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stew made from marinated rabbit or hare, cut into stewing-meat sized pieces and braised with

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s and a marinade made from

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Description

''Hase'' is

for "hare", and ''pfeffer'' is German for "pepper", although in the culinary context it refers generically to the spices and seasonings in a dish overall, as with the German ginger cookies called

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. Seasonings typically include fresh cracked

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or whole peppercorns, along with salt,

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, garlic,

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, allspice,

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, cloves, and bay leaf. In

the term "Hazenpeper" was first attested in 1599 and also mentioned in 1778, both as 'a dish made with the meat of a hare'. In

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, the cuisines of which have been influenced by neighboring Hungarian and

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culinary traditions, hasenpfeffer can include sweet or hot paprika. In

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the dish is often made with some added

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(also referred to as "peperkoek"), to give the stew some extra flavour and texture, whereas in Germany ginger cookies called "pfeffernüsse" are generally used instead.

In popular culture

The 1932 Fleischer Studios cartoon ''

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'' begins with Betty Boop getting into an argument with her strict immigrant parents when she will not eat the traditional hasenpfeffer, resulting in her running away from home. The 1962 Looney Tunes short ''

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'' features

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as a palace cook who is ordered by the king to prepare hasenpfeffer, but he does not know what hasenpfeffer is. Upon learning from a book of recipes that the main ingredient is rabbit, he sets about trying to capture

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for the dish. Hasenpfeffer is also mentioned in ''

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''. In the opening credits of the American sitcom '' Laverne & Shirley'', Laverne and Shirley recite a

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chant: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated." In '' D2: The Mighty Ducks'', Jan's breakfast specialty is hasenpfeffer and eggs. In the Season 9 episode of ''

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” where the office workers have

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and hasenpfeffer. In the 1961 song

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he sings that the American occupying soldiers in

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References

External links

* * {{cite web, url= http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/hasenpfeffer , website= BonAppetit.com , title= Hasenpfeffer recipe, date= 13 March 2012 German stews Rabbit dishes

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In popular culture

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