Yesterday she tagged me in a "Food Meme". I have decided to adapt it to refer to specifically Dutch foods.
The rules: List 7 items related to food or drink you love, also list 7 items you don't like. Then tag 7 others and find out if your taste buds have something in common.
7 Dutch Foods I Like:
1. Poffertjes - Tiny Dutch pancakes topped with powdered sugar and butter.
2. Bitterballen - Deep-fried balls of sauce/meat.
4. Douwe Egbert Koffie - The coffee just tastes better here!
5. Pannekoeken - Flat Dutch pancakes topped with ham/cheese, strawberries, or anything else you can imagine!
6. Rookworst - Smoked sausage. Especially good if bought from Hema and served with mashed potatoes.
7. Appelflap - Crispy apple turn-over type treat.
Enjoying some fruit and an "Appelflap"(Ok, I realize after looking at this list that these are not the healthiest foods...far from it! I enjoy them in moderation, except when I have visitors and need to show them all of these great Dutch treats!)
7 Dutch Foods I Dislike:
1. Raw herring - I thought I liked it, but now I can't really eat it without feeling ill.
About to try raw herring for the first time....3. Pinda Saus - Peanut sauce served with chicken sates (an Indonesian dish that's very common here)
4. Sausage broodjes - Sausage served in a flaky pastry, commonly bought quickly to eat on the train.
5. Drop - Black-licorice flavoured popular candies, often very salty.
6. Paard vlees - Horse meat. A common meat found in all grocery stores.
7. Super-spicy Indonesian food - I have the lowest tolerance for spicy foods ever!
Now I am supposed to tag 7 others to do this Meme. I'm interested to know, for all those expats out there, which foods you like and dislike in your new country.
1. the writer - An Alien in Copenhagen
2. Anita - Greetings from Holland
3. twopenneth - Going Dutch
4. Bonnie - The Blue Suitcase
5. Amanda - A Letter from the Netherlands
6. Annamieke - In the Land of Cheese and Windmills
7. whoever else would like to do this!
16 comments:
Pannekoeken YUMMMM!
I dislike herring as well. It makes me puke.
Would you consider doing a post about Dutch people? Any unpleasant or pleasant experiences with the locals?
You don't have any idea how much I want to trade places with you LOL and you tell me you hate spicy Indonesian food. Arrrhhhhhhhh *running away screaming* LOL
I have posted my answers. Just like you I reached the conclusion that I do not like herring with onions. I am not much into sweets so pannekoeken and poffertjes or appelflapen do not mean much to me. And drop... I do not know why this was made in first place. So artificial, smells to plastic toys
Oh gosh, you just made me incredibly hungry! The Pannekoeken, in particular, looks delicious. You've got amazing taste in food :)
Pfooferties--we loved them when we lived there and I'm glad I don't have access to them now!
I also remember eating Dutch-Indonesian food and loving the giant first course which was always a huge hot spring roll, bigger than anything I've had before or since.
I'm going to take your invite and do the meme tomorrow morning! (Even though I live in the American Appalachians)... Thanks--I'll come back and read.
Wow... those first seven ALL look good! :)
I made a food meme just now:p
I love this post! I will be a no.7 and do it myself :)
By the way I hope it's ok that I linked to you from my blog!?
Thanks for doing this!
Mmmm! The food looks so delicious in the photos! And thank you very much for the kind words :-)
I see I also have a few other blog posts of yours to catch up on! I'll be back later ;-)
Have a great weekend!
Oh all of your seven favorites looks so yummy.
parlezvouskiwi - They're delicious!
Bluefish - Thank you for the great idea! I will have to work on putting together a post about my experiences with Dutch people. Great Taiwanese food meme too! Loved it!
the writer - Sorry!!! I'm weak when it comes to spicy food...I'm not worthy of living in such an Indonesian-rich food country!
Anita - I loved your Food Meme! Not into sweets? I envy you so much. If I didn't like them, it would be sooo much easier to stay in shape...they tempt me too much with all the poffertjes stalls around here!
Nikolett - It made me hungry thinking up all the foods to include! Glad you enjoyed reading it!
angela - Thank you for visiting the blog! If there weren't so many cute poffertjes stands around, I would be in much better condition. They always smell so good when I walk by! A giant spring roll? I may have to find a restaurant that serves that, it sounds delicious. I am also going to check out your Food Meme right now! Thanks for participating!
Heather - Yes they are the reason for my subsequent weight-gain while in the Netherlands haha!
Angela Rhodes - Thanks for participating in the Food Meme, yours is great!
Isabella - You're very welcome, you are an amazing blogger that everyone should know about! Thanks for introducing me to the Food Meme idea, it's caught on like wildfire!
High-Heeled Food in the door - They are! I indulged waaaay too much last week when my parents visited. I had to show them all my faves! Back to the gym now :)
Thank you all for commenting! Comments make my day!
Your photos make me hunnngry. Yum! I now think of how grossed out you might be every time i eat a sausijzenbroodje... one of the only meat things I can stand lately! :) Thank you so much for tagging me at The Blue Suitcase! My list is still short, but I'll keep thinking on it!
Bonnie - I promise not to be grossed out by others eating sausijzenbroodjes! They're so popular, just not my taste. Thanks for commenting!
you are brave; I have yet to try the herring :-)
Hi John, thanks for stopping by! I love your blog and follow along in my reader. Trying herring was one of those things I just had to try. I've had it a couple of times since, but still have not acquired the taste.
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