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The only two times that I have been over to the States I was down south (Texas, primarily).
And with how we know our "iced tea", ready made and bought in cartons, to be had like what you call "soda", we expected to get the same when we ordered "iced tea" in a restaurant. Whoa! All different: mostly ice-cubes (with a distinct taste of "swimming pool" :shock: ), and unsweetened tea. Our son, who had to follow a very strict diet when he was little, could not have anything other than either the "iced tea" that we knew from home, or water. Poor boy of 5 ... it was water for him then (with a distinct taste of "swimming pool").
And what Alison calls "warm soda" is actually stomach-friendly - still cold - coke or so, yet it is a FULL GLASS of just that, and not a glass FULL OF ICE CUBES with only as much coke around them as would then still fit in the glass - so when you get to finish your coke, it all tastes like water (with a distinct taste of swimming pool). I once ordered my coke "without ice, please", since it was refrigerated so the glass would turn damp the moment the coke touched it, and the lady behind the counter just glowered at me --- how dare I order the full amount, makes the amount of THREE glasses of coke, in fact! Grrr! But well...
So here we don't put ice cubes into our drinks, or if that is done, you will find yours truly and her sister and her friends and so on and on fish them out of it and put them to the side!
Beer has a froth on top! And it takes 7 minutes to draft a good Pils!
Bagged milk was an attempt in the shops here some 15 years ago, for environmental reason (less waste), but the idea could not spread. I, for my part, stopped buying it after three times in a row one bag had got punctured by whatever else I was having in my shopping bag, so I used to unpack groceries swimming in milk. Bleah! No longer. Cartons for me at any time! Please!
No one in Germany can understand how you might ever enjoy having your chips (French fries) with VINEGAR like they have it in Britain. But chips with mayonnese are ok (though too fattening!!!).
And instant coffee is not the thing here. To make yourself a cup of coffee does not mean you spoon some instant coffee powder into your cup, pour hot water, stir and there's your coffee. No.
We find American fridges HUGE. A whole piece of furniture in the kitchen. Ours are much smaller and mine is integrated in the fitted kitchen so you would not be able to tell which of the cupboard doors is the one to the fridge (if it weren't for the ventilation below it).
We don't know any ice machines here. But then why would we need them, we, who we drink "warm soda"
???
And with how we know our "iced tea", ready made and bought in cartons, to be had like what you call "soda", we expected to get the same when we ordered "iced tea" in a restaurant. Whoa! All different: mostly ice-cubes (with a distinct taste of "swimming pool" :shock: ), and unsweetened tea. Our son, who had to follow a very strict diet when he was little, could not have anything other than either the "iced tea" that we knew from home, or water. Poor boy of 5 ... it was water for him then (with a distinct taste of "swimming pool").
And what Alison calls "warm soda" is actually stomach-friendly - still cold - coke or so, yet it is a FULL GLASS of just that, and not a glass FULL OF ICE CUBES with only as much coke around them as would then still fit in the glass - so when you get to finish your coke, it all tastes like water (with a distinct taste of swimming pool). I once ordered my coke "without ice, please", since it was refrigerated so the glass would turn damp the moment the coke touched it, and the lady behind the counter just glowered at me --- how dare I order the full amount, makes the amount of THREE glasses of coke, in fact! Grrr! But well...
So here we don't put ice cubes into our drinks, or if that is done, you will find yours truly and her sister and her friends and so on and on fish them out of it and put them to the side!
Beer has a froth on top! And it takes 7 minutes to draft a good Pils!
Bagged milk was an attempt in the shops here some 15 years ago, for environmental reason (less waste), but the idea could not spread. I, for my part, stopped buying it after three times in a row one bag had got punctured by whatever else I was having in my shopping bag, so I used to unpack groceries swimming in milk. Bleah! No longer. Cartons for me at any time! Please!
No one in Germany can understand how you might ever enjoy having your chips (French fries) with VINEGAR like they have it in Britain. But chips with mayonnese are ok (though too fattening!!!).
And instant coffee is not the thing here. To make yourself a cup of coffee does not mean you spoon some instant coffee powder into your cup, pour hot water, stir and there's your coffee. No.
We find American fridges HUGE. A whole piece of furniture in the kitchen. Ours are much smaller and mine is integrated in the fitted kitchen so you would not be able to tell which of the cupboard doors is the one to the fridge (if it weren't for the ventilation below it).
We don't know any ice machines here. But then why would we need them, we, who we drink "warm soda"
???
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