Food

[Martin]

Found a little stash of oliebollen in the freezer. It's still good.

I did not know oliebollen were known abroad. Did you make your own?

[Henry Krinkle]

I did not know oliebollen were known abroad. Did you make your own?

While I am Canadian born, my folks were Dutch and not yet Canadian citizens when I was born. I do make my own.

[Raza]

While I am Canadian born, my folks were Dutch and not yet Canadian citizens when I was born. I do make my own.

What’s oliebollen?

[Martin]

Ah, that explains. I had never seen them outside NL.

[Martin]

What’s oliebollen?

I cannot explain it better than this wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliebol

We always make them on December 30/31 here in the Netherlands

[boatme99]

7.2 kg frozen cranberries for the years stash.

[Henry Krinkle]

I cannot explain it better than this wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliebol

We always make them on December 30/31 here in the Netherlands

Same here. Those ones I found in the freezer were from New Year's Eve last year.

[Raza]

I cannot explain it better than this wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliebol

We always make them on December 30/31 here in the Netherlands

Oh, I see. They’re like Dutch doughnut holes.

[geoffbot]

Oh, I see. They’re like Dutch doughnut holes.

Please, never be underwhelmed my donut holes.

[Martin]

Oh, I see. They’re like Dutch doughnut holes.

The process is comparable, but the taste is quite different. It's a thicker dough/batter, best made with some beer, usually with raisins or currants added. There are also variants where a slice of apple is dipped in the batter, and fried to get 'appelflappen'. Nowadays this is done with many fruits like pineapple and banana. Quite tasty, but especially after Christmas, not really good for your weight :-)