Set of two vintage tin tins for Van Vliet Syrup Waffles since 1880

Set of two vintage tin tins for Van Vliet Syrup Waffles since 1880

• Manufacturer: van Boven
• Date of manufacture: 1970s

Description
Set of two vintage tin tins for Van Vliet Syrup Waffles since 1880, Gouda, with pictures. Orange and blue tin with a separate lid. The decoration of these tins consists of an orange and blue background with photos of famous buildings in Gouda. On the lid an image of Syrup Waffle Bakery Van Vliet with text: "Van Vliet Syrup Waffles since 1880".

The tins contains the following buildings: The Town Hall, The St. Janskerk, De Waag and Molen 't Slot.

• Gouda's town hall is located on the Markt. The fifteenth-century town hall is one of the oldest Gothic town halls in the Netherlands.
• The Sint-Janskerk or Grote Kerk in the Dutch city of Gouda is a large Gothic-style cross church. The church is famous mainly for its array of stained glass.
• De Waag in Gouda was built in 1668 to a design by Pieter Post on the Markt van Gouda.
• Molen 't Slot is a flour mill located at Punt 17 in Gouda. The mill was built in 1832 to replace an earlier octagonal tower mill that was destroyed by fire in 1831.

Condition
These tins are in a good vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Pictures are part of the description

Size

• Height: 15.5 cm.
• Diameter: 10 cm.

A stroopwafel; literally "syrup waffle" is a wafer cookie made from two thin layers of baked dough joined by a caramel filling. First made in the Dutch city of Gouda, stroopwafels are popular throughout the Netherlands and the former Dutch Empire and are well-known Dutch dishes.

According to Dutch culinary folklore, stroopwafels were first made in Gouda either during the late 18th century or the early 19th century by bakers repurposing scraps and crumbs by sweetening them with syrup. One story ascribes the invention of the stroopwafel to the baker Gerard Kamphuisen, which would date the first stroopwafels from somewhere between 1810, the year he opened his bakery, and 1840, the year of the oldest known recipe for syrup waffles. Stroopwafels were not found outside Gouda until 1870, by which point the city was home to around 100 syrup-waffle bakers.

After 1870 stroopwafels began to appear in other cites, and in the 20th century, factory-made stroopwafels were introduced. By 1960, there were 17 factories in Gouda alone, of which four are still open. Today, stroopwafels are sold at markets, by street vendors, and in supermarkets, and since 2016 United Airlines has been serving stroopwafels as a breakfast snack on its domestic flights.

As a former Dutch colony, Indonesia also inherited the dish. It is locally known as wafel setrop or wafel sirop and is often eaten with sweet dressings such as honey and sirop.

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