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[-] JASN_DE@feddit.org 8 points 5 months ago

Be aware, they're "Wiener" sausages in Germany, but "Frankfurter" in Austria. Same product though.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Berliner: a jelly doughnut

Amerikaner: a kind of pastry

Not a food, but Pariser is another word for condom.

Edit: Note that many of these depend on the regional dialect. People in Berlin say Pfannkuchen instead of Berliner.

[-] Taiatari@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

But we all now that people in Berlin don't know that they are wrong about that one.

[-] JASN_DE@feddit.org 5 points 5 months ago

There are also Nürnberger, a small Bratwurst.

Also, a lot of breweries resp. their beers are either called like the city they're from, or shortened to it.

Examples would be Tegernseer Hell, Erdinger Dunkel, and so on. There are likely hundreds like that all over Germany.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The cinnamon roll, schnecke, is named after the town where the inventor's slimy ex-girlfriend lived.

[-] elmicha@feddit.org 3 points 5 months ago

Everybody repeated it already, but it's Schnecke (the first e is short), not Schneke (which doesn't exist, but the first e would be long).

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh whoops, fixed

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Why slimy? Where can I find this story?

[-] chobeat@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

it's bullshit. Schneke just means snail, because the pastry looks like a snail.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

schnecke is a really weird term of endearment

[-] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Brioche Parisienne is a pastry that was invented – you guessed it, of course – in Venice, Italy.
Spaghetti Bolognese is a dish that comes from – you knew this, I'm sure – Germany.
Jaffa Cookies, named after the Israeli port city, are obviously a British specialty.
And Russian Bread was naturally invented by Ferdinand Friedrich Wilhelm Hanke.

[-] elmicha@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Lyoner, a type of sausage.
Kasseler, a type of meat.

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