Welcome? Do you dare to try out the Dutch cuisine?

Once I was there and bought some different boxes of hagelslag and they were great but at I was a bit disappointed because they tasted a bit to the box (carton box)? don't know if they were not very good ones or the hot summer affected them? But I'd eat it again, it's funny

I've never really noticed the carton box taste, but I grew up with this stuff, so maybe I'm not a fair judge. The most well known brand is "De Ruyter" but if they are better than the others? I'm not sure... definitely more expensive. Some stores (like Aldi and Lidl) sell it also in plastic packages, but that is harder to contain, and I think that lacks a bit of taste... Well they are also cheaper....

Hot summer is definitely cruel to hagelslag. Since it's just chocolate it will melt and that can also influence the taste. It's not needed to put that stuff in the fridge (I recommend against it actually), but making sure it's not exposed to heath is surely needed. It would definitely be recommendable to keep it at a temperature below 25 degrees Celsius (20 is even better), and to make sure the package is not exposed to direct sunlight. When kept in a tent with hot weather, that stuff can definitely get "maimed".

wut?

This is the foreign language stream, so most memes here are in foreign languages, and this one is in Dutch and introducing you to typical Dutch food.

oh ok

At the first girl picture it says: Welcome! Do you dare to try the Dutch cuisine
And the second girl picture it says: And? Found something you like?

And the rest are just the names of the food (in the Dutch language, of course).

Ok that's all I wanna know

BØRK BØRK BØRK!

XD

I guess since you visited the Netherlands quite often you know them all, already?

All except the boterham met hagelslag, but I think I can imagine what that's like. That's probably the only one my wife would like more than I. Although I can't have a lot of eggs, so she might also like the Uitsmijters more. 😅 I'll finally go sailing again next month so I'm already making a list of things to eat while I'm there. I mean, first order will be Appelgebak met Slagroom, as always. I'm pretty sure one day we'll have Kibbeling at De Oude Vishal in Heeg, as always. And I'll definitely have Pannenkoeken met spek en kaas for lunch one day. ♥️ I just can't wait to get back. 😊

Appelgebak met slagroom? NOW I'm getting hungry. Kibbeling? Too long ago... I really should see if the viskraam is open again now that the corona measures are softening up... Pannekoeken met spek en kaas? <<<<DROOOL>>>>

Well hagelslag is just sprinkles made of chocolate, available in pure, milk chocolate, white chocolate and pure and white mixed. It's recommended to butter you bread before putting it on or they might fall off.

(I will be honest, there's one thing on the list in my meme I hate, and that's "Hollandse Nieuwe".... I just can't stand the smell and taste of raw fish).

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That's why I said my wife would probably love it. She's a big fan of pure chocolate on toast. I'm more of a Nutella-person. Or cream cheese or, even better, cheese and Salami. 😁

With raw fish it really depends on my mood. Sometimes I love it and other times I can't stand it. And, of course, the quality of the fish. Living this far inland really limits one's access to decent fish.

Then I'm sure she'll indeed love hagelslag...
As far as I know salami ain't specifically Dutch...
When it comes to cheese I like Dutch "Goudse jonge kaas" (young Gouda cheese) and french cream cheese with garlic.

Yeah, I'm probably not the typical Dutch person. 😉 I mean, I do like Gouda. A lot actually. But I also like other cheeses. Lots of countries have amazing food. And the Netherlands are definitely among them.

In some ways globalization is actually a good thing - especially culinarily. 😊

Yeah.... I eat more Italian and Asian good than Dutch food, to be honest... And it's that money doesn't allow me, but I like to visit Turkish grill rooms... Damn good food there... ;)