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| Type | Waffle |
| Place of origin | West Flanders |
| Main ingredients | Flour, butter, eggs, sugar, salt, cognac (or rum, or water) |
Lukken are thin, dessert waffles, traditionally made West Flanders to celebrate the New Year and other feasts. Compared to other traditional waffles, lukken is made with more sugar, and since sugar was historically a luxury good, lukken was associated with the nobility and with celebrations. Jules Destrooper popularized a version of lukken called butter waffles.
History
The term lukken is derived from the Dutch word for luck, geluk. Traditionally, on New Year's Day, children would congratulate (luk) their grandparents in exchange for lukken.
Lukken were often produced on special "luk irons" that sometimes became family heirlooms. A museum in Bruges came into possession of one such iron, dating from the 18th century, and bearing the phrase Ik wens u een zalig nieuwjaer ("I wish you a Happy New Year"). The Gazette van Detroit, a newspaper for Belgian Americans, often advertized the sale of luk irons around the holidays.
See also
References
- ^ Dansby, Angela (26 December 2023). "The Belgian waffle that brings New Year's luck". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- Ysewijn, Regula (2023). Dark Rye and Honey Cake: Festival Baking from Belgium, the Heart of the Low Countries. Weldon Owen International. pp. 51–52. ISBN 1681888556.
- ^ "Burgundian wafer irons". Musea Brugge. Retrieved 15 January 2025.