In Frankfurt and the areas around cider rivals beer as the favourite drink in pubs and restaurants. If it is a traditional place, it is served in stoneware cider jugs, called a Bembel. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Jug
Tag: cider
Wild Blue Yonder – Bembel
Graffiti at the outside wall of the restaurant “Buchscheer” in Frankfurt-Louisa. A “Bembel” is a traditional stone ware jug for apple cider from the region.
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Have a bembel or two
Traditionally, the local cider is served from these jugs. They are called “Bembel” and are typical for the area around Frankfurt in Germany. They are grey with a blue glaze but more importantly if you drink a lot of the Äppler, as the cider is called, you end up “glazed” or in the local vernacular: “blue”.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Grey turns to blue.
The choice is yours
The traditional drink in Frankfurt and the surrounding State of Hesse is wine made of apples. I don’t really like to call it cider because English cider and French cidre are quite different. For one thing, the German version is sour, really very sour.
Traditionally, this kind of cider, called Äppler or Äppelwoi, is served in such ribbed glasses. The ribbing is supposed to prevent the glass from slipping when one eats greasy food at the same time.
That makes a case for beer, although in some Äppelwoi pubs it will not be served.
If it is drawn that badly and with so much foam, maybe a glass of Äppler is more inviting, after all.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Glasses, Cups and Saucers.
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