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posted June 06, 2011 05:20 AM            

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The French Huguenots brought this sweet to the Cape many years ago. The sweets used to be sold by street vendors but today they are made only for special feasts.

Ingredients

500g brown sugar;
250ml water;
125g butter;
2ml vanilla esssence; and
pine nut kernels, almonds, walnuts or coconut.
Method

Dissolve the sugar in water over a low heat, and add the butter.
Boil steadily without stirring for a few minutes, until the mixture starts frothing.
Add the vanilla essence.
Add the chopped pine nut kernels, almonds, walnuts or coconut.
Pour into a shallow well-greased dish and mark off squares with a wet knife.
Leave to cool.
Turn over and break into squares.
Store in an air-tight container.

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posted June 07, 2011 06:08 AM            

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This is also a great treat to eat when you have a tooth that needs extraction

It's quite sweet and gooey.

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posted June 08, 2011 05:58 PM            

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I would imagine it is nice. I would just have a slice the size of a coin, though.

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posted June 10, 2011 07:50 PM            

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Charmaine, do you live in a region where the spoken language is Dutch, Flemish or Afrikaans, or were these names of sweets derived from some old forgotten tradition? just curious. it's interesting when names of things come from other languages that's brought to the region a long time ago and get integrated and sometimes even lose its original meanings, you kno?

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posted June 11, 2011 03:34 AM            

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Tameletjie is the Afrikaans name for this sweet - yes, I speak Afrikaans.

This treat was popular growing up but as mentioned above,it's only made for special occasions now.

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posted June 11, 2011 06:51 AM            

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mmmm! i wish the special occasions were everyday! it sounds delicious!

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