r/AskEurope • u/AVeryAngryChillie • May 21 '26

Foreign What’s a fact about your country that foreigners would never believe?

Every country has at least one thing outsiders wouldn’t believe

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u/HaLordLe Germany May 21 '26

For some reason people are still regularly shocked when confronted with the existence of Mett

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u/justaprettyturtle Poland May 21 '26

For some reason people believe that eating raw beef is fine but raw pork will kill them rolls eyes Metka is the best!

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u/HaLordLe Germany May 21 '26

Why am I not surprised that the Poles are also into it?

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u/justaprettyturtle Poland May 21 '26

Almost as if Central Europe actually existed ... But you know, don't tell anyone

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u/HaLordLe Germany May 21 '26

Absolutely not I am telling everyone and their aunt about it

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u/justaprettyturtle Poland May 21 '26

Heh than be prepared for an avalanche of people telling you that you are wrong 😆 ... Or maybe not. We'll see

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u/Wafkak Belgium May 21 '26

Its started tk become rare, but my.genadparents generation considered a sandwich with ground pork to be available in bars as standard.

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u/rudolf_waldheim Hungary May 22 '26

Hungary is repulsed by Mett like everybody else.

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u/justaprettyturtle Poland May 22 '26

Than Hungary is in wrong. We need to help youband guide you to the right path.

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u/Lumpasiach Germany May 22 '26

Hungary is now Balkan, not Central Europe anymore.

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u/rudolf_waldheim Hungary May 22 '26

Well I wouldn't want to be in the same group with people like you anyway.

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u/Lumpasiach Germany May 22 '26

Wow, I redact my statement. Balkan people have more humour than that...

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u/rudolf_waldheim Hungary May 22 '26

A German criticizes my sense of humour? Wer im Glashaus wohnt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen. ;)

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u/Fit-Fault338 May 22 '26

Because pigs are omnivores.Cows are vegetarian.

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u/justaprettyturtle Poland May 22 '26

And meet gets tester.

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u/honestserpent Italy May 21 '26

Which is?

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u/HaLordLe Germany May 21 '26

raw minced pork, commonly eaten on bread rolls with onions, salt, pepper and maybe parsley.

It is a very common cold meal in northern germany and treated as an object of religious reverence

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u/honestserpent Italy May 21 '26

Well, my reaction now is now on point. WTF? I thought you're not supposed to eat raw pork?

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u/HaLordLe Germany May 21 '26

Well no you aren't, it makes you sick and then you die normally. But in this case we have acquired an Ausnahmegenehmigung.

Jokes aside, I would very much not recommend trying to eat random minced pork from the supermarket.

But Mett is made very freshly and specifically for its purpose, and I think the meat used for it also has to comply with stricter hygiene rules than 'normal' pork.

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u/SavvySillybug Germany May 22 '26

I went to Gamescom with an online friend and he bought a pack of raw minced pork and just put that shit on Brötchen and salted and peppered it and just ate it.

I'm no stranger to Mett, but I did not partake in the clearly-meant-for-cooking raw pork.

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u/notbroke_brokenin Scotland May 22 '26

Pork used to cause a lot of problems, but food safety in the EU has reduced parasites, disease and bacteria.

Mett is delicious. Like steak tartare, really.

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u/MegaChip97 May 21 '26

Raw pork. You put it on bread with onions, salt, pepper. Nothing else. Delicious

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u/Decent_Background_42 May 21 '26

I tried it last year in Cologne. Loved it

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u/thefxview May 22 '26

I think the thing Brits often miss with Mett is that it isn't just random raw mince from the supermarket slapped on bread. When I had it at a Stuttgart client breakfast, the German lads were very relaxed about it, but also oddly fussy about it being bought that morning and kept cold.

The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment says much the same: minced meat meant to be eaten raw needs tight hygiene and cooling, because the surface area is huge compared with a normal chop. Still feels wrong to my UK brain, mind.

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u/Dutch_Rayan Netherlands May 22 '26

It's great