Krusta

The Krusta was the counterpart to pizza in the GDR gastronomy .

In May, opened in 1976 in the Stargarder Straße 3 in East Berlin with the krusta-room the first HO - Restaurant , which the East German interpretation of the Italian court on the menu had. In contrast to pizza, the Krusta was baked on a baking sheet and sold in rectangular pieces measuring 12 × 12 cm. It was based on a rather dark, mixed bread-like batter . When it opened in 1976, eggs, onions , Plovdiv Guwetsch and Black Sea crustas made from yeast dough and baked with cheese were on offer.

The idea of the Krusta developed by a youth collective was described as "a little Thuringian onion cake , something Spanish tortilla , related to Italian pizza"; the name was derived from sizzle and crusty .

The dpa quoted the East Berlin weekly magazine Sonntag , which was irritated to invent an artificial name like “Krusta” for “a kind of Italian pizza”. This is like making “roggi” from caviar or “meat mansch” from goulash .

The Krusta existed in several variants, whose toppings also differed considerably from those of the pizza. Examples of the possible variations were:

Poultry krusta , with chicken and vegetables is

Spreewald Krusta , topped with a mixture of sauerkraut , minced meat and sour cream

Devil's Krusta , topped with spicy meat and gratinated with cheese

Due to the fluctuating supply situation for individual ingredients, a considerable amount of improvisation had to be made when putting together the toppings, which increased the number of Krusta variants.

After the end of the GDR , the Krusta disappeared from the gastronomy of East Germany .

literature

Wolfgang Hinze, Bernd Bosler: Principle solution special snack restaurant Krusta (= research results, information . Volume 1 ). Rationalization and research center for restaurants, hotels, communal catering, Berlin 1977 (edition: Leipzig: Bücherstube Gutenberg).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c A Krusta is a Krusta ... in Neues Deutschland from August 26, 1976, page 12
↑ Original Krusta-Stube in Neues Deutschland from July 29, 1976, page 6
^ "Krusta" instead of pizza in the Pforzheimer Zeitung of July 28, 1976, page 6
^ Schäfer, Klaus: Dr. Oetker - at least eat the meat! 100 years of school cookbooks - 100 years of food culture . Dr. Oetker Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7670-0656-0 , p. 101 .

[ND260876-1] A Krusta is a Krusta ... in Neues Deutschland from August 26, 1976, page 12

[2] Original Krusta-Stube in Neues Deutschland from July 29, 1976, page 6

[3] "Krusta" instead of pizza in the Pforzheimer Zeitung of July 28, 1976, page 6

[4] Schäfer, Klaus: Dr. Oetker - at least eat the meat! 100 years of school cookbooks - 100 years of food culture . Dr. Oetker Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7670-0656-0 , p. 101 .