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09 December 2010

Grittibänz

As St. Nikolaus Day approaches, the local bakeries and grocery stores sell little bread men, called Grittibänzen. They are made from a slightly sweet brioche dough.



We've even seen them on billboards.

And the newspaper recently did a comparison too:


Posted by Zoë at 2:27 PM

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