The food is all bad. All their vegan options from shops they have e.g. in Ireland are different and for much worse. All Germany has is meat and other animal products imitations - shitty, mind you. It's like they're allergic to vegetables and will explode if they consume more than the absolute minimal intake.

They're the only country I've seen the basic Monster flavour not only still existing, but actually highly stocked. Same for the blue mango one. Those basically didn't exist in Ireland, because one tastes like Shrek's cm, the other like Shrek's mango-flavoured cu.

Germany isn't a real country. Maybe it was at some point, but ended on 3th of October 1990.

They have some other shit like massive racism with no "winning", but the food makes it all too unbearable. They will tell you shit for not speaking perfect German, won't speak to you unless you speak perfect German, continously insist you must learn German even if you already are, but also will not allow people whose grandparents immigrated here be recognized as German and ensure they're excluded, while pretending immigrants and people vaguely immigrant flavoured are refusing to integrate. They will also go out of their way to be assholes to you, completely unprompted, and be surprised if you call people who act like nazis nazis.

I want out.

  • iridaniotter [she/her, it/its]
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    8 months ago

    But there's still lichens like Kalpasi, commonly used in Tamil Nadu, which also exist all over Northern Europe but were never used in European cuisine for whatever reason.

    The British also have a lot of seaweed but rarely use it. In fact the crunchy seaweed they eat with their Chinese food is made of cabbage. Lots of puzzling choices on that island...

    • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]
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      8 months ago

      yeah it does seem like a lack of curiosity

      in general, everyone is obsessed with 1. their own place and 2. europe, but I've noticed far more discriminating knowledge from a few Chinese friends than I have from any European acquaintance. I've heard a non-zero amount of Chinese people actually be able to name intra-India provinces like Gujarat and Kerala (which are the cultural equivalents of European countries), which I've literally never heard a white person do before

      hence why I think Asian people are more curious

    • GinAndJuche
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      8 months ago

      I posted a video about this in the food comm. if you live near the coast seaweed it’s really to forage if you go during low tide