Learn German German Listening Comprehension The Sunday Market

Okay the recording is running Hello everyone Welcome back to The Pass I'm at the weekly market in Dresden It's noisy it's crowded and it's It's very hot today Today I'm buying food I need ingredients for my new restaurant in Leipzig I'm looking for special vegetables and Oh no not her Paul Hello Mom What are you doing here What do you mean I'm doing the shopping I'm cooking tonight for a lot of people Put your phone away You look like a tourist I'm not a tourist Mama I'm working I'm filming a video for my restaurant People want to see the food Can you see the food You're in the way Please move to the side Take a look at these peppers They're excellent—very firm and fresh Those ones there Mom these are just regular bell peppers Come here look at these ones They're crooked They look funny That's their character Character I don't want funny peppers Paul I just want to chop them up You young chefs you love ugly vegetables It's not ugly Mama That's straight from the field to the plate Oh please straight from the field to the plate All our food comes from the fields—where else could it possibly come from It means we know the farmer It's personal I know the farmer That's Uwe He's standing right there Hello Uwe You see he waved at me I've been buying vegetables from Uwe for twenty years We don't talk about going from field to plate We simply call it cooking But people want a story Mama Look at these tomatoes— those dark ones Look at the color I'm serving them raw Just the tomato and a little salt They're too soft Paul Can't you feel it That'll turn to mush later I need these red tomatoes they're strong and make a great sauce The red ones are boring They have no flavor They're cheap and never go bad You charge twenty euros for a tomato salad My customers want a big hot stew No chemistry lesson here This isn't chemistry It's respect I teach this to my young colleagues Taste begins in the soil You teach them to be It's complicated A real chef takes ordinary vegetables and makes them delicious You need the perfect tomato Maybe you can't cook Okay that hurts Let's change the subject Let's talk about cabbage Good I need savoy cabbage and kale I see the kale I'd like this dark kale I'll drizzle it with lemon oil and serve it raw Roh Kale is very tough Paul You have to cook it You need heat You need time Fry it with bacon See that's the old-fashioned way Cook it until it's grey What Not grey Tender That's delicious And the juice at the bottom of the pot— that's the best part It tastes great yes But it's heavy My friends and I we want it crisp Expand your vocabulary with our Core 2000 Words eBook It's free and packed with essential phrases you'll use every day Start building your vocabulary today Click the link in the description to download your free German e-book before it's gone We want bright colors I'll cook it for 30 seconds in the pan Done Then your customers chew on a leaf for 10 minutes Look I get it You want to take a nice photo It's not just about the photo Mama It's about the The soul of food It's simply making people full You make everything complicated my son Just like your mother You brought your helmet Are you here by bike Of course Parking is terrible And I'm exhausted from sports I talk to people all day long It's tiring You're tiring me out too I'm just helping I'm a teacher Look at this root Celery root An ugly thing It tastes okay as mash Mash No no I'm baking it with salt Then I'll slice it very thin It's for a vegetable platter A vegetable platter Just say salad Paul That's marketing Mom You've got to sell the idea I'm selling the steak Speaking of steak are you coming to the meat stand Yes I need to ask about the beef Watch the freshness I need two kilograms of beef for the meatloaf Meatloaf Mom it's July It's really hot People are still hungry in July Paul Not everyone wants foam This isn't foam—it's sauce Okay one question About your meatloaf—how do you make it I use meat with fat in it Without fat it turns out dry And I'll have old bread with milk Bread and milk See This is a French technique It's my grandmother's method That's the same thing I'm telling you From field to plate is just Grandma's kitchen Then why is your food so expensive Good quality costs money Uwe needs money I'll pay Uwe in cash I don't need a website for carrots You're impossible Typical Virgin Everything has to go your way And you're a Leo—just all show Look at me Look at my purple carrot It's a nice carrot It tastes like a carrot Come on let's get peaches Okay peaches are good Do you smell it They smell like flowers This smells like summer Yes and now you're making foam out of it Or shall we bake a cake I'd like to grill them Grilled peaches with cheese That sounds good Salty and sweet Wait did you just say you like my idea Don't get so worked up It's just cheese and fruit That's simple I'll take the compliment Hey are you cooking for Dad tomorrow Yes Sunday dinner Are you coming Or do you have too much work I always have time for free food What are we eating Now I've had the meatloaf but I saw some lovely fish Fish from the region That's good for nature I just love the taste Paul Can I come earlier I'll cook the fish you handle the vegetables Don't bring your tweezers into my kitchen No tweezers I promise Just a pan and fire The skin has to be crispy If you burn the skin I'll order pizza Deal But let me buy the tomatoes The ugly ones Why Since I'm making tomato juice for the fish we're squeezing out the ugly tomatoes The clear juice tastes delicious Tomato juice You're actually paying for juice This is flavor Mama This is the soul of the tomato You know what Fine go ahead and make your juice I'll make mashed potatoes Potato mash and fish That's a great dinner See I can cook I know You taught me Even if you're stubborn I'm not stubborn—I'm consistent and that's a difference Okay consistent Wait look at the mushrooms Paul let's go No look These mushrooms are great They're good for the soil I often cook mushrooms they taste earthy in a good way I want to turn them into a powder and then sprinkle the powder on the fish Pulver You want to feed Papa Staub to eat That's a spice It enhances the flavor Salt and pepper enhance the meal—why make it complicated It's just boring I need to try something new My friends want to try something new too A grilled mushroom is boring but mushroom powder That’s when people say wow And that’s exactly the problem You cook for the eyes In my restaurant people eat They wipe their mouths and say wow that was good That's the only review that matters to me Okay I understand that But can we do both Can it beautiful and delicious Only when you respect the food I know You're the boss The boss of everything That's right Now buy the mushrooms Whole mushrooms No powder Alright Whole mushrooms Shall we pan-fry them in butter With butter and a touch of thyme Alright that sounds delicious Now help me carry these Take the bags or I'll hit you with this zucchini Violence isn't the answer—but sometimes in the kitchen it's the only solution You're scaring me Mama Did I not raise you properly or what That was tough work You were extremely difficult during meals I hate peas—they’re so mushy Because they were from the can Fresh peas are good Oh no not peas again Well now everything's fine I run my own restaurants I'm proud of you Paul—even with your weird hair The hair is cool It looks like the barber never finished Okay okay Let's go home The ice cream's melting Turn off the recording Understood I'm wrapping up Now we're cooking What should we call it Let's call it dinner Modern traditional fusion dinner Just grab the bag Paul It's fine it's fine Later the kitchen was chaos Mama was using her old heavy pans while I was wielding my new sharp knives We're so different For her food is love for me it's art But the fish was ready It lay beside her mashed potatoes It worked It was delicious We didn't talk—we just ate Sometimes a good dinner solves all problems And she said the tomato juice wasn't terrible I'm glad Tune in next week and I'll explain fermentation to her She thinks it's just spoiled food Paul is the dirty dishes still in the sink They need to soak Come over here right away and clean up