I bought a tin of these branded “Belgian Boys” at a local discount foods store a week or two ago. Never having heard of them I wasn’t over eager to open them. On reading this, I broke the double seal and tried one with coffee in the morning. I usually prefer dunker biscuits, (Biscoff, McVities) unlike these which soak up next to nothing from the coffee.
Butt these have there own merits. Nice thin crisp waffle sandwich with a thin caramel center. I offered one to my German wife and she took half the package. An upvote I believe.
Well, apples were originally grown for cider, not to eat as a fruit, and apple juice predates the wide availability of sugar (and thus sugar syrup or caramel), which only happened towards the end of the 18th Century, before that it was a luxury (then again so was cinnamon).
There are many reasons to travel to the Netherlands. Free stroopwafels is one. :laughing: May be time for another EU trip, we haven’t been there since the summer of 2010.
Other food I enjoy from there include… Krokets, Patats (with mayonnaise) and Bitterballen. Along with the bitterballen maybe a glass of Dubbel.
You found the right stuff Don, although I like triple better, or blond when I feel like a lighter beer.
To tease you a bit, I just came back from the pub, enjoyed bitterballen and a few IJndejaarsbier. Feels pretty good but the evening is not going to be very productive anymore.