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Feb 9, 2025 6:12 PM
UnlimitedTrickPony
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as you all know from the fantastic @RadicalLiving on YT
4vie
No. Don't give ducks bread to eat.
FuzzyMedic
Sooo ... got any grapes?
youreathing
waddle waddle
amp99
FuzzyMedic
LittleDragon
I protested calling untoasted bread toast and this guy explained that they call it toast because it is made to go in toasters. I still think it's wrong to call it toast. Call it toasting bread
Falkh12
Don't tell a German how to german; or they'll waste an hour of your time reciting a single compound word.
AvsFreak
lightfoot2
duck food
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
German bakeries FTW
HavetsHerren
12 years in Germany and going. I'll make ennemies but: these breads are 90% disappointment... Dreaming of a French style rustic loaf... So now I make my own, one loaf a week. Better. Cheaper.
qazxswedcvfrtgbnhyujmkiol
Enemies for life!
qazxswedcvfrtgbnhyujmkiol
(I kid)
Kingstad
Where I come from "bread" and "loaf" are two different things and what the americans eat is loaf, so not bread
UnlimitedTrickPony
when visiting Germany ... yes our beer is good, if you visit old German monasteries in Bavaria ... but secretly I think the Czech make even better beer ... but our bread ... our bread is second to none! we have thousands of variants ... walking every 50m you will find a bakery with fresh bread, "Brötchen", "Brezeln" or cake & "Plunder" ... sometimes I think, we just invented the myriads of "Aufschnitt" (sliced sausages) just to put them on bread
CompletelyUniqueUsername
I'm for Belgian or homemade beer. But variety is good.
OutoftownerRed
Being Danish I have to politely disagree. Danish bread is the only thing i really miss going abroad. German bread is better than most places, but I'm still not impressed. German (and Austrian) cakes is another story. World class!
fyrekitten
Good to know, I will be visiting Germany and want to try all the breads! Danke!
sunnrider
Dude, the French will walk all over your bread on the way to make a crusty baguette that would make your grandmother cry (I'm not french, I just recognize greatness).
YippeeKayakOB
This guy develops an accent real quick
justthatguyfromthatplace
Lmao oh man, I worked at a bakery, and damn....I should've had more vollkornbrot than I did.
Mediocreclient
yes, these jokes were just as funny before they were ripped off from the other In Germany guy.
boondoggle2025
It's Swede from Our Flag Means Death!
RoutemasterFlash
Chewy bread is good, though. Who wants that pulpy crap you can suck through a straw?
stonecoldstevebuschemi
I just made a loaf of bread a half hour ago. I'm here for my complimentary congratulations.
silbendrechsler
Unironically missed bread and cold cuts when I spent a couple of months abroad before 🙁
G0nz
I've had a 5 mm scar on my middle finger since I cut a loaf of bread with a knife as a child in the 80s.
BaphoMettbroetchen
Same. But it was the 90s AND I was drunk. Bread knifes + fingers can make a bloody mess. :X
Regeny
it's not even healthy for ducks (no bread is tho).
Dasnekones
Exactly. If you want to give food for ducks then give them rice. Just make sure to boil it a bit more than necessary to make it easier for them.
Hebbelille
Just give them seeds, jeez.
Dasnekones
Say what you want but rice is way more readily available and could even be food waste if you made too much to eat yourself
TinyLiehon
Feed them frozen peas
JRaven419
zylex
Was thatva quote from Good Omens?
TinyLiehon
Yes
GendouLovesDucklings
Peas and cheerios are the go-to duck-snack. Bread is like cookies - a sometimes treat.
4etherling
A no time treat. Any food that contributes to angel wing should never be fed.
GendouLovesDucklings
only when it comes to newly-hatched ducklings
https://corvid-isle.co.uk/thoughts-bread-angel-wing-wild-birds
QuartzPoker
I have been told by a vet that if you MUST give a duck bread, e.g. in order to fulfill a prophecy, it should be a bread that is absolutely full of grains. The more grains, the better. Like this!
ThrowTheAccountAway
It is not yet time to speak of the prophecy, but good information for all to know.
4etherling
You never have to feed bread ever. Never. Don't do that shit.
QuartzPoker
There actually was a town in the UK that encouraged people to feed ducks grain-filled bread because the campaign to get people to stop feeding ducks was too effective, and people stopped feeding the ducks entirely. The ducks started starving. The city council realized feeding them the wrong thing is still better than feeding them nothing, so they started a new campaign to bring the bread back while they educate people on what would be better than bread, and what breads are okay as treats.
QuartzPoker
Basically: Giving wild ducks ANY food is bad because it makes them dependent on humans for food. But with city ducks that are dependent on humans, grains and veggies are best, and breads are okay as a sometimes thing, but it should be non-sweet breads full of grains. The more intact grains, the better. In fact, if you can, they make loaves of grain bread so full of grains that most people won't recognize it as bread, and that stuff is best. But don't put it in the water. Put it on the grass.
LonelyVoid
What about the prophecy?
ThrowTheAccountAway
You did forget about the prophecy here.
DryAgedPopsicle
Trocken Brot macht Ente tot!
4vie
Oh, come on! Where's the angry, but still controlled German at the five or ten year mark?
McBzz
Ducks like bird seed better than bread and it’s better for them but we’re still not supposed to give them too much of that either.
cousteau
Ducks supposedly prefer lettuce or cabbage leaves and when I tried to feed lettuce to ducks and a duck came all happy to eat he looked at the lettuce and then looked at me like "bro wtf"
henryvk
Fun (???) fact: Germans call sandwich bread „Toastbrot“ whether it has already been toasted or not.
AzgarOgly
Yes, it is "bread for toasts". Lots of places call it that. Because... you know... it is a bread for toasts.
vorodar
It's not even somehow unique for German. A lot of things are called "X thing" because they are a thing for X. For example, "pizza dough" is definitely not pizza but for pizza. Yes, some times "X thing" is also thing that is currently X but definitely not always.
satanslittleposter
This isn't a German only thing either, it's also called this (or equivalents) in some of the other European countries too...
HillOfBeans
Confusion indeed when my French grandson asked for toast and pointed to a loaf of sweet brioche. I toasted a couple of slices. He almost cried. What is “toast” to him is that sweet bread *not* toasted but spread with Nutella. 🥰
henryvk
My wife is American and she pointed out to me how this was ontologically false and I really wanted to defend my mother tongue but she is totes correct in her assessment. It makes no sense.
astralfields
Meanwhile, Wonder bread—which is so painfully fucking American that even Germans know of it as American bread—has a variant called "Texas Toast". Not "Texas style sandwich bread for toasting". Toast.
sakasiru
It makes sense if you realize it's the name for the type of bread, not the "product". "Sandwich bread" doesn't have any toppings either, so it isn't a sandwich, just the bread you use for it. Same with "Toastbrot".
satanslittleposter
Well, she's right, it doesn't make sense. I'm British, actually, and I've had the same conversation with my mainland friends (German and Greek to the front of my memory). There's probably a separate discussion there to be had, however, about what passes for "bread" in the States.
satanslittleposter
(also in the UK, for that matter...)
YuffieK
TheFastpaws
That series was so good.
Kingstad
Yes as a life long duck head I loved it to bits
cousteau
"Human" ducks vs duck ducks. See also:
GeorgeCostabaplaps
Sonicschilidogs
Why do you need a deli slicer for your bread though yo, they make bread knives.
astrangehop
If you're doing something like making paninis or toast it makes a huge difference to have the slices perfectly even. Plus, the harder bread is, the more difficult to cut, and holding the knife perfectly straight. Comparatively, you can cut slices off a roast or turkey breast with a knife to make sandwiches, but a deli slicer is amazing.
AzgarOgly
That duck food thing is exactly true. And it is also not good for ducks.
Also "best thing after a sliced bread"? Really? I can slice my own bread. And slice it the way I want. And don't have to buy that nasty plastic bag that makes a bread damp and molded. Fuk sliced bread.
And I am not even German.
GuyPilot
As someone with German family who has visited Germany 30+ times, for real, their bread is unreal. Cannot find anything in North America that comes close. Turns out, they strictly use non-GMO ingredients, plus bakers there are very well credentialed.
RelartOfGivia
There are plenty of great bakeries and any city. You just have to make the effort to find them.
astralfields
Maybe the bakery you went to was specific about using non-GMO ingredients. In any case, non-GMO doesn't make the bread better. In fact, there's a non-zero chance that not using GMO grains could make the bread worse, but most likely it doesn't make a lick of difference. The real difference that GMO makes is when the modified crops are actually harvested instead of getting eaten by pests or killed by illnesses, and the farmer didn't have to use poisons that might get into our food.
Porfirij
i love how the "foreigner" has the thickest german accent. xD
LariCheltsy
Now I want a recipe for this three ingredient German bread
Einbrecher
The same recipe for most bread? Flour, water, salt (optional), yeast. If you want to get snooty about it, you can dive into specific ratios/blends of flours and whatnot, but you can slap together a loaf that's better than supermarket bread with just straight bread flour. Mix in the evening, prove in the fridge overnight, punch down in the morning before work, rise in the fridge over the day, shape/bake when you get home from work - boom, fresh bread.
AzgarOgly
Like... wheat and water and yeast? That's the recipe.
MaybeTechishPerson
If you go for sourdough, it basically becomes only water and flour.
sakasiru
You can add seeds and spices though
LariCheltsy
Step three: make the rest of the bread
sakasiru
Make a dough, let it sit for a while, bake it.
pomax
Don't feed ducks bread. It's worse for them than it is for humans.
RoutemasterFlash
Is bread bad for humans? I eat it all the time, it's great.
pomax
look back at the video to see what kind of bread we're talking about. Because I hope you don't eat that shit all the time. That's not bread. That's hyperprocessed industrial wheat product.
RoutemasterFlash
You didn't say "crappy processed bread", though, you said "bread."
I eat decent bread. I've usually baked it myself.
pomax
No, I repeated the statement made by our video's protagonist. You *did* watch the video, right?
RoutemasterFlash
That's irrelevant. If you didn't mean "bread is bad", don't say "bread is bad."
megalodonburi
Angel Wing :(
DeM0nFiRe
Germany has table saws to cut their bread?
AllMaktAtTengilVarBefriare
Bread can not escape German engineering
schmau
Brotschneidemaschine!
qazxswedcvfrtgbnhyujmkiol
It schneids Brot!
somethingsomethingwittyhere
It was the best thing before sliced bread!
vorodar
It's a bread slicer. You can also use it to cut sausages or other meats if you adjust the width to be very thin.
Also, pre-sliced bread is OK for sandwiches but getting a whole unsliced loaf just rocks. Especially freshly made ones. I do prefer just breaking off pieces with my hand, though, but even slicing them (with knife or bread slicer) just feels nice.
silbendrechsler
Also, all invididual slices get stale and dry out faster than the whole loaf
vorodar
Yes, that too. Like, I do buy sliced bread. But I also don't consider it that good. I mostly make sandwiches with it. A proper loaf is just so good to have with maybe a bit of cheese or with some other food.
LuciusNeedful
It's just a deli-slicer with a serrated blade. Mine has an interchangeable smooth blade, too. Super useful in the kitchen.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
Some people do, but a proper knife does the trick just as well IMO
cytherians
It didn't look like it has any kind of safety guard... very dangerous, especially if there are children in the house.
qazxswedcvfrtgbnhyujmkiol
Most of them fold up and can be stored away from curious fingers.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
"then it will be an important lesson"
UnlimitedTrickPony
for kids in Germany, it's survival of the fittest ... did you see German playgrounds? ... practically watchtowers with high speed slides ... the weak don't make it ... same at home ... we buy them "Kinderüberraschung" (chocolate eggs with plastic toys inside, banned in the US as choking hazard) ... a "Brotschneidemaschine" is one of the more harmless things in out households
MaximilianShade
That. Is awesome.
Kingstad
In my experience these things arent all that sharp and dont spin all that fast, I can touch the one I have without being cut
vorodar
I grew up with bread slicers around and I still have all 8 of my fingers.
But more seriously - it's not really any more dangerous than a knife. Probably less dangerous, since a knife can slip or similar and injure you. A bread slicer you really have to put your finger into, on order to get cut. Sure, you could do that but just...don't? Like how you don't cut off fingers with a knife?
cytherians
Well, you keep knives in a drawer, tucked away out of sight. And with kids around, maybe even lock it just in case. This bread slicer sits on a counter top. It also has a very fast spinning wheel. At least with deli slicers, the blades are recessed in a metal surround. What's demonstrated above is completely wide open. I've seen something similar at a person's home in the USA, and it had a swivel guard....
vorodar
Bread slicers I've seen usually sat in the cupboard when not in use. They are moveable
MalukuSeito
Same, I still have a healthy fear of them, considering how much my parents hyped them up as dangerous.. Full concentration mode when I use one.. Only thing I fear more in my house is the actual table saw.
Zetor
What else would you use?
AzgarOgly
Frankly, a decent knife would be totally ok.
TheStealthHippopotamus
Bone saws? Two man lumber saw? Atomic weapons?
Zeboku
I use a laser cutter. Fries the bread while cutting
SquirtVonnegut
In America, our bread is pre-sliced. However, to keep the sliced bread from going bad they add a lot of carcinogenic preservatives. A small price to pay for freedom.
The701
"Cancer? Oh, are you referring to my freedom mutations?"
sakasiru
You can buy bread (real bread) pre-sliced in Germany too, every bakery has a cutting machine. It just gets stale a little faster.
TheStealthHippopotamus
So 5-6 months if it’s stored next to a humidifier
SilverFoxChaser
Baking bread is SUPER easy, and a fun hobby(rabbit hole). It also tastes a million times better than the shit you can buy in the store.
thescarby
I’m baking a loaf today!
Smoretank
I need to get back into making bread. Just have a hard time making decent sandwich bread that isn't super dense.
SilverFoxChaser
Also, a common problem I had at the start, check out this thread - https://www.reddit.com/r/AskCulinary/comments/1brxflu/why_is_my_bread_always_so_dense/
Smoretank
Ooo! Thanks for this!
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
I miss my bread machine. :(
cytherians
LIDL... bakes bread fresh. They have a German seeded multi-grain that is fantastic.
thatwoodguy
Bread is always great in the first 8 hours after you make it after that it goes down quite a bit
henryvk
Unless… you live in Germany
DASkaddi
Exactly
WhoDoesntLikeTacos
I am pinching a loaf right now.
cousteau
My first self made bread was soda bread in Ireland. No yeast or sourdough involved, just wheat, buttermilk, and baking soda. Quite easy and tasty.
minipancho94
But economies of scale mean store-bought can still be good enough and cheaper than the effort and time required for those of us who are poor/too busy working. But when I do make bread I need to make at least 2 loafs since the first one is immediately consumed while hot with butter by everyone in the house like a pack of rabid animals feasting on a fresh kill.
HelikaformerNubisKnight9
Even in Germany you only get real good bread at a good bakery, never in stores!
Duckgooser
There is no good bakery in my town. Well I lie there's an artisan bakery in town that does German breads, but for some reason they only use these for their awesome sandwhiches & won't sell loaves. There's another artisan bakery in town that people rave about but it's overpriced dogshit. I asked them once if they ever do any bagels & they told me they don't know what a bagel is. Hands down the best bread I've ever had was a Vietnamese bakery in the town I grew up in.
IWasACatAllAlong
Why are your hobbies about rabbit holes.
interesseret
Have you not seen Lola Bunny?
IWasACatAllAlong
You have changed mind about this topic.
VodkaReindeer
I don't know man, oat bread you buy from the store can be pretty darn good.
JayPapy
So I just started baking my own bread in Jan (just take basic white loaves); what do you recommend for a beginner that I might not realise is achievable?
SilverFoxChaser
Oh. I am no expert at all. I usually use my dutch oven and the loaves come out great.
SilverFoxChaser
Also, a common problem I had at the start, check out this thread - https://www.reddit.com/r/AskCulinary/comments/1brxflu/why_is_my_bread_always_so_dense/
JayPapy
Thank you!
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
German bakeries FTW
mcodger
now I'm hungry
astralfields
If you can afford it, you should of course go to a bakery. Preferably a privately owned one that actually makes their own dough from scratch, not a chain store. But even mass produced bread is pretty decent quality in Germany. Also, bread cannot have preservatives by law, so even the cheapest store-bought bread is always fresh, at most 1-2 days old.
cousteau
I think this is pretty much standard in all of Europe. We like proper bread. How are we expected to make our bocadillos otherwise?
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
*politely salutes in French with a nod of deep approval*
vegivamp
Belgium agrees.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
I read somewhere that Germans and their bread can be compared to the French and their cheese: 100s of varieties, tons of regional specialities and they definitely miss it when they're abroad.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
That tracks. French bread is super good too, but I'd say the Germans are clearly ahead in this game - and I'm French.
Hoogemast
French bread is mostly different variaties of pain (french long bread). While they do have some variaties with more wheat or whole wheat, mostly it is white and very easily digestable / low fiber. German bread however has so many more whole wheat, full wheat, mais, plain,flat, plate, etc. same for the Dutch btw who might even have more "normal" bread (loafs) and less variaties in sizes and shapes.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
Enchanté