New Years Bopp
New year's bop from a bakery in Budenheim near Mainz
The Neujahrsbopp is a traditional Mainz New Year pastry made from sweet yeast dough . The name is derived from doll . The two round heads of the pastry represent the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year. The zigzag-shaped incisions in the middle symbolize the twelve months of the year.
In Mainz bakeries and households, the New Year's Bopp is only baked on New Year's Eve . Good friends should bring a little New Year's drink with you on New Years Day.
A significant difference between the Frankfurt Stutzweck and the Mainz New Year's Bopp is the size of the baked goods. The Weck is only one serving (Weck = bread roll), while the Bopp is baked the size of bread and served in slices.