Hasenpfeffer gained in popularity due to references in the Looney Tunes cartoons of Bugs Bunny, who was frequently threatened with being turned to hasenpfeffer, such as in the 1962 short, Shishkabugs.
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It is also mentioned, notably, in the opening sequence of the television program Laverne & Shirley.
The names Pfeffer, Hasenpfeffer, and Double Hasenpfeffer (also known as Hoss or Pepper), come from "Hasenpfeffer", a German dish of marinated and stewed trimmings of hare.