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pcolbeck

When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« on: 10 December, 2011, 07:37:22 pm »
I cant remember ever seeing any as a kid but now it's everywhere this time of year. Not complaining as its cake so obviously a good thing just slightly bemused. Some time in the last twenty years its gone from a rare German import you might see in a posh deli to available in every supermarket and bakery in the land.  I don't remember a big advertising campaign or anything suddenly it's just ubiquitous.
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Jaded

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Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #1 on: 10 December, 2011, 07:38:15 pm »
Since Liverpool.
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Canardly

Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #2 on: 10 December, 2011, 07:51:06 pm »
Lidl/Aldi etc ........
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Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #3 on: 10 December, 2011, 10:55:24 pm »
Dunno, but these things happen. Happened with baguette, for instance. Now brace for the kugelhopf, I reckon that's gonna be the next one!
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Tom B

Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #4 on: 10 December, 2011, 11:03:40 pm »
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Lidl/Aldi etc ........

don't recall seeing before the Lidl in Wilmslow opened c1995
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Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #5 on: 10 December, 2011, 11:06:04 pm »
I'd say early-90s when Aldi and Lidl made serious inroads in the UK[1]. The supermarkets started their 'German Christmas Market' i bit earlier than that though, and some of those included stollen. Panettone seems to have become far more ubiquitous in the last few years as well.

[1] Aldi's first UK shop opened in 1989 according to wikipedia

PS: When looking into the two companies there was some interesting stuff about Aldi and Lidl's policies on union membership and treatment of staff.
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Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #6 on: 10 December, 2011, 11:16:26 pm »
Brioche another example.
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Jaded

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Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #7 on: 10 December, 2011, 11:29:53 pm »
Quote from: mcshroom on 10 December, 2011, 11:06:04 pm
Panettone seems to have become far more ubiquitous in the last few years as well.

Indeed. How did we ever relay colour before?
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Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #8 on: 10 December, 2011, 11:52:50 pm »
Quote from: Jaded on 10 December, 2011, 11:29:53 pm
Quote from: mcshroom on 10 December, 2011, 11:06:04 pm
Panettone seems to have become far more ubiquitous in the last few years as well.

Indeed. How did we ever relay colour before?
With a YACF battone?
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Noodley

Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #9 on: 10 December, 2011, 11:55:20 pm »
I am aware of the existence of stollen and other euro things, but they do not registet on my 'must have' list....maybe you are all just fools?
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Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #10 on: 13 December, 2011, 04:41:40 pm »
The Dutch Stroopwafel will be the next ubiquitous European food item.
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Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #11 on: 13 December, 2011, 04:45:29 pm »
I'm pretty sure I saw them on the shelves in Aldi a couple weeks ago.
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geraldc

Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #12 on: 13 December, 2011, 04:53:03 pm »
I don't think the cone pizza has reached the UK yet. That was big on the continent a couple of years ago.

It's taken decades for stollen, pannetone, and stroopwafels to reach the UK, so cone pizza should reach the UK in 2040?
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Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #13 on: 13 December, 2011, 05:30:54 pm »
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drossall

Re: When did stollen become common in the UK ?
« Reply #14 on: 13 December, 2011, 07:21:19 pm »
Quote from: Tom B on 10 December, 2011, 11:03:40 pm
don't recall seeing before the Lidl in Wilmslow opened c1995
My (future) in-laws were serving it in the late 70s in Cheadle Hulme.
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