Weird Austrian chocolate - Zaubernussen (there's an umlaut, I just don't know how to get it on the keyboard).
Weird Austrian chocolate - Zaubernussen (there's an umlaut, I just don't know how to get it on the keyboard). It's almond hazelnut brittle, but that translates to 'magic nuts'. I guess I'm missing a colloquialism?
Other varieties of chocolate bar they make - Kirsch Blut. Kirsch, as in the really strong cherry flavored liquor, and blood, as in blood. I've had blood sausages and I've had blood soup, all of which I assumed were old ways of upping the nutrient content, as well as thickening, and using everything you had. That doesn't really hold up as a reason for putting blood in chocolate. No, just no.
Other varieties of chocolate bar they make - Kirsch Blut. Kirsch, as in the really strong cherry flavored liquor, and blood, as in blood. I've had blood sausages and I've had blood soup, all of which I assumed were old ways of upping the nutrient content, as well as thickening, and using everything you had. That doesn't really hold up as a reason for putting blood in chocolate. No, just no.
I shall look forward to the sweetbread and tripe chocolate.
ReplyDeleteSo this is what's weird. I asked the shop owner because I immediately thought there's no way this means blood in this context. And not only did the shop owner swear that was what it meant, so did the other person working there; one of whom was North American, but the other was the owner and is from parts European. That's the sort of snafu I'd expect from us, but not a multi lingual individual who is from and went to Europe to source and buy the products they carry. Plus, not a great marketing ploy and you should know what products you carry?
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