kriegsbrod

Updated: June 19, 2025

For weeks white bread has had to contain a certain amount of rye flour and rye bread a certain amount of potato the so-called war bread and, except in the better hotels, one was served, unless one ordered specially, with only two or three little wisps of this "Kriegsbrod."

Arthur Ruhl - Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them

One of the orderlies was laying the table for luncheon, and here, presently, the young Count and I ate a meal, which, save for the inevitable "Kriegsbrod," showed few signs of the stringency of the British blockade. But by this time I had fully realized that, for some unknown reason, no pains were spared to do me honour, so probably the fare was something out of the common.

Valentine Williams - The Man with the Clubfoot

Good-natured soldiers tossed them chocolate and sausage and slices of buttered Kriegsbrod, which they took without thanks, still repeating in a curious jumble of German and French, "Pfennig venir! Pfennig Pfennig Pfennig venir!"

Arthur Ruhl - Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them