How has it been a year since I made a post?? Anyhoo I‘m very much having a deja vu because yet again I have to write two papers in 3 weeks. Wish me luck
Help me make one thing clear, wie nennt ihr zu einer homogenen Masse verarbeitete kartoffeln?
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Voting ended onFeb 7, 2023
Hatte grad ein yelling Match über Kartoffeln und Obst und MUSS ES JETZT WISSEN. Schreibt auch gerne dazu was ihr gewählt habt und aus welcher Region ihr kommt!
not me having to write two 20 page papers within two weeks...
I’m currently trying to stay on top of everything while also trying not to overwork myself. I’m also completely running on diet coke (to stay awake) and chocolate (to stay sane) by now which is not healthy for me... But after this I will finally have a 2 week break before starting my thesis! Very exciting times :)
Hey @noerttiprinsessa I’m your @langblrsecretsanta this year :D
I was told you like cooking and baking so I looked for some christmas recipes in your target languages! (Except for Finnish because I don’t speak a word of it, please forgive me qwq)
This is probably the best thing the Netherlands have ever come up with! Pepernoten! (I actually mean Kruidnoten but everyone calls them pepernoten) They are made of speculaas and are very popular for Sinterklaas (I’m kind of addicted to them).
Ingrediënten
250 gr zelfrijzend bakmeel
125 gr donkere basterdsuiker
4 theelepels koek en speculaaskruiden
snufje zout
100 gr koude boter
90 ml melk
Bereiding
Verwarm de oven op 170 graden. Roer het bakmeel, basterdsuiker, speculaaskruiden en een snufje zout door elkaar in een kom. Voeg de koude boter en de melk toe en kneed tot een stevige bal. Kneed niet te lang, want het deeg mag niet te warm worden.
Bekleed een bakplaat met een stuk bakpapier. Draai balletjes (ongeveer 70) van het deeg en leg ze op de bakplaat. Je hoeft ze niet plat te gaan drukken want dat gaat vanzelf in de oven.
Zet de pepernoten ongeveer 25 min in de oven. Als ze uit de oven komen zullen ze nog wat zacht aanvoelen maar als ze afgekoeld zijn dan worden ze knapperig
Words:
Dutch ~ English ~ German
baserdszuiker ~ brown sugar ~ brauner Zucker
snufje ~ pinch ~ Prise (can we agree that this is officially the cutest dutch word in existance)
kom ~ bowl ~ Schüssel
stevig ~ firm ~ fest
het deeg ~ the dough ~ DER Teig (the Dutch use the neuter article here!)
knapperig ~ crispy ~ knusprig
zelfrijzend bakmeel: self-rising what now??? You might be wondering what this is. Zelfrijzend bakmeel is something that you can’t get in most countries. In the Netherlands it’s very common to find flour in the supermarket that has already added yeast or baking powder. That way you don’t need to add anything to it and can immediately use it for baking. You can easily make it yourself! For 500gr of flour you should add one bag of baking powder (15gr). So for this recipe, all you need is half a bag for 250gr. :)
Special tip from me: Try covering your pepernoten in chocolate! Trust me you won’t regret it :))))
Now on to Norwegian! (I apologize if I misspelled anything, I only speak Swedish xD)
In Norway it’s very popular to bake ‘Lussekatter’ for the Lucia festival which is celebrated on the 13th of december in all of Scandinavia! It’s the festival of light and there is a big ceremony with lots of singing! :)
Ingredienser
Antall stykker: 20
150gr smør
5dl (500ml) melk
50gr gjær
1gr safran
150gr sukker
1/2 ts salt
2 ts kardemomme
13dl (~780gr) hvetemel
For pensling og pynt:
1stk sammenvispet ägg
1dl (~60gr) rosiner
Slik gjør du det:
Smelt smør og tilsett melk. Ha i safran og sett til side. Smuldre gjær i en bakebolle og rør ut i litt av den lunkne melkeblandingen. Bland i resten av væsken.
Rør i mel, kardemomme, salt og sukker. Bruk en kjøkkenmaskin med eltekrok om du har det. La deigen heve under et klede eller plast på et lunt sted til den er dobbel størrelse, ca. 30 minutter.
Strø litt mel på bordet, elt deigen godt. Del deigen i biter og trill dem til lange fingertykke pølser. Del i ca. 20 biter. Form ulike lussekatter, bare fantasien setter grenser.
Legg de ferdig formede lussekattene på stekeplate med bakepapir, og la dem heve under et klede eller plast på et lunt sted i minst 15 minutter. Sett stekeovnen på 250 °C.
Pensle lussekatter med sammenvispet egg og pynt med rosiner. Stek midt i ovnen i 5 - 8 minutter til de blir gylne. La dem avkjøles litt på rist før servering. De smaker aller best litt lunkne.
Words
Norwegian ~ English ~ German
gjær ~ yeast ~ Hefe
hvetemel ~ wheat flour ~ Weizenmehl
å smuldre ~ to crumble ~ bröseln/bröckeln
bakebolle ~ baking bowl (??) ~ Rührschüssel
lunken (lunkne) ~ lukewarm ~ lauwarm
væsken ~ liquid ~ Flüssigkeit
eltekrok ~ (you know the thing that electrically kneads your dough) ~ Knethaken
å heve ~ (for dough) to rise) ~ gehen (Teig)
å elte ~ to knead/form ~ kneten
rist ~ grill/grillage ~ Rost
You might have noticed that some ingredients are given in decilitres (dl)! That is because in Scandinavia it is very common to have one of these things at home:
These little spoons make it very easy to measure ingredients in decilitres because you just need to take a decilitre spoonful of it. However because in the rest of the world this isn’t very common, I provided the amount in grams or millilitres :)
I hope you have fun baking and I wish you a very happy Christmas :)
Hi @panneband! I’m your Secret Santa this year :D I’ve never studied any of your target languages, so please forgive me that this post is more about culture than languages themselves… You said that you loved tea - so do I! Therefore I thought I’d make a post about some tea habits in countries that you’re interested in :) I hope you’ll enjoy it ^^
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☕ South Korea
tea (drink made from the leaves of tea plant) - 차 (cha, hanja 車)
Korea has a long-standing and rich tradition of drinking tea. You can read about the history of Korean Tea Ceremony (darye, 茶禮) or just watch the video of the ceremony performed by tea master Yeonok Kim:
You can also check these 10 recipes for “strange” Korean teas :) (and maybe later try them out? :))
☕ Russia
tea (drink made from the leaves of tea plant) - чай (čaj) m. inanimate
I found this informative video about the history of tea and tea drinking habits in Russia :)
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Now, in every North Germanic language, tea (a drink) translates to: te :)
☕ Denmark
I couldn’t find much information about Danish habits concerning tea, beside the fact that generally people in Denmark prefer green tea (source). However, there is the Danish Tea Association and they have a youtube channel, which I think is worth checking out if you understand Danish :)
☕ The Faroe Islands
Again, I didn’t find much information about tea-related habits on the Faroe Islands, but you can read about Faroese food in general and about the heimablídni, which translates as home hospitality, and it’s a possibility of a dining experience in people’s homes! When reading the menus offered by the families which participate in heimablídni, I noticed that some of them offer tea after dinner, or even more specifically, tea with milk :)
☕ Sweden
Coffee is much more popular in Sweden than tea, but you can read about Swedish tea culture in this blog article.
There is also the Söder tea - a Swedish blend of tea made from black tea, tropical fruits and flowers, invented in 1979, and apparently still popular, not only in Sweden.
Regarding a somewhat more unique approach - I found an interesting recipe (and a beautiful video) from Jonna Jinton:
☕ Norway
Nope. No tea, only coffee ;-) Obviously, there are tea shops in Norway and people who drink tea, but from what I’ve read, it’s the coffee that’s The Thing there. You can read an interesting article about the coffee culture in Norway here.
☕ Iceland
Again, from what I gathered, there is no tea drinking culture in Iceland. However, you can read an article about a special tea exhibition/experience which was held in Reykjavik in 2014.
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So this is it! I hope you found something interesting to you in this post :) I wish you Happy Holidays with lots of tea, chocolate, and everything else that you love :)
It is about 660 pages long and I read it completely in Swedish (the original is Norwegian), and it took me a bit over a month to finish! I‘m proud of myself :)
I really liked the story and the world which was all based on norse mythology. Very interesting and I’m happy that I was able to immerse myself in this world even though I read it in my fourth language. I’m excited for the sequels :D
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