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History of Quiche
Photo by Steve Heikkila.
notes that the English were eating custard The word “quiche” is a French corrup-
BY STEVE HEIKKILA pastries as early as the 14th century. So, is tion of the German word kuchen (cake).
quiche English? No. Take that, French persons!
Custard is good. Pie is good. Custard First off, a creme-filled donut is a custard So is quiche German? Um...no. Well, it’s
pie? Custard pie is quiche, and quiche is pastry, but it ain’t quiche, know what I mean? complicated.
really good. That’s all you need to know. Also, if quiche were English, it wouldn’t The answer lies in quiche’s original
Nevertheless, you have questions, such as, be called quiche. With disturbing English form: Quiche Lorraine. Quiche Lorraine is
“Is quiche French?” The answer is no. food naming conventions, it would be called filled with smoked pork lardons and cheese.
Well, it’s complicated. Stay with me. “clotted eggy tart” or something disgusting Basically a bacon and egg pie.
There’s a roasted garlic and tomato quiche like that. In 14th century Middle English, that It gets its name from Lorraine, as in
recipe in it for you. would be “goode cloted egge teart.” Alsace-Lorraine, a region on the west-
The Wikipedia entry for quiche, which I A stronger case can be made for quiche ern edge of France. So that makes quiche
suspect was written by an English person, being German. This is based on etymology. French, right? Not so fast!
Alsace and Lorraine were once regions
New Spring Specials within the Holy Roman Empire, and many
of the people who lived there spoke German
(Germany hadn’t been invented yet). French
royalty liked to think of the Rhine river
as a natural border for the Kingdom of
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