{"id":10424,"date":"2012-11-08T13:31:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T13:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress72\/?page_id=10089"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:32","slug":"pepernoten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2012\/11\/08\/pepernoten\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepernoten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <b>The product<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Pepernoten is a \u2018cookie-like\u2019 kind of confectionery \u2013 typically associated with the Dutch Sinterklaas holiday. It is baked from the following ingredients: flour, sugar, anise, cinnamon, and clove. It is a distinct custom to throw Pepernoten in handfuls through the (class)room \u2013 children trying to catch them to eat them. It\u2019s originally a symbol representing fertility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"typo3-img-div\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/ASSETS\/em\/EM\/Dutch_Delights\/Pepernoten-dichtbij-web.jpg\" border=\"0\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>All in all, tasting pepernoten for Dutch Delight turned out to be a positive experience for Nuo. \u201cI would definitely buy it again if I would see it in the store\u201d, he adds. \u201cActually, since it\u2019s a typical Dutch delight, I might bring some pepernoten for my relatives in China\u201d, he concludes.<\/p>\n<p> Nuo\u2019s score: 3,5<\/p>\n<p> 1= I flushed it down the toilet<\/p>\n<p> 2= If you bought it anyway, eat it, why not?<\/p>\n<p> 3=Quite nice actually<\/p>\n<p> 4=Really good food<\/p>\n<p> 5=Best food I\u2019ve ever tasted<\/p>\n<p> Would you like to participate in a future edition of Dutch Delights too? Taste a bit of Dutch culture, and mail to jansen@em.eur.nl LJa<\/p>\n<div class=\"typo3-img-div\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/uploads\/pics\/Nuo-met-pepernoot-web_13.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/div>\n<p> In China, people eat a similar kind of dish named Shaobing. It\u2019s a relatively large Chinese pancake with sesame seeds on the surface. \u201cI like the pepernoten\u201d, Nuo remarks. \u201cI think they\u2019re especially good to eat during summer due to the freshness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"typo3-img-div\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/uploads\/pics\/Nuo-dichtbij-web_10.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"typo3-heading-2\">Pepernoten<\/h2>\n<p>EM periodically tests typical Dutch foods with help of international  students under the name of \u2018Dutch Delight\u2019. This edition, MSc Cultural  Economics and Entrepreneurship student Nuo Yang from China tastes and  reviews \u2019pepernoten\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts\" class=\"alignfull py-6 md:py-8 lg:py-10 bg-white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fixed\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-xl md:text-2xl\">Latest news<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"post-grid\" class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8 text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-1\n\t\t\n\t\tlg:grid-cols-3\n\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 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