What are some practices or objects that you've seen in other countries that you've applied to your personal life in America?

I happily have a bidet! Poop goes in poop zone at home. I'm fine with just showering when traveling in paces that so not care about water conservation or cleanliness though

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alliquay@reddit

Furoshiki, instead of gift wrap, tote bags, or lunch boxes.

Silk ribbons instead of elastic for securing braids, and hair sticks or french pins to secure a bun.

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NoCard753@reddit

Various British accents — my partner and I both, quite often. Comes mostly from Monty Python and Suzy Eddie Izzard.

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AnswerMyThrowAways@reddit

I have the same halfish accent because of Keeping Up Appearances etc.

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Korea got me using stainless steel dishes and utensils for everything. I love it. Super durable, don’t absorb smells or stains, easy to clean. I look like I’m eating in a Korean high school cafeteria everyday lol

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AnswerMyThrowAways@reddit

How about the kitchen shears! Siccors forever

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Street_Breadfruit382@reddit

Sauna “culture.” It’s more than having seen it, it’s how I grew up, but it’s something that stands out as different outside of my home state of Minnesota or more accurately “the north woods” of the u.s.

I know tons of people that have saunas, many of them are over 50 yrs old. The saunas I mean, okay some of the people too. I’m currently saving up for one because I refuse to live any more of my life (in California) without one. It’s the only place I can truly meditate. It’s weirdly important to me. Lol, and I wish I could share it with others, but nobody else I know is into it at all… and those that do are bottom benchers. Eh. So I’ll do it solo. I enjoy the quiet anyway.

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PrimaryHighlight5617@reddit

Chopsticks are the ultimate cooking tool. You need to get the long ones made for cooking with.

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AnswerMyThrowAways@reddit

I use in this order knife, chopsticks, spoon, tongs, and a spatula

Everything else is dumb.

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Significant-Track797@reddit

Two duvets. Thank you Sweden for that one.

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murdermeMickey@reddit

Can you explain this?

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Significant-Track797@reddit

My partner and I each have our own duvet to sleep at night. Apparently it’s common practice in Scandinavian countries.

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Neat_Shallot_606@reddit

Or just blankets and top sheets.

My hubby likes top sheet and blanket. I like duvets. It has worked beautifully.

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Sudden_Bid_1776@reddit

I'm still trying to convince my partner to do this😭

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Neat_Shallot_606@reddit

Just do it. It will take them forever to figure it out especially if they are the same color.

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Coldfyre_Dusty@reddit

Drinking hot water. Spent a few weeks in Hong Kong and they drink hot water with every meal, supposedly good for digestion. If I am out an about, I'll have a water bottle of cold or room temp water, but with a meal I like to heat up some water. My wife thinks I'm crazy.

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SevereAnimator5@reddit

On a 95 degree day with suffocating humidity. No thank you

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Coldfyre_Dusty@reddit

Ever been to Hong Kong? 95 degrees and suffocating humidity is pretty standard XD

But yeah I get it. I'm gonna enjoy it if I'm in a nice air conditioned environment, but not like I'm drinking steaming hot water on the porch in the middle of summer.

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AnswerMyThrowAways@reddit

I love hot water! It's just nice.

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AnswerMyThrowAways@reddit

It's not uncommon in the USA, but shoes off inside always, even for guests, is still seen as a whole 'deal'

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National-Pressure202@reddit

I’m a shoes off household, in the US…. But I’m also a germaphobe…. So…. there’s that

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AnswerMyThrowAways@reddit

I'm not at all, but outside has poop and gross goo. I am happy to play in dirt and can even clean up grossness, but that's never coming into my home! Shoes OFF. "Oh I'm an office worker-" is the subway your office? Is the lawn that does piss on your office? Nooo????

Shoes. Off.

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chesydn@reddit

i’m as far from a germaphobe as you can get, and shoes off in the house and washing my feet before bed are non-negotiables.

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Sudden_Bid_1776@reddit

Rice with breakfast is great, love simple eggs and rice

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C21H27Cl3N2O3@reddit

Salting rice is great too. Salted riceballs are a staple in Japan. I grew up eating rice with butter, but salting it gives me the same flavor and satisfaction as adding butter but is much healthier. A bowl of salted rice with some eggs on top is an A+ meal, whether it’s for breakfast or because I’m exhausted after work and want something that is simple to cook. Occasionally I’ll add rice seasoning, soy sauce, black beans, or whatever I have on hand to enhance the flavor or nutrition of the rice.

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