Oh Marta.... another great video on wonderful, delicious German food! I have to make a trip to Germany during the Carnival time to conduct a "doughnut tour". A rum-glazed doughnut sounds utterly, insanely incredible! I can't help myself; I'm just a chowhound.
Hahaha! You are not the only chowhound here :) Autumn is great time to come, there is young wine available, wild dishes, doughnuts, and some restaurants offer already Christmas style duck and goose. I hope that I just gave you enough reasons to come to Germany :)
We love our doughnuts here in South Australia. We still call many of them as Berliners. I like the custard cream filled ones. Sometimes we get hot jam ones which are very good too. I haven't had mustard ones though
Hallo Servus! Who could possibly choose the favorite from this list? They are ALL wonderful! Thank you, Marta for this delicious episode! Tschuss! Sorry no umlaut on my keyboard!
I'm from South Africa (Durban). I am a Home Industry baker and I love your videos. Thank you so much for all your research and information. You are terrific!!!
As a teenager, I studied baking in a vocational school. My instructor was a German baker from Bonn. Needless to say most of my skills are German pastries. We made alot of doughnuts but I never knew about this tradition. Usually we focused on Faustnut day in February just before Lent started.
That is also something I am familiar with. Faust Nut would be another day for eating doughnuts here in Germany, as the Doughnut season ends on Ash Wednesday. btw. I wish to know how to bake German pastries 😍well done!
It’s a tradition that came from Central Europe after the religious not eating food I’m not a expert of that tradition but it’s a celebration after it called fastnacht
Meine mutti und meine oma hatten ein apfel pfanne donut gemacht, das war sehr lecker. The apples were from the "Garten" mein Opa's allotment and cooked and preserved in kellner jars by Oma. I remember them so well, a taste of summer in late Herbst? Please excuse my poor German spelling, I speak and read it very well but I was never formally taught German Grammar and writing, especially umlauts. Even now I only know er/sie/es from how I speak German. Thank you Marta, your videos remind me of my German roots. -Mischling
Oh, those are wonderful memories. And I am glad that you still can unterstand and read German. My English spelling is probably not better 😂 but I also decided to work on this next year. The community is growing and my English is not getting better 🙈 and I really think that reading and watching videos doesn't help any more.
Donut numbers 1, 2, 5 & 8 are the ones that I am familiar of, have tasted and enjoy eating. Donut and mustard? Is the mustard at least honey mustard kind? My favorite American carnival food is corn dogs. My favorite Filipino (Northern area) carnival foods are hotcakes and Ilocos Empanada (the orange colored ones with egg, bean sprouts, green papaya and longanissa - our version of sausage inside).
Oh so I still showed you something you didn't know:) The mustard donut is made only for NYE, i guess the people from Berlin just want to make fun of each other at NYE Party. Both of you Carnival foods look delicious! What would you eat the hotcakes with?
@@cooking-the-world yes you have :) Ohhh I can see that happening on NYE haha! The hotcakes are eaten as is. It’s smaller than American pancake size. You just fold it half and the margarine and sugar topping gets smeared :)
We do not have carnival here in the western USA. The only thing close would be our Yule Log hunt in the forest in early December. I think only three towns in America hold this event. After the log is found we go back to the town hall for a drink called Wassail. Those doughnuts looked so tasty . Better than the ones we have here.
Interesting, thats a celebration I have never heard of. Thanks for sharing! I also prefer the German doughnuts than the American Dunkin’ Donuts or Crispy Kreme.
Btw, a continuation of your history note, Portuguese Malasadas have been around since about 1427, and are thought to have been around before that during Muslim occupancy of the region (Moors). There also, they are a pre-Lent specialty. Most likely they appeared in northern Germany because of its shipping industry some time thereafter. And yes, I agree with you Marta, kreppel are extremely popular in Germany. It took me over 40 years of eating them before I learned they weren't German. I was shocked. For me they are as German as bratwurst. (Ps. Your favorite of vanilla or custard is my favorite too.) 😁 My favorite carnival food is actually Schaslick.
I'm sure you've had Shashlik at an Imbissbude before. For me, our carnival club always cooked it at not only the parade, but also at dances they hosted. That's why I associate it with carnival time. They had a huge griddle like cooker where they'd slow cook it in the sauce. I'm sure there's plenty of variations on how to make it. At home I usually used a mix of pork & beef. But, this online recipe uses only pork (most likely the most common). Some of the recipes I found were quite spicy. This one is more of the traditional one I'm use to: alltastesgerman.com/german-recipes/german-pork-shashlik/ Ps. Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt has for sure. I've had it there. 😁😎 (The German is a variation of Shashlyk and originates from the Caucasus and Central Asia.)
That's right. Although I can see and taste the difference between the Polish paczki and the German doughnuts, but that's probably because I grew up eating both:)
You can find them all over the world in similar form. In Hawaii they're even more popular than they are in Germany. Even though Hawaii is smaller than Germany, I'd say Hawaii eats more of them. There they call them Portuguese Malasadas.
Franke hier, rose hip filling with powedered sugar on top is really the only way to go! Or as my mom says "the only real Krapfen" "anything else isn't worth buying". Also calling Krapfen doughnuts or donuts has to be the weirdest thing and translation ever! If you ask for a donut or doughnut here you'll get the ones with a hole in the middle. A Krapfen is a bun shaped pastry with filling in the middle.
Hahahahha! I like your mothers thinking. Although I couldn’t find the rose hip one in Frankfurt. The fillings seem to be very regional here in Germany. I would say that Frankfurt loves the raspberry and current filling the most, as ist the most sold. Or the one without filling at all.
Meine liebsten sind die mit Pflaumenmus. Leider findet man sie selten außerhalb von Frankfurt. BTW, im Saarland heißen die Kreppel "Faasekiechelcher" (Fastnachtsküchlein).
When I was a kid I remember hearing about JFK making an amusing faux pas, when on a visit to the then territory of East Berlin, he said to the German people, "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
Wait, wait. Is that actual jam inside made with actual fruit!? I have never liked jam donuts here because they're filled with vaguely fruit flavored slime in bright colors. They would be good with true jam!
JFK 1963 in Berlin his great speech: "I am a Doughnut!" Love "Apfelberliner" Apple Pieces Raisins Sugar and Cinnamon yummie Fun Fact a Bakery in Misbach Bavaria sells Berliner with Leberkäs and Mustard www.nw.de/nachrichten/thema/22373997_Dieser-Baecker-verkauft-jetzt-Berliner-mit-Fleischkaese.html Real Taste of Germany 😂
OK, American Humor Alert: If doughnuts could talk (and even give important, historicaL speeches), some of these doughnuts would say, "Ich bin ein Berliner! Wir sind alles Berliners!" while others might say, "Ich bin kein Berliner. Ich bin ein Bismarck! Ich fahre nach North Dakota. Ich habe das North Dakotan Lande sehr gern, denn North Dakota hat vieles Bismarck darin." (Please pardon my lousy, school-girl German. My high school German teacher told jokes and taught us songs, and of course I learned a snippet of Schiller from singing Beethoven's Ninth in choir, but like Snoopy flying on his doghouse as the World War I pilot, trying to memorize which German prepositions use either the dative, the accusative, or the ablative declension (aus-auser-bei-mitt-nach-seit-von-zu, u.s.w.), I would have to surrender the victory to that complex and interesting language). Still, I've got to learn to make Berliners, so that I can fix a plateful to share with my friends who are fans of President Kennedy....
@@catyhell724 I think someone probably told JFK that yes, Germans do tend to eat the jelly doughnuts called Berliners. So that it might cause a misunderstanding to claim, "Ich bin ein Berliner." However, I am guessing that President Kennedy was not told this until after he gave his speech in support of the city of West Berlin standing firm against Communism. My guess is that President Kennedy's advisors wanted to channel that popular hunger in the crowd for doughnuts into support for the American President and his international policies, and a "hunger" for freedom.... And when we are truly free, we get to select whatever kind of doughnut we like: jelly filled, Nutella, chocolate, vanilla-creme filled, lemon u.s.w. Long live Freedom and Doughnuts!
@@alindley3128 na I think you miss understand me we have pastry which called amerikaner that's why i said this 😂 I think you call them black white cookies . They are orginal german Jewish but were banned in nazi time it was forbidden to make them. after the war usa soldiers took them back to Germany. Thats the reason why they are called Amerikaner they also resprest the diversity of the soldiers. The toping was white and black or colorful between those to colors. 😁
@@catyhell724 Oh, you're right, I've never heard of those cookies before. They sound yummy! I'll have to look for them and try them! Thank you for telling me about them and their place in history.
What is your carnival food?:)
Whole roast pig and long life noodles!
Its not carnival food. Krapfen Are very different from Berliner. And Krapfen are Karneval food.
I love this series! Looking forward to the next!
I love doughnuts, all of them. Never had a mustard doughnut. Enjoy carnival and Christmas!
That's only NYE tradition :) nothing that is sold on regular basis.
Oh Marta.... another great video on wonderful, delicious German food! I have to make a trip to Germany during the Carnival time to conduct a "doughnut tour". A rum-glazed doughnut sounds utterly, insanely incredible! I can't help myself; I'm just a chowhound.
Hahaha! You are not the only chowhound here :) Autumn is great time to come, there is young wine available, wild dishes, doughnuts, and some restaurants offer already Christmas style duck and goose. I hope that I just gave you enough reasons to come to Germany :)
We love our doughnuts here in South Australia. We still call many of them as Berliners. I like the custard cream filled ones. Sometimes we get hot jam ones which are very good too. I haven't had mustard ones though
Hallo Servus! Who could possibly choose the favorite from this list? They are ALL wonderful! Thank you, Marta for this delicious episode! Tschuss! Sorry no umlaut on my keyboard!
All good Mad Scientist:) I am very glad you enjoyed it, and you are right.. in the end I ate and enjoyed them all 🙈😂
I see what you mean! It would be like trying to choosing a particular star out of the Milky Way!
Ohh my goodness, those donuts look so soft and delicious
Hahahahha! I know. Shame that the season is over...
I'm from South Africa (Durban). I am a Home Industry baker and I love your videos. Thank you so much for all your research and information. You are terrific!!!
Thanks Liz! And what are you baking there in South Africa?:)
I love all doughnuts! Thanks for the video Marta, be well during carnival
Thank you, and you too. We are staying safe here and celebrating at home. Well, what else can we do. Just make the most of it, I guess!
Never been a fan of doughnuts but I think you changed my mind.
Hahahaha Dave, doughnuts can taste so differently! I would say, you should give it a go, especially when travelling though Germany.
As a teenager, I studied baking in a vocational school. My instructor was a German baker from Bonn. Needless to say most of my skills are German pastries. We made alot of doughnuts but I never knew about this tradition. Usually we focused on Faustnut day in February just before Lent started.
Jane, my mom always made doughnuts on Faustnut day in February. Only once a year .They were so good.
That is also something I am familiar with. Faust Nut would be another day for eating doughnuts here in Germany, as the Doughnut season ends on Ash Wednesday. btw. I wish to know how to bake German pastries 😍well done!
Fastnacht
It’s a tradition that came from Central Europe after the religious not eating food I’m not a expert of that tradition but it’s a celebration after it called fastnacht
Also I’m from Switzerland so I see it every February it starts at 4 am so no sleep that night
Meine mutti und meine oma hatten ein apfel pfanne donut gemacht, das war sehr lecker. The apples were from the "Garten" mein Opa's allotment and cooked and preserved in kellner jars by Oma. I remember them so well, a taste of summer in late Herbst? Please excuse my poor German spelling, I speak and read it very well but I was never formally taught German Grammar and writing, especially umlauts. Even now I only know er/sie/es from how I speak German. Thank you Marta, your videos remind me of my German roots. -Mischling
Oh, those are wonderful memories. And I am glad that you still can unterstand and read German. My English spelling is probably not better 😂 but I also decided to work on this next year. The community is growing and my English is not getting better 🙈 and I really think that reading and watching videos doesn't help any more.
now I want doughnuts - and more coffee.....
Love it
Thanks Kristine
Donut numbers 1, 2, 5 & 8 are the ones that I am familiar of, have tasted and enjoy eating. Donut and mustard? Is the mustard at least honey mustard kind? My favorite American carnival food is corn dogs. My favorite Filipino (Northern area) carnival foods are hotcakes and Ilocos Empanada (the orange colored ones with egg, bean sprouts, green papaya and longanissa - our version of sausage inside).
Oh so I still showed you something you didn't know:) The mustard donut is made only for NYE, i guess the people from Berlin just want to make fun of each other at NYE Party. Both of you Carnival foods look delicious! What would you eat the hotcakes with?
@@cooking-the-world yes you have :) Ohhh I can see that happening on NYE haha! The hotcakes are eaten as is. It’s smaller than American pancake size. You just fold it half and the margarine and sugar topping gets smeared :)
Delicious and simple - I love it 😍
We do not have carnival here in the western USA. The only thing close would be our Yule Log hunt in the forest in early December. I think only three towns in America hold this event. After the log is found we go back to the town hall for a drink called Wassail.
Those doughnuts looked so tasty . Better than the ones we have here.
Interesting, thats a celebration I have never heard of. Thanks for sharing! I also prefer the German doughnuts than the American Dunkin’ Donuts or Crispy Kreme.
@@cooking-the-world Yes I agree with you, especially Crispy Kreme. Way over rated.
If you wish to know more about the Yule Log hunt just Google " Palmer Lake Yule Log Hunt"
Have a good week !
Yeah, I actually did google it, thank you.
Btw, a continuation of your history note, Portuguese Malasadas have been around since about 1427, and are thought to have been around before that during Muslim occupancy of the region (Moors). There also, they are a pre-Lent specialty. Most likely they appeared in northern Germany because of its shipping industry some time thereafter. And yes, I agree with you Marta, kreppel are extremely popular in Germany. It took me over 40 years of eating them before I learned they weren't German. I was shocked. For me they are as German as bratwurst. (Ps. Your favorite of vanilla or custard is my favorite too.) 😁 My favorite carnival food is actually Schaslick.
Thanks for the additional information. I hope my subscribers read your comments :) Oh. I am glad we agree on the vanilla one, what a KREPPEL:)
Where do I get Schaslick for Carnival?😍
I'm sure you've had Shashlik at an Imbissbude before. For me, our carnival club always cooked it at not only the parade, but also at dances they hosted. That's why I associate it with carnival time. They had a huge griddle like cooker where they'd slow cook it in the sauce. I'm sure there's plenty of variations on how to make it. At home I usually used a mix of pork & beef. But, this online recipe uses only pork (most likely the most common). Some of the recipes I found were quite spicy. This one is more of the traditional one I'm use to: alltastesgerman.com/german-recipes/german-pork-shashlik/ Ps. Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt has for sure. I've had it there. 😁😎 (The German is a variation of Shashlyk and originates from the Caucasus and Central Asia.)
That looks delicious, thank you!:) No I cannot wait for the summer to come so we can take the grill out, again :)
My favorite is a maple bacon glazed donut & Polish packzi
maple bacon glazed donut can only come for US, am I right?:)
@@cooking-the-world yes , from the Amish folks of Pa.
Looks more like Paczki (Polish) ,local bakers usually make them in February here much heavier then our regular doughnuts .
That's right. Although I can see and taste the difference between the Polish paczki and the German doughnuts, but that's probably because I grew up eating both:)
You can find them all over the world in similar form. In Hawaii they're even more popular than they are in Germany. Even though Hawaii is smaller than Germany, I'd say Hawaii eats more of them. There they call them Portuguese Malasadas.
Franke hier, rose hip filling with powedered sugar on top is really the only way to go! Or as my mom says "the only real Krapfen" "anything else isn't worth buying".
Also calling Krapfen doughnuts or donuts has to be the weirdest thing and translation ever! If you ask for a donut or doughnut here you'll get the ones with a hole in the middle. A Krapfen is a bun shaped pastry with filling in the middle.
Hahahahha! I like your mothers thinking. Although I couldn’t find the rose hip one in Frankfurt. The fillings seem to be very regional here in Germany. I would say that Frankfurt loves the raspberry and current filling the most, as ist the most sold. Or the one without filling at all.
The best are made with a plum filling and a sugar glaze on top. It's not so easy to get really good ones. They most be really good baked, deep brown.
Meine liebsten sind die mit Pflaumenmus. Leider findet man sie selten außerhalb von Frankfurt. BTW, im Saarland heißen die Kreppel "Faasekiechelcher" (Fastnachtsküchlein).
When I was a kid I remember hearing about JFK making an amusing faux pas, when on a visit to the then territory of East Berlin, he said to the German people, "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
theres also the tradition to fill some with mustard and hide them between normal ones as a joke (but i dont think bakeries woud dare to sell them)
Wait, wait. Is that actual jam inside made with actual fruit!? I have never liked jam donuts here because they're filled with vaguely fruit flavored slime in bright colors. They would be good with true jam!
I wonder why ou wonder that there is a jam inside :)
In Western Germany we call it actually also "Berliner Ballen".
Thanks ☺️
it is the most delicious dessert after baklava.
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JFK 1963 in Berlin his great speech: "I am a Doughnut!"
Love "Apfelberliner" Apple Pieces Raisins Sugar and Cinnamon yummie
Fun Fact a Bakery in Misbach Bavaria sells Berliner with Leberkäs and Mustard
www.nw.de/nachrichten/thema/22373997_Dieser-Baecker-verkauft-jetzt-Berliner-mit-Fleischkaese.html
Real Taste of Germany 😂
OK, American Humor Alert: If doughnuts could talk (and even give important, historicaL speeches), some of these doughnuts would say, "Ich bin ein Berliner! Wir sind alles Berliners!" while others might say, "Ich bin kein Berliner. Ich bin ein Bismarck! Ich fahre nach North Dakota. Ich habe das North Dakotan Lande sehr gern, denn North Dakota hat vieles Bismarck darin." (Please pardon my lousy, school-girl German. My high school German teacher told jokes and taught us songs, and of course I learned a snippet of Schiller from singing Beethoven's Ninth in choir, but like Snoopy flying on his doghouse as the World War I pilot, trying to memorize which German prepositions use either the dative, the accusative, or the ablative declension (aus-auser-bei-mitt-nach-seit-von-zu, u.s.w.), I would have to surrender the victory to that complex and interesting language). Still, I've got to learn to make Berliners, so that I can fix a plateful to share with my friends who are fans of President Kennedy....
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Do amricans know we eat them 😂😂
@@catyhell724 I think someone probably told JFK that yes, Germans do tend to eat the jelly doughnuts called Berliners. So that it might cause a misunderstanding to claim, "Ich bin ein Berliner." However, I am guessing that President Kennedy was not told this until after he gave his speech in support of the city of West Berlin standing firm against Communism. My guess is that President Kennedy's advisors wanted to channel that popular hunger in the crowd for doughnuts into support for the American President and his international policies, and a "hunger" for freedom.... And when we are truly free, we get to select whatever kind of doughnut we like: jelly filled, Nutella, chocolate, vanilla-creme filled, lemon u.s.w. Long live Freedom and Doughnuts!
@@alindley3128 na I think you miss understand me we have pastry which called amerikaner that's why i said this 😂
I think you call them black white cookies .
They are orginal german Jewish but were banned in nazi time it was forbidden to make them. after the war usa soldiers took them back to Germany. Thats the reason why they are called Amerikaner they also resprest the diversity of the soldiers. The toping was white and black or colorful between those to colors. 😁
@@catyhell724 Oh, you're right, I've never heard of those cookies before. They sound yummy! I'll have to look for them and try them! Thank you for telling me about them and their place in history.
It looks like a Jewish food called sufganiyot which is just this it's jewsih tradition not religious things we eat it in hanokah I knew that already
Yes! From what I know the Jewish doughnuts recipe was inspired by the one from Europe, so i doesn’t surprise me that they look so similar!☺️
@@cooking-the-world make sense there are German Jews so the food is similar