This week's theme/prompt is:
HEADS - Manner
Chocolate for everyone" was Josef Manner's motto when he founded the confectionery dynasty in 1890. At the time, chocolate was a luxury item. One kilogram of chocolate cost the equivalent of two day's work for the average labourer. A merchant by trade, Herr Manner had a small shop in Stephansplatz in the heart of Vienna where he sold chocolates and coffee.
In the early days the product range included bars of chocolate, "Manner-Chocolade" for general consumption, chocolate sweets, and "pure cocoa" in tins. Their famous wafers were first recorded in 1898 as "Neapolitan Wafers No. 239", so called because the hazelnuts for the filling made from sugar, cocoa butter and cocoa powder came from the Napoli region. Measuring 47 x 17 x 17 mm they were perfect bite-size treats with four layers of filling between five layers of wafer. This format and the basic recipe have remained unchanged to the present day.
My source, and ordering information can be found here
12 comments:
that is funny. when i was looking for the image for my hots yesterday i saw your manner foods pic on there! how freaky is that!
looks tasty mmm
thanks for stopping by my hots :)
I have never seen this product.
I love that sort of sweet.
Thanks for stopping by Penny Lane.
Glad you are not a Goop.
Wow...you did stretch the theme this week! Congratulations on a great and unique post.
I love chocolate but I guess I would rarely eat it, if it still cost two days wages for a kilogram block.
I have A chart of good manners up at my place.
-Bev
I love this. I'd never heard of Josef Manner or his chocolate, but I will be checking out your source. That looks so good.
I had never heard of Manner chocolate or Josef Manner either, but how can you not like a guy whose motto is 'Chocolate for everyone'??? :-)
Interesting (and tantalizing) response to this week's HoTs theme. I'd never heard of this product before.
Hugs and blessings,
Thanks for the visit and the chocolate Manner. The world can never have enough chocolate.
I had no idea...how interesting! Thanks for posting!
All -
Thanks for dropping in. I went looking for something a little different and I found chocolate - go figure!
According to Wikipedia, the wafers were seen in Terminator 3 and they were on display in the glass case at the coffee house in Friends.
If you go to my source, they have several varieties and I've gotta say the apricot ones intrigue me...
cjh
hey! thanks for the visit. and what a delicious take on manners. yummy!!!
mmmmmmmmm very interesting. My favourite things chocolate and coffee.
Thanks for stopping by.
a different kind of HOT! like it.
thanks for stopping by.
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