rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jun 18, 2024 3:11:32 GMT
[ADMIN NOTE: This and several posts that follow have been moved from another thread.] Your Country Needs YOU World War I recruiting poster stamp, centre, with two blanks with different flags. Rightly or wrongly, when I see this image my mind goes straight to the very famous "Kichener Bun" A puffy donut, with strawberry jam injected into the centre, sugared with a huge dollop of fresh real cream. (Heaven) A South Australian specialty since 1915 aka Berliner pfannkuchen  |
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Post by khj on Jun 18, 2024 3:38:50 GMT
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jun 18, 2024 9:59:15 GMT
Your Country Needs YOU World War I recruiting poster stamp, centre, with two blanks, one with different flags. Lord Kitchener's history, filters down through history, in my little town in Western Australia We lost 112 men in WW1, many country folk, esp in the 10th Light Horse. Some Names of our current Streets in town Kitchener Street Omdurman Street Khedive Street Trench Street Rifle Street Sirdar Street It was with Kitchener's approval, our "Breaker Morant" and friends were executed by firing squad, for carrying out his orders. Light Horse disembarking from Albany Western Australia 3rd March 1900 (Boer War)  |
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Post by kasvik on Jun 18, 2024 10:23:30 GMT
Your Country Needs YOU World War I recruiting poster stamp, centre, with two blanks with different flags. Rightly or wrongly, when I see this image my mind goes straight to the very famous "Kichener Bun" A puffy donut, with strawberry jam injected into the centre, sugared with a huge dollop of fresh real cream. (Heaven) A South Australian specialty since 1915 aka Berliner pfannkuchen
A Kichener, huh? In Sweden it's a semla, an Easter speciality. No jam unless you pay extra. I think they're awful; mouthful of bland doughy sticky unsweetened cream. But somebody begs to differ, including PostNord, below. Versions are found all around the Baltic. My wife--a German--goes Cuckoo for a Berliner. And I've noticed she's semla tolerant. It may be the greatest disagreement between us.
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Post by Hugh on Jun 18, 2024 11:20:44 GMT
Rightly or wrongly, when I see this image my mind goes straight to the very famous "Kichener Bun"
A Kichener, huh? In Sweden it's a semla, an Easter speciality. No jam unless you pay extra.
But, if the original point had to do with Kitchener ... here is some Canadian Postal History about Kitchener, Ontario.
The city of Kitchener, Ontario - the 10th largest CMA (Census Management Area) in Canada and the 4th largest in Ontario - was originally called Berlin. The name was changed by its citizens in 1916 for 'patriotic' reasons.
Here is a postcard showing the original name on a cancellation in 1906.
Aftter the American Revolution the area (The Grand River Valley) was granted to the loyalist Six Nations for their allegiance to the crown. The six nations later sold part of it, about 38,000 hectares, and much of that was eventually purchased by German-speaking Mennonites from Lancaster County, PA - many of them originally from the Palatinate. For more information see ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin-to-Kitchener_name_change
and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener,_Ontario
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Post by rod222 on Jun 18, 2024 20:46:56 GMT
Quote : A Kichener, huh? In Sweden it's a semla, an Easter speciality. Hi Aaron, Semlas are very different, the dough is steamed then baked, a "Kitchener" or "Berlin" is deep fried (gives the outer skin a crunchy texture ) If you travel, you have to try one  |
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Post by kasvik on Jun 19, 2024 13:27:09 GMT
Quote : A Kichener, huh? In Sweden it's a semla, an Easter speciality. Hi Aaron, Semlas are very different, the dough is steamed then baked, a "Kitchener" or "Berlin" is deep fried (gives the outer skin a crunchy texture ) If you travel, you have to try one
Pastry gets its own thread? Big moment. Thanks, Admin
(Privately, on this inspiring tangent, I suspect a Kitchener has to be better than a semla. Much better, for me at least, one of Sweden's unsurpassed national achievements from the mid-20th Century; the Prinsesstårta or Prinsessbakelse, the Princess Cake. I cannot sing its praises sufficiently. Stamp from the same series on national pastry.) |
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Your Country Needs YOU World War I recruiting poster stamp, centre, with two blanks with different flags.
