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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4376532, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome, Dejan.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, a candy, tidbit or bonbon dish.</p><p>There are different words in different languages for these pretty dishes.</p><p>As said above, in some parts of Europe these are associated with &#039;mendiants&#039;, which are a French mix of nuts, figs, raisins, often made into a chocolate candy. It is usually eaten at Christmas and was a favourite of my grandmother.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It is said the term &#039;mendiant&#039; refers to the Roman Catholic mendicant (beggar) orders, whose monks wear habits in the same colours as the ingredients of the &#039;mendiant&#039;.</p><p>Of course this is region specific, and in Serbia they would be used for Serbian sweets.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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