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Tag Archives: 20th century
Bramble Jam in History
I am quite fond of bramble season and lucky to be living in a part of Germany that, whatever else it may lack in fruit and vegetables, is blessed with fine and ample berry harvests.Yesterday, I decided to check the … Continue reading
Rabbit Hole Two: U-Boat Cuisine
Just a quick note since nothing may come of this in the end: The Technik-Museum in Speyer has an actual submarine you can visit. It’s a type 205 West German U-Boot built in the late 1960s for patrolling the Baltic, … Continue reading
Continuity and Change in Sheet Cake
A few years ago, I first came across this recipe from the 1570 Low German print Koekerye for a flat buttered cake called Propheten Koke. 9 A prophets’ cakeTake eggs and white flour, make a dough of this, roll it … Continue reading
Rye Christmas cookies from 1947
A deviation from my routine – today is cookie baking day. Sweet rye flour cookies 300g rye flour, 150g butter, 200g sugar, salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon,, 1/2 egg or 2 tablespoons milk, 1/2 (packet of) baking powder, 1 egg for … Continue reading