10-06-2008, 02:48 PM | #341 |
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Eärn! Are you kidding!?
I'm a purist when it comes to Sinterklaas, but pepernoten... those should be eaten BEFORE (i.e. whenever you can get them ). Chocolate letters and speculaaspoppen however... not until the 5th
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10-06-2008, 02:50 PM | #342 |
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Sane? Sis? Hope the campaigning's going well. It's awesome that you're both getting involved. Wish I could help.
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10-06-2008, 02:51 PM | #343 |
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I think edible rings are an excellent idea..
In Norway there are some things you just don't eat before Xmas, and we have this thing called syvbakst (or something similar) which means people bake 7 different kinds of cakes and pastries for the Xmas holidays *Drools unashamedly*
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10-06-2008, 02:52 PM | #344 |
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Edible rings are a good idea!
*thinks about how we can market them* And then there's American Christmases.... we just eat everything whenever we want Stupid lack of tradition!
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10-06-2008, 02:56 PM | #345 | |
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Empress, here the recipe. It's taken from http://www.thehollandring.com/sinterklaas.shtml, but I couldn't link to the recipe directly.
And I am the baker of cakes for birthdays here in my family, so I'd be glad to make you one for yours! Quote:
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10-06-2008, 03:00 PM | #346 |
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Well the recipe looks doable but... what are "speculaas spices" lol... oh dear..
Yay I get a cake!
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10-06-2008, 03:07 PM | #347 |
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Right-y...
Apparently they are only sold in the Benelux, but you can buy them online if you'd like. http://www.dutchtaste.com/silvo-koek...den-p-486.html That's it.
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10-06-2008, 03:10 PM | #348 |
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Thankies Mari ^^ I'll look into it!
My family are always wanting new confections from me at Christmas!
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10-06-2008, 03:16 PM | #349 |
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*The Delicacy and Dessert Monster on hearing all the jummpy stuff being talked about comes out of the MQ to parlez about things delicious and delicate.*
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10-06-2008, 03:17 PM | #350 |
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Maybe the D & D Monster can help with my birthday cake?
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If I go to the Dutch wikipedia site and translate the speculaas spices from there it should be: cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, white pepper and cardamom. Exact quantities vary. Trust this at your responsibility, I've never tried making it myself and I'm not a cook.
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10-06-2008, 03:19 PM | #352 |
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"Of course, my friend!" sayeth the D&D Monster, and immediately begins to bring out the ingrediences.
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10-06-2008, 03:20 PM | #353 |
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Ooo thanks a lot Earn! I'll do some experimenting with the spice quantities... I'm pretty sure we have most of those in my kitchen... maybe not cardamom, but probably everything else...
Well hold on D & D Monster! The birthday isn't until Sunday! You have time to plan!
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10-06-2008, 03:22 PM | #354 |
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Use pumpkin pie spice, Empress.
You guys are wrong about the US not having traditions. I just journey from culture to culture, eating my way through EVERYONE's traditions. My friends are from everywhere. It's far the best way.
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10-06-2008, 03:22 PM | #355 |
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"Oh, sorry, got carried away there." said the DDM."Planning is of course needed."
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10-06-2008, 03:37 PM | #356 |
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Earn, it's not tradition here to not eat pepernoten before the 6th. In fact, the Pieten hand it out when Sinterklaas comes in, which is at the beginning of November already I think.
So I guess there's a difference. Sis, that's a very sensible thing to do ^_^
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We don't have a celebration of pepernoten, or peppernøtter (I think that's the word for it here), but we do make it for Xmas, and they're usually very 'spicy', though I'm not the biggest fan of ginger in the world!
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10-06-2008, 03:55 PM | #358 |
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To be honest, I forgot about that. Sinterklaas does arrive earlier by boat. In that case, no worries then! Eat away!
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10-06-2008, 04:10 PM | #359 |
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Yay! *does just that*
Sinterklaas time is a horror for my figure Andreas, really? Why would they show it on TV? Probably didn't have more interesting things to report
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10-06-2008, 04:21 PM | #360 |
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Haha taking cheap shots at Norwegian television are we
I have no idea why. Prolly cause it's such a unique celebration. Norwegians are outward-looking! And your in Europe and it's not seldom that there are news reports from all over the continent about unique stories and such..
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