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Buying a Berliner in Germany can be very challenging if you travel a lot. There are so many words for it depending on the region. At least: "Berliner", "Krapfen

Buying a Berliner in Germany can be very challenging if you travel a lot. There are so many words for it depending on the region. At least: "Berliner", "Krapfen", "Pfannkuchen", "Kräppel", "Küchli" and probably others I don't know..

cratermoon 4y ago
Try buying a hogie, sub, hero, Italian, grinder, wedge, or spuckie in the US.
- nkozyra 4y ago
  Ich bin ein Hoagie
- soiler 4y ago
  For all its faults, we can thank Subway for partially solving this problem.
- throwanem 4y ago
  Spuckie?
  - superhuzza 4y ago
    Apparently from spucadella, an italian-american word for a type of bread.
  - cratermoon 4y ago
    I've never heard anyone use it myself, but then I've never tried to order the sandwich otherwise known as a sub in the parts of the country where that name is used.
- grogenaut 4y ago
  Wedge will get you a salad most places in the us. Hero might get you a gyro or ask for clarification. Grinders seem specities in much of the us.
  - wcarron 4y ago
    A 'hero' is just a gyro with bastardized spelling.
    - mc32 4y ago
      The terms are unrelated [a sandwich named hero predates the appearance of the Greek item]; though they may sound the same depending on how they are pronounced. A hero is just a submarine sandwich by another name. A gyro is a pita-wrap --mostly pronounced like the 'gyro' in gyroscope but also like /yirou/ or /hirou/
    - grogenaut 4y ago
      I have seen Heroes that are much more like hoagies and I am seeing Heroes like the Greek rap depending on where you are in the countrymy point overall is there doesn't seem to be definitive things or just a lot of regional uses and spellings of these differentfood types by region so if you're cleaning that there's only one it probably means you haven't traveled enough
licebmi__at__ 4y ago
Weird, I always have seen them in my nearest Rewe advertised as “Berliner”. Never thought it was a problem in other stores.
saalweachter 4y ago
Has anyone made a map, like they do for eg soda/pop in the US?

cratermoon 4y ago

Try buying a hogie, sub, hero, Italian, grinder, wedge, or spuckie in the US.

nkozyra 4y ago
Ich bin ein Hoagie
soiler 4y ago
For all its faults, we can thank Subway for partially solving this problem.
throwanem 4y ago
Spuckie?
- superhuzza 4y ago
  Apparently from spucadella, an italian-american word for a type of bread.
- cratermoon 4y ago
  I've never heard anyone use it myself, but then I've never tried to order the sandwich otherwise known as a sub in the parts of the country where that name is used.
grogenaut 4y ago
Wedge will get you a salad most places in the us. Hero might get you a gyro or ask for clarification. Grinders seem specities in much of the us.
- wcarron 4y ago
  A 'hero' is just a gyro with bastardized spelling.
  - mc32 4y ago
    The terms are unrelated [a sandwich named hero predates the appearance of the Greek item]; though they may sound the same depending on how they are pronounced. A hero is just a submarine sandwich by another name. A gyro is a pita-wrap --mostly pronounced like the 'gyro' in gyroscope but also like /yirou/ or /hirou/
  - grogenaut 4y ago
    I have seen Heroes that are much more like hoagies and I am seeing Heroes like the Greek rap depending on where you are in the countrymy point overall is there doesn't seem to be definitive things or just a lot of regional uses and spellings of these differentfood types by region so if you're cleaning that there's only one it probably means you haven't traveled enough

licebmi__at__ 4y ago

Weird, I always have seen them in my nearest Rewe advertised as “Berliner”. Never thought it was a problem in other stores.

saalweachter 4y ago

Has anyone made a map, like they do for eg soda/pop in the US?