Sunday 7 February 2016

Vienna in the Time of Puppenkrapfen
Coffee and Donut, anyone?


Puppenkrapfen
Puppenkrapfen at Demel may well be compared
to the first flowers that herald the arrival of spring,
only that these delicious morsels
promise a carnival season in full swing


Puppenkrapfen
How to pronounce it?
Alright, here we go,
everybody pronounce:
Poop-pen-crap-fen!
You are not laughing, are you?


While a Faschingskrapfen, carnival donut,
is usually the size of a donut,
the Puppenkrapfen is a smaller version,
dainty enough for Puppen,
the German word for "dolls"


One of the cutest food names
I have encountered here,
and one of the most delicious morsels, too


Photographed in January 2014
K.u. K Hofzuckerbäcker
Demel Royal and Imperial Confectioners
CH. DEMEL' S SÖHNE GmbH
Kohlmarkt 14
Images and Text © by Merisi

7 comments:

  1. I could go for a sweet treat right now!

    Mersad
    Mersad Donko Photography

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  2. Thanks for the pronouncing guide. Love the word and I don't think I will forget it.
    I am sitting here drinking my blah coffee and boring cereal...looking at that delectable bit of heaven. It's just not fair....yum.

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  3. Well that made me laugh out loud on a Monday morning...darn it they look yummy too!

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  4. Always excited to see Demel. You are just so darn tootin' lucky to live in Vienna! Perfect photos as always.

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  5. I want one of those donuts. Like right now!

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