OK, another question, for people who know about cooking: I've got a recipe for what seems to be a sort of cake -- it's a sweet yeast bread dough, rolled out, then toppped with a bunch of things, rolled up, and baked. I can identify most of the toppings: melted butter, sugar, sultanas, lemon zest, cocoa. The last thing, though, is "korinther," which the dictionary is giving me as "corinthian." Any guesses? My best guess right now is "coriander," but that doesn't seem like it really goes on a cake.

I looked up a few English recipes for this cake, and they all seem to have cinnamon, but cinnamon is "zimt," which is definitely not what this word is.

That's how they say, "Thanks, lady!"

Oh! Cause to me it sounded like, "Gerrof me!" Glad someone I know speaks turtle. Hee hee hee.

Hil, cinnamon? my German is VERY rusty and never involved much in the way of cooking, but in context ....

Anybody around who speaks German?

I watched Hogan's Heroes.

I watched Hogan's Heroes.

Did you know that Hogan's Heroes was a popular show in Germany? Because they redubbed all he dialogue to make it even more absurd.

I think you're looking at Koriander, which you guessed right as coriander -- I've definitely seen it used in sweets, although it's not common in the US. (Obv, that's coriander seed, not cilantro, which... even if you like the stuff otherwise, eww.)

Hil, I'd bet it's a kind of raisin. Corinth (Greece) was a locus of dried fruit production in the early part of the last century. Since the recipe also calls for sultanas, that makes more sense to me than coriander. From Wikipedia: "A particular variety of seedless grape, the Black Corinth, is also sun dried to produce Zante currants, mini raisins that are much darker in color and have a tart, tangy flavour."

Did you know that Hogan's Heroes was a popular show in Germany?

Yes, actually. I once ran across a website in German that was this intellectual analysis of Hogan's Heroes. Maybe it was supposed to be funny (I hope so). But they had all this intellectual stuff like an analysis of why it was always winter in Hogan's Heroes and what that symbolized.

I think you're looking at Koriander, which you guessed right as coriander -- I've definitely seen it used in sweets, although it's not common in the US.

I'm trying to squint at the word some more, but I really can't see that middle part as being anything other than "th." I've got Ko(r?)i(u?n?)the(r?n?) there. And it's 30 g butter, 60 g sultanas, 60 g mystery ingredient, 30 grams candied lemon peel, 100 or 600 grams sugar, 30 grams cocoa, which seems like a lot of coriander in proportion. Thanks for the info that it's used in sweets, though -- I think, now that you mention it, I can remember my grandmother using it sometimes.

Hil, I'd bet it's a kind of raisin.

Oooh, thanks! That makes a lot of sense.