What in the world is this?
Hey everyone! I'm Dana and you're watching Wanted Adventure Living Abroad.
I'm not saying that these things definitely don't exist at all in the U.S.
Maybe they do, I don't know.
But I lived for 22 years in America, and in all that time, I never once saw these things
or learned of their existence, but I have seen them here in Germany.
The first time that I ever saw an electric kettle, I actually had no idea
what I was even looking at.
What in the heck is this? I asked.
And when I found out that its sole purpose, the only thing that it was created to do was
heat up water; a whole electronic machine had been made just to heat water...and the
thing was sitting on the counter plugged in right there next to the stove,
I just found it really funny.
It's not like there wasn't a stove in the house.
In the U.S. I always just had a kettle that used to heat water on the stovetop and it
always worked just fine for me!
I actually only discovered this one quite recently.
This past summer, Mr. German Man and I went on a road trip around Germany, and while on
that trip, we saw a meat vending machine near Paderborn.
A vending machine for meat products.
Because you know, the stores are closed on Sunday in Germany, and what if you spontaneously
decide that you want to grill?
Well, there you go. Problem solved. Meat vending machine.
I don't know actually how common this really is in Germany, though, because it was the
first time that Mr. German Man ever saw a meat vending machine too.
But it was pretty cool.
And speaking of cool vending machines, in December we also spotted an egg vending machine
during our trip to the Chiemsee.
I really, really wanted to get a photo with it, but it was so cold that day that I think
my brain just completely froze, and I just forgot to stop on the way out and get a picture.
I guess we're just gonna have to go back there.
Of course, go back there for more than just the photo of the egg vending machine.
The Chiemsee is really beautiful too.
I made a whole video about this way back at the beginning of the Living Abroad series.
When I first moved to Germany, I saw something called a Nierenwärmer at markets and in pharmacies.
I was just starting to learn German so I assumed that I must have gotten the translation wrong.
So I said to Mr. German Man, what else does Nieren mean besides kidneys?
I don't think it means anything else, he answered.
Oh, so you mean, these things advertised for sale are really supposed to be kidney warmers?
Yep! Here in Germany kidney warmers are sold.
Some are thin cloths, and they basically look a little like a tube top meant to be warm slightly
lower down on the body, but others are thick and fluffy.
I had never in my life heard of a kidney warmer before moving to Germany, nor had I ever heard
in the U.S. any concern at all regarding the kidneys' temperature in particular.
Like, that it's somehow more important to keep the kidneys warm than, say, your stomach
or your small intestine.
I had just never heard about that concern regarding the kidneys until moving to Germany.
Back when I first moved to Germany, I went with Mr. German Man to celebrate Easter at
his parents' house, and I squealed with amusement when I came downstairs for breakfast, and
I saw that the hard boiled eggs on the table were sitting there, wearing little chicken
hats to keep warm.
It was so cute!
I had never seen anything like that before. So cute!
Little eggs wearing chicken hats!
While we're on eggs, I don't know what this thing is called.
Mr. German Man also couldn't think of a German name for it.
So if anyone knows, please let me know in the comments, but what it is, is it's a
great little tool for helping you crack open hard or soft boiled eggs.
You put the hard or soft boiled egg under here, and then you let the heavy ball fall,
and it makes a nice little crack around the shell, which you can then peel off or you
can slice it off with a knife, and then you can scoop out the egg with a spoon!
When I saw this in the store for the first time here in Germany I was super confused.
What are doll clothes randomly doing in the middle of a kitchen store?
But then I realized they're not doll clothes at all, it's clothes for the soap.
It's an apron for your soap bottle!
How adorable is that?
I love this so much.
And thank you so much to two of our viewers who gave us this soap apron, so that our soap
is never naked again. Thank you very much.
Orange juice, apple juice, grape juice...I've heard of many juices before moving to Germany.
But what I never, ever could have fathomed existed in this world was sauerkraut juice.
But it does here in Germany.
And here's the proof.
Okay, so Mr. German Man is already making faces about me trying the sauerkraut juice.
I'm a little nervous.
I feel like it's unfair though that he's swaying my opinion of it, so I'm gonna try to go into
it with an open mind, trying the sauerkraut juice, you know.
Give it a chance.
Oh!
Oh my God, I only smelled it and I'm, my eyes have teared up.
Okay, it smells so bad. Can I really hold my nose? - Yes.
That is horrible. I need some crackers. I need some chocolate.
Why is this a drink?
This is as horrible as it sounds: sauerkraut juice.
No offense to sauerkraut lovers out there, but the juice is not for me.
So my question for you is: Do you have these things where you live, and what other interesting
things have you discovered around the world that you hadn't seen in the country you
grew up in?
Please let me know in the comments below.
Thanks so much for watching and liking and commenting and subscribing.
I really hope that you enjoyed this video, and I also hope that you will enjoy the bloopers
that are coming up next.
Until next time, auf Wiedersehen!
It's so cute!
We also spotted an...
I actually only discovered this one quite, quite, quite, quite, quite recently.
I have lived is the present perfect.
That would assume that I am still living in America.
I have lived in Germany for seven years.
It is still on-going.
But I need to use the...whatever the past...simple past!
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