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Oktoberfest

Munich's beer festival, with roast chicken, pretzels and spiced pork, and caraway, juniper and mustard on the tables.

München, Oktoberfest 2013, Der ganz normale Wahnsinn!
Photo: Heribert Pohl, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Spices for Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest began as a royal wedding celebration in 1810 and is now the world's largest folk festival. The tents serve roast chicken seasoned with paprika, salt and pepper, pork knuckle roasted with caraway and garlic, pretzels sprinkled with salt and caraway, and sausages with sweet Bavarian mustard. Caraway, juniper and marjoram are the classic seasonings of southern German meat dishes, and the sugar-roasted almonds are sold by the bag, with cinnamon. The Bavarian palate favours herbal and savoury over hot.

The spices

CarawayOn pretzels and in pork knuckle.Juniper berryIn sauerkraut and game.Mustard seedSweet Bavarian mustard.PaprikaSeasons the chicken.
About this page

Written by the EveryMasala desk with AI assistance. Background: "Oktoberfest" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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