1960's style. I remember this from the early '70's.
Posted on 02/17/2020 11:58:00 AM PST by Olog-hai
A bakery in the western German city of Cologne has caused a storm in local media for its selling of dark-glazed pastries with exaggerated facial features.
Some of the pastries — normally a kind of meringue on wafer covered in plain chocolate — were sporting eyes, nose and thick red lips, with some even carrying bones on top of their heads or comical hats.
The white-faced pastries have glasses and carry on their heads what is known as a fez, a felt hat with a tassel that was popular during the Ottoman Empire.
The pastry, now known as “Schokokuss” (Chocolate Kiss) is popular in Germany, particularly during Carnival every February.
Formerly known as “Mohrenkopf” (“Moorish head”), the name of the pastry was altered because of its racialized reference to Muslim inhabitants across what is now Europe and North Africa during the Middle Ages.
The Cologne-based bakery features the treats in its display entitled “Funny carnival heads.”
This year’s supply has stirred debates on social media after author and columnist Jasmina Kuhnke, or Quattromilf as she is known on Twitter, posted a picture of the pastries after a friend sent her a photo.
“Dear Café Konfiserie Fromme, your pastries disgust me!” Kuhnke wrote, adding that, “no, the white ones are not intended to represent balance, they represent North Africans.” …
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And Po Folks restaurant.
They look great and I would buy them.
JoMa
The white ones are racist.
I will pass; way too many calories. Look delicious, though.
well, there’s nothing wrong with a chocolate covered smilie face, & that’s what it will look like without the currents lips.
*yellow
1960's style. I remember this from the early '70's.
'Scuse me while I winch my tongue back outta my cheek...
This must be racist too …..
cookies - specialty of my home town, Utica NY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrta8SsGXk
I remember eating them during my two Army tours in Germany.
Gimme a dozen of those and a glass of milk...and you can call me anything you want to.
Their eyes are looking up and to the right... meaning they are lying to the cops!
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