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[Eva]

Dear all,

For those of you who don't speak Dutch I will now reveal the correct spelling of the treat our Janis likes so much...

S-T-R-O-O-P-W-A-F-E-L

Really, it tastes better this way... ;)

Eva

[SongDragon]

Really! I can't spell it that way in my head, it hurts too much!

~Song

[DaveM]

Will keep that in mind, Eva....thus far the closest thing anyone seems to have discovered in America is something called "Dutch Caramel Waffles" (I think) which Dar located somewhere. They look the same....they feel the same....they smell the same. But they just don't quite taste the same.

[Rika]

Sorry Eva, for me it's stroopwafel:eek:

[Agnes]

LOL, Eva! :D

Dave, Marjan says there's too much cinnamon in them - maybe that's it? Though Dar doesn't agree... :p

[NinasSpaceChild]

I had some at the Dutch market in Manchester this afternoon. Delicious.


A taste of Holland, as St Ann's Square is transformed with a carpet of flowers, courtesy of The Dutch Flower Man, a real Dutch windmill and displays of clogs, pottery and candles!

[RedjackRyan]

don't much care how its spelled, i just know i like em !! :D When shall i expect a shipment of edible plunder, Eva?

[DaveM]

I rather like them, Agnes, cinnamon or not.

Cap'n, perhaps we'd better run the "J. Eddy Fink's Revenge" up one of the Amsterdam canals and pillage the first bakery we encounter.

[RedjackRyan]

Aye, sounds like a proper plan, I've been needing some shore leave anyway.

[Eva]

Hey, that is a good idea! And than you can visit me too, while you are here anyway... I'll make sure you'll get enough stroopwafels. And other tasty things like for instance Belgian beer, Hungarian gulash and the famous "Eva's tiramisu".


Eva

[geula]

Hey Eva,
You never said a word about your tiramisu? How about a recipe, to start with?
Geula.

[Dee]

Stroopwafel
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel), the free encyclopedia

Stroopwafels (Dutch for "syrup waffle") are Dutch cookies made from two round waffle-like wafers with a caramel filling in the middle. Sometimes nuts or other flavors are added to the filling. They are about four inches in diameter. They are traditionally prepared by cutting a freshly-made waffle in half, spreading the filling and rejoining the two halves.

Stroopwafels are an old Dutch treat, invented in Gouda in 1784. The story goes that a baker in Gouda decided to make a cookie from all the left over crumbs and spices and then smothered it in caramel syrup. So the stroopwafel started out as a sweet of the poor and eventually became Holland's most favorite tea and coffee chaser. They can seem exceptionally sweet to the untrained tooth.

Traditionally, Dutch eat them with a cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa. Just before it is eaten, the stroopwafel is placed on top of the hot cup in order to soften it up. The stroopwafel is the single best selling food item at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, and in Dutch supermarkets there is a variety of stroopwafels sold in Holland-style containers, bags and boxes. There are also organic stroopwafels.

At many street markets the stroopwafels are made freshly by bakers. The stroopwafel stand can be recognized from afar by the delicious smell of the warm stroop (syrup) and the waffles themselves are bigger - a plate size (8-10 inches) in diameter. Offcuts and crumbs, usually in clotted lumps from the syrup that oozes at the edge during pressing, are also sometimes sold in bags as stroopwafelstukjes (stroopwafel pieces).

For residents of other countries, stroopwafels can be purchased in health food shops, or in the gourmet foods section of a supermarket; sometimes with maple syrup filling instead of conventional syrup.

* You can also locate 3 Stroopwafel recipes from the link (above) page.

"The stroopwafel stand can be recognized from afar by the delicious smell of the warm stroop (syrup) and the waffles themselves are bigger - a plate size (8-10 inches) in diameter." OMG! :eek: Mmmm :)

[dutchcloggie]

Fresh stroopwafels are much nicer than the ones you buy in plastic bags in the shops. The fresh ones are nice and crunchy. That makes them easier to eat. As they are warm as well, the stroop is not so thick and sticky, again, making it easier to eat. And they melt in your mouth more.

I remember when I had braces as a kid, I could not eat stroopwafels. So instead I bought those little bags with the off-cuts. They tasted like stroopwafels, were as crunchy and warm, but without the stroop to glue my teeth together. Frequently, when I got to the end of the bag (normally a plastic sandwish bag), I would just fold the entire bag into my mouth and suck out the last pieces.

Yum yum.

Obviously those little crumbs are only sold at market stalls where they make fresh wafels.

[Dee]

Here at Dee's Diner, the menu consists of only three items:

For the main course
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d149/danielmarkskelton/Photo%20Shoebox%20II/pizza.jpg

and for dessert
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d149/danielmarkskelton/Photo%20Shoebox%20II/stroopwafel.jpg

Plus big pots of tea and coffee, of course. :)

[DaveM]

Sounds good to me.

[Dee]

In my younger days Dave, I actually did think of getting into the restaurant biz and perhaps some day opening a diner, but a six month stint as a short order cook forever put me off that idea.

Des once asked if that's a chef's shirt I have on in my avatar, well it's not, but perhaps that's a sign that I missed my calling. LOL

[Eva]

To be honest I am not a big fan of stroopwafels. Sorry people! Every now and then I like one though. The best ones are made in Gouda in stroopwafelstands. And yes, they are bigger. Janis plays in Gouda this year. Coincedence? I think not... :rolleyes:

Eva

[Wildflower Fever]

There are a couple of restaurants in the Minneapolis area called "Panekoekken Huis" (I always spell it wrong:o ). It's a wonderful breakfast haunt, and I'm pretty sure they have something similar, for example, the caramel waffles. Everything is extremely rich, and it's more like eating dessert for breakfast.:D

[Wildflower Fever]

There are a couple of restaurants in the Minneapolis area called "Pannekoeken Huis" (I always spell it wrong:o ). It's a wonderful breakfast haunt, and I'm pretty sure they have something similar, for example, the caramel waffles. Everything is extremely rich, and it's more like eating dessert for breakfast.:D

[Wildflower Fever]

Double post/edit mishap:o

[KarenSews2]

I LOVE their apple pancake! I was in one only once, and that was many years ago. Original Pancake House in Chicagoland (and one that I know of on the north side of Indy) has an apple pancake just like it. Thanks for the reminder!

[Wildflower Fever]

I LOVE their apple pancake! I was in one only once, and that was many years ago. Original Pancake House in Chicagoland (and one that I know of on the north side of Indy) has an apple pancake just like it. Thanks for the reminder!

No problem, looks as though they have a site (not completed 100%), I think they just came back out of obscurity, now I'm hungry!:p
Here's the link, www.pannekoeken.com

[NinasSpaceChild]

Here at Dee's Diner, the menu consists of only three items:

For the main course
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d149/danielmarkskelton/Photo%20Shoebox%20II/pizza.jpg

and for dessert
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d149/danielmarkskelton/Photo%20Shoebox%20II/stroopwafel.jpg

Plus big pots of tea and coffee, of course. :)

Sounds nice.

We have a restaurant in manchester called The Dutch Pancake House that serves only pancakes. I used to go there a lot in my younger days. :D

http://manchester.openguides.org/?Dutch_Pancake_House

[RedjackRyan]

mmmm Dee's Diner.. I like the sound of that! When's the grand opening Chef?

[Dee]

Um ... well right now my life is too full to work on reviving that lost dream, Redjack.

I'll have to get back to you on that. ;)