Hunger Tower (gastronomy)
As a dungeon is mainly in Berlin and in the Ruhr , a glass-enclosed, multi-storey showcase referred to in pubs traditional since the late 19th century on the counter is to find and small, hearty dishes like Rollmöpse , lard bread , pickled eggs , meatballs and pork sausage spread for contains the guests. The joking name goes back to the hunger towers - prison buildings of castles or on city walls.
Some hunger towers were set up like a refrigerator . Ice was poured into a compartment that was placed on the display case. The melted ice water was drained through thin pipes into the counter and cooled the food on display. The painter Heinrich Zille drew such showcases several times in his Berlin pub scenes.
Hunger towers of various designs are exhibited in numerous exhibitions and museums. In the panopticon , the Karl Valentin opened on 21 October 1934, such a dungeon for example, was issued.
Web links
- Berlin Hunger Tower - tip-berlin.de
- Berlin terms
- Exhibition on Köpenick's restaurant history with pictures of a restored hunger tower
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gourmet forays through Berlin-Brandenburg . ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Food and drink , accessed on February 9, 2014
- ↑ The round in the hunger tower . In: Berliner Morgenpost , accessed on February 9, 2014
- ↑ Hunger Towers and Holländer-Kneipen derwesten.de, accessed on February 9, 2014
- ↑ Karl Valentin. Tabular curriculum vitae in the LeMO ( DHM and HdG )