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Name something the Germans invented without googling (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And German chocolate cake from Deutschschokoladenkuchen

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fun fact: German Chocolate Cake is actually from Texas. Either the cocoa company or the baker (I can't remember which) was named "German" and I think the original name was "German's chocolate cake"

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's also just a super German state from an immigration perspective. At the time, the Mexicans were very upset by all of the Europeans jumping the borders and taking work they didn't particularly want anyway.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A lot of folks don't realize that. We have cities like Fredericksburg and New Braunfels and events like Wurstfest and water parks like Schlitterbahn. We have Shiner Bock and Ziegenbock beer.

There's a lot of German heritage running around here.

[–] kaos@reddthat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty heavily found in parts of Michigan and Ohio, too.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

German-American culture was heavily downplayed, in the 20th century... for some reason.

Honestly it'd taken a huge hit before either war. New York City's wealthy German families had an annual cruise together. One year, the boat sank.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

This sounds like a Darwin Award:

The disastrous fire was fueled by the straw, oily rags, and lamp oil strewn around the room.: 98–102 The first notice of a fire was at 10 a.m.; eyewitnesses claimed the initial blaze began in various locations, including a paint locker filled with flammable liquids and a cabin filled with gasoline.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

Correct, the credit for that goes to Texas – the use of Coconut and Pecans should have given it away, those were very ingredients rare in Germany (still kinda are to this day).

The first known instance of this recipe comes from a lady from Dallas, who named it after the brand of chocolate she was using to make it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_chocolate_cake

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago

And schadenfreude: the joy that comes from others suffering!