Comments on: The Expat Foodie: Oil Balls and Other New Year’s Delights https://www.lifeintheexpatlane.com/the-expat-foodie-oil-balls-and-other-new-years-eve-delights/ Expat Stories of Foreign Fun Living in Exotic Places Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Miss Footloose https://www.lifeintheexpatlane.com/the-expat-foodie-oil-balls-and-other-new-years-eve-delights/#comment-502 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:26:01 +0000 http://thinkwithsatish.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/the-expat-foodie-oil-balls-and-other-new-years-eve-delights#comment-502 Thanks for all the good wishes, and I enjoyed hearing from you!

@ Mary Witzl, cinnamon is fine in oliebollen! Also grated lemon rind. I loved your tradition of going outside and beating pots and pans with sticks! That must be especially fun for kids!

@ Aledys Ver, 12 grapes at the strike of midnight. Very cool! Must have something to do with the wish for a good grape harvest and lots of good wine for the new year?

@ GutsyWriter, my experience is that in the US people celebrate New Year’s by giving or going to a party, or go to a bar or club. This does not usually involve kids. Others just go to bed. What I like about the Dutch way is that it is a family event and often a neighborhood affair. Or at least it was when I grew up.

@ Sandy, yes, there’s oily fritters the world around (well, almost everywhere in some form).

Happy New Year!

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