LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.08 (07) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 08 May 2006 * Volume 07
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From: Reuben Epp <reuben at uniserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.08 (05) [E]

> From: Wa2kbzKarl at wmconnect.com <Wa2kbzKarl at wmconnect.com>
> Karl Schulte wrote: Subject: Frisian sugar/tea
>
> Folks,
> I just returned from Germany, and while there, I had a fine Zuegener
> Schnitnel (a favorite) but at sister-in-law's home was given tea and some
> very odd sugar. It was in crystals about size of a grape (2 cm?), and they
> said it was from my heimatland (Emden).  As I was fascinated by this
> pretty and interesting sugar - although VERY slow to disolve - they ran
> out and bought me a box to take home to Missouri. Luckily it was sealed in
> plastic and undetected by both bomb and food finding dog. White, powdery
> crystals could be misinterpreted these days as some kind of drug! It was
> called Klootje Kandy suss for Friesland tea. What can anyone tell me about
> this sugar, it use/custome, etc.?  I can guess that as a byproduct of its
> slow solution rate, that it could prolong the drinking of tea as a social
> event, giving more time for relaxed converstaion waiting for it to
> dissolve. It seems to be a form of what we call rock candy, but in a more
> regular crytal conformation.
> Best Regards
> Karl Schulte
Reuben Epp reuben at uniserve.com replies:

Are you sure the sugar candies for tea in East Friesland were not called
Kluntjes? My east Frisian dictionary lists them thus. We have bought
them under this name. Perhaps there are two kinds? It seems that this
form of tea sweetener is customary only in East Friesland.

Regards

Reuben

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From: Stellingwerfs Eigen <info at stellingwerfs-eigen.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables"

Karl wrote:
> Klootje Kandy suss for Friesland tea. What can anyone tell me about this
> sugar, it use/custome, etc.?

Hi Karl,
Wasn't it called "Klontje Kandij"?
Such an old-Dutch 'suikerklont' has become in Engels just sweets for kids.
Our word 'kandij' comes from 'suykercandy' in Middelnederlands and that
comes from the France 'candi'. That again comes from it Italian
'zucchero-candi or candito'. And therefore from the Arabic word 'quandi',
that means 'suikerriet'. The Dutch docter Boerhaave (1668-1738) made
'kandij' worldfamous as a medicin for pain in the throat (throatsoreness?).
Kandij is made by letting sugercristals grow - on a cotton thread or wooden
stick - in a warm sugersolution and in my place it's for sale in two types:
white en brown. To get the brown color they put some caramel to the warm
sugersolution. I can asure you, it is not only a nice sweet in Frisian tea,
but also in what we call 'Irish coffee' or just put it in a glass of
Whiskey. Mmmmmm....

FR: sucre candi (roux)
    - sucre gabdi blanc
    - sucre gabdi roux
DE: Brauner Zuckerkand
    - Grümmelkandis
    - Kandisfarin (aus braunem Kandissirup)
    - Kandiszucker (braunen)
    - Zuckerkand (weißen)
EN: brown candy sugar
    - grind (brown) candy
    - grind (rock) candy
DA: kandissukker (brun eller hvid)
      St.Croix sukker
NL: bruine kandij
    - gemalen (bruine) kandij
    - kandijsuiker
ES: azúcar candi blanco
    - azúcar candi moreno
    - azúcar cande ?

Mit een vrundelike groet uut Stellingwarf (Fryslân),
Piet bult 

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