LL-L "Delectables" 2002.11.22 (05) [D/E]

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From: Wim wkv at home.nl
Subject: pepernoten

>From wim verdoold  wkv at home.nl

Pepernoten

(ginger-nuts)

This treat is connected with very old Dutch folklore:
Sinterklaasfeest:
Long ago there was a bishop from Myra in Turkey (hence the red robe),
and this man was very concerned about the fate of some children and
taking action to take care of them. This eventually developed into the
folklore that this bishop made it a habit to give all the children that
have been behaving properly in the past year (Mind you! Behaving
properly!)some present when he is celebrating his birthday. This bishop,
would now age more than 800 hundred years, but that's beside the point.
The name of this man was St. Nicholas (Sint Nikolaas) of Myra,
supposedly living in Spain in present day. Dutch colonists took this
folklore with them when they settled in the Americas and thus evolving
this St. Nicholas into Santa Claus. St. Nicholas celebrates his birthday
at december 6th, and each year he will come to the Netherlands with a
huge ship packed with presents for all the children. Of course he isn't
able to distribute all the presents among the children, so he has got
the help of hordes of 'zwarte pieten', originally chimney sweepers as
present were lowered through the chimney, but later for their black
appearance they developed into black helpers. Slaves maybe even, in old
days. Black Peter carries a sack full of presents and sweets, which he
will joyfully throw into groups of children. The sack, however, can also
be used to tug away naughty kids to be transported to Spain for penance.
Nowadays there is debate on the political correctness of the Sinterklaas
festivities. Typical.

Pepernoten, ingredients:
150 g self raising flour
75 g castor sugar (the brown variety, if possible)
90 g butter
2 tbsp milk
3 tsp speculaaskruiden
(Officially this is a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg cloves pimento mace
ground ginger and cardamom, but leaving out some of the more exotic
spices will not be disastrous). (Personally I think it is!!)

Preparation:
Mix ingredients into a dough that can be easily managed (add a little
more milk if too crumbly, a little more flour if too wet). Form into
balls the size of a small marble, Put them on a greased baking tray in
the middle of a pre-heated oven (150'C) for about 15-20 minutes.

TIP:
If you keep the pepernoten in a tin together with a piece of bread, they
won't get too hard.

http://www.geocities.com/pattyshollandpage/Food/recipes.html#Kerststol
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Gewoon even heel wat anders.... de maag wil ook wel eens wat, al dat
hersenvoer...

Wim.

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