Did you ever ask yourself why the Bienenstich is called that? I asked myself that when I got stung by bees and realized that Bienenstich is a Teekesselchen (or homonym) but also wondered how this delicious cake got its name. The Bienenstich origin story comes from Andernach, a town by the Rhine, and is rich in details that can be neither proven nor disproven.
Author: Anika Rieper
Germerican (Schleswig-Holstein, Pennsylvania)
Master's in German Literature and Social Psychology
Avid Reader and Bookseller
German Teacher
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You always thought Kegel meant bowling pin, or maybe a cone, but going somewhere with child and a cone doesn’t sound right. In the following post, I’ll explain some German so called irreversible binomials.
Den Post gibt es auch auf Deutsch, “Mit Kind und Kegel geht’s drunter und drüber”.
I was watching one of my favorite German TV shows “Mord mit Aussicht” which is a crime comedy show set in the little village of Hengasch in the Eifel, a low mountain range in western Germany. Some episodes can be watched on youtube or in the mediathek of Das Erste. So while I was enjoying […]
Studentenfutter mögen nicht nur Studenten*innen! Aber warum heißt die Mischung aus Nüssen und getrockneten Früchten überhaupt so? Und seit wann gibt es sie?
Post auch auf Englisch.
Wenn jemand sagt, dass sie mit Kind und Kegel in den Urlaub fahren, heißt das normalerweise nicht, dass sie im Urlaub kegeln wollen. Aber woher kommt der Ausdruck und was bedeutet er?
For English, see “Mit Kind und Kegel and Kit and Kaboodle”.
Trail mix in German is Studentenfutter which means “students’ feed or fodder”. How did the mix of nuts and dried fruit get its name?
Post also available in German.
A delicious Schnitzel … is what exactly? And is a Wiener Schnitzel different from a Jägerschnitzel? How long has it been around? Continue reading to find out.
