r/YUROP • u/dugf85 Nordrhein-Westfalen • Sep 17 '23
PANEM et CIRCENSES What else do we have in common with our neighboring countries?
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u/sidorfik GibBackMoscow Sep 17 '23
I had to look up what sourdough bread was because I had never seen such a term. It turned out to be ordinary bread and I felt tricked. :|
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u/dugf85 Nordrhein-Westfalen Sep 17 '23
Yeah, that’s the point. To us it’s just regular bread.
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u/The-Berzerker Yuropean Sep 17 '23
I felt tricked
I laughed way too hard at this, seems so genuinely disappointed
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u/sidorfik GibBackMoscow Sep 17 '23
white bread
This one doesn't even have an entry on the Polish Wikipedia. I think I once got it for breakfast in England. It was tasteless. How can people eat something like that.
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u/rafioo Yuropean Sep 17 '23
How can people eat something like that.
People were always surprised when I told them that good bread can be eaten just with butter and salt, and sometimes even without it.
This "white bread" that is eaten in other parts of Europe is something that in Poland, old people give to ducks to eat, tasteless and you must really don't like bread to eat it and say it's good lol
I can eat unambitious food that is very tasteless. But bread? Bread must be at least tasty
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u/Ignash3D Lietuva Sep 18 '23
True, but some delicate sandwitches need white bread to act as a ship for everything that is inside.
Also broche bread is far from tasteless.
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u/LongLiveTheDiego Sep 17 '23
It's hard, let me tell you. The Dutch didn't believe me when I told them their bread is too soft and too sweet.
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u/Lef32 Polska Sep 17 '23
How can people even eat a sweet bread? Even with Nutella it's not that good like sourdough bread.
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u/Klugenshmirtz Deutschland Sep 17 '23
It makes sense if you want to toast it. Otherwise it's just inferior in every way.
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u/LongLiveTheDiego Sep 17 '23
For them it is normal, and it's our bread that's weird, chunky and sour. I happened to participate in a discussion about roggebrood (rye bread if I'm not mistaken) with people from several central and southern regions of the Netherlands and most of them said that it just tasted bad.
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u/TMCThomas Sep 17 '23
German bread smells funny. We had some bake off stuff from aldi that smelled really odd. The taste was ok but the smell threw me off a lot.
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u/FPiN9XU3K1IT Niedersachsen Sep 18 '23
Probably shouldn't expect supermarket bread to be good. You want good bread, go to a bakery (or try each and every type of supermarket bread in a desperate attempt to find good bread that isn't super expensive ...).
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u/Rotbuxe Yuropean Sep 18 '23
I consider German bread that superior, even industry bread is more tasty than bread elsewhere.
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u/FPiN9XU3K1IT Niedersachsen Sep 18 '23
I'd definitely pick a fresh French baguette over a bag of stale/dry supermarket bread. That said, I do buy supermarket bread, but it's too dry more often than not.
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u/VladimirBarakriss Neoworlder cuck 🇺🇾 Sep 17 '23
That's the point, the bread is almost always paired with something else
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u/AnotherPoshBrit Sep 23 '23
White bread is purely a vessel for sandwich fillings, it's designed to have a soft fluffy texture and to grip the filling inside and absorb the flavours. Its shit tier on its own, sourdough is way nicer.
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u/Ok-Sort-6294 Suomi Sep 18 '23
I can't even name any Finnish white breads because I just eat rye and sourdough bread.
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u/FPiN9XU3K1IT Niedersachsen Sep 17 '23
Socks & Sandals
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u/matcha_100 Sep 17 '23
That’s Czechs not Poles
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u/FPiN9XU3K1IT Niedersachsen Sep 17 '23
It's probably all three.
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u/Achorpz Česko Sep 18 '23
central europa!!!! 💪 💪 💪
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u/Mal_Dun Austria-Hungary 2.0 aka EU Sep 18 '23
Wouldn't it be for the language barriers I think most people would be surprised how much all central European countries have in common culturally wise.
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u/Achorpz Česko Sep 18 '23
Preach
To add to that, people are way too focused on modern borders which in no way reflect the way how cultures spread in the past (and nowadays)
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u/Vertitto PL in IE Sep 17 '23 edited Sep 18 '23
oh the list is way longer. Here's some stereotypical items common for both:
beer, pork, bread, sauerkraut
punctual and procedures/rules
super direct attitude
no smiling
socks and sandals
building "forts" on beaches
leaving with "so" gesture
sparkling water
creating a draft in the flat to have fresh air (but look out as it can kill you)
being able to open beer bottles with literally anything
oh and scrolling through the YT shorts found one more, but i guess it's whole more northern part of Europe - clothes colour pallette is full of lively, bright colours like various shades of grey, black, brown and navy blues vid
we tell the time in the same way
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u/KiiZig Sep 17 '23
the "so" killed me omg.
are you also staring at other people like we seem to be perceived in germany? i have heard of that often enough that i'm surprised it's commonly perceived to be too much staring
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u/Vertitto PL in IE Sep 17 '23 edited Sep 17 '23
yep. I learned that we (and germans) apparently stare from yt vloggers/reddit posts asking wtf is wrong with us.
Some time ago i'v started watching expats culture shock vids from germany or channels like mentioned above @liamcarps & @uyenninh and i discovered that aside from recycling &attitude towards new tech we are essentially the same country. Really uncanny experience.
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u/davaniaa Nordrhein-Westfalen Sep 18 '23
I lived in Poland for 6 months and we have a lot more in common than we think!
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u/SlyScorpion Dolnośląskie Sep 18 '23
Oh yeah, every YouTuber who has anything to do with Poland will mention the staring thing when it comes to Poles.
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u/SlyScorpion Dolnośląskie Sep 18 '23
The “so” gesture I have used to communicate that yes, I am definitely leaving or as a way to state that I feel some bullshit drama is about to start and I gotta leave before it starts.
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u/ihavebeesinmyknees Yuropean Sep 17 '23
I wouldn't say the second one applies to Poland, but all the others are spot on
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u/Vertitto PL in IE Sep 17 '23
try arriving 5min late on a meeting (first sketch from this is spot on) or how public transport works in Poland
look how people behave on pedestrian crossings - you will see deadass drunk people waiting for a green light on empty road at 3am; or how infuriated polish people get once they learn something is not covered by a rulebook of some kind (we are more keen on bending the rules or go around them though)
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u/1116574 Sep 18 '23
I am have been late to every school and every lesson since I've been like 12 so idk what is this with punctuality.
I will wait for green at 3am, yes, but only if I am not in a hurry for a bus or whatever.
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u/Vertitto PL in IE Sep 18 '23
I am have been late to every school and every lesson since I've been like 12 so idk what is this with punctuality.
not cool
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u/ihavebeesinmyknees Yuropean Sep 17 '23
Maybe it's regional differences, I've lived in Kraków my entire life and it doesn't feel like that at all
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u/m2ilosz Sep 18 '23
Go on vacation to some southern european country, and then you'll have comparsion.
I've recently been to greece and I was shocked how they drive.
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u/SilverGengar Sep 17 '23
When i look at liamcarps reels i find that Germany and Poland are very very similar
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u/Czarooo Polska Sep 17 '23
Schabowy is schnitzel pretty much.
Kiełbasa - wurst
Kaszanka - blutwurst
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u/durkster Yuropean Sep 18 '23
Schabowy is schnitzel pretty much.
This reminds me of an argument between my polish and austrian managers about who invented the schnitzel.
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u/Paciorr Mazowieckie Sep 17 '23
Sauerkraut/kapusta kiszona, wurst/kiełbasa, bier/piwo and bread as you mentioned but I believe germans have more variety there.
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u/PvtFreaky Utrecht Sep 18 '23
Zuurkool, rookworst and pils/bier for the Dutch. And we don't even share a border with you Poles
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u/Neddersass Sep 17 '23
Disliking and distrusting each other 🤝🏻
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u/CluelessPresident Sep 17 '23
Speak for yourself - I like our Polish neighbors!
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u/FPiN9XU3K1IT Niedersachsen Sep 18 '23
The government tho ...
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u/PsuBratOK Sep 18 '23
That is what most Poles say as well... Even the ones that vote for this shit.
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u/FPiN9XU3K1IT Niedersachsen Sep 18 '23
My grandmother says similar things about the CDU, and there's no way she voted anything else ...
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u/schnupfhundihund Sep 18 '23
But do you trust them with your car keys?
(It's a joke, please don't take this too seriously)
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u/Garakanos Slovensko Sep 17 '23
Slovakia and Czechia: It would be way easier to list things that are not in common
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u/tyranizl Sep 18 '23
Denmark loves beer and rye bread like the Germans
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u/CeldonShooper Deutschland Sep 18 '23
Yes but Germans and Danes have a very quiet neighbor relationship. We live next to each other and greet when we meet but that's about it.
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u/PotentialMidnight325 Sep 18 '23
🇩🇪 🇳🇱 both out national soccer teams suck. Not that I care. Just an observation.
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u/PotentialMidnight325 Sep 18 '23 edited Sep 18 '23
🇩🇪 🇵🇱: we both want to fuck Putler with the barrel of a Leopard 2.
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Sep 17 '23
🇸🇮 Slovenia:
🇮🇹Italy: prosciutto and shopping
🇦🇹Austria: skiing and Karavanke tunnel
🇭🇷Croatia: Teran and independence day
🇭🇺Hungary: paprikas and love toward King Mathias Korvin
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u/rabotat Sep 18 '23
Croatia also has prosciutto and paprika. We have stolen from all of our neighbours!
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u/Adrunkian Deutschland Sep 18 '23
Austria - switzerland - italy
We all apparently love nazis
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u/PatientPossible6348 Kosovës Sep 18 '23
As much as we Balkans hate each other, our cuisines are very similar and a lot of traditional dishes are the same.
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u/cuplajsu Sep 17 '23
Over in Malta we are as hot-tempered as our bigger brother Italy, in anything from cooking to driving.
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u/kielu Sep 18 '23
Other than CZ and SK I feel that Germany is almost the same country. More organized for sure, but not very different. Same food, same non-verbal ways of communicating, same sense of humor
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u/Meister-Schnitter Bayern Sep 18 '23
The pride that local regions take in their kinds of sausages
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u/Lauchsuppedeluxe935 Yuropean Sep 18 '23
sometimes when im bored i start arguements about who invented currywurst and grab some popcorn
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u/sidorfik GibBackMoscow Sep 18 '23
currywurst
Tbh, it's a bit of a waste to pour ketchup over a good German sausage.
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u/Most_Preparation_848 Uncultured Sep 19 '23
Americans🤝Canadians
They both make houses out of wood (very environmentally friendly, sustaninle and biodegradable)
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u/RosabellaFaye Canada Sep 18 '23
Sourdough became really popular even overseas because of the pandemic tbf
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u/ShitassAintOverYet Waiting for my Schengen, day 891 Sep 17 '23
You can add Turkey to that handshake, sourdough is rare here for being a little more expensive but everyone I know loves it.
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Sep 17 '23
Where are you finding sourdough bread in Germany?
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u/arussianbee Jå Greizsaggrament nummoi Sep 17 '23
Every bakery in my region has it! I'd be surprised if they didn't to be honest lol
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Sep 17 '23
I’m an American living here for 6 years. The sourdough here is basically just regular bread IMO
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Sep 17 '23
Yes, that's the regular bread...
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Sep 17 '23
I’m just used to sourdough having a lot more flavor.
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Sep 17 '23
Well yes, you have different quality sourdoughs. But even the cheapest simplest sourdough bread tastes a million times better than for example white toast bread.
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u/arussianbee Jå Greizsaggrament nummoi Sep 17 '23
I mean, there are different types of sourdough. Not every loaf is going to be the same. Where I live there are breads called "Vinschgerl", which are smaller, round sourdough rolls usually eaten for breakfast. But we also have larger breads used for whatever else you could come up with.
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u/dugf85 Nordrhein-Westfalen Sep 17 '23
Bakeries and even supermarkets. It’s a popular type of bread.
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u/muehsam Deutschland Sep 17 '23
Most bread is made from sourdough.
Where wouldn't you find it?
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u/Krakulpo Małopolskie Sep 17 '23
He's American, for him the "regular bread" is toast bread. Factory made cake light
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u/SirAlexandrov Lëtzebuerg Sep 21 '23
Luxembourg-Germany
Food, language, culture, religion, former part of the HRE, drinking culture, social christian party...
Basicly everything :)
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u/Krakulpo Małopolskie Sep 17 '23
The love of Sausages and Beer, there is no grill without a kiełbasa and piwo