Schlachtfest
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A Schlachtfest is the German term for the ritual or ceremonial
the Palatinate
, for a celebration or festival involving the ceremonial slaughter of a pig reared or bought by a private household or an inn for that purpose.
The menu for such a Schlachtfest in the Palatinate includes soup (pig's bladder would be hung up outside. Occasionally this is still the case today.
The organisation of a Schlachtfest at home and giving Metzelsuppe and sausages to family members and neighbours is still fairly common today in the German-speaking world e.g. in Swabia or Lower Saxony.
External links
- Report about the Schlachtfest month of November (in German)
- Report about a historic Schlachtfest in Delmenhorst (in German)
- Report about Schlachtfeste in a village in Swabia in the Ehninger home calendar, Entry: February 1953 (in German)
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