Variations Oliebol

young woman cooking pot filled oliebollen (aelbert cuyp, ca. 1652)

for centuries dutch ate oliekoek ( oil cookie ), old name oliebol ( oil ball ). oliebollen see in painting around 1652 similar today s oliebol. @ time, baked in lard or rapeseed oil. during nineteenth century word oliebol started used more. 1868 edition of van dale dictionary included word oliebol , whereas rival woordenboek der nederlandsche taal didn t include until 1896, stating oliekoek more commonly used term, major shift in usage occurred: twentieth century word oliebol became popular word, while oliekoek no longer in use.

croustillons

a similar type of oliebol can found in walloon part of belgium, brussels , northern france. croustillons deep fried dough balls served hot , liberally sprinkled powdered sugar. served in paper cone little plastic fork eat them with. typically found @ fairgrounds in belgium , in lille, france.