Storie Culinarie: Muffin ** Culinary Stories: Muffins

Merenda! Dal Latino merere, significa meritare. 

Quando nacque, era considerata un qualcosa in più fuori dai pasti canonici, e bisognava meritarsela.  Se prima consisteva in una fetta di torta fatta in casa, o pane con olio o marmellata, negli anni 50 arrivarono sul mercato italiano le merende confezionate: singole porzioni, realizzate con pandispagna, pasta frolla o brioche, comunemente chiamate merendine. 

La capostipite fu un panettone mignon creato da uno dei padri dell’industria alimentare italiana, Angelo Motta, seguita dal dolcetto mignon che ricordava il pandoro veronese della Bauli.

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Merenda! From the Latin word merere which means to deserve.

When it came into existence it wasn’t considered part of a normal daily food intake but an extra bonus which was eaten outside normal meal times and one had to deserve it.

It was usually a slice of homemade cake or bread with olive oil of jam.  Then in the 50s the packaged snacks arrived on the Italian market, the single portion cakes made of sponge cake, shortcake or brioche, called merendine.

The very first one was a miniature panettone created by one of the founders of the Italian food industry, Angelo Motta, followed by a miniature cake which resembled the pandoro of Verona made by Bauli.

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