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Prinsengracht 10/02/2012 14h28
A Koek-en-Zopie is nothing more than a Skate-Thru service of the Middle-Ages.
Koek-en-zopie is a Dutch term used for the food and drink sold during ice-skating periods.
In the 17th to the 19th century Zopie consisted of a mixture of bock beer and rum. Due to this blend eggs, cinnamon and cloves to add and then to heat arises Zopie. Nowadays there are mainly hot chocolate, pea soup, mulled wine and almond cake sold.
Until the nineteenth century restrained the legislature liquor stores where located on land or water found. From the ice was no question and as long as the weather would allow there were Koek-en-Zopie tents. For the same reason also gamble and whore tents run on the ice.
[ Source: Wikipedia ]
Jardin des Tuileries 11/02/2012 16h51
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