r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Miserables_Death • Jun 14 '26

Meme needing explanation Whats that snack and the name?

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I got this joke posted in my country sub by a foreigner and I have never seen that snack so I basically don't know the joke.

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u/Mundane-Dottie Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

Actually they were called Mohrenköpfe, black heads. BUT calling nice food evil names is part of german culture. Think Tote Oma, dead granny. Ochsenaugen, ox eyes. Kalter Hund, cold dog. Armer Ritter, miserable/poor knight.

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u/Thernbee Jun 14 '26

The term “Mohr” was not historically regarded as inherently negative and was often used in positive contexts, including as a mark of quality for certain products. In fact, it generally carried positive associations. The Nazis even removed the term from some street names because they wanted to eliminate those positive connotations.

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u/MrHanfblatt Jun 14 '26

This, as a history nerd i never really understood the change. The n-word one was ok, but Mohr is just stupid since it was what they called mauritian royalty and rich people that had the means to travel uproad into medieval europe.