A little further research led me to a website that broke the code and told me that these herbs are a mixture of all or some of the following: cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg.
So it's a spicy cookie that has no equivilant in the US - and probably not in the UK either. And here I leave myself open for people to comment and tell me that it's very common where they're from.
Other runners up for S were Sinterklaas, sneeuw (snow) and steeking.
I'm bound and determined to do the rest of these letters before the year is out. There are seven to go. Stay tuned.
1 comment:
Much as I would love to tell you that Speculaas is the most common biscuit in the UK, I think it really is one of those typical Dutch things.
Or, at least, from this general part of Europe. I'm pretty sure they'll have it in Belgium and probably in Germany too.
Alastair
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