Rectangular vintage red gingerbread tin for ONTBIJTKOEK

Rectangular vintage red gingerbread tin for ONTBIJTKOEK. 

• Manufacturer: Nederlands Vereenigde blikfabriek
• Date of manufacture: 1931

Description
Elongated rectangular vintage tin for gingerbread with a hinged lid. Rolled edges on the lid and the tin box. This tin is made with a longitudinal seam. No seams in the lid. The hinge is a hanging hinge with loose tabs. Three air holes on both short sides.

The decoration of this tin consists of a red background with gold-colored decorative edges and capital letters with the text ONTBIJTKOEK.

Condition
This gingerbread tin is in a good vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Dimensions

• Height: 9 cm.
• Length: 28.4 cm.
• Width: 10.4 cm.

Ontbijtkoek
An ontbijtkoek (literally translated breakfast cake) or peperkoek (pepper cake) is a Dutch and Flemish spiced cake. Rye is its most important ingredient, coloring the cake light brown. It is often spiced with cloves, cinnamon, ginger, succade and nutmeg. Several parts of the Netherlands have their own local recipe, of which the most famous is oudewijvenkoek (old woman's cake), which is mostly eaten in the northern regions, and is flavored with aniseed. Ontbijtkoek is traditionally served at breakfast with a thick layer of butter on top, as a replacement for bread, however, due to its sweet taste it is also served as a snack. It is best eaten the day after it is baked.

Originally called 'peperkoek', it was made from breadcrumbs and other leftover bakery products stored in an attic. These ingredients were periodically collected and pressed to create the 'peperkoek' which was augmented with black pepper to conceal the age of the resulting thick bread, hence its name. Because pepper was historically one of the most valuable Dutch East India Company trading products, it was used in many Dutch food products.

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