{"id":10759,"date":"2019-05-30T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=10759"},"modified":"2019-05-06T20:59:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T20:59:57","slug":"dwight-schrutes-terrific-german-part-4-dwights-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/dwight-schrutes-terrific-german-part-4-dwights-christmas-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Schrute’s Terrific German – Part 4: Dwight’s Christmas Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may remember Dwight Schrute, the quirky top paper salesman from NBC’s “The Office” (by the way, there is a German spin-off, called Stromberg<\/em><\/a>). While the sitcom celebrated its finale back in May 2013, it is still one of the most watched shows today. And Mr Schrute is one of the audience’s favorite characters. Not only his dorky, freaky personality makes him uniquely popular, but also the emphasis on German stereotypes. From his strict sense of law and order to his upkeep of old Schrute family traditions, he proudly lives his German (Pennsylvania Dutch) heritage. Let’s take a deeper dive into all of Dwight’s Germanness throughout ALL 9 seasons of The Office. From his word use to nods to German culture and traditions. Today, we look at Dwight’s wonky Christmas party and all what’s German about it!<\/p>\n

S9E9 “Dwight Christmas”<\/strong><\/div>\n

Hasenpfeffer<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n
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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qVKm0gxaacA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Phyllis:<\/b>\u00a0I knew the party was today, but nobody asked me to plan it, so I didn’t. Hmm, funny how that works.
\nMeredith:<\/b>\u00a0[Scoffs] We’re out there sweating our balls off every day, bustin’ our balls. We deserve a Christmas party!
\nNellie:<\/b>\u00a0Well, then, why don’t we just get some liquor and those mini-Cupcakes?
\nKevin:<\/b>\u00a0Mini-Cupcakes? As in the mini version of regular cupcakes, which is already a mini version of cake? Honestly, where does it end with you people?
\nDwight: What about an authentic Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas? Drink some Gl\u00fchwein, enjoy some Hasenpfeffer. Enjoy Christmas with Saint Nicolas’ rural German companion, Belsnickel.<\/span><\/strong>
\nJim:<\/b> Yes! That, that, that! We’re definitely doing that. Are we all in agreement?<\/div>\n
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Gl\u00fchwein<\/em> and Belsnickel<\/em> are below.<\/div>\n
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What about\u00a0Hasenpfeffer<\/em>?<\/div>\n
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Hasenpfeffer<\/em>, literally “hare pepper” is a German ragout, made especially of the\u00a0Hasenklein<\/em>. The\u00a0Hasenklein<\/em>, or “hare smalls”, are the bits of the hare that cannot be used for Braten <\/em>(frying), and so they are made into a stew. The Hasenpfeffer.<\/em><\/div>\n
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Hasenpfeffer<\/em> with greens and potatoes (Image by Varaine at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 4.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It can suit well as Christmas food, as it has the rustic flavor that is so common for the winter German kitchen.<\/p>\n

Belsnickel<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n
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