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Steph_the_radish
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:29 am |
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Hi
I was wondering whether anyone can help me with a project I am doing at school.
My German teacher has asked us to research one of our hobbies and find out about any traditions/customs in Germany/Austria. I have chosen [blocked] but I am finding it a little difficult to find out about [blocked] traditions that there are in Germany/Austria - if any.
If anyone knows any useful information I would be VERY grateful!!!
Steph
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stephanie214
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:53 am |
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Try pming boonenati or sweet_as_tisse (Australia) and tuggy (Germany)...they are very nice and helpful.  |
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Steph_the_radish
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rhopar33
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:55 am |
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| Steph_the_radish wrote: | Hi
I was wondering whether anyone can help me with a project I am doing at school.
My German teacher has asked us to research one of our hobbies and find out about any traditions/customs in Germany/Austria. I have chosen [blocked] but I am finding it a little difficult to find out about [blocked] traditions that there are in Germany/Austria - if any.
If anyone knows any useful information I would be VERY grateful!!!
Steph
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My husband is half german so I'll aski him this evening. But he's a "he" and he might can't tell me much! |
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karensjustdessert
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:58 am |
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Stephanie 214,
LOL.Isn't Nati in Australia, not Austria? 
Steph was looking for Austria customs. |
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Steph_the_radish
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:01 am |
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thank you any help is very much appreciated |
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bobwonderbuns
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:13 am |
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Go to the library and look at the history of food (or check the internet) -- you'd be amazed at the amount of sugar history coming from Germany/Austria. Also check things like houseonthehill.net -- they sell the wooden cookie molds which are molded from originals in Germany, among other countries. One example I found on that site was a mold with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus on a journey and they knew it was a Protestant mold because the baby Jesus had the "sunbeams" (for lack of a better term) coming from his head, which is a protestant symbol.
Another thing you might do is find particular foods that you know are either German in origin or popular in Germany (for example Springerle, which is an anise flavored cookie impressed with specialized cookie molds. The Germans use a special carved rolling pin whereas the Swiss used individual molds.) Find out why they are popular and how they got to be there. Some of the sugar arts go all the way back to ancient Rome with the shipping lanes and the sugar trade, which is how certain ideas became part of certain cultures.
Sounds like you have a fun project ahead of you!!  |
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Steph_the_radish
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:34 am |
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thank you if anyone has any information - even if its just some really random thing that you know - i would be very very pleased if you would share it with me |
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Steph_the_radish
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:00 am |
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i have found out that gingerbread houses are very popular in germany does anyone have any recipes or pictures? |
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Steph_the_radish
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:13 am |
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any other stuff would also b very welcome *smile* |
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sweetflowers
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:21 am |
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My mother (full German) has a book on food from Germany which did have some gingerbread houses in it. Mostly what I saw when I was over there were the heart cookies, they didn't call it gingerbread though, but it was definitely a spiced thick hard cookies with royal icing decorations. I'll look for the book. |
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Steph_the_radish
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sweetflowers
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:23 am |
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Oh, also they use a lot of marzipan for their decorations. I saw girls at a booth making marzipan roses in the marketplace in Stuttgardt every Thursday. |
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tincanbaby
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I have a cookbook named "Heritage Cookbook".
German-Austrian Heritage blessed us with Viennese Pastries. Under such pastries are: the Sacher Torte which is a rich chocolate sponge cake glazed with jam and chocolate frosting.
the Dobos Torte is eight thin layers of sponge cake separated by chocolate buttercream filling.
the Linzer Torte is two shortbread-like layers filled with preserves.
Also known for Springerles, originally were served in celebration of the winter solstice known as Julfest, made in shapes of little horses, now made into rectangular molds or rolled with a specially carved rolling pin.
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stephanie214
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:39 pm |
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See what can happen when you read a post too fast and not double-check...plus I claim old age with fading eye-sight 
