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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother in law lives in The Netherlands and worked at Aldi for 30 years. She never bought her groceries there due to its reputation similar to in Germany.

When she's visiting and I stop there she'll pick up a few things.

The one thing she and DH do like is the Christmas stollen. It's the most similar to European stollen and a good price.[/quote]

What exactly is "European" stollen?[/quote]

That's a generalization but I meant that the stollen there is similar to the ones they usually enjoy at home in The Netherlands so during Christmas DH and my MIL get a taste of home while in the US. Typically the Dutch stollen have an almond paste filling in the center.[/quote]

Stollen is german. The Dutch version is kerststol I believe.   Stollen often has marzipan inside as well. [/quote]

Well I'll tell my Dutch family that they're saying it wrong next time.

I didn't want to start an argument about it, just recommend the stollen at Aldi as more authentic and good tasting than other versions sold in this country.[/quote]

Stollen is a German word, so please do tell your Dutch family that Stollen is a TRADITIONAL German bread. Stollen is about as Dutch as Indian Paratha bread.[/quote]

Well considering The Netherlands borders Germany, no I don't agree that stollen is the same to the Dutch as paratha. Anyways, I never said it was a Dutch bread. I said that they (the Dutch) call it stollen which they do so it's also a word used in Dutch. I'm not going to correctly their Dutch language since they are the native speakers.

As I stated they enjoy stollen in Holland and consider the Aldi stollen with the almond filling a decent replacement for the traditional stollen they eat in Holland which is a compliment to Aldi. [/quote]

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