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Did You Know | Van de Loo's Original
April 7, 2020
Speculaas a Strange Word
The word speculaas most likely comes from speculatie, which is how the spicing of dough is called. According to another theory the word is derived from speculum which is latin for...
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April 6, 2020
A Big Secret
In the 17th and 18th century baking speculaas was a highly secret business. Bakers did not share the proportions of ingredients they used to protect their recipe. Also the method...
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April 6, 2020
Speculaas Dough a Patron Dough
Throughout the centuries bakers developed their own secret speculaas recipe. Speculaas dough was a so called “patron dough”. Only the baker patron was allowed to use the secret recipe. Bakers...
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April 6, 2020
Subliminal Marketing Tactics
In the old days, Dutch bakers would initiate a subtle but effective sales strategy by throwing a handful of speculaas spices in the bread oven’s ifire. The smoke would carry...
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April 6, 2020
Cookie or Koekje?
The American-English word cookie is actually a Dutch word (koekje). Lots of other words for treats are also Dutch, such as waffle (wafel), candy (kandij), and cruller (kruller). These words...
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April 6, 2020
Speculoos a Substitute
Speculoos is a cheaper substitute for speculaas. When the exotic speculaas spices were still scarce and expensive speculoos was developed in the southern parts of the Netherlands as a less costly...
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April 6, 2020
Authentic Spices Used Today
Since the 17th century Dutch bakers use nutmeg, pepper, coriander, mace, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and clove for their speculaas recipe. These speculaas spices still form the core of Van de...
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April 6, 2020
Speculaas and St. Nicholas go hand in hand
Historically speculaas often is served on the 5th and 6th of December to celebrate St. Nicholas’ Day. St. Nicholas was a holy man who lived in the 3rd century and dedicated...
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