Pharisee (drink)
A Pharisee is a hot alcoholic beverage made from sweetened coffee , brown rum, and a cap of whipped cream that is traditionally served in a cup, mug, or glass. A Pharisee differs from related coffee beverages such as Rüdesheim coffee and Irish coffee , among other things, in the other spirit : Rüdesheim coffee is prepared with brandy , Irish coffee with Irish whiskey . The Pharisee is widespread in the North Sea and in Austria.
preparation
The basis of a Pharisee is strong, freshly brewed coffee, which is sweetened with lump sugar and mixed with a good shot (about 4 cl) of brown rum (Jamaica rum or Jamaica blend with 54% vol. ), Then whipped cream is poured over it. In 1981 the district court of Flensburg ruled in the so-called "Pharisee dispute" that 2 cl rum was not enough for a Pharisee.
The Pharisee is usually not stirred, but rather drunk through the cream. Anyone who does not stick to it and still stirs the drink can be asked to give out a local round. It is often served in a special Pharisee place setting, a tall cup-like cup with a saucer .
Origin and Legends
According to tradition, the Pharisee was created on the North Frisian island of Nordstrand , in the 19th century. At that time the particularly ascetic pastor Georg Bleyer was officiating there . It was the custom of the Frisians not to drink alcohol in his presence. When the sixth or seventh child of farmer Peter Johannsen was baptized , they used a ruse and prepared the mixed drink described above. The whipped cream prevented the rum from evaporating in the hot coffee and smelling of alcohol. Of course, the pastor always got a “normal” coffee with cream.
When discovered, he is said to have exclaimed: “Oh, you Pharisees !” And so the national drink of the North Frisians not only had its history, but also its name. The story of the drink was also told in a song called Pharisee by the North German music group Godewind in the 1970s .
Pharisee quarrel
The Pharisee dispute is not a legend : In a civil lawsuit between a guest and a Schleswig-Holstein restaurateur , the Flensburg District Court had to decide in 1981 whether 2 cl rum in a Pharisee was sufficient or, as the guest claimed, represented a material defect . After tasting different mixtures with the parties involved in the Rothenhaus restaurant near Flensburg, the judge finally came to the conclusion that a Pharisee tasted "bland and expressionless" with so little rum and not the "hearty" advertised in the restaurant Drink with a "good shot of rum" corresponds, which is a "delicious drink that warms body and soul". Since the landlord had also refused a repair on site, the guest was entitled to reduce the bill by the disputed 7 DM for two defective Pharisees. The innkeeper’s action was dismissed.
See also
literature
- Föhrer Landfrauen Association: Recipes from Föhrer Landfrauen, pp. 85–86, Asmussen printing company, Wyk auf Föhr
Web links
- The object. In: ARTE broadcast Karambolage from February 18, 2007. ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historically no longer verifiable. Most sources speak of the baptism of the seventh child (Helene Patria) on October 12, 1872. The baptism of the sixth child (Johanna Theodora Katharina) was on April 2, 1872.
- ^ Flensburg Local Court, judgment of October 9, 1981, file number: 63 C 84/81 (full text at Wikisource ), accessed on November 3, 2016.
- ↑ Time travel: The Pharisee dispute. In: Schleswig-Holstein-Magazin des NDR, broadcast on October 23, 2016 ( Memento from November 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )