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Here's a recipe for braised beets and red cabbage.Kraut und Rüben haben mich vertrieben
Hätt' meine Mutter Fleisch gekocht
Wär' ich länger g'blieben.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Kraut und Rüben haben mich vertrieben
That is: "Cabbages and beets drove me away." It's text for Bach's Goldberg Variation #30 (Quodlibet).
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Wow. About 20 years ago a German pop group (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung) had a hit song that went something like: ...
Vergammelte Speisen
zu ueberhoehten Preisen
sind zurueckzuweisen (yeh, yeh)
Which translates loosely (I have not googled it) as: "overpriced food that has gone bad is to be rejected."
Who knew there was a classical precedent. Even the scansion echoes Bach.
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