spekken (Sinterklaas)

English translation: marshmallows

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Flemish term or phrase:spekken (Sinterklaas)
English translation:marshmallows
Entered by: Rrunner (X)

23:15 Jan 13, 2008
Flemish to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / confectionery
Flemish term or phrase: spekken (Sinterklaas)
marketing text about "snoepgoed" (confectionery I suppose), refers to seasonal "spekken" associated with Christmas. I don't remember what I got in the way of spekken at Christmas, so someone needs to give me a hand. Any sweet-lovers out there?
note this is Flemish
Andre de Vries
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:06
marshmallows
Explanation:
(in Vlaanderen) een plakje enigszins sponsachtig, op de tong smeltend snoepgoed.
A strip of spongy candy made from sugar and gelatin (used to be pink and white coloured, don't know these days though), known as marshmallows.
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Rrunner (X)
Thailand
Local time: 03:06
Grading comment
Van Dale says sponsachtig, and I knowwhat he means
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4marshmallows
Rrunner (X)
3toffees
Gerda Rijsselaere (X)


  

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marshmallows


Explanation:
(in Vlaanderen) een plakje enigszins sponsachtig, op de tong smeltend snoepgoed.
A strip of spongy candy made from sugar and gelatin (used to be pink and white coloured, don't know these days though), known as marshmallows.

Rrunner (X)
Thailand
Local time: 03:06
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Grading comment
Van Dale says sponsachtig, and I knowwhat he means
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toffees


Explanation:
"spekken" is in Vlaanderen een tamelijk algemene naam voor snoep. Meestal zijn het echte "toffees" die in een papiertje zijn gewikkeld, maar soms zijn het ook stukken harde karamel in verschillende kleuren.

Gerda Rijsselaere (X)
Belgium
Local time: 21:06
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
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