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Penthesilea:
I googled it: Sonja was right, krumkake is indeed Norwegian. :)
krum (Norwegian) is indeed the same word as krumm (German). Both come from Middle Low German.
Krumkake = curved cake.
I just see in preview that K posted.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: crayonlicious on January 02, 2011, 02:21:22 pm ---I knew I was on rather thin ice, describing what I thought was a Swedish food in the presence of actual Swedes.
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The things you learn on BetterMostm, eh? ;D
I love that we're such an inhomogeneous bunch. There's always someone you can ask. :)
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on January 02, 2011, 02:02:16 pm ---
Did it look a bit like this?
It's called Schillerlocken in German (=Schiller's locks) - but don't ask me why, I have no idea. :laugh:
And they are winded. You take a narrow, long piece of dough and wind it around a form.
Maybe this type of cake/cookies made its way from Germany via Norway (or the other way round) to the US. ;D
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Looks like Schiller's locks to me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 - May 9, 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist.
The other Schiller doesn't have any locks at all, it seems :laugh: :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiller_(band)
Schiller is the main project of Christopher von Deylen (born October 1970, in Visselhövede, Lower Saxony, Germany) , a German musician, composer and producer. He has won the ECHO-award (2002) for the Best Dance-Single of the Year.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on January 02, 2011, 02:35:23 pm ---
Looks like Schiller's locks to me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 - May 9, 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist.
The other Schiller doesn't have any locks at all, it seems :laugh: :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiller_(band)
Schiller is the main project of Christopher von Deylen (born October 1970, in Visselhövede, Lower Saxony, Germany) , a German musician, composer and producer. He has won the ECHO-award (2002) for the Best Dance-Single of the Year.
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Well, of course I've seen Schiller's locks before, and know the cake looks like them. But why was the pastry named after the poet?
Guess I go googling once more. ;D
To complicate things further, the word Schillerlocken is used for three different things in German: the pastry, a fish dish and of course the hairstyle. I had Schillerlocken (the hairdo) on the day of my confirmation (aaaages ago). :laugh:
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on January 02, 2011, 02:42:19 pm ---To complicate things further, the word Schillerlocken is used for three different things in German: the pastry, a fish dish and of course the hairstyle. I had Schillerlocken (the hairdo) on the day of my confirmation (aaaages ago). :laugh:
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Photos, please!!
:laugh:
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