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Of secrets and noses: Cuberdons
Belgium is known around the world for chocolate, waffles and beers, but my country is full of delightful secrets, Cuberdon is one of them.
In Flemish it is known as a neus (nose) or neuzeke (little nose) for its likeness to a human nose. In French, cuberdons are also called chapeau-de-curĂ© and chapeau-de-prĂȘtre (priest's hat).
Cuberdons are made with gum arabic. They are raspberry-flavoured and purple, though more recently differently coloured and flavoured variants have been available as well.
They are traditionally about 2,5 cm wide and weigh approximately 10 to 18 grammes, although smaller version are also commercialised.
The outside is relatively hard, whereas the inside is gooey, unctuous, pure sweet indulgence.
Cuberdons can only be preserved for about three weeks, after which period the inside begins to crystallise.
This limited preservability is the reason why cuberdons are not exported outside of Belgium.
There are two hypotheses about its origins:
Either a clergy member living in the country of Bruges created it - which would explain the term of "cleric's cap",[chapeau-de-prĂȘtre ] another name for it.
Or the Ghent pharmacist De Vynck in 1873 discovered the recipe of the cuberdon by chance. In order to increase the shelf life of drugs at the time, many were packaged in the form of syrup.
When the pharmacist examined a failed preparation after a few days, he found that it had formed a crust, while the core was still liquid. From this discovery came the idea to use such a technique to manufacture candy.
I always found them sickly sweet!
Lead a sweet life!
Thank you, M, (~ _ *)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
sweets
SUGAR SWEET... CUBERDONS
#AbFav_The_COLOUR_YELLOW_đ
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
Of secrets and noses: Cuberdons
Belgium is known around the world for chocolate, waffles and beers, but my country is full of delightful secrets, Cuberdon is one of them.
In Flemish it is known as a neus (nose) or neuzeke (little nose) for its likeness to a human nose. In French, cuberdons are also called chapeau-de-curĂ© and chapeau-de-prĂȘtre (priest's hat).
Cuberdons are made with gum arabic. They are raspberry-flavoured and purple, though more recently differently coloured and flavoured variants have been available as well.
They are traditionally about 2,5 cm wide and weigh approximately 10 to 18 grammes, although smaller version are also commercialised.
The outside is relatively hard, whereas the inside is gooey, unctuous, pure sweet indulgence.
Cuberdons can only be preserved for about three weeks, after which period the inside begins to crystallise.
This limited preservability is the reason why cuberdons are not exported outside of Belgium.
There are two hypotheses about its origins:
Either a clergy member living in the country of Bruges created it - which would explain the term of "cleric's cap",[chapeau-de-prĂȘtre ] another name for it.
Or the Ghent pharmacist De Vynck in 1873 discovered the recipe of the cuberdon by chance. In order to increase the shelf life of drugs at the time, many were packaged in the form of syrup.
When the pharmacist examined a failed preparation after a few days, he found that it had formed a crust, while the core was still liquid. From this discovery came the idea to use such a technique to manufacture candy.
I always found them sickly sweet!
Lead a sweet life!
Thank you, M, (~ _ *)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
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