Zwieback

Zwieback

Zwieback is a type of crispy, sweetened bread, made with eggs and baked twice. The second time it is baked it is sliced first, producing crispy, brittle slices that closely resemble melba toast. [http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=100610 Zweiback - Medical Dictionary Definition ] ] Zwieback is commonly used to feed teething children.

The name comes from German "zwei", meaning "two", and "backen", meaning "to bake". [ [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-zwieback.html zwieback - Health Information About zwieback | Encyclopedia.com: Dictionary Of Food and Nurtion ] ]

Pop-culture references

* In an episode of "The Simpsons" entitled "Homer the Smithers", the character Smithers remarks to his boss Mr. Burns, "...I've alphabetized your breakfast. You can start with the waffles, and work your way up to the zwieback."
* In the 1991 movie "Doc Hollywood", when Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) first arrives in Grady, nurse Packer tells him there is Zwieback and Vitamin C in the cabinet.
*In "Dear Mildred", an episode of the TV series M*A*S*H, Radar O'Reilly compares his first days with Colonel Potter to visiting summers with his prim-and-proper aunt; "You can't dunk your zwieback in your Bosco."
*In her song "Caving In", Kimya Dawson sings that she is "just a piece of zwieback toast getting soggy in a baby's aching mouth."

See also

*Biscotti
*Rusk
*Russian Mennonite zwieback
*Toast

References


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  • Zwieback — Zwieback …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • zwieback — ● zwieback nom masculin (mot allemand signifiant deux fois cuit) En Suisse, biscotte. zwieback n. m. (Suisse) Sorte de biscotte légèrement sucrée …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Zwieback — wie back (tsv[=e] b[aum]k ), n. [G., fr. zwie two, twice (see {Twice}) + backen to bake.] A kind of biscuit or rusk first baked in a loaf and afterwards cut and toasted. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Zwieback — Zwieback, 1) so v.w. Schiffszwieback; 2) Gebäck von seinem Weizenmehl, welches erst in größeren Stücken gebacken (in dieser Gestalt heißt er Einback), dann in Scheiben geschnitten u. nochmals gebacken wird. Bisweilen nimmt man zu dem Teige auch… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Zwieback — (Schiffszwieback), Gebäck aus kleiefreiem Weizen oder Roggenmehl, oft mit Eiern, Salz und Kümmel. Man bereitet den Teig mit möglichst wenig Wasser, läßt ihn kaum ausgehen, formt daraus flache Kuchen, die vor dem Backen durchstochen werden, bäckt… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Zwieback — Zwieback, die nochmals gerösteten Scheiben eines feinen ungesäuerten und mit Zucker versetzten Weizenbrotes (Einback); engl. Z., s.v.w. Biskuit (s.d.). Schiffs Z., aus wasserarmem Teig, vollends gedörrt in Öfen, hält sich gut verpackt jahrelang,… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • zwieback — Pan dulce enriquecido con huevos y cocido, después cortado en rodajas y tostado hasta que queda seco y crujiente. Se utiliza como alimento para niños, especialmente en lactantes a los que están saliendo los dientes. Diccionario Mosby Medicina,… …   Diccionario médico

  • Zwieback — Sm zweimal gebackenes Weißbrot std. (17. Jh.) Stammwort. Übersetzt aus it. biscotto (Biskuit). zwei, zwie . ✎ Kluge (1911), 846. deutsch s. zwei, s. backen …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • zwieback — (n.) 1894, from Ger. Zweiback biscuit, lit. twice baked, from zwei two, twice + backen to bake; loan translation of It. biscotto (see BISCUIT (Cf. biscuit)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • zwieback — ☆ zwieback [swē′bak΄, swī′bak΄, zwē′bak΄, zwī′bak΄ ] n. [Ger < zwie , two, twice, var. of zwei,TWO + backen, to BAKE, calque of It biscotto,BISCUIT] a kind of rusk or biscuit that is sliced and toasted after baking …   English World dictionary

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