Why and how the text could be Bavarian
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Exciting, I'm currently testing a new page, and logically I'm now at 52r.

The first word “tdokchcfhy” is another hapax, and we'll leave out the t again, probably a ‘t’ = “der die das” remains dokchcfhy = tzownpfe = Zaun Pfeffer = fence pepper

There is a plant called "fence garlic", which tastes like garlic and whose seeds taste like pepper. It was the poor man's pepper. It was probably also called fence pepper. Today we know it as “garlic mustard.”

And indeed, the plant has a lot of similarities. The small flowers, the slightly frayed leaves, and rhizomes.
So can we identify the plants with this cipher? Really?

And in the deciphered text, oil, vinegar (sour), and seeds seem (!) to appear, which are exactly the ingredients and instructions you would expect for a garlic mustard recipe...

I think I'll translate several texts over the next few weeks and look for more plants... I'll get back to you when I have more reliable results....

It's strange, could the VMS be so easy to solve? I still have my doubts...


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RE: Why and how the text could be Bavarian - by JoJo_Jost - 28-02-2026, 10:07 PM

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