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The 'wafelkramen' are not so largely patronized, as the price of these delicacies is rather too high for the slender purses of the average 'Kermis houwer,' but 'oliebollen' -- round ball-shaped cakes swimming in oil -- are within the reach of all, as they cost but a cent apiece.
Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough
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I also picked up some oliebollen at the Markt which were amazingly good.
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Servants and their lovers, after satisfying their appetites with these 'oliebollen,' go and have a few turns in the roundabouts by way of a change, and then hurry to the fish stall, where they eat a raw salted herring to counteract the effects of the earlier dissipation.
Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough
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Many Dutch families also fire up their deep-fat frying pans on New Year's Eve to cook the traditional treat of oliebollen - deep-fried balls of dough laced with raisins and dusted with icing sugar.
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We thought oliebollen were only served around New Year's in the Netherlands, but looking at the flier for the Mortier, Belgium, walk we see they can be Easter treats as well.
Stars and Stripes 2009
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Many Dutch families also fire up their deep-fat frying pans on New Year's Eve to cook the traditional treat of oliebollen - deep-fried balls of dough laced with raisins and dusted with icing sugar.
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I remember going to "oliebollen feestjes" parties where all you do is sit around the fryer.
Gothamist 2009
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To get your oliebollen / Easter eggs, start the walk between 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday in Mortier.
Stars and Stripes 2009
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This walk will have oliebollen and Glühwein at the start and controls.
Stars and Stripes 2009
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Many Dutch families also fire up their deep-fat frying pans on New Year's Eve to cook the traditional treat of oliebollen - deep-fried balls of dough laced with raisins and dusted with icing sugar. free registration)
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Fat Balls
October 9, 2008