Rectangular tin with hinged lid produced by Verkade for "Honey gingerbread", dark yellow and multicoloured

Rectangular tin with hinged lid produced by Verkade for "Honey gingerbread", dark yellow and multicoloured

• Manufacturer: client: fa. Verkade
• Date of manufacture: 1945 - 1960

Description
Rectangular tin with rounded corners and a convex hinged lid with hanging tabs and the text "Honingontbijtkoek". The edges of the lid and the box are rolled. The decoration of this tin on the lid, front and back consists of images of stylized flower garlands and the stylized floral pattern of the nasturtium in red and green. The entire tin has a light yellow honeycomb pattern.

Lid: "HONINGONTBIJTKOEK". Bottom: "Verkade / ZAANDAM" in relief.

Condition
This tin for honey gingerbread is in good vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Dimensions

• Height: 9.5 cm.
• Length: 28.5 cm.
• Width: 10.5 cm.

Verkade. 
Verkade was founded on 2 May 1886. Then Ericus Gerhardus Verkade opened his steam, bread and rusk factory "De Ruyter" (The Rider). The name "De Ruyter" was chosen with a bow to the past; the first flour mill of West Zaandam bore that name. The products of the first hour were; bread, rusks, honey gingerbread and Langetjes (kind of biscuits), "De Ruyter" is still recognizable in the logo of the Verkade brand.

Tropaeolum majus (garden nasturtium, Indian cress, or monks cress) is a species of flowering plant in the family Tropaeolaceae, originating in the Andes from Bolivia north to Colombia. An easily-grown annual with disc-shaped leaves and brilliant orange or red flowers, it is of cultivated, probably hybrid origin. It is not closely related to the genus Nasturtium (which includes watercress).

It is a fast-growing plant, with trailing stems growing to 3–6 ft (0.91–1.83 m). The leaves are large, nearly circular, 3 to 15 centimetres (1.2 to 5.9 in) in diameter, green to glaucous green above, paler below; they are peltate, with the 5–30 cm long petiole near the middle of the leaf, with several veins radiating to the smoothly rounded or slightly lobed margin. The flowers are 2.5–6 cm diameter, with five petals, eight stamens, and a 2.5–3 cm long nectar spur at the rear; they vary from yellow to orange to red, frilled and often darker at the base of the petals. The fruit is 2 cm broad, three-segmented, each segment with a single large seed 1–1.5 cm long.

All its parts are edible. The flower has most often been consumed, making for an especially ornamental salad ingredient; it has a slightly peppery taste reminiscent of watercress, and is also used in stir fry. The flowers contain about 130 mg vitamin C per 100 grams (3.5 oz), about the same amount as is contained in parsley. Moreover, they contain up to 45 mg of lutein per 100 gr, which is the highest amount found in any edible plant. The unripe seed pods can be harvested and dropped into spiced vinegar to produce a condiment and garnish, sometimes used in place of capers.

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