Legend has it, Viennese bakers working throughout the night heard the
Turks as they tried to tunnel beneath the city during a 1683 invasion.
They alerted the city’s defenders, in essence saving it from the Ottoman
siege. In celebration, the bakers created a pastry that would symbolize
the crescent moon, which is also the prominent symbol on the Turkish
flag. The German word kipferl, or crescent, became a culinary
re-enactment of Vienna’s victory over the Turks."
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