n his works, Wilhelm Hauff often comments on the political situation of his time. In the pre-March era, Germany was torn into several different small countries, which were governed by their arbitrary king, duke or earl. Hauff dreamt of witnessing these injustices being persecuted. He also believed that a righteous and strong king could provide the people with fortune and wealth.In Dwarf Nose his criticism also becomes obvious through the names of the dishes, which the bewitched boy has to prepare for his nobleman: the Danish soup, red hamburger dumplings and – upon a special request of the earl – "the queen of all dishes, the pâté Souzeraine", a clear allusion to the political expression suzerainty. It is consequently no accident, that Hauff ends his story with a "pâté peace".The art of cooking becomes Jacob's purpose in life, which thereby compensates for the rejection from his family. It is typical for a family tale by Hauff that Jacob marries no utopian princess, but Mimi, an ordinary woman (daughter of the wizard)
