Food on Fridays: Time to Celebrate
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In this week’s Food on Fridays post, it’s time to celebrate with some festival foods. For example, yesterday was Mutscheltag, “Mutschel Day“ in the nearby town of Reutlingen.
Category Archives: Doughnut Diaries
New Traditions
So, did you trot out any traditions with which to celebrate the start of the new year? Chris and I started out December 31, 2013 in London, where we had gone for a long weekend getaway between Christmas and New … Continue reading
Fond farewell to Fasnet foods
Fasnet is what they call the pre-Lent season (known as Carnival in the U.S.) in this part of Germany. Fasnet, a traditionally Catholic celebration, is actually not marked in a big way here in historically Protestant Tübingen, although there is … Continue reading
Little men
Quark is a type of soft cheese that isn’t very common in North America. It’s extremely popular here in Germany, though.
A Sweet Treat for Lent
Yesterday in passing I mentioned the idea that Berliner-style doughnuts pretty much disappear from the bakeries here in Germany — and also in the South Tirol region in Italy — during Lent. They made a brief comeback around St. Joseph’s … Continue reading
El Día del Padre
We’re back from Barcelona, but other commitments today have kept me from even attempting to sort my photos completely, so you’ll need to wait another day or so before the main tales from the journey commence. However, today is Father’s … Continue reading
When is a pretzel not a pretzel
… when it’s a doughnut.
Friday Follies
I’ve got a little of this and a little of that for today’s post. First up, the results from my test today.