What are muisjes?
Muisjes are Dutch sandwich icing made primarily of anise and sugar. Sweet sprinkles or small drops of candies are consumed on bread. Sometimes they are also consumed on beschuit , the type of Dutch biscuit. To avoid their fall, butter or margarine spreads on bread or toast before they are sprinkled. This tradition has been in practice since the 17th century and has most likely developed because it was right to give the mother anise to stimulate her first milk. Over time, color variations were available. At the beginning of the 20th century, however, pink variations were introduced and visitors were given a mixture of pink and white. Shortly thereafter, Blue was also introduced. Most visitors to the newborn Boys now receive a mixture of blue and white and visitors to newborns mixtures of pink and white.
rarely, orange Muisje are produced and consumed at the time of the birth of a member of the royal family in the Netherlands. Orange isThe color of the royal family, which relates back to William of Orange, and therefore the Dutch's sense of pride is accepted by all things orange. Sprinkles of this special variation were made in 1938 in honor of the birth of Queen Beatrix and again in 2003, when the Crown Princess Catherina-Amalia was born.
New birth period is not the only time to eat. gestampte or crushed, Muisjes are basically powdered muisjes. The crushed version is also sprinkled to the butter slice of bread or beschuit and is consumed for breakfast throughout the year. Beschit, twice baked, crunchy Dutch variation of Russia, is most well served Muisjes, but also consume with other tops such as cheese or strawberries.
Haglslag, from the word hagel , which means hail, is another form of Dutch sprinkles that can easily be confused with Muisjes. They come in many flavors and colors and are popular among the Dutch at breakfast. When consuming Hagelslag, bread is firstending with butter or margarine and then sprinkled with a Hagelslage for a sweet breakfast bread.
Alternative traditions occur in Belgium and in some parts of the Netherlands. The birth or baptism is served suicerbonen or sugar beans. They come in different colors and also contain chocolate.