Basler Läckerli

Basler Basler Läckerli or treat is a traditional gingerbread -like pastries, prepared, inter alia with wheat flour, honey, candied fruit ( orange peel, lemon peel ) and nuts (hazelnuts, almonds ). The flat ausgewallte, baked dough is still warm into small rectangular pieces ( the Läckerli ) cut after he was previously painted over with a sugar glaze.

They are named after the original place of manufacture, the city Basel.

History

As the trade reached with oriental spices in the 11th century Europe, first started the wealthy monasteries, to spice up the honey pastries with it. This custom gradually spread to the cities, where in Switzerland in the 15th century the trade of Lebküchner arose. From the 17th century appear first different Gingerbread and treat recipes to the cookbooks. In a document Basler Läckerli appear for the first time in a settlement of Gartner guild of 10 October 1711 which are " 3 Blatten Läckerlin " mentioned ..

The popular legend that the Basel Läckerli were created in the 15th century for the members of the Council of Basle, must be considered incorrect. Customs and store records in the State Archives of Basel-Stadt suggest that essential ingredients for the Basel Läckerli in the 15th century were not yet on the market in Basel.

Spelling

As with many dialectal origin names there are various spellings.

The basel German pronunciation is closest to the spelling Läggerli. Both the recommended Basel German Dictionary of Rudolf Suter as well as the New Basel German dictionary by Markus Gasser et al because these spelling for written in the dialect texts.

The noun Läggerli derives from the (now no longer used in the dialect ) adjective lägger from conforming to the standard German delicious. Accordingly, considered as the Duden treat than the standard linguistically correct spelling. In Switzerland, this notation is common, but not in Basel.

In Basel Läckerli is usually written. The Basler Zeitung and a large manufacturer of pastry using Läckerli. By the way, already the first official mention of 1720 was (long before the standardization and regulation of German Spelling ) Basler Läckerli.

Varia

In subcultural usage, the typical rectangular unit doses of LSD are also named. This is a reference to the invention of the substance by the chemist Albert Hofmann in the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel in 1943.