And of course you don’t want to miss that title. The seniors were therefore cooking blood fanatic. “I don’t give up my secret ingredient,” says a participant.

Another has made the pears by feeling. “I don’t have a recipe of an ounce of this and an ounce of that.” The result: nine dishes with totally different pears.

Water, sugar and cinnamon

A strict four -person jury meticulously inspected the pears. “I have little experience, because I usually just buy them in a pot at the Albert Heijn,” a jury member admits.

The decision is unanimous: the pears of Thea (89) are the most delicious. Her secret? “Very common: water, sugar and cinnamon. Non -more. No fuss.”

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