My father consistently called chocolate sprinkles kwattastrôojsel. A combination of the chocolate brand Kwatta and sprinkles. Those Kwatta sprinkles are still for sale in Belgium.
The Liège syrup that I like to buy in Turnhout has been given a different place. A store employee frowns uncomprehendingly when I ask where the syrup is now. Then she lights up. “Oh, you mean the poop jelly?” And she points out the new place.
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