Talk:Fasnacht (doughnut)

German similiarities

i am not sure if they are similar to http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Pfannkuchen or if they are something else altogether. and in germany the term "Fasnacht" is also an other word for the german carnival Fastnacht (the t is not always used). 217.91.55.124 22:42, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like it's the same as Berliner (pastry). --91.65.124.74 02:28, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

They aren't the same at all. Berliners are just jelly rolls. They are usually glazed, often frosted as well, and they are round. Authentic fasnachts have square edges, and are either plain or sugared, and NEVER have fillings. Berliners are made from a wheat flour, while authentic fasnachts are made with potatoes in the dough. Also, there's no religious significance to Berliners; St. Peter isn't going to tell you that you're going to hell because you didn't eat enough Berliners. 72.72.142.254 (talk) 13:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Should be called differently and or merged

Although there are different names for this item "Fasnachts" is never used in German. This article should be merged with: Berliner (pastry) (see the Germen: Berliner Pfannkuchen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.30.205 (talk) 18:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Nope. Your wrong. Berliners are completely different. I know for a fact that they are different. They may look the same but how they are made is 100% different

--Kopicz (talk) 01:31, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Parts that sell

Do We Really Really need the part about how "this fire company did this" and "this one did that"?

I personally do not think it is necessary for this article. I am from pennsylvania, i also make Fastnachts myself, and i also see these made everywhere, and if we were to put all the places that make them, it would be 2000 pages+. Just in my county there are about 2000 places that make and sell them. So I will remove this part, i am just letting you all know why. --Kopicz (talk) 01:31, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

That info was certainly not appropriate here, as fasnachts can be bought at MANY locations: stores, public centers, and residences alike. You are correct in removing the info. No need to take it to a talk page when it's something as blatant as that and also added by an IP -- generally they won't even come back to try and fight it. If they do, then it can come to the talk page. Then again, I suppose it never hurts to mention it here from the get-go... cheers! --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 02:27, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Simply letting you know that i only brought it here to make it clear why i did so, so there was no argueing about it. I am sorry if it upset you. --Kopicz (talk) 01:31, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Greetings from "Oche" (=Aachen=Aix-la-Chapelle), a city of Fasteleer/Fastelovend

Hi, my name is Oliver. I'm from NRW (Northrhine-Westphalia) It's true - in Germany we still say Fas(t)nacht, if we talk about celebrating "Karneval" in Bavaria or in Hessen (the "t" belongs 'bout the different areas/places/villages), but we never us the word "Fas(t)nacht" for food! Some of you are right, we call this (sweet) bakery product simply "Berliner". Indeed, that's the reason about, some Germans found it funny, when JFKs speech was misunderstood, 'cause they only recognised the part "... Ich bin ein Berliner!", so they thought: "You aren't! You are a Sandbrötchen!!!"

But now a t i n y list of sweets/bakery products you could find in Germany:

a) "Amerikaner" (aka "Sandbrötchen"): "Black and White (Cookie)"

b) "Berliner" (short for "Berliner Pfannkuchen"): "Fasnacht", filled with different kind of jelly or cream (with mocha coffee flavo(u)r, advocaat or fruit particles - strawberry or raspberry mark). Strike on mardi gras fill one with mustard and one of your friends will look surprised!

c) "Mohrenkopf" (Sorry, this sounds political incorrect, but we have no alternative name for that at the moment.)

... File may be contined as soon as possible! ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.79.201.128 (talk) 13:06, 18 February 2010 (UTC)