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28 October 2022
Barmbrack is a common IrishHalloweencustom. These cakes might be decorated on the top with animals or birds illustrated with icing or currants. The Halloween Brack traditionally contained various objects baked into the bread and was used as a sort offortune-tellinggame.In the cake were: a pea, a stick, a piece of cloth, a small coin (originally a silver sixpence), a ring, and a bean. Each item, when received in the slice, was supposed to carry a meaning to the person concerned:
- the pea, the person would not marry that year;
- the stick, would have an unhappy marriage or continually be in disputes;
- the cloth or rag, would have bad luck or be poor;
- the coin, would enjoy good fortune or be rich;
- the ring, would be wed within the year;
- and the bean, would have a future without money.
A medallion, usually of theVirgin Maryto symbolise taken a religious vocation is less common. Nowadays, a ring on its own is mostly used.
Barmbrack is sometimes called bairín breac. This may be from the Irish wordbairín- a loaf - andbreac- speckled (due to the raisins in it). Therefore, it means ‘a speckled loaf’.
Here is an excellent Barmbrack recipe: The perfect traditional Irish barmbrack – The Irish Times
Irish whiskey for use in the recipe is widely available in Germany. We recommend serving your Barmbrack warm with lots of Irish butter spread on top.
Enjoy and send us photos of your Barmbrack to @irlembberlin
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Barmbrack ist ein üblicher irischer Halloween-Brauch. Diese Kuchen können mit Tieren oder Vögeln verziert sein, die mit Zuckerguss oder Johannisbeeren illustriert sind. Der Halloween-Brack enthielt traditionell verschiedene, in das Brot eingebackene Gegenstände und wurde als eine Art Wahrsagespiel verwendet. Im Kuchen befanden sich: eine Erbse, ein Stock, ein Stück Stoff, eine kleine Münze (ursprünglich ein silberner Sixpence), ein Ring und eine Bohne. Jedes Stück sollte, wenn es in den Kuchen gelegt wurde, eine Bedeutung für die betreffende Person haben:
- Erbse: die Person werde in diesem Jahr nicht heiraten
- Stock: die Person werde eine unglückliche Ehe führen oder ständig in Streitigkeiten geraten
- Tuch oder Lappen: steht für Unglück oder Armut
- Münze: steht für Glück oder Reichtum
- Ring: die Person werde innerhalb des Jahres heiraten
- Bohne: steht für eine Zukunft ohne Geld
Ein Medaillon, in der Regel ein Bild der Jungfrau Maria, als Symbol für eine religiöse Berufung ist weniger verbreitet. Heutzutage wird meist ein Ring allein verwendet.
Der Barmbrack wird manchmal auch bairín breac genannt. Dies könnte von dem irischen Wort bairín - ein Brot - und breac - gesprenkelt (wegen der Rosinen) - stammen und bedeutet daher "ein gesprenkeltes Brot".
Hier ist ein ausgezeichnetes Barmbrack-Rezept: The perfect traditional Irish barmbrack – The Irish Times
Irischer Whiskey, der für dieses Rezept verwendet wird, ist in Deutschland weithin erhältlich. Wir empfehlen, den Barmbrack warm und mit viel irischer Butter zu servieren.
Viel Spaß und schicken Sie uns Fotos von Ihrem Barmbrack an @irlembberlin
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