Lotus Biscoff: is it speculaas or speculoos? Where did these biscuits even come from? Well, do we have the video for you. We're going to explain where the little cinnamon biscuit comes from and how it made its way from being a medieval dating app (sort of) to an Instagram hype.

With special thanks to Greet Draye from the Centre for Agrarian History in Leuven.

Footage used:
TF1 : https://www.tf1info.fr/international/...

Sources, literature and websites displayed:
R. Ysewijn, Dark Rye and Honey Cake: Festival Baking from Belgium, the Heart of the Low Countries; Weldon Owen International; 2023.
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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Biscuits of joy
00:55 - A book from Brussels
02:10 - A saint and a match maker
04:05 - The Great Biscuit Divide
04:50 - The Spices
07:50 - The Sugar
10:19 - oos or aas?
11:32 - A recipe from up North
11:53 - A Southern twist
16:17 - An independent biscuit
18:00 - The coffee biscuit

Website: www.intaberna.co.uk

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