Today I am posting a very special Bairisch (Bavarian German) lesson in honour of the glorious celebration of Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday (Der Fastnachtdienstag in German). I know, I know, I’m a bit late, but why should pancakes be limited to one day of the year? I made some today – in fact, I make them on a weekly basis now. Anyway, I love pancakes (Die Pfannkuchen in German), I love food, and I love Bairisch, so I thought – why not combine them to make a post? So this is your Bairisch lesson for today: I’m going to attempt to teach you, in Bairisch, how to make healthy pancakes.

The point of this lesson is to make you more familiar with Bairisch, recognise its connection to Hochdeutsch (standard German), and to introduce you to some food-related vocabulary. It’s important to point out that this is mostly a spoken language, and so words are often written phonetically (especially if they are just German words pronounced differently). That means their spellings may vary. Still, I hope you can get a sense from my posts of how Bairisch sounds and looks, and if you have any suggestions for how I could teach it more effectively on this blog, send them my way!

Also let me know how you get on with your understanding of this recipe. There’ll be some vocabulary at the bottom of the post to help you. And remember: Your reward for getting through the Bairisch is a stack of delicious, nutritious Pfannkuchen – or Bfannkuacha! 😀 So let’s get on with it!

REZEPT: G’SUNDE BFANNKUACHA

Numma oans: Kauf dia diese Socha fuer’n Deig:

Zwoa (2) Oar
Oane (1) Banane
A hoibade (1/2) Tass Haafaflocka
A bissi Zimt
Oa (1) Teeleffi Backpoifa
A bissi Mill (endweeda vom a Kua oder need – I nimm a Nissmill her)

Numma zwoa: Koch’s!

Giess die Zutatn in dei Mischa a so: Z’erscht Mill, dann Oar, Banane, Haafaflocka, Zimt, Backpoifa. Misch ois tsom, bis guad gmischd is.

Hitz dei Pfanne mid a bissl Buadda. Giess den Deig für oa Bfannkuacha eini. Wenns kloane Blasal omad gibt, kannst dei Bfannkuacha ummdraan. Moch’s so mid oisammd, oans noch oans. Wenn’s oisammd kocht sand, duas auf’m Della.

I dua imma a Banane, Zimt, a weng Kürbiskernal, und a griechisch’s Joghurt draaf.

Wennst woist, kannst aa andre Socha dazua doa, zum Beispi:

Schlograahm – Schlagsahne – Whipped cream (ned so g’sund, aber des is mir Wurst)
Eabbeean – Erdbeeren – Strawberries
Daubeean – Blaubeeren – Blueberries
Himbeean – Himbeeren – Raspberries
Ebbfi – Äpfeln – Apples
Kiaschn – Kirschen – Cherries
Bian – Birnen – Pears
Zidrona – Zitronen – Lemons
Weimbeeal – Rosinen – Raisins

Do homma’s!

An Guadn!

Constanze x

Vokabeln zum Heifa – Vocabulary to help you:

Bfannkuacha – Pfannkuchen – Pancakes

g’sund – gesund – healthy

Socha – Sachen – Things

Mischa – Mischer – Mixer/Blender

gmischd – gemischt – mixed

Buadda – Butter – Butter

Niss – Nuss – Nut

Kua – Kuh – Cow

Mill – Milch – Milk

Blasal – Bläschen – Bubbles

Della – Teller – Plate

ummdraan – umdrehen – to turn over/around

omad – oben – on top

A bissi – ein bisschen – a bit

Des is mir Wurst – Das ist mir Wurst/Das ist mir egal – I don’t care about that. Literally: That is sausage to me.

Do homma’s! – Da, haben wir’s! – There we have it!

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