 Just occasionally, he would bring us along, and I remember particularly one visit to The Hague. But what I do remember, he would always bring us back drosties every time he came back. Drosties are chocolate pastilles, and I have snaffled some of them as well on my rounds of the village. But drop is licorice, which the Dutch, like the Scandinavians, do in all kinds of flavours. Salty, sweet, chewy, tough...