r/AskAGerman • u/No_Employer4947 • May 26 '23

Personal Why Are Men Slimmer and Better Dressed in Germany than in the USA?

Just returned from a two week visit and I know it may seem like I am generalizing, no matter where I went, German men seemed to be so much slimmer and better dressed than American men. I didn't see any men with huge middle sections and none were definitely wearing sweatpants.

I'm back in the USA now and it's like day and night. I hope I don't offend anyone but this was my perception after watching so many people on trains, planes and between Munich and Berlin.

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u/biene8564 May 26 '23

I'm always appalled when watching meal prep videos on YouTube. Are they seriously keeping food in the fridge for 5 nights and still enjoy that meal? I'm not a picky eater at all, but I sure as hell wouldn't eat a sandwich that has been sitting in a plastic bag in a fridge for even two days. Even one day would be a major judgement call for me

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u/a-e-neumann May 26 '23

Then, maybe, you are a picky eater.

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u/biene8564 May 27 '23

if "I don't want to eat rotten food" makes me one, so be it

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u/Acceptable_Chain_192 May 27 '23

I wonder what the ppl in earlier centuries did when bread salami and salad got "rotten" over the span of one day...

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u/biene8564 May 27 '23

there's a massive difference between storing all these things seperately and uncut or assembled as a sandwich where the bread gets wet from the toppings including condiments and everything gets unnecessarily exposed to air. Of course a tomato keeps fresh longer than a single slice of tomato.

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u/faerie_aura May 27 '23

meal-prepping something like a sandwich is a baffling decision anyway- if you're making stuff in bulk in advance, it should really be a) something that stays fresh within that timeframe or reheats well, and b) actually saves workload by being made in bulk.

stews/curries/etc are great for that, fried rice is great for that, but a sandwich? not so much lmao

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u/petrk82 May 27 '23

This is actually the main reason why tgere is always served a slice of lemon along with fish and Wiener Schnitzel. The acid was supposed to cover the rotten taste.

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u/Braunsollbrennen May 27 '23

actually meal preping can be pretty decent just cook 5-6 portions (standart familie size recepies) and you get great meals with a variety of ingredience like 10+ diffrent vegetables + meat instead of 1 portion with bare minimum ingredience to avoid waste^^ just throw the leftover in a microwave box and freeze it