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Ortolan bunting - Songbird dish that is meant to be eaten with a towel draped over the diner’s head (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

In Swabia, in southern Germany, there is a dish called Maultaschen, meat filled dumplings, which are also called Herrgottsbescheißerle ("Lord God Cheaters"), as the meat is wrapped in dough to be invisible to god.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was that to get around the no meat on Fridays rule? Could have just eaten an otter (it lives in water, so it must be a fish).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, in the past there were a lot of days were it was forbidden to eat meat, not only on Fridays and during the 40 days before Easter.
Also beaver and turtle counted as fish.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bescheißerle - shitters? That's great.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, jemanden bescheißen would literally translate "to shit onto somebody", but it usually means jemanden betrügen i.e. "to cheat/betray somebody", so Bescheißerle literally would translate to "shitters" but mean "cheaters".

Cheating the rules imposed by the church somehow has tradition, e.g. a Pharisäer (Pharisees) is a coffe with rum and whipped cream, similarly to an Irish Coffee.