1. Typical Belgian products Marie Caes 3 Nature and Environment 16th of April

2. Belgian Chocolate

3. Cacao plant

4. Cacaobean

5. Cacaoplant Naturally on riverbanks, shade 13 to 15 metres Simultaneously bearing leaves, fruit,flowers 50.000 to 100.000 flowers, only 20 to 30 pods Hot and humid atmosphere Tropics

6. Harvest 9 months after flowering Twice a year November-January + May-July Delicate tree, flowers and pots

7. Cacaopod

8. Shelling and fermentation Removing beans and pulp Precision Other smell then chocolate ------------------------------------------------ In boxes with banana leaves A week at 45 – 50°C Seperates beans from pulp

9. Drying 60%  7% moisture Dried in sun or rotating dryers Sorted according to quality Placed in sacks for transport

10. Conching Tempering Fermentation Drying

11. Cacaobutter

12. Chocolate

13. Belgian Endive Chicorium endivia

14. 1 : Cutting leaves from growing plant

15. 2 : Keeping the roots in dark place

16. 3 : Development of new bud

17. Belgian Endive

18. Belgian waffels

19. Brussels sprouts

20. Belgian beer

21. Belgian cheese

22. Typical products of Geel A “Geels hartje” is a buttercookie in the shape of a little heart. It has marzipan inside, has almonds and a little layer of apricotjam on the top. The coockie symbolises the charity of the city Geel. It can be bought in (almost) every bakery in Geel.

23. Sausages of Vandecruys Already for four generations the butchery Vandecruys from Geel makes sausages according to a secret recipe. The sausages are very light digestible and subtly spiced. They even got a special label.

24. Other products of Geel

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