sweets in Austria

Sweets in Austria

 

In this page, I’d like to talk about Sweets in Austria. Firstly, I’m going to inform you of the way to spread sweets in Austria.

Distinguished family, Habsburg family repeated marriage, built the edge with a foreign country and extended the territory. So, the food culture of each country got across to Vienna, the capital of Austria. Pastry chef of Vienna took in the material and technology of each country and changed them into sweets with dignity.

And, it is said that people in Habsburg family who like sweets, for example, an empress, Maria Theresia, the youngest daughter, Marie-Antoinette and last emperor, Franz Joseph and so on contributed to development of the Vienna sweets.

Moreover, It is at the time of the Congress of Vienna held in 1814~1815 when the Vienna sweets becomes the present form.

 

In order to improve discipline of the French Revolution and Europe after Napoleonic Wars, the war participating nation's politicians and important persons gathered in Vienna. However the opinion of each country collided at this meeting and an argument did not make progress easily. On the other hand, the ball, the concert, and the feast were opened almost every day. Then, various graceful sweets were invented in order to entertain the guest from each country.

 Secondly, I’m going to inform you of “Kipfel”.

It is the bread and Cookie which carried out crescent‐shaped and was invented in Vienna. Then, as a proof of the victory which ruled Turkey, it was made as the motif of crescent indicated on the Turkey national flag.

 

Then, “Kipfel” of bread became the original type of croissant. It is also the original type of the swirl bread, "Danish pastry" representing Denmark.

“Kipfel” of cookie is a snack of the Christmas transmitted from old times in Austria. And,“Kipfel” means “The form of horse's hoofs”.

 

Finally, I’d like to talk about custom of Austrian people.

People who live in Vienna have the custom of taking the time of the snack called "yaoze" in the afternoon. People who live in Vienna have the custom of taking the time of the snack called "yaoze" in the afternoon. it means the time when people enjoy coffee and sweets. The time is about at 4:00 p.m. when this time zone comes, everyone stop working and visit a cafe house for "yaoze".

Moreover, although it is said that the Turkish coffee in which the defeated Turkey army left is the origin of the coffee of Vienna, the coffee made from the natural water of the Alps is special taste.

In present-day Austria, on the whole, lightly sweetened sweets are increasing because now, it is not the period when sugar expresses wealth as ancient times and the number of those who care about health is increasing.

Moreover, under the influence of the sweets in France, the sweets made with soft tone and fruits have appeared.