It is a hearty dish is prepared from various beans, potatoes, carrots, pears and apples as well as bacon.
[1] Depending on how it is prepared, it has a soupy to creamy consistency and is slightly acidic per to the addition of apples and vinegar.
[3] In some preparations, unsmoked or smoked mettwurst sausage is added at the end and also cooked.
[6] A German proverb states that "even a blind hen finds a grain",[7][8] and the stew's name is derived from this, essentially meaning that everyone will find something they like in this stew.
[2][9] Davidis herself also describes the dish as a gleaning, so that the proverb can also mean that it is an autumn dish that is stocked with the remains of the garden season that the cook found as a "blind chicken".