Törggelen

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Törggelen (from Torggl , Latin torculus for wine press, pronunciation : [ ˈtørkɛlɛn ]) describes a custom in South Tyrol . Typical of a Törggele meal are Siaßer or Sußer ( grape must in the first days of fermentation) and young wine ( Nuier ) as a drink, as well as roasted chestnuts ( Keschtn ), nuts ( Nussn ) and possibly sweet donuts . The main course used to be bacon , smoked sausage (mostly from our own production) and rye bread or simple dishes from the South Tyrolean farmhouse kitchen. Today hearty pork dishes with are usually Surfleisch , sauerkraut , various sausages ( blood , homemade sausage ) and dumplings served.

Originally, townspeople and landlords visited the winegrowers in late autumn to taste the new wine in the press house or to check its quality. In the meantime, the Törggelen takes place in Buschenschänken and has become a tourist attraction .

As early as 1428, a Terlano deed mentioned the “torkcheller” (Torggeler) in the sense of unfermented or half-fermented wine.

In 1846, the South Tyrolean traveler Ludwig Steub described Törggelen in detail in his book “Three Summers in Tirol” as a custom in which the “new wine ... in the Torkel” is tasted and is therefore called “the praiseworthy exercise of Törkeln” .

Individual evidence

  1. Christoph Gufler: Törggelen gian . In: South Tyrolean chestnuts . Bolzano 2011, p. 116-117 .
  2. ^ Josef Weingartner : Brixen - home of the heart . In: Landscape and Art in South Tyrol . Bolzano 1979, p. 35 .
  3. ^ Josef Weingartner: On the way. Life memories . Innsbruck 1951, p. 147-149 .
  4. Ernst Loesch : At the "Törggelen" . In: South Tyrolean memories . Bolzano 1998, p. 87-92 .
  5. ^ H. Gerlach, S. Bingemer: Alpenküche . Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0239-3 , pp. 112 .
  6. ^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 2 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-88-901870-1-8 , p. 70-71, no. 978 .
  7. ^ Ludwig Steub: Drei Sommer in Tirol (1846), 2nd edition Stuttgart 1871, new edition Innsbruck 2005.

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