European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Of for a Honey and spice and everything Nice Vince Crawley Lebkuchen Whoso tasty traditional Germa Christmas Gingerbread cookies hark Bach to he midd a Lasle like Honey and spice fruit and nuts All the Knolic ingredients Ihal came from the Corners of the map when Nornberg was one Oltha Crossroads of the medieval world. They Tesla like Zanzibar and Madagascar places which still provide spices for today s Niernberg. Bakers. The Best Lebkuchen have a flavor that was born centuries before refrigeration and refined sugar from a Lime o chivalry and monasteries where monks Ware Laid numb War Ewert Kane he been Bikin Lebkuchen Tim Tell Tsa a. That their Lebkuchen would be rationed with two imagination As Well As his palate tankards of Good Beer and a smaller Lanka do said that Nurnberg was also lamed Lor ils Basic recipes come from a time when a fun Reghl Wood Honey or Sweet the Lorest Ihal surrounded the sit at a Long planked table in a fortress Castle and pull a City Walls was the Bee Garden of the Empire Dagger of his Boot to a his meal. Lebkuchen Bakers combined these toured Nurnberg s Lebkuchen became Iho most famous ingredients with others like nuts irom Turkey and Cedras because the City was an important trading Center and a colrus like fruit lion the Middle East hence a source of exotic spices nuts and fruits. Today s Leb Fuchen Bakers boast. Ihal their recipes continue this Long tradition. Although updated with sugar and chocolate glazes the list of ingredients still includes nuts and spices from places that sound As Long ago and far away As Zanzibar. --e.b. a guv spices Nib Ana a rails according to Gerd Lauterbach of the Nurnberg City tourist Ollice. The Aroma o those spices meant the adventure anti mystery of unseen lands to the medieval gourmet. Cardamon Nutmeg Anis cinnamon and Clove Lod his tins of yuletide Delight German history in l written Only i museums and books ii can also be found Ontic cans. The cans Are lob Kuchan tins. The Metal canisters Lor the traditional German Gingerbread Christmas cookie made famous by Nurnberg. The tins decorated with historical scenes Are becoming As popular an the cookies they Are not really collectibles but they Sorl of accumulate and collect themselves. They withstand frequent household moves and they fit in with the american trend to decorate with he country look. After All. Lebkuchen is meant logo with Honey jars old wooden spoons and Racks of spices. The tins can be smaller than a Coulee can or larger than a bread Box and Are rarely sold by themselves. Filled with spiced cookies costs Range from below 10 Marks 1o around 70 Marks just Over $4 in German specially shops. One company said it Gold the Large ones called trunks empty at an american Bazaar for about 20 Marks. Smaller used ones can be found at Lea markets often Lor less than a Dollar. Lebkuchen companies generally Don t Tell who makes their decorative tins said Gerd Lauterbach of the Nurnberg City tourist office. Bui he said the colourful pictures do reveal a Tot about. German history and Cullate especially in the number "93. During the Middle Ages Nurnberg was the residence of the Kings of Germany and of lha holy roman Empire. The City is very proud of that heritage said Lauderbach Hirsoh a fourth general Ion Jornberg resident Many tins arc decorated with pictures of the free Imperial City its people and historical events the most famous building is the holy ghost Hospital camber 12,1988 that site above two Arches spanning the River Ponitz. The Hospital was built in the huh Century to service the sick and scones of the main Market place and the world famous Nonberg Christmas Market Are on Many ins. Other common subjects Are the Church of our lady with its rotating clock figures and the in flyer Sunnen to Fountain whore artist alb cent Carer s Wile is said to have gotten Dorer s work itself is often painted on tins one of Nurnberg s most famous sons he was amour for Leb Tuchen Una such at that displayed by Timber get Herd Ltd Sirbach Range lit Pitco from 10lo 70 Marks. Pat kits and drawings a the end of he Isle Century Michelangelo and Raphael said he was their equal. Paintings of his Mentor witty Alt Birkheimer and of an unnamed venetian girl who some say was is mistress decorate one Len. Hans Sachs also a favorite son is pc lured on another. To was a former Shoemaker turned poet who authored More than 6,000 humorous yarns Al the. Beginning of the 16th Charles in is on some ins because he was Leone who gave the Nurnberg beekeepers the right to collect Honey an important ingredient of Lebkuchen in theroy an important event for numbers was a opening of the first steam railway in Germany in 1835, end this is shown on a few ins. The train went from Nurnberg to Forth the people of both cities turned out for the festivities and legend has it that the cargo incl decl a barrel of Beer and a parcel of Lebkuchen. V. that what was important was not the City where the train started but its destination their City of furl. Folks in Nornberg agree remember that the train returned Tater that Jay to Nurnberg Lauterbach said that when germans buy Lebkuchen hey sometimes buy it alone without the Metal boxes because it s a Little cheaper but when it s a gift we always buy it in a tin he said. H americans were in design a tin to reflect a few centuries own heritage it look be would we picture George Washington Norman rce Kwell or Stevie wonder would we include the american Flag a 57 Chevy or Golden Arches maybe each Pichura would lying to mind a Diller enl Era. Ust like Lebkuchen cans Tell the St yol Nurnberg through theager. . The stars and stripes Page 15
