HAND CARVED WOODEN, ANTIQUE DUTCH SPECULAAS COOKIE BOARDS. PLEASE OPEN AND READ FURTHER.

                              HANDCARVED DUTCH COOKIE BOARD

SHIPPING AND HANDLING R85.00

INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL, AND NOT OFTEN SEEN, BEAUTIFULLY HANDCARVED ANTIQUE WOODEN DUTCH SPECULAAS COOKIE BOARD.  SKILFULLY CARVED WITH  IMAGES OF 8 x TRADITIONAL DUTCH PEOPLE OF NOBLE STANDING, THE LAST TWO ARE ST NICOLAS HIMSELF.  LENGTH OF THE BOARD IS 47.5cm  WIDTH APPROX 9.8cm, DEPTH 2.3cm. THESE BOARDS MAKE A LOVELY DISPLAY EITHER GROUPED TOGETHER, OR ON THEIR OWN IN A HOMELY KITCHEN, DINING ROOM OR A COFFEE SHOP. AND BETTER STILL TRY YOUR HAND AT BAKING THESE BISCUITS, YOU WILL FIND A RECIPE ON THE INTERNET.

 SPECULAAS IS A TYPE OF SPICED DUTCH COOKIE. THESE SPICED COOKIES ARE PRESSED INTO ONE OF THESE WOODEN BOARDS CALLED A SPECULAASPLANK  THEN THE MOLDED SHAPE IS TIPPED ONTO A BAKING SHEET TO COOK. THE COOKIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DUTCH FEAST OF SINTERKLAAS. THE DUTCH CELEBRATE SINTERKLAAS ON DECEMBER 5 & 6th, THE HOLIDAY CONSISTING OF ST. NICOLAS EVE AND ST. NICOLAS DAY HONOURS THE LIFE OF ST. NICOLAS. THIS REAL LIFE SANTA CLAUS WAS BORN TO WEALTHY PARENTS IN THE 3rd CENTUARY OF PATARA. HE SPENT HIS LIFE GIVING HIS MONEY AWAY TO THE POOR AND DOING GOOD DEEDS. HE DIED ON DECEMBER 6th, AND IT IS THIS DAY THAT HIS LIFE IS COMMEMORATED, HIS FEAST DAY IS OBSERVED BY THE GIVING OF GIFTS. THE CHILDREN PUT OUT THEIR WOODEN SHOES THE EVENING BEFORE, TO FIND THEM FILLED WITH SWEETS AND GIFTS UPON AWAKENING THE NEXT DAY.