What was a type of sweet bun found in communities where German dialects together make up the second most spoken first language in Brazil after Portuguese?
Schnecken Schnecken are a type of sweet bun that was a traditional Saturday morning treat in German homes at the beginning of the 20th century and that was commonly found in Jewish immigrant communities in the United States (Philadelphia and Baltimore) or German immigrant communities in Southern Brazil (where they're spelled "chineque").
Butterbrot The German word "Butterbrot" (literally: butter bread = bread with butter) describes a slice of bread topped with butter. The words in formal and colloquial German and the different dialects for "butterbrot" (different from "belegtes Brot" - with cheese, sausages etc.), simply "Brot" ("bread"), "Butterstulle", "Stulle", "Schnitte" (all three Northeast/Berlin dialect), "Bütterken" (Rheinland dialect) to "Bemme" (Saxon dialect) or "Knifte" (Ruhr dialect). Although it is increasingly replaced by other foods, it remains a common staple food in Germany. Since 1999, the last Friday in the month of September was made the day of butterbrot by the Marketing Organization of German Agricultural Industries. Russian adopted the term as "butterbrod" (Russian: бутерброд ) to refer to open sandwiches in general, even ones without butter.