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My fav place to eat in Garmisch is Mukkefuck which from my understanding was faux coffee from WW11. I love their salads. We have been eating there for years and always good. I am so sad this year, bringing out some of my goodies from last year's markets.
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I believe that Mukkefuck means a general mixture of stuff, a melange, a grabbag of ingredients. Which would probably describe "coffee" in postwar Germany pretty well.
Hope you get back here soon!
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No, it is not used for a general mixture of stuff. Wikipedia (the German version) actually has a good explanation. (Btw, spelling is usually Muckefuck) They say it comes most likely from French "Mocca faux" and was adapted into German language during the French-German war 1870. Sounds reasonable.
According the the Duden the word Muckefuck was used for weak coffee in the Rhineland in the 19th century.
According the the Duden the word Muckefuck was used for weak coffee in the Rhineland in the 19th century.
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I use to check in on someone's Oma and she would tell me many stories about the war. She was told to make coffee by some Polish soldiers and it was so bad they spit it on her. It had no coffee beans but she roasted something to make a faux coffee.
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