Feuerzangenbowle
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Feuerzangenbowle is a traditional German alcoholic drink, sometimes part of a Christmas or New Year's tradition. The name translates literally as "fire pliers punch".
[edit] Procedure
Feuerzangenbowle is prepared in a bowl, similar to a fondue set, which usually is suspended over a small burner. The bowl is filled with heated red wine mixed with orange juice and spiced with cinnamon sticks and cloves, similar to mulled wine. The Feuerzange is a metal holder for the Zuckerhut (sugarloaf), a conical lump of sugar around seven inches long, which is mounted on top of the bowl. The sugar is soaked with rum and set alight, melting and caramelizing. The rum should have at least 54% alcohol per volume in order to burn properly. More rum is poured with a ladle until all the sugar has melted and mixed with the wine. The resulting drink is served in mugs while the burner keeps the bowl warm.
[edit] Trivia
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The popularity of the drink has been boosted by the German film comedy Die Feuerzangenbowle from the 1940s. At a punch binge with his friends, writer Johannes Pfeiffer (Heinz Rühmann) decides to dress up as a student and go back to high school.
Feuerzangenbowle is a traditional drink of the German student fraternities who also call it "Krambambuli" because of the similar color.
The largest Feuerzangenbowle of all time was prepared in December 2005 at the Isartor in Munich. 9000 litres were brewed in an oversized copper cauldron. The earnings were donated to charity.
The most southern Feuerzangenbowle was served at the British research station Halley in Antarctica by a German Winterer in 2007. (The German Antarctic Station 'Neumayer' is north of Halley.)
