The Challenges of Shopping for Spices in a Foreign Language
A social media post highlights the humorous struggle of navigating a grocery store in a foreign country without knowing the local language. The author recounts an experience living in Germany where they attempted to find cinnamon by sniffing every spice container in the aisle, starting from the beginning of the alphabet. Because the German word for cinnamon is 'Zimt,' which appears near the end of the alphabet, the shopper had to endure a long and tedious process of smelling various unidentified spices before finally locating the correct one.
Great success! The next scent is traditionally Zyklon.
I remember going to sushi in Germany once thinking I kinda know my German already. The waiter at one point kept asking me Ingwer, mehr Ingwer? I was like what the fuck is Ingwer. Yeah. Ginger.
Unfortunaly, "Arschloch", "Katzenpisse" and "Toter Fisch" are all before "Zimt" in the Alphabet
Yeah sure because there's so many brown coloured spices .... There's nutmeg (Muskatnuss) and Allspice (Piment).
Prost, Becky!
after 5 or so smelled things, you cant distinguish anything anymore
Wenn es nur so ein mobiles Übersetzungsprogramm geben würde, zum Beispiel fürs Smartphone…
That's the most common and oldest brands for herbs and spices here in Germany and also most or pretty much all discounter brands have pictures on them so, pls Rebecca..
Rebecca
Ah, yes. The Spice isle where spices are ordered by alphabet and have no lables with pictures of the content.