Tag Archives: Dutch food
Hagelslag Posted by heather on Mar 22, 2012
“After a Mexican breakfast of fried plantains, churros, fresh pineapple, scrambled eggs with bacon, salsa, guacamole and refried beans – I am going to the gym.” It was this status update on my friend’s Facebook page that had me a bit worried. “Hope you don’t expect that when you come here….bread with chocolate sprinkles on…
Dutch Food: Kroketten Recipe Posted by heather on Feb 21, 2012
Last week I posted about Maggi Seasoning Sauce and asked for some ideas of what you use the stuff for. I was really impressed with all the suggestions and have even made a list of new things to try it with. One of our readers, Marcus, mentioned: If i make my own Dutch “kroketten” or…
Demystifying the Brown Bottle: Maggi Seasoning Sauce Posted by heather on Feb 16, 2012
I think that if every kitchen in the Netherlands was searched, eight out of ten of them would contain a bottle of Maggi seasoning. The first time I came across Maggi was at a Dutch birthday party. Vegetable soup had just been served and all around me the party guests were eagerly dumping loads of…
Dutch Food: Hutspot Posted by heather on Jan 24, 2012
It is finally getting a little colder in the Netherlands and if the weather reports are to be believed, then from Sunday on, it is going to be a whole lot colder. Cold weather is the perfect time to eat one of the all-time favourite Dutch dishes, hutspot. Hutspot is a dish made from boiled…
Let’s Make Oliebollen! Posted by heather on Dec 15, 2011
The number of days before we ring in the New Year is getting less and less. So, now is the perfect time for you to get to work practising your Oliebollen making skills. These round doughnut like food items are made with yeast and deep fried before being covered in powdered sugar and are an…
Pepernoten and Kruidnoten Posted by heather on Nov 29, 2011
As the studio lights dim and two spotlights focus on two white plates with brown cookies on each, you hear the presenter ask, “and Transparent Language reader, which plate has the pepernoten on them?” You glance to the plate on the left and then you glance to the plate on the right. While both plates…