What Are The Cultural Differences Between America And Germany

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There are many cultural differences between America and Germany. In everything we do Germany might do different. Even in food they do it differently sometimes. For us the original American hotdog is the Bratwurst for Germany. The differences between the two is that in America it’s a small weenie with a bun about the same size of it. In Germany the Bratwurst can be a normal sausage or a long and skinny sausage. It is typically served in a small hard bun. In my opinion behind the reasoning of the small bun n large sausage from germany is that they wanted to be original and unique.

We have Burgers here in America and in Germany it is the Doner Kebab although they also have normal American burgers. In America it is usually served in between two

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