COD-5 2022: Task 2 - Food and culture by STOSKIENE RITA https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze Choose a traditional food that you will bring for lunch to share. Write a short presentation about the customs and traditions related to this food. Add a photo. en-us 2022-02-12 23:02:22 UTC 2025-11-22 23:42:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/6735307/449a4ae240189b2458cb20a10d41bb07/coral_m.png Aydan https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2051109305 I am going to bring beschuit met muisjes. Depending on whether it is a boy or a girl. Blue or pink topping is used to give to guests/friends/family  or colleagues when there is a new born .

If the newborn has older, school-going siblings, they often bring the treat with them to school to serve to their teacher and classmates.

Beschuit is a round, hard and dry biscuit or rusk (also known as Dutch crispbakes) that's about a centimetre thick and made from twice-baked bread.

The top of the biscuit is covered in a layer of butter, which also serves to keep the Muisjes® from falling off. Muisjes®​​​​​​​, which means mice, are seeds from the anise plant (aniseed) covered in a sugary coating.

When do Dutch eat beschuit met Muisjes®​​​​​​​?

It is not entirely clear where the name comes from. Some think that it’s because the aniseeds have a little tail which makes them look like tiny little mice.

Others believe that it is a reference to the fertile nature of the small rodent, something Amsterdammers will be all too familiar with.

Typically, pink and white Muisjes®​​​​​​​ are served when a girl is born, and blue and white when a boy is born. This is a fairly recent development, however, as the blue kind were not introduced until 1994. Before then white Muisjes®​​​​​​​ were served for the birth of boy. The pink ones have been in use since 1860.

Beschuit met Muisjes®​​​​​​​ originates from the Zaanstreek (Zaan region). While celebrating the birth of a child by serving something sweet is an old tradition, it is unknown exactly when the anise-based treat was adopted.


]]> 2022-02-16 15:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2051109305 Megija Liva Alberta https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2052580761 I will bring rye bread, caraway cheese and sweets from Laima Chocolate Factory. 
*Rye bread is a common type of bread baked from rye flour of various coarseness in the Baltics, Scandinavia, Germany, Poland and elsewhere in Western and Northern Europe.
*Caraway cheese is made from milk and cottage cheese, with the addition of butter or sour cream, eggs, salt and cumin. 
*Laima is the most recognizable confectionery brand in Latvia, which unites the history of the entire Latvian confectionery industry for more than a century. The unique taste of "Laima" is preserved by sweets made according to traditional recipes and inherited skills, supplementing them with modern production technologies and methods. Currently, Laimas' product portfolio includes more than 200 different products available in Latvia and abroad. Laima's products are available in 13 countries around the world. ]]> 2022-02-17 07:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2052580761 Danguolė https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2053017039
Lithuanian dishes are heavily reliant upon root vegetables (potatoes and beetroot), meat and dairy products, which can all be grown in Lithuania’s cold climate. Filling, hearty and meant to keep you warm from the inside. Lithuanian food is certainly something worth trying.  
    
I am going to bring a Lithuanian tree cake called Šakotis (called "spiked" or "branched"), in German “baumkuchen“, which  is a traditional Lithuanian cake that is frequently served during special occasions such as weddings, Christmas and Easter. This cake is a large, hollow ring with what looks like horns or spikes around the edges that are created from dripping batter as the cake is turned around and around on a spit-like cooker. ]]> 2022-02-17 11:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2053017039 Rita molgim14 https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2055380462 One of the oldest and most fundamental Lithuanian food products was and is black rye bread. Rye bread is eaten in almost every family for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Bread is shown great respect, is called holy and is referred to in the feminine gender. If a piece of bread falls accidentally to the ground, it is picked up with reverence, kissed and eaten. This is done so that the home would never be without bread. In our family, bread is valued and respected as well. I remember as a child when a piece of bread used to fall on the ground, my grandfather would always tell me to pick up, kiss and eat it. Sometimes, I love to bake bread myself and to taste it with butter or honey. The main ingredients of bread are: rye flour, yeast or leaven, salt, sugar, caraway seeds and warm water.

]]> 2022-02-18 14:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2055380462 Anu https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2062476042 Marianne sweets

In my home town Lappeenranta we have an old candyfactory. Nowadays it is owned by Fazer. Fazer is label that produces the most famous Finnish chocolates.
I’m however going to bring with me Marianne candies. They started making these candies 1950 here in Lappeenranta. It became very popular in Finland after 2nd world war, when all sweets were luxury. Taste is peppermint chocolate and red and white cover paper is very recognizable.
We have even Marianne park in Lappeenranta.


]]> 2022-02-23 12:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2062476042 Petteri https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2067460153 Finnish salmiakki. It is basicly a candy, but we use it with ice cream, bakery and of course, with liquids. It is eaten or drunk in all Nordic countries + Estonia. Foreigners usually take a taste and that's it. I would have wanted to bring some reindeer meat but I was not able to catch one and I guess the meat would have been overdone by the time I get to Guadeloupe.]]> 2022-02-26 11:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2067460153 Judith jvdspek01 https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2071391534 Poffertjes
As lunch I will bring you poffertjes. Poffertjes are a traditional Dutch treat. These small, fluffy pancakes you eat for lunch or as a snack. Poffertjes are served with a lump of butter and then covered in powder sugar. The best poffertjes are made fresh at an outdoor stand. However, you can find them ready made in the supermarket (you just heat them in the microwave) or you can make them yourself ina special poffertjespan.

]]> 2022-03-01 13:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2071391534 Lonneke 🇳🇱 https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2079014783 Gingerbread with butter
For our lunch I bring gingerbread with butter.  It is a typical Dutch snack.  Gingerbread occupies a place on the breakfast table in almost every Dutch family, and gingerbread is often eaten at lunch and as a snack.  Gingerbread is made with pepper and other spices, which makes it sweet and a bit spicy.  I'm curious what you think of it!]]> 2022-03-05 08:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2079014783 Raquel Jamón y chorizo con picos y regañás https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2080167594 The food I’m going to share with you comes from an animal which is extremely popular in my birth place, the south west region of Spain, and this is “el cerdo Ibérico”, the Iberian pig. Its popularity derives from the fact that a high percentage of the economy of the area is related in one way or another to it. In Andalusia we eat all the parts of the animal, being the ham the most appreciated one. We can have some “chorizo y jamón ibérico” like we usually do in the south, as a snack before lunch, with some “picos” or “regañás” (breadsticks) and a cold drink (I see that will come from the Guadalupan side).  For generations, this has been the best excuse to share a moment with family and friends, have a chat, some laughs and relax! I hope you like it!]]> 2022-03-06 18:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2080167594 Germany, Grumbeersalat with sweet mustard, Jasmin ca1125 https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2080839169 In southern Germany many people enjoy eating sausage or Bretzel or boiled potatoes with sweet mustard. Where I was born, in Rhineland-Palatinate, we call potatoes "Grumbeere".]]> 2022-03-07 04:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rita100/phe5ai0nyl5hrbze/wish/2080839169