On Monday, 23rd January, we made Kaiserschmarrn – an Austrian dish that is very popular in Germany. ‘Kaiser’ means ‘emperor’ and ‘schmarrn’ means ‘nonsense’.
We learnt two stories that are believed to be where Kaiserschmarrn originated, although there might be some more versions. The first story says that a chef was cooking Palatschinken pancakes for the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, but it got ruined and separated into small pieces. The chef realised that he couldn’t give the nonsense pancake to the emperor so instead shared it with the other members of staff.
Another story goes that Franz Joseph’s wife, Empress Elisabeth (Sissi) found the pancakes too rich a dessert and refused to eat them, so her husband asked her to give him the Schmarrn and ate it.
I enjoyed learning about these interesting stories and how to make the pancakes. We sprinkled them with powdered sugar and ate it with raspberries and jam. It was sehr lecker!
Toni, LC3 (Year 9)
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