Borrelnootje
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A borrelnootje (peanut) with a crispy coating surrounding it, usually with a herbal flavour. It is mainly consumed in the Netherlands.
; English: roughly "cocktail nut") is a nut (often aOrigin
[edit]In the 1950s, the company Go & Zoon (later Go-Tan) made peanuts with a crispy outside.[1] They marketed it as "Katjang Shanghai".[2] This family-owned company introduced the nuts from Indonesia, where it is known as katjang pedas (spicy peanuts).[3] The nuts were imitated by companies such as Calvé and Duyvis. Calvé paid patent rights to Go-Tan for the idea of mass-producing the nuts, whilst Duyvis invented their way of production.[3]
Preparation
[edit]The layer around the cocktail nut consists mainly of starch. Depending on which type of nut, the nut will often be loose from the surround layer. This phenomenon could be a result of dough surround the nut rising, or due to moisture in the dough evaporating causing a decrease in volume.
Variations
[edit]The cocktail nut comes in several variations:
- The simplest cocktail nut, with a white layer, containing mainly garlic. Originally this variant was called the sjanghainootje. The current cocktail nuts are colour and taste variants of this.
- The tiger nut: cocktail nut of which the crispy layer has several colours. This variant was developed in the mid-nineties of the twentieth century.
- The Japanese cocktail nut: nut with a smooth, hard layer that can be found in the Japanese mix. These are somewhat sweet in taste.
- The oriental cocktail nut: cocktail nut curry, cumin, onion, garlic and coriander.
Besides this, since the beginning of the twenty-first century, there are packages with a mixed assortment of cocktail nuts.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Familiebedrijf GoTan produceert Indonesische rijsttafel producten". managementscope.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ "Bestuurslid Bing Go over herinneringen | Indisch Herinneringscentrum" (in Dutch). 2018-06-12. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ a b "Keuringsdienst van Waarde: terug naar de basis: Borrelnoot", www.npo3.nl/ (in Dutch), retrieved 2021-01-05