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What do oliebollen mean in Dutch? ›

Oliebollen are a traditional Dutch delicacy eaten during winter. Oliebollen, literally translated as 'Oil Balls' are also known as Dutch Doughnuts.

Doughnuts. Many Germans start the new year by eating lucky "Berliner" doughnuts, usually filled with jam or a Baileys cream filling. Watch out, though: Old tradition suggests filling one or two with mustard, and whoever gets those will have a year of bad luck (and no lovely jam flavor!).

Eating oliebollen was supposedly a deterrent. Their oily residue meant Perchta's sword would slide off their stomachs, sparing them from the spirit's next-level hangry ways.

In her quest she might even use her sword to slice open the stomachs of those who'd already eaten to get at their food. Tradition said that eating oliebollen protected you because the fat absorbed from the cooking oil made Perchta's sword slide off of her victims.

This steak sarnie recipe remains one of Jamie Oliver's most famous dishes.

For me, the weekend cries out for American Breakfast Pancakes – and if you want to make your life even easier, try my Home Made Instant Pancake Mix – or French toast (either Orange French Toast or Doughnut French Toast, you choose).

Introduction. Look, the name is meant to be a bit of a joke, but what I'm talking about is a pitta-like bread, glazed golden with beaten egg and sprinkled with nigella seeds. This is what I make when I'm in mezze-mode.

Marge explains that he ate the entire wedding cake by himself… before the wedding. On the back Homer pledges his soul to Marge, and the jury finds that his soul is the property of Marge, not the devil's. The devil begrudgingly agrees, but instead of taking Homer's soul, he turns his head into a big donut.

It's said that you shouldn't eat winged fowl (read: birds like turkey or chicken), bottom feeders (like shrimp or catfish), or any seafood that swims backward or side to side (like lobster or crab).

Do you need to toast nigella seeds? ›

For more profound flavours, dry roast or microwave the seeds before use.

Nigella seeds can add an herby-oniony flavor to all sorts of dishes. Try sprinkling them over salad, vegetables (potato dishes especially), or fish or adding them to rice pilaf, lentils, and chicken or lamb braises.

Klote (correctly spelled "kloten"; however, the "n" after a schwa is silent in standard Dutch, which affects the spelling of slang words) a word for the testicl*s. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective, or as an adverb.

Name. They are called oliebollen (literally: oil balls) or smoutballen (literally: lard balls) in the Netherlands, smoutebollen (literally: lard spheres) in Flanders and croustillons (loosely: crispies) in Wallonia, Schmalzkugeln (same meaning as in Belgian Dutch smoutebollen) in Eastern Belgium German.

Oliebollen have a centuries-long history in the Netherlands. There are two main hypotheses for their origin. The first is that they were one of the many treats enjoyed during Yule by Germanic tribes that lived in what is now the Netherlands and Belgium.