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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter, Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" wrote:
[snip]
> > krammehuser, where the folds had to be strong enough to bear
> > the weight of many sweets.
> 
> What is krammehuser?

In Norwegian it is called "kremmerhus".  The English term for this is 
(oddly enough) cornet, in the meaning:  "a conical paper bag; a piece 
of paper twisted into a conical receptable for small wares".  These 
things are a traditional Christmas-tree decoration in parts of Norway 
and, I am certain, Denmark, and are of course filled to the brim and 
above with candy, marzipan and chocolate (they are until the kids get 
their hands on them, anyway).  To be suitable for this purpose, 
however, the paper of which a kremmerhus is constructed, needs to be 
of a certain thickness with relation to the overall size of the 
kremmerhus.

The name is derived from the elements "kremmer" and "hus".  To start 
with the latter, "hus" is the Scandinavian word for a house.  In this 
context, however, it must be read as meaning a small container or 
receptable.  The word "kremmer" means peddler, tradesman or 
shopkeeper.  In the Good Olde Days (tm), when one bought limited 
quantities of small wares, such as screws or nails from an 
ironmonger's, or candy from a candy-store or grocer's, they would 
typically be sold by weight, and the clerk would put the wares in a 
kremmerhus, most often of white paper, but in an ironmogner's, brown-
paper kremmerhus could also be found.  Note that a kremmerhus by 
definition is conical in shape.

Conically yours
Christian Stubø