{"id":65251,"date":"2026-08-20T20:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wat-te-eten-in\/kraamvisite\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:07:36","slug":"kraamvisite","status":"publish","type":"eatin","link":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wat-te-eten-in\/kraamvisite\/","title":{"rendered":"New baby visits and beschuit met muisjes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A birth in the Netherlands calls for specific baking, and it differs by region.<\/p>\n<h2>Beschuit met muisjes<\/h2>\n<p>Rusk with butter and sugared aniseed, blue or pink. Offered to visitors coming to see the baby, and the custom is nationwide.<\/p>\n<h2>Why aniseed<\/h2>\n<p>Aniseed was thought good for milk production and seen as protective. The colours were only added in the twentieth century.<\/p>\n<h2>S\u00fbkerb\u00f4le in Friesland<\/h2>\n<p>Sugar bread with coarse lumps, traditional at a birth. A whole loaf, not a slice.<\/p>\n<h2>Krentenwegge in Twente<\/h2>\n<p>A long currant loaf, over a metre, brought by family. The longer the greater the honour.<\/p>\n<h2>Maternity care<\/h2>\n<p>The Netherlands has maternity care at home, unique in Europe. The carer receives visitors and handles the rusk, and that belongs to the system.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to buy it<\/h2>\n<p>Supermarkets for the sprinkles, bakeries for the regional loaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false},"dish-region":[18893],"class_list":["post-65251","eatin","type-eatin","status-publish","hentry","dish-region-nederland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eatin\/65251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eatin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eatin"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dish-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dish-region?post=65251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}