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It is eaten, what comes on the table.

 

Bibeleskäs is a speciality from the Black Forest. It was prepared by farmers in the past. For this, a rather dry white cheese was mixed with herbs and spices. The ingredients can vary from place to place, but salt and pepper are generally included, along with onions, chives and garlic. Usually, Bibeleskäs is served with potatoes or bread.

 

The term derives from the dry, crumbly consistency of the white cheese. The word "Bibele" in Alemannic dialects means something like "knob". Generally, in the Black Forest, "Bibeleskäs" is also understood to mean "curd cheese" in general.

 

Like all dishes of the peasants, Bibeleskäs is rather simple and cheap to produce. In fact, in earlier times, cooking had to be as economical as possible, since agriculture was only sufficient for subsistence and did not yield profits. Nowadays, however, the Bibeleskäs is very popular among locals as well as tourists.

 

Furthermore, the Black Forest cuisine is known for various soups, including the wedding soup and the pike dumpling soup or the Baden snail soup. The most popular is certainly the "Flädlesuppe", in which strips of pancake dough are pickled and seasoned heartily. But "Spätzle" and "Maultaschen" are also popular here, as are "Schäufele", "Leberle" and "Nierle". Since the Black Forest has a Baden and a Württemberg part, the transitions between traditional Baden and Swabian cuisine are rather fluid here, which is why Spätzle and Maultaschen are almost as popular as in Stuttgart.