Where in Militia-gan do you live? You can at least get some speculaas at Meijer. My personal favorite, which may be more of a Dutch-American thing is butterletter (boterleter?). Sometimes it's just called the generic, "banket." It's a pastry filled with almond paste. If anyone has ever had a Good Humor toasted almond ice cream bar they have an idea of what the flavor is like.
A 'boterletter' is indeed a dutch thing. You can buy 'em mostly in December when it's 'Sinterklaas' (St. Nicholas)
I live in an eastern suburb of Detroit. I found out there is a place that sells some Belgian beer and food, but not Dutch .
Many cities don't necessarily have the restaurants but do have Dutch grocery stores- I know this is the case for at least Denver and Salt Lake City (short trip for you easterners...). You can buy most of the popular items there.
I'm sick... spent all day in bed. That's where I'll stay. Seems like a decent enough place to watch the match. I might be persuaded to give an almost live text report.
That would be very helpful- uh, for persuasion- I'll buy you a Denver omelette next time you're in Denver (where the hell do Denver omelettes come from anyways). Maybe I'll even start a Denver cuisine thread....
just tried one of those incredible indonesian places the other night and today had the warme ribeye bruin broodj of a lifetime... DAMN that thing was good!! funny though, it had 'americangrillesaus' on it... it was delicious but ive never tasted that before in my life lol had to dig up this old gem, i'll go through and see how many i've tried so far
oh! i forgot to mention sonicdream hooked me up with my first indonesian meal ever last week (which was awesome)... and all hot chicks should dig him the most
Okay, now I'm back from 10 days in Amsterdam, and let me just say... you don't go to Holland for the food or the weather. You go to see Ajax kick P$V's a**! ;-) Now, onto the subject at hand... food. The most traditional Dutch food of all is anything out of the wall at FEBO after about eight or twelve glasses of Heineken (or better yet, Palm... those Belgians make the tastiest beer) and a rousing day of watching Ajax kick P$V's a**! ;-) Oh, and I tried something new and tasty called a Brussells loaf (endive wrapped in ham and cheese and baked, veeeerrry tasty), but methinks that's Belgian and not Dutch? Whatever, it's good, especially after watching Ajax kick P$V's a**! ;-)
I like goat. This is awesome but I like the dark chocolate better. (My mom just left for the grocery store and this is what I forgot to tell her to get.) This is the only thing my mom learned how to cook the whole time we were in Holland. My dad also got me very into the mayo with fries thing and I usually mix with ketchup as well.
Man that sounds exactly like a Hot Dog. That's where you take all the left over parts of the cow, grind them up, add some seasoning then form them into big links and cook either on the grill or by boiling them. Served on a roll, actually there pretty good as long as you don't think about what's in them.
I'm back in Holland now but the things I missed most when I was living in England were: 1. Drop (liquorice) 2. Stampot (mashed potatoes with some class of veg mixed in, my fave is Hete Bliksem (mashed potatoes with apples and carrots) 3. My mum's pea soup 4. My gran's Dutch apple pie 5. Vla (looks like custard but comes in different flavours, my fave is Hopjesvla) 6. Stroopwafels 7. All sweets served during SInterklaas (St Nicholas), notably pepernoten and speculaas 8. Raw herring 9. Plain and simple cheese sandwiches, preferably rye bread and extremely mature Gouda cheese, the kind that crumbles. 10. Dutch yoghurt.
Dutch pea soup is amazing- nothing like what you'd get in the states. It's thicker, more flavorful, and they throw in an assortment of different types of pork/sausage. Dutch sausage is also called 'rookworst'- maybe like kielbasa? I could sure go for a kroket today...
OUCH! Let's not rip on somebody'e poor, defenseless mother. However, if that person is a PSV fan, then their mother is fair game. Clearly, then that would make their mother a whore! Also, my favorite part of Dutch cuisine: Grolsch.
I was in the Netherlands with a couple of friends of mine. My one buddy loves chocolate milk and thought some chocolate vla was what he wanted because it came in a carton. He got some funny looks on the street when people saw him drinking it. Even though it was a little thicker than the average drink he enjoyed it.