Hamburger bacon

"Hamburger Speck" in cube form

Hamburger Speck is a confectionery made from sugar foam that is traditionally offered in Hamburg's national colors red and white , but also in yellow and pink . In Austrian cuisine, this term does not mean a sweet, but smoked bacon.

etymology

It got the name because of the plate shape , which is reminiscent of mixed bacon . The sweets are also known as “Helgolänner Speck” or “Helgoländer Schnitten”, but then in the colors red, white and green .

Reception in literature

In the novel Deprivation - Hunger - Debris - But I Survived! "Hamburger Speck" plays a prominent role.

Individual evidence

↑ Susanne Neier and Anna M. Wehinger: Dornbirner Kochbuch: Delicacies of Vorarlberg cuisine. P. 281. ISBN 978-3837047165 .
^ Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 4th, updated and expanded special edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3 , p. 295.
↑ Gisela Laue: deprivation - hunger - rubble - but I survived! A Hamburg boy experienced the post-war period and the economic miracle. 131. ISBN 978-3844862454 .

[1] Susanne Neier and Anna M. Wehinger: Dornbirner Kochbuch: Delicacies of Vorarlberg cuisine. P. 281. ISBN 978-3837047165 .

[hamlex-2] Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 4th, updated and expanded special edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3 , p. 295.

[3] Gisela Laue: deprivation - hunger - rubble - but I survived! A Hamburg boy experienced the post-war period and the economic miracle. 131. ISBN 978-3844862454 .