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Default Nutmeg vs. Mace

In article >, Arri London >
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> Miche wrote:
> >
> > In article >, Arri London >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Miche wrote:

> >
> > > > There's a sizeable Dutch and Dutch-descended population in NZ (about 1%
> > > > of our population was born in the Netherlands or descended from a Dutch
> > > > person who immigrated, including two of my cousins), and some Dutch
> > > > specialties are available here as a result.
> > >
> > > How very cool! Had no idea.

> >
> > The gov't wanted immigrants after WWII so encouraged the Dutch to come
> > as they were the "right sort" *cough*white*cough*

>
> LOL! Isn't it always like that. Plus we are so very good at flood
> control (since the 50s at any rate...) Turns out that my family had the
> option of going to NZ or Oz, but apparently my father thought that was
> too 'foreign' for him. Shame; could have had all that great lamb all
> those years.


Dang! He should've come.

> > > Do you like saucijzen brotjes?

> >
> > Don't think I've ever had 'em.

>
> Related to UK sausage rolls, but with better sausage and better pastry.
> Of course with a wheat sensitivity won't do you much good.


Well not now but if I'd known about them when I was younger I'd probably
have liked them. My family wasn't big into "foreign muck" though, until
Dad started experimenting with Chinese food when I was a teenager.

> > I did like my cousins' Oma's appelflappen, though. I ought to see if
> > Tante Betty has the recipe.
> >


> If she doesn't, we should have one or two recipes.


Ooo!

They were a special treat, I only ate them on New Year's Day when Oma
and Opa and Tante Betty (Bettina) and the cousins came out to our big
family picnic.

Miche

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