english – français – deutsch Carnivals Shrove Tuesday is almost upon us and as every good Austrian knows, Carnival is Krapfen time!This, in the past, was because lent was much stricter than it is nowadays and people needed to eat heartily to keep up their reserves during the 40 days of lent. In the 18th […]
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In my hometown Hamburg we eat those at New Year’s Eve, and one of them will be filled with sennep … we call them “Berliner”, I haven’t the slightest clue why.
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