische) potato salad (I was tempted to write "Kartoffelsalat" or "Erdapfelsalat"). Also, potato bread is great!

  • @helmut3356
    @helmut335610 ай бұрын

    0:25 Fly love potato too :o)

  • @llydrsn
    @llydrsn10 ай бұрын

    Okay, so I just watched a 6 minute video about potatoes 😅

  • @SoCalFreelance
    @SoCalFreelance10 ай бұрын

    I like mashed potatoes and fresh asparagus with my filet mignon. 👌

  • @razeel2000
    @razeel20005 ай бұрын

    A life without potatoes is possible, but pointless.

  • @herrdavidw
    @herrdavidw10 ай бұрын

    Sebastian Klass has an Australian acccent!!!

  • @thomasschumacher5362

    @thomasschumacher5362

    10 ай бұрын

    Sure does

  • @dweuromaxx

    @dweuromaxx

    10 ай бұрын

    His mother is actually Australian.

  • @bundiboo

    @bundiboo

    10 ай бұрын

    Yep - picked it straight away. Surprised he didn't say "spud".....

  • @michaelseifert5716
    @michaelseifert57163 ай бұрын

    Sooooo important to show it all to the world. But one extremely important dish ist missing: Klösse or Knödel. In Frankonia where I come from or Thuringia which is my wife's home they're almost religion.

  • @gigachadsitler
    @gigachadsitler10 ай бұрын

    Potato 🥔🥔 😋😋

  • @user-rq6pn4ek1c
    @user-rq6pn4ek1c6 ай бұрын

    Belarus + potato = love

  • @DieinnereStimme
    @DieinnereStimme10 ай бұрын

    Wow, your German is amazing..! 🤩

  • @DeArmesClara
    @DeArmesClara9 ай бұрын

    German villians could love this video and all videos for you

  • @MinhLe-ou5pp
    @MinhLe-ou5pp10 ай бұрын

    Beclin cũng muốn mua . Mua được hả

  • @larsvonlennep6405
    @larsvonlennep640510 ай бұрын

    "Potatoe salat with vienna sausages...its hardly get more german than that" - here DW is historical too correct. Because yes, Austria is still a "German" country when you look to the historical context of this attribute...but I bet they will hate this soooooo much to hear ;-)

  • @Mary-st1jz
    @Mary-st1jz8 ай бұрын

    How close different nations and countries about their tastes)

  • @sumosprojects
    @sumosprojects10 ай бұрын

    Who’s the bloke with the Aussie accent?

  • @luckytai-lan2166
    @luckytai-lan216610 ай бұрын

    I'm not German but I love potatoes.

  • @hkkhgffh3613

    @hkkhgffh3613

    10 ай бұрын

    Wickid!

  • @camping4u
    @camping4u10 ай бұрын

    Well more they are focused on potatoes and less they are focused on panzerdivisionen :D viele liebe grusse

  • @angelikapreu9323

    @angelikapreu9323

    10 ай бұрын

    WW2 is more than 70 Years over.🤦 Three Generations!

  • @sudelikespotato
    @sudelikespotato10 ай бұрын

    Potatoes just are the BEST FOOD

  • @nativerambler9818
    @nativerambler981810 ай бұрын

    I like potatoes 🥔

  • @oleandersen2228
    @oleandersen2228Ай бұрын

    I love bratkartoffeln. No one like the Germans, know how to make bratkartoffeln.

  • @SKF358
    @SKF35810 ай бұрын

    Hannah is even more delicious than potatoes. And I LOVE potatoes.

  • @tomasoionnaigh4855
    @tomasoionnaigh48559 ай бұрын

    Well we have something in common the Germans ,potatoes ,greeting from Ireland

  • @liqiz1755

    @liqiz1755

    9 ай бұрын

    Really?

  • @Baccatube79
    @Baccatube7910 ай бұрын

    The potato farmer spent a year backpacking down under, didn't he?

  • @dweuromaxx

    @dweuromaxx

    10 ай бұрын

    His mother is from Australia. 😉

  • @Baccatube79

    @Baccatube79

    10 ай бұрын

    @@dweuromaxx das erklärt es natürlich. Ich hatte ihn schon im Verdacht, dieser eine Leon zu sein, den wir alle im Bekanntenkreis haben, der nach dem Abi ein Jahr für Hike & Travel in Australien war und jetzt Ökofarming in Brandenburg macht.

  • @IzasYas
    @IzasYas9 ай бұрын

    I actually Love Potatoes, and German Culture

  • @hartmutbohn
    @hartmutbohn10 ай бұрын

    Am I the first to mention the terrible pun: Wie heißt das Reh mit Vornamen? Kartoffelpü!

  • @dweuromaxx

    @dweuromaxx

    10 ай бұрын

    😆

  • @hape3862
    @hape386210 ай бұрын

    Weiß jemand, warum es keine speckig kochenden Kartoffeln mehr gibt?

  • @saba1030

    @saba1030

    10 ай бұрын

    Es gibt sie noch, heisst jetzt = festkochend 😊

  • @hape3862

    @hape3862

    10 ай бұрын

    @@saba1030 Naa, die waren anders. Irgendwie schleimig, die haben gekocht sogar manchmal Fäden gezogen am Messer beim schneiden, waren aber echt gut, z. B. für Kartoffelsalat.

  • @saba1030

    @saba1030

    10 ай бұрын

    @@hape3862 OK. Kenn ich so nicht, habe deswegen extra gegoogelt ... und da kam die Antwort = festkochend, es wurden auch die Namen der "speckig en" Kartoffeln mit angegeben 🥔 Kannst ja mal schauen, ob die Lieblingskartoffel/speckig dabei ist. Guten Hunger 😊

  • @karstenbursak8083

    @karstenbursak8083

    10 ай бұрын

    Da fällt mir nur die gute alte "Sieglinde" ein

  • @Steeler-wg5zo

    @Steeler-wg5zo

    10 ай бұрын

    @@karstenbursak8083 es gab auch mal 'Rheinische Mölle'...

  • @alextrevelian
    @alextrevelian8 ай бұрын

    Would had been nice if she had gone more in detail which type goes with which dish, instead of just glossing over this fact. I always have this problem with Frau Netto.

  • @usamanadeem9117
    @usamanadeem911710 ай бұрын

    Sie lieben so sehr der Kartoffeln In Deutschland

  • @karstenbursak8083
    @karstenbursak808310 ай бұрын

    Das heisst Grumbiere !!!

  • @12tanuha21

    @12tanuha21

    8 ай бұрын

    Grumbeer

  • @top10listeverything
    @top10listeverything10 ай бұрын

    Every body likes potatoes

  • @Sunshine-un5ww

    @Sunshine-un5ww

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes, roasted, fried, baked, mashed in dumplings and bread. Yummy

  • @carrerau7138
    @carrerau713810 ай бұрын

    There are several European nations who consume more potatoes per capita than Germany.

  • @bpnk5237
    @bpnk52374 ай бұрын

    Frederick the great

  • @marcuslegion3654
    @marcuslegion3654Ай бұрын

    Just don't tell the Irish and the Russians..... They're obsessed with potatoes too

  • @ncuco
    @ncuco10 ай бұрын

    What happened to the other girl who used to do these videos?

  • @leonromster
    @leonromster10 ай бұрын

    And I thought that Belarus is a potato country

  • @judithw7016
    @judithw701610 ай бұрын

    Nein😅

  • @Chad-Giga.
    @Chad-Giga.10 ай бұрын

    Jewish like potatoes too, lahtkees

  • @komocka
    @komocka10 ай бұрын

    Farmers don't develop new potato varieties, thus they are not named after farmers daughters!

  • @patrickfitzgerald2861
    @patrickfitzgerald286110 ай бұрын

    My German-American mother served me WAY too many potatoes as a kid. Now I rarely eat them. And after a meat-filled childhood, I no longer eat any mammals either.. Potatoes are one thing, but I'm amazed that Germans still eat so much pig meat . . . ugh! 😫

  • @pwp8737

    @pwp8737

    10 ай бұрын

    to each his own

  • @patrickfitzgerald2861

    @patrickfitzgerald2861

    10 ай бұрын

    @@pwp8737 Exactly why the entire planet is turning in to a human garbage dump. Too bad you're so selfish.

  • @RadicalAntifa
    @RadicalAntifa10 ай бұрын

    I freaking love patatoes...

  • @kosovokosovo479
    @kosovokosovo47910 ай бұрын

    Germans are the besst and the most correct and the most blessed nation in world i would like all european Continent to convert in German

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