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January 17, 2014 By cheryl

German Pancakes: Comforting Kummerspeck, or "Grief Bacon"

A few months ago, I came across a term that intrigued me: Kummerspeck.

The German word means “grief bacon” (and we all know how much I love bacon). Despite its bacon reference though, the word has a rather negative connotation — it refers to weight put on due to emotional overeating.

Nonetheless, the word fascinated me — and the Let’s Lunch crew, as it turned out. So off we went, dreaming up ideas for the perfect kummerspeck …

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Filed Under: Bacon, Breakfast, Brunch, German, Let's Lunch, Sweets Tagged With: Bacon, Breakfast, David Amsden, Flädlesuppe, German, Grief Bacon, Hüftgold, Kummerspeck, Let's Lunch, Pancakes

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