hasenpfeffer

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Hasenpfeffer (also spelled hasenfeffer) is a traditional German stew made from marinated rabbit or hare. Hase is German for rabbit, Pfeffer is German for pepper, even though in this case, it rather refers to the small pieces of meat. The dish is prepared from smaller parts of a rabbit which are not suitable for roasting. These are braised with onions and wine, the marinade is thickened with the animal's blood.

In popular American culture

• During the opening sequence of the American television series Laverne & Shirley, the girls recite a hopscotch chant ("One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!"). It is also repeated during the movie Wayne's World before Wayne and Garth tour a brewery in Milwaukee.

• In Max Fleischer's animated version of "Minnie the Moocher", Betty Boop is angrily accused by her old world immigrant parents of not eating her hasenpfeffer and sauerbraten.

• In a Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny cartoon, Shishkabugs (1962), a Charles Laughton-like king orders his cook (Yosemite Sam) to bring him the aforementioned dish, resulting in difficulty for Bugs. In an earlier cartoon, Bowery Bugs (1949), Bugs lamented on the problems rabbits face, citing "Hunters, hounds, hasenpfeffer!"

• Elvis Presley, in his 1960 film G.I. Blues, sings, "We get hasenpfeffer and black pumpernickel for chow..."

• The word is the namesake of the card game Pepper. It is also mentioned in the song "Don't Be the Bunny" (sung by Mr. Cladwell and the UGC Staff) from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical comedy, Urinetown, and is one of William Barfee's words in the musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

• In D2: The Mighty Ducks, Jan's breakfast specialty is Hasenpfeffer and Eggs.

• In "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" Act One Scene One Beatrice warns her daughter that if she doesnt get to work she will be smelling hasenpfeffer

In Literature

• In Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit, Mrs. Rabbit warns her children that if Mr. MacGregor catches them, he might turn them into Hasenpfeffer.

External links

• Hasenpfeffer at Epicurean.com
• Shishkabugs at the Internet Movie Database

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