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I’m spekulating…

…that this dude will not survive until his Best By date of May 2025.

Handmade with love in the minute kitchen at the Kaffeekommune with a witty repurposed coffee bean label.

Spekulatius?

Take your pick between

From the Latin speculus (mirror) from the mirror image of the hand-carved wooden form into which the dough is pressed prior to baking

Owes its name to St Nicholas, whose Latin epithet speculator means ‘the one who looks around, the guardian’.

People haven’t got a clue and just make shit up.

Traditional at Christmas in Benelux and Germany and this is special because we were gifted it (along with a Xmas hug) by Paul.

This entry was published on 25 December, 2024 at 09:00. It’s filed under Christmas, Cool stuff, Culinary, Why I like Mainz and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

2 thoughts on “I’m spekulating…

  1. Unknown's avatarAnonymous on said:

    Is that a gingerbread man? It looks like a cowboy.

    Merry Christmas!

    XOXO

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