Birnbrot
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Birnbrot or Birnweggen are a traditional baked good originating in Switzerland with a filling of dried pears. They exist throughout Switzerland and popular variations include "Bündener Birnbrot", "Gla
Bündner Birnbrot
Birnweggen
Rose water
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Rose water or rosewater is a flavoured water created by steeping rose petals in water. It is typically made as a by-product during the distillation of rose petals to make rose oil for perfumes. Rose w
Birnbrot
…of Toggenburg and Glarus cook and sear the pears before mixing it with the other ingredients. In Graubünden the pears are soaked in pear brandy or rose water which gives a more distinguishable pear taste. Originally it was a bread variation for peasants that lengthened the expensive wheat with dried fruit…
Rose water bottles and rose petals
12th-century rosewater bottle from Iran (silver with gold and niello, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
A decorative display in a small manufactory of rosewater in Kashan, Iran
Bags of rose petals being unloaded in preparation for steeping