Tuesday 8 March 2011

Lean on me ...
but not too much, please!


The Leaning Tower
of Puppenkrapfen

I tried,
I tried really hard
to get a perfect picture ...

Happy Fat Tuesday
to everybody,
Merisi


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@ by Merisi

19 comments:

  1. Hint:
    Clicking on the labels Faschingskrapfen or Puppenkrapfen will take you to posts where I explain a bit more about them.
    Cheers,
    Merisi :-)

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  2. Haha, I clicked on the Faschingskrapfen myself and guess what I saw? The little Krapfen-Tower wouldn't stand straight in 2009 either! *dang*

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  3. Erinnert mich an den schiefen Turm von Pisa)) Köstlich!

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  4. Dear Merisi, do these have bright red preserves in them? In one corner, no matter where you begin they alwyas end up at the end. The way dessert should be.

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  5. :-) and if I knew how to express drooling, I would.

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  6. I think the picture is quite perfect :)

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  7. The Puppenkrapfen has now pushed me over the edge and I must comment. I thoroughly enjoy your postings and, of course, those dealing with Vienna's restaurants, cafes, and FOOD! I was a student in Vienna (lived in the 9th) during the Summer months of 1963, and I have yet to return. Your postings are helping me to revisit Vienna and I find myself not only salivating over your food pictures but also the prospect of a return visit. I remain eager for your next posting. Thank you.

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  8. Is it Apricot jam inside?
    I'm sunk :(
    A total sucker for apricot jam...

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  9. Yes, Carol, filled with apricot jam,
    and of the finest source,
    DARBO's of Austria
    (that's my opinion). ;-)

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  10. Wow--do they look delicious or what!? Fabulous photo! ANd I'm drooling.

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  11. PWS:
    Welcome and thank you!
    I hope you will be able to return to Vienna soon!

    A Brush with Color,
    *smile*

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  12. GINA,
    I use an Austrian apricot jam filling.
    It jells enough so that the krapfen can be eaten without being too messy. ;-)

    A New Girl in Vienna,
    thank you!

    Vicki Lane,
    *smile*

    Thank you, Dorte! :-)


    I forgot to mention that I made those Krapfen myself. I learned how to make them before I moved to Vienna, simply because they were not readily available in Washington DC. It took me a couple of years to get the hang of it (and figuring out which American flour would make fluffy Krapfen instead of the stone-like mess I produced the first years).

    "No more baking Krapfen!" was my first thought when I moved to Vienna, where every bakery carries veritable wonderkrapfen at Carneval time. Well, the first Fat Tuesday in Vienna rolled around and I felt a little strange without baking Krapfen. By nightfall I missed the act of Krapfen baking terribly, and even more all the friends who always dropped in DC to help me eat them. Ash Wednesday morning I comforted myself by baking Krapfen. A day late, but it sort of helped dampen my homesickness.

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  13. Such a fabulous and delicious shot!

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  14. Thank you, Lady Fi! :-)

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  15. you have used a skewer, right:-)

    Oh, I remember this time, when you got a great cup of tea and as many Krapfen as you liked in Potomac.
    I really, really miss it....

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  16. Chez Wally,
    I missed you all, terribly.
    Had to eat too many Krapfen myself,
    now I am on a diet! ;-)

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  17. I have been thinking of you and dreaming of the Puppenkrapfen. I almost made them on Tuesday because I knew it would be my last day for sugar now that Lent has arrived. But, alas, non. I will have to dream for six more weeks. Your latest post just about did me in!
    Catherine xx

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  18. I definitely ate too much of them on that day...:)

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