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===========================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(200, 137, 0);">Roger Hondshoven</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:rhondshoven@yahoo.com">rhondshoven@yahoo.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Delectables" 2009.12.10 (01) [EN]<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello Ron,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I remember that, due to the flour shortage, my mother
used to bake potato cakes during the war. The taste was all right.
After the war this practice was looked down upon and people returned to
the traditional ingredients for cakes.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Â </div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Roger Hondshoven</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Diest (East-Brabant) Belgium</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Delectables"<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Beste Ron,</span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Or shall I say "Oskarchen"?</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><div><div>You wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
My family in Northern Germany also had potato pancakes (Low Saxon <i>KartÃπffelpuffer</i>, <i>KartÃπffelpannkoken</i>, Northern German <i>Kartoffelpuffer</i>, <i>Kartoffelpfannkuchen</i>) as a favorite winter dish, often served on New Year's Eve. They were made very much like <i>latkes</i>,
but usually accompanied only by applesauce (to cut the grease). I'm not
sure if this is because my family's culture owes much to Central and
East European cultures or if other North German families featured the
dish as prominently. And what about our neighbors to the west? And
Britain?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For
some reason, mentioning potatoes in a North European context inevitably
brings back images from "Die Blechtrommel", wonderful movie about the
life of Oskar Matzerath. In the beginning, Oskar narrates how two
police officers were searching for his grandfather. Oskar's grandmother
spent her whole life sitting on potato fields in Kashubia...therefore,
his grandfather decided to hide under her skirts. That day his mother
was begotten...and so on. I absolutely adore this movie, even though
it's "dark" in more than one respect. </div><div><br></div><div>Next to
this, and "dark" as well, there's another beautiful piece of art, where
"Tüfte" are the main subject, "De Aardappeleters" by Vincent van Gogh:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_Eaters" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_Eaters</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>In my opinion, his best painting.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind greetings,</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium</div></font></div></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Delectables"<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Beste Ron,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">You wrote:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
> I often wonder what would have become of Northern Europe had the potato not been introduced from the Americas.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Notwithstanding Sandy's formal doubts regarding "what if"-situations
and definitely trying not to underestimate the importance of that
Spanish import, called potatoes, I'd like to think the lack of them
would not necessarily have been disastrous.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Instead of having to wait till the 21st century to sample noodles big time, they could have just gotten our way a lot sooner.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Give me lamian (拉麵 , lagman) anytime.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Besides, China is now the largest potato-producer in the world ;=)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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