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Simon1963

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Had many Dutch friends growing up and they procured their wonderful double salted licorice - "drop", and a rather delicious powder that came in little sachets called "black and white". Also used to munch through many "sour plumbs" which are an oriental delicacy. None of these were sweet though!
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I take it your double jointed?:)
 

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Had many Dutch friends growing up and they procured their wonderful double salted licorice - "drop", and a rather delicious powder that came in little sachets called "black and white". Also used to munch through many "sour plumbs" which are an oriental delicacy. None of these were sweet though!
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They have that in Germany...

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Had many Dutch friends growing up and they procured their wonderful double salted licorice - "drop", and a rather delicious powder that came in little sachets called "black and white". Also used to munch through many "sour plumbs" which are an oriental delicacy. None of these were sweet though!
Eb

The Dutch have loads of bizarre but delicious foods:
As @Ebenezer says:
  • Drop: salty liquorice. Ideally in the shape of a cat: Katjes (although, oddly, Katjes is a German company).
  • Muisjes: sugared aniseed powder made by De Ruijter.
Plus:
  • Hagelslag: tiny chocolate sprinkles, typically poured over buttered bread, and then stuffed in your mouth apart from the 10% that fall on the floor
  • Stroopwafel: two thin once-crispy waffley biscuits stuck together with a thick treacly syrup. Disgusting.
  • Poffertjes: Spherical fluffy small pancakes served with butter and powdered sugar. Heaven!
  • Bitterballen: Small beef meatballs coted in crumb and fried. Order 50 - you will eat them all.
  • Hopjes: Coffee sweets from Rademaker.
  • King Peppermunt: Best peppermints in the world.
  • Chocolate letters: A popular gift is a six-inch high chocolate letter for your initial.
Plus nutmeg. My son was surprised and embarrassed when staying with friends, as a boy, when he said 'could someone pass the nutmeg' at lunch, as it turned out this was NOT, as he thought, one of the three standard table condiments in England.
 

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The Dutch have loads of bizarre but delicious foods:
As @Ebenezer says:
  • Drop: salty liquorice. Ideally in the shape of a cat: Katjes (although, oddly, Katjes is a German company).
  • Muisjes: sugared aniseed powder made by De Ruijter.
Plus:
  • Hagelslag: tiny chocolate sprinkles, typically poured over buttered bread, and then stuffed in your mouth apart from the 10% that fall on the floor
  • Stroopwafel: two thin once-crispy waffley biscuits stuck together with a thick treacly syrup. Disgusting.
  • Poffertjes: Spherical fluffy small pancakes served with butter and powdered sugar. Heaven!
  • Bitterballen: Small beef meatballs coted in crumb and fried. Order 50 - you will eat them all.
  • Hopjes: Coffee sweets from Rademaker.
  • King Peppermunt: Best peppermints in the world.
  • Chocolate letters: A popular gift is a six-inch high chocolate letter for your initial.
Plus nutmeg. My son was surprised and embarrassed when staying with friends, as a boy, when he said 'could someone pass the nutmeg' at lunch, as it turned out this was NOT, as he thought, one of the three standard table condiments in England.
I have quite a few of those in my cupboard - katjes drop, hagelslag, muisjes, stroopwafels, king pepermunt and I had bitterballen and poffertjes last week :p - don’t get me started on dubbel zout, that’s just disgusting
 

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I have quite a few of those in my cupboard - katjes drop, hagelslag, muisjes, stroopwafels, king pepermunt and I had bitterballen and poffertjes last week :p - don’t get me started on dubbel zout, that’s just disgusting

dubbel zout Yum Yum!
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sionie1

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B for me - unless we also taking into account the TV adverts,,,,,, as a young chap the Bounty ads held my attention, as did Frys Turkish Delight.
 

sionie1

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86994Cindy was the poster I had on the bedroom wall. Must've been nearly life size as it was floor to ceiling.
 

Wanderer

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Slight off Topic, 'There's a million Scotsman every day, open a tin of beans and say - there's one missing'.....
 

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This has the makings of a thread with pictures of girls on it. If only we already had some……:cool: