The Spekulatius Cookie Hussar

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Originally Posted by awdaniec666

The Spekulatius cookie has been an integral part of christmas pastries in central Europe since the middle ages..

where these cookies were originally , traditionally made & sold around Sinterklaas ( Santa Claus) in Belgium and the Netherlands around the good saint's birthday , i.e. 5th December, they are nowadays available all year.

The same for the delious Aachener Print....

Another tradition in this region ( Father's day ) approaching , June 16th, I stumbled upon a nice gift / piece of sweets to be given to all sweet tooth daddies as a present by their kids.
But....not from the Holland, Belgium or the North Rhine Westphalia erea, but Sweet Home Alabam !


Yes indeed, Cherri Jones, a Southern Belle sells in her Southern Tea Cake Shop in Alabama ( the good ol' U S of A ) this Husar either as gingerbread or a spekulatius cookie since 2019!

How traditions stay alive and wander over the world ( perhaps an immigrant or a Southerner stumbling upon the recipe and finding a market in the South, who knows...☺☼☺)

Maybe a good excuse for uncle Jim from route 66 to get (new) kicks at route 65 ☺☻☺
perhaps on a Milwaukee Steel Horse singin' "roll me away" by Bob Seeger....
to Sweet home, Alabama
Where the skies are so blue... (courtesy of Lynyrd Skynyrd)

[Victrix]

I bought this souvenir when I was in North-Western Croatia , Zagorje-Krapina county for a few days vacation. On the back it states (I believe using Google transl.) that it’s a ceramic decoration from an 18thC wooden mould. That would make the original piece similar to the object under discussion.

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Originally Posted by Victrix

I bought this souvenir when I was in North-Western Croatia , Zagorje-Krapina county for a few days vacation. On the back it states (I believe using Google transl.) that it’s a ceramic decoration from an 18thC wooden mould. That would make the original piece similar to the object under discussion.

I can confirm that it says in Croatian : ceramic print of wooden board from North-Western Croatian 18th century.

it does indeed make the original piece similar to the object under discussion! Which would resemble the looks of the early husars and Pandurs in the service of Maria-Theresia by both Trenck's
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_...von_der_Trenck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_von_der_Trenck

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Victrix showed the swords in the European arms chapter, hereby the men (Hajduks)