In most parts of Germany there is a
traditional kind of sweet bread that is eaten on St. Martin's Day - and
on St. Nicholas Day... or on other feast days... The shape of said bread
differs depending on the place and the occasion. Where I come from
originally, it was shaped as pretzels (large ones!), but very often they
have the shape of a person - with two raisins as eyes and a white
pipe made of clay. Where I live now, this tradition seems to be entirely
unknown. So we had to bake our own: Little men (and women!), pretzels,
croissants, ghosts, a tadpole, a flower, and a star:
before baking
fresh out of the oven
After having eaten rather a lot of this bread, we had our own little procession with lanterns and torches into the forest (and into a rather thick fog up on the hills). I have to say it was a fantastic idea and I had so much fun! (...feeling like a child and just as excited most of the time.^^)
