h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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So, what do the North Frisian islanders like to eat with their Pharisees?

Thank you.

I think they like to eat with it.

German cakes!

Yes, I think we are a country that appreciates its cakes.

If you are invited for an afternoon visit somewhere, you're usually invited to and

Well, if you ever want an authority on how to divide them, let me know.

Just come over here and I'll bake a ckae for you and let you divide it.

Or even a cake. I could actually buy some rum and make a Pharisäer, too.

I don't drink coffee, so you can have that, while I look after the rum and the cake.

OK,Ok, you can have a Grog in that case.

excellent w*rk, bel

as you know i was born quite close to nordstrand, have visited it a few times and have enjoyed many a pharisäer over the years

just across the border - in the southernmost parts of denmark - they have a drink that is quite closely related to pharisäer, but there are two recipes:

the 'regular' method is to put a shiny in the bottom of a mug, fill up with until you can't see the any more. than add snaps untill you can. then again coffee and so on until the mug is filled.

the 'hardcore' version is simpler: fill the mug with snaps untill you can't see the - then fill the rest of the mug with

neither of them need whipped cream by the way - that is reserved for the s. people in sønderjylland (as this part of denmark is called) are famous for serving at least 7 different layercakes and lots and lots of 'dry cake' and cookies on every thinkable occasion.

and *no* whatsover is served without whipped cream

Thank you, Pierce.

I've visited Denmark quite often when I was a child, and I do recall that the danes (friends of my mum's) we stayed with had at 10.00 in the evening.
Don't recall what beverages they had with it, though.

Has nobody ever choked on the ?

nah, the probably dissolved the coin

You know, you could have a cheaper version by taking coke then.

what? mixing coke with alcohol? sacrilege!

Well done Bel, shame I'm not allowed alcohol, being a coffee drinker would love to have tried this.

If you don't drink more than one , the amount of alcohol isn't too big. But I guess you can't even drink small amounts due to the tablets you must take?

The last change of meds had a big red label attached stating 'No Alcohol', apparently the reaction could be, quote,"Serious, requiring immediate hospitalisation". I'd rather not take the chance, tasty as this coffee sounds.

You're right, it's not worth risking it.

Enjoyed the entry.

In Cologne, they told me it was a 'Pharisäer' if we tipped our brandy into the coffee, but this seems to be wrong. A true Pharisäer sounds like Irish coffee.

I suppose a short-term warm-up could be useful, if you were wise enough to stop with one.

Thanks, dmitri.


Cologne, eh? They don't have a clue there, they can't even brew beer, only Kölsch.

Ooh, and Pharisäer is really delicious, so it's hard to have only one - except for zhose on a diet.