27/09/2026
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ท๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ท ๐ท๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ maakte een prachtige reportage over de ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ. Een bijzondere Twentse traditie die inmiddels officieel is opgenomen als ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฑ, na een initiatief vanuit onze bakkerij.
Extra bijzonder voor ons is de mooie foto van onze dochter ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ en onze zoon ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ. De volgende generatie, verbonden aan een traditie die al zo lang bij onze familie en bakkerij hoort.
Bij ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ท ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ maken we de Twentse krentenwegge nog altijd met veel zorg en volgens ons familierecept.
๐๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ!
๐ง๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ท๐ด๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ท ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ท ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ.
A Dutch maternity gift once required more than two hands to carry.
In Twente, the birth of a child traditionally meant bringing the new mother a krentenwegge: an exceptionally rich loaf packed with currants and raisins.
But this was not an ordinary loaf of bread.
Traditional krentenwegges could reach between one and one-and-a-half metres in length. Some were so large that people collected and transported them on wooden ladders or long planks.
The maternity custom became known locally as โgoing with the bent arm.โ
The bread was expensive and luxurious. Ingredients such as raisins, currants, milk, eggs and fat made it very different from everyday bread, and people once attributed strengthening or healing qualities to some of its ingredients.
That made it especially suitable for a woman recovering from childbirth.
Sharing mattered just as much as giving.
Family, neighbours and visitors gathered around the huge loaf and ate it together. The end pieceโthe โknepkeโโcould traditionally be offered to the most important person present.
Krentenwegge was also served at weddings, baptisms, funerals and important official occasions.
The tradition still survives in Twente today.
Modern families no longer need to arrive carrying a ladder.
But the idea remains recognisable:
when something important happens, you bring an absurdly large amount of bread.
