Kaltmamsell
A Kaltmamsell ( ; alternative designation: cold Mamsell ) is the job title in the catering and hotel industry for a person who is responsible for cold dishes and buffets . In this context, the term “ cold cuisine” does not refer to raw and uncooked dishes , but to dishes prepared without being heated .
Tasks and job description
The tasks of a cold mummy include the preparation and serving of cold dishes such as salads , aspics , mayonnaise , cold sauces , cold starters , and putting together cold platters or cold buffets. You can also include the procurement of ingredients like a gardemanger .
A cold man is traditionally an experienced older person. She performs her tasks as planned in the regular gastronomic process, for example in the context of the preparation of standing receptions, for which appetizers are to be offered, and sometimes outside of regular operating hours: the gourmet manual, for example, indicates that a cold mummy should have a special It plays a role when the warm kitchen of a house has already closed, but the restaurant or inn , hotel and restaurant in question still has guests , expects them or has to or wants to serve around the clock with room service .
The job description of the Kaltmamsell is mainly found in the food culture of Europe and is unknown in other cultural areas such as Africa or Asia .
term
The gourmet handbook states on the term “Kaltmamsell” that “the consequent rejuvenation and underpayment in the hospitality industry have made the function and the word of the mostly older Mamsell die out”.
The historian Bodo Mrozek took up the term “Kaltmamsell” in his lexicon of threatened words and stated: “She [a Kaltmamsell] prepared appetizers, carved small works of art out of cucumbers and radishes and filled ham rolls with egg toast (new German: mayonnaise). "
In the conflict over collective bargaining agreements in the retail sector in 2013, the German Trade Association (HDE) argued that professions such as “ elevator operator ”, “ coffee reader ”, “cold mummy” or “ fur seamstress ” had died out in Germany .
Well-known Kaltmamsells
- Erika Richter (1935–2017), Kaltmamsell, cook and cookbook author
- Wella Wilhelm , Kaltmamsell and member of the state parliament in Saxony (1946–1950)
Trivia
- The job description of the Kaltmamsell is sung about in the song Die Kaltmamsell vom Grand-Hotel from 1962 by Jack Finey .
- In 1972, the food manufacturer Carl Kühne KG used the figure of a typical cold woman in 40 television commercials as the company's advertising figure to advertise pickles .
literature
- Ursula Simgen-Buch (Ed.): The Kaltmamsell and the cook. One love in 80 letters from the front. A historical experience report. Dreieich , 2017. ISBN 978-3-944948-99-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Udo Pini: The Gourmet Handbook. Section “Kaltmamsell” (page 506). 4th edition. Tandem publishing group, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1097-X .
- ↑ Article “Long live die Kaltmamsell!” By Hermann Schreiber from April 24, 2010, accessed on November 30, 2019.
- ↑ Article “Conflict in Retail: Farewell to the Cold Mistress” by Yasmin El-Sharif from April 30, 2013, accessed on November 30, 2019.
- ^ Entry in the catalog of the German National Library on Wella Wilhelm, accessed on November 30, 2019.
- ↑ Entry on discogs.com for the song Die Kaltmamsell vom Grand-Hotel (1962), accessed on November 30, 2019.
- ^ Entry in the catalog of the German National Library for the song Die Kaltmamsell vom Grand-Hotel (1962), accessed on November 30, 2019.
- ↑ C. Thomas Görg: Allgemeine Fischwirtschaftszeitung . Volume 23, page 28th edition 1971.