I still have a very vivid and sweet memory of vendors who walked on the beach selling simple very thin wafers that were called 'barquilhos'. They announced their arrival by rattling a metal handle on a wooden board: clac-clac!
They carried and protected their cookies in a large cylindrical container. On the lid of the drum was a roulette wheel. Children, but also elder customers, paid a few coins to spin the wheel that would tell them how many cookies they won.
Just as a curiosity, such vendors had been active in France since the late Middle Age. They were called vendors of oublies, the original name for the cookies of which the origin is closely linked to the bread used in catholic liturgy.
They carried and protected their cookies in a large cylindrical container. On the lid of the drum was a roulette wheel. Children, but also elder customers, paid a few coins to spin the wheel that would tell them how many cookies they won.
Just as a curiosity, such vendors had been active in France since the late Middle Age. They were called vendors of oublies, the original name for the cookies of which the origin is closely linked to the bread used in catholic liturgy.
On the other day, I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw one of those vendors. A drum was there but just as a decorative element. The rolled wafers were bigger than they used to be in the Past and were sold at a fixed price...
Time passes, things change but memories remain....
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They look delicious and you have given us a wonderful history.
ReplyDeleteHi Benni! They tasted sweeter than I think they were at my childhood days. They were different in size. Bigger than before and not so thin. Anyway, it was a good chance...
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I loved learning about these vendors. You always show us the neatest things..I wish they would continue this practice.
ReplyDeleteMe too, Susan!Perhaps it means I'm getting old and feel nostalgic when I miss some things of my childhood. I think the vendors of those thin wafers were typical from South European countries.
DeleteThanks for the visit and comment, Susan!
How interesting!! I love the idea of the little 'roulette wheeel' on the canister.
ReplyDeleteYes, Mitch, it was something peculiar and the sound of the roulette was very special. Vendors were always wearing pristine white uniforms...
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Hello Sweetheart, A colourful and interesting post. Would love to have seen it.
ReplyDeleteHi Shayna... I would have been pleased if you had seen it, too...
DeleteThat wheel is so very colorful!
ReplyDeleteThis was a precious find, to be a delicious treat and to bring back sweet memories. There are so many things in our lives that we don't remember until a trigger takes us back. How nice you were in that place in time to have both! Happy Valentines Day!
Hi Monica! Yesss, that's so very true. The unexpected, most of the times, has a special flavour...
DeleteIt was nice to see you on here. Thanks!
Another informative post . Missed reading you, I will try to follow up again .
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fatos, for the visit. I understand your 'absence', very well. Sometimes, it's not easy to do all we would like to do... Regardless the frequency, you are always welcome...
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