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From the EU's official registration for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI):
‘Matten’ tarts are small round tartlets measuring 8 cm to 10 cm in diameter. They are made of flaky pastry, filled with ‘matten’ paste [cheese curd], brown in colour and with a dark brown crust.
Geraardsbergse mattentaart can boast several centuries of history and tradition. Back in the 17th century ‘matten’ were already being made into tarts in the area, as old invoices show.
Inter alia the following also demonstrate the fame and reputation of Geraardsbergse mattentaart:
— Geraardsbergse mattentaart was an eye-catcher at an exhibition and sale of regional products organised by the city of Brussels in 1966.
— Since 1980, the Broederschap van de Geraardsbergse Mattentaart has held an annual mattentaart day on the marketplace in Geraardsbergen. A complete bakery installation is set up there and all the members of the Broederschap demonstrate how to make a Geraardsbergse mattentaart.
— In 1985 the Belgian Post Office issued a stamp picturing the product and bearing the inscription Broederschap Geraardsbergse Mattetaarten. This was the first Belgian stamp to feature a regional product. The huge interest in that stamp's issue demonstrates that it cannot be regarded as an everyday occurrence. 3,2 million copies were printed and within two days 40 000 had already been sold in Geraardsbergen alone.
— In 2001 the Guiness Book of Records issued the Broederschap van de Geraardsbergse Mattentaart with
a certificate for having made the largest ever mattentaart.
— The Broederschap van de Geraardsbergse Mattentaart is twinned with the French Confrérie de Pithivier and Confrérie Champagne de Sézanne.
The production area comprises the town of Geraardsbergen (which, apart from the centre of Geraardsbergen, also covers the following districts: Goeferdinge, Grimminge, Idegem, Moerbeke, Nederboelare, Nieuwenhove, Onkerzele, Ophasselt, Overboelare, Schendelbeke, Smeerebbe-Vloerzegem, Viane, Waarbeke, Zandbergen and Zarlardinge) and the adjacent municipality of Lierde (which includes Deftinge, Hemelveerdegem, Sint-Maria-Lierde and Sint-Martens-Lierde).
The ‘matten’ are produced on farms in the geographical area described above. The farms are listed in a register kept by the Broederschap. Copies of the registrations and amendments to the register are sent to the relevant inspection body.
The ‘matten’ are farmhouse dairy products which have to meet the requirements of the Royal Decree of 10 January 2001, under which the milk used to produce the ‘matten’ must originate from the farm producing them. The farms must also comply with the HACCP standards. The tarts are sold directly by the farmer to the baker.
The Geraardsbergse mattentaart bakers are listed in a second register kept by the Broederschap. Here, too, copies of the registrations and amendments to the register are sent to the relevant inspection body.
The bakers buy the tarts direct from the registered farms and keep a purchase record.
The final seller will always be able to prove that the Geraardsbergse mattentaarten come from a registered baker.
The production method must be fully in accordance with the product file. The ‘matten’ are made using fresh raw milk, farmhouse buttermilk and possibly a little vinegar. The raw milk must originate from the farms in the geographical area. The ‘matten’ must be prepared on the farms. Geraardsbergse
mattentaart comprises finely-ground ‘matten’, eggs, sugar, possibly almond extract and flaky pastry.
Geraardsbergse mattentaart must be prepared only by bakers within the specified geographical area. Only the actual baking does not have to be done within the geographical area: it is possible to send the finished but unbaked and deep-frozen Geraardsbergse mattentaarten to bakers or specialist outlets outside the geographical area where they can be baked in ovens for consumption.
Dora and Boots figrines made of modelling paste/gumpaste.9" milk chocolate mud cake layered with milk chocolate mud ganache.
It smelt suspiciously like cat food. Not today’s posh varieties, which are destined for over-indulged feline child substitutes and look more like the first course in a seafront bistro than something to fill up a hungry moggy. Fish paste had the low-rent whiff of a more plebeian Tiddles' bowl. The colour was equally unappetising - an indeterminate shade somewhere between bandage pink and the ‘greige’ so beloved of interior decorators. The usually smooth texture was occasionally interrupted by a small fragment of bone, just to remind the eater that some time in the deep and murky past, one of the ingredients in this malodorous spread had swum free in the sea. Tiddles might have found the overall effect easy on the palate, but very few humans did.
Fish paste sometimes turned up as an emergency sandwich filling. After spending a morning sweating in a hot, hermetically sealed plastic box, wrapped in margarine, white bread and cling-film, these sandwiches were particularly pungent. Piled on a Ritz cracker, topped with a slice of cucumber, or gasp, a stuffed green olive, fish paste even gate-crashed the odd beetle drive or whist evening. But it was as welcome as a howling stray tom. Nine out of 10 people wouldn’t feed it to a cat.
Anna Burnside
After changing Dash's diaper, we accidently left behind a tube of butt paste. This guy found it before I realized I had dropped it. I just didn't have the heart to take it from him after he had smeared it all over his face.
- taken on Saturday June 5, 2008 on 5th Street in Atlanta, GA.
1992
Allan Wright, Colin Smith and Malcolm Fisher. Possibly taken the day Allan left for Hudds Examiner
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I like to be accurate with my tags so if you know the location of this let me know as i cant remember where i was when i took the shot
Shots taken from an early morning stroll in the historic center of Valencia.
Valencia, Spain. It was founded by the Romans in 138 B.C. (though I'm surprised the Phoenicians weren't hanging out in the area before that; I'm guessing they probably were. The Carthaginians, too, for that matter...)
Valencia is the third largest city in Spain after Barcelona and Madrid with a population around 800,000 in the city proper.
When I first came here two years ago, I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the town.
It's similar to Barcelona in some respects (both speak Catalan before Castellano, and the architecture here reminds me quite a bit of L'Eixample in Barcelona...but without the square grid streets of that city.)
Valencia is compact enough that things are quite walkable (though a healthy walk) depending on where you stay. There's also a metro, though I've never used it here, so have no idea where it goes or how useful it is
Last time and this, I stayed close enough to downtown that I just walked everywhere.
The heart of the city is the Plaza del Ayuntamiento (City Hall). From there, about 200 meters south is the Estacio del Nord train station (built in 1917). next to the Plaza de Toros (1850-59). On the main square is quite a bit of rather modern (19th-20th century, anyway) architecture. Also on the main square (and this probably isn't a good thing if you're looking for authentic Spain), you can currently find the following eating establishments: Taco Bell, Burger King, Blue Frog, Five Guys, and within a 3 minute walk, Hard Rock Cafe and McDonald's. There are restaurants around where you can get Valencia's famous paella...don't worry about that.
Walking north from the square, you'll reach the not-so-modern cathedral in about 300-400 meters. That church was built between the 13th and 15th century. En route, with a slight detour of 200 meters, you'd run into Mercat Central, which has been around since the 1830s, with the current building standing since 1928.
If you were to keep walking beyond the cathedral in a straight line, you'd pass by the Plaza del Virgen with its nice fountain and eventually bump into the former riverbed of the Rio Turia.
It's a former riverbed because it once flooded, so they ended up diverting the river and it's now a wonderful park for running, exercise, relaxation, picnics, etc.
If you were to head east...ish in the park from due north of the cathedral, you'd immediately pass the Museum of Fine Arts, some nice bridges, Palace of Music, and plenty of green space before eventually arriving (about 3 km later) at the City of Arts and Sciences.
This is one of the highlights of visiting Spain if you ask me, just for the ultramodernity of it. It's a complex that consists of the Palau de les Arts (basically opera house), Hemisferic (not sure what its purpose is, but it's the next in line and looks like an eye from the side), science museum (supposed to resemble a whale's skeleton), a bridge, the Agora (concert venue; it's the one that sticks up like a blue fingernail) and, beyond that, Oceanografic -- which I didn't make it to last time or this one.
Besides those highlights, it's simply fun to wander around the streets near the cathedral and City Hall and get lost. You'll bump into plenty of bars and cafes (a bit Bohemian) on the west side of this area and more of a shopping area (cleaner/more sterile feel) on the east side of this area.
Valencia...it's the type of town I'll always enjoy.
Looks like HEBRU recently paid a visit to the Fulton Market neighborhood, Chicago & wheat pasted one of his classic goggled hero's.