‖ oblietjie S. Afr.
(ɔˈblici)
Also oubl(i)etje.
[Afrikaans, f. F. oublie wafer (see obley) + -tjie (dim. ending).]
A type of wafer-thin teacake.
| 1890 Hilda's Where is it? of Recipes (ed. 2) 243 See also ‘obletjes’, Scones and Cakes, Puffs and Sandwiches. 1904 Ibid. (new ed.) 153 (Pettman), Obletjes (or Oubliès). An old⁓fashioned recipe for tea cakes brought to the Cape by the French refugees. 1912 Northern News 27 Aug. (Pettman), The one word I feel sure of is oublietje, that delicious, crisp, wafer-like pastry to be invariably found at bazaars in the districts settled by the Huguenots. 1947 Cape Times 26 Apr. 14/4 The old South African confectionery oblietjies, which the King so much enjoyed. 1947 L. G. Green Tavern of Seas viii. 65 She also served the rolled wafer tea cakes called oblietjies, made with cinnamon and white wine—a Huguenot contribution to Cape cookery. 1950 M. Masson Birds of Passage vii. 69 The cook they employed..would turn out a number of delicious local confections which included wafer thin teacakes, known as oublietjes. |