It is Sunday and that means cake time. Many Germans have cake with their afternoon coffee on Sundays. They do drink coffee also during the week, often between 3 and 4:30pm, though it varies. They might not always eat cake with their coffee but maybe just a cookie or some fruit. But Sundays are different. […]
Category: German Food
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.
Studentenfutter mögen nicht nur Studenten*innen! Aber warum heißt die Mischung aus Nüssen und getrockneten Früchten überhaupt so? Und seit wann gibt es sie?
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Trail mix in German is Studentenfutter which means “students’ feed or fodder”. How did the mix of nuts and dried fruit get its name?
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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.
