1. Juliette R. Says:
   May 20th, 2011 at 4:37 am

   Wow, I don’t get milk like that here. I only get the boxed H-milk or the glass bottle ‘fresh’ that is so fresh it goes bad in 2 days. Now I’m all curious and will be keeping an eye out for it.

   And yeah, yogurt here is killer; I love it!

2. Jennifer L. Says:
   May 20th, 2011 at 9:02 am

   Wow, Latte Macchiato yogurt sounds amazing. That milk reminds me of visiting my in-laws in Eastern Canada — their milk comes in bags too.

   Great video! Thanks for sharing.

3. Larissa Says:
   May 20th, 2011 at 9:05 am

   So, I think I’ll go to the grocery store now. No, I’d better make a list first. I bring home too much cheese when I go without a list!

4. Amy W. Says:
   May 20th, 2011 at 7:00 pm

   My young daughter and I enjoyed viewing your video together!
   So neat to hear you talk about your kitchen and the German foods!
   To answer your blogging question…..I live in Holland, MI…on
   a road name Graafschap Rd./60th St, in which just less than a mile from my
   house sits a big beautiful white old Dutch Christian Reformed Church.
   On the property of this church sits an old log cabin in which the first
   immigrants to our city, built and used to worship in.
   My little area of Holland here is so full of rich history
   in it’s own sweet way of the Dutch people that came from a far-a-way foreign land to
   make a life better for themselves!
   I often can’t believe that when we first moved our little
   family from Florida to here about 13 years ago, how I never could have imagined
   that we would be planted in an
   area so steeped with this wonderful history.
   Oh yes…and of course…with each passing year at Spring time…
   the tulips popping up all over my town, are so awesome to behold
   for my winter weary eyes!!
   Hope that can give you a glimpse of where I live!!
   Take care!

5. Mother of Pearl Says:
   May 20th, 2011 at 7:19 pm

   We get milk in a bag too, but our bags are simple ones that slip into a pitcher to hold them upright. We found the best way to avoid spilling the milk was to fold over the corner and keep it closed with a clothes pin.

   I live in a small town in Pennsylvania. I love all the flowering trees in our town. Every spring we are treated to a wonderful display of color and fragrance as the trees bloom. It seems nearly every yard has a flowering pear or a weeping cherry or a dogwood or a Japanese red maple.

6. Heather Says:
   May 20th, 2011 at 7:23 pm

   I’m always interested to hear about how different things are in Germany than here. (midwest/USA) Thanks for the peek! :>)

7. Heather Says:
   May 20th, 2011 at 7:24 pm

   (that didn’t come out right……. “how different from Germany things are here” …. or “how different from here things are in Germany”…. oh well… you got the point, right?)

8. Radka Says:
   May 20th, 2011 at 9:29 pm

   Great post Katie. There is somethig about German food that makes me go back to grocerie store every time I’m in Germany. I like ther BIO food a lot, but what I have to always bring back to US is the Jentschura’s
   MorgenStund breakfast meal.

9. jja Says:
   May 21st, 2011 at 7:14 am

   I love demeter and bio, but have to admit never before have seen milk package like this. I buy this standrad 1 L paper package – http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/00199/Milch_01_DW_Wirtsch_199075g.jpg

10. Laura Says:
    May 21st, 2011 at 5:22 pm

    Fun post! It is interesting seeing how different foods are packaged. To answer your question: we live in beautiful East Tennessee in the foothills of the Great Smokey Mountains. What I love about living here are the mountains and the people.

11. bashtree Says:
    May 22nd, 2011 at 9:21 am

    Milk in a bag! LIke Canada! sorta. I’m surprised the Germans haven’t engineered a special milk bag pitcher. Anyway – thanks for sharing! It’s so nice to hear your voice :)

12. Katie Says:
    May 23rd, 2011 at 2:11 am

    Hi gals in Germany! Just a note – the bagged milk is a regional product. Other regions have glass bottles. Just how they roll around here, I guess. :)

13. Jenny Says:
    May 24th, 2011 at 7:11 am

    I’d be using one of the old yogurt bottles to hold my bagged milk. Thanks for sharing the video. I so want to go to the ethnic grocer and get some cheese now.

14. melissa Says:
    June 10th, 2011 at 12:00 am

    I just came across your blog from Simple Mom. My husband and I are Americans, but we live in Vienna, Austria. It’s interesting, too, the differences between Germans and Austrians! :)

15. Julia Says:
    July 3rd, 2011 at 7:10 am

    @ Bashtree
    Actually we did have these milk bag pitchers in Germany 30 years ago, but the new milk bags can stand upright by themselves in the store and in your fridge. And when they are empty you just cut the little airbag to save space in the garbage.

    @ Katie
    Thanks for the posting. It is very interesting to see that familiar things can seem so strange to others.
    I’m born in Berlin and have lived here ever since.

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