Vintage tin Davelaar Jodenkoeken sinds 1883, with mills in Alkmaar

Vintage tin Davelaar Jodenkoeken sinds 1883, with mills in Alkmaar. 

• Manufacturer: Davelaar koeken

High tin by Davelaar's Jodenkoeken with images of three windmills in Almaar, Holland.

Description
High round tin canister with separate lid, with the text "Davelaar Jodenkoeken since 1883". The tin is decorated with a yellow surface and is adorned with three famous windmills from Alkmaar.

• De Geestmolen from 1565
• Molen de Groot (Piet mill) from 1769
• Molen de Eendracht from 1761

Text: 'Davelaar' Jodenkoeken the oldest address since 1883 Alkmaar (translated).

Condition
This tin is in a neat vintage condition with some traces of use.

Size

• Height: 16 cm.
• Diameter: 11 cm.

Jodenkoek
A jodenkoek (in Dutch, literally "Jew cookie", plural jodenkoeken) is a big, flat, round shortbread cookie with a diameter of about 10 centimeters.

Claimed to have been first baked in the 17th century, these cookies were advertised by bakeries as early as 1872. Jodenkoeken were made famous by a baker called Davelaar, in Alkmaar, Netherlands. The Stam bakery in Alkmaar started selling jodenkoeken in 1883, and Dirk Davelaar took over this bakery in 1924. By advertising in local newspapers and by offering the cookies through other stores, his jodenkoeken became a popular product. The company continues to bake them to this day. Similar products with the same name are produced by Lotus Bakeries and O'Lacy.

In the 1970s the name was thought to be discriminatory by some, and the manufacturer considered changing it, but ultimately decided against it. The name has received little to no controversy since then, and prominent Jewish rights activist Wim Kortenoeven, while critical of the naming of the Dutch sweet jodenvet "Jew fat" (now borsthoning "breast honey"), said he saw nothing wrong with the name. Jodenkoeken are exported to England and China, but, because of the difficulty of the name explanation, the export product is called Dutch Cookies.

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