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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 29, 2015 7:59:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2015 16:47:29 GMT
It's funny how an article like that prefers not to mention that the United States, Germany and France all produce more cheese than the Netherlands. They could have used the "dairy cow" disclaimer that they used for the UK.
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Post by whatagain on Sept 30, 2015 19:36:20 GMT
Dutchland is the country of mills.
Mills brass a lot of air and catch it as high as they can. So will do the Dutchs.
When we want to be rude we call the Dutch 'kaaskop' which means 'cheese head' with head for the animals ('hoofd' should be used if we wanted to say Dutchs were human).
Signed : the Belgian. We kicked out the Dutch in 1830 and feel good since.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 2, 2015 23:40:44 GMT
It is true that most Dutch cheese production is cow milk, but I was actually pleasantly surprised to be able to find aged goat's milk edam and gouda. I also bought ewe's and goat's milk feta from Turkish shops in Indische Buurt and Dapperbuurt.
Pariswat, do you speak Flemish?
I have to overcome my gag reflex about people actually drinking straight milk, as I had a VERY severe cow milk allergy as a child, so it was not something I ever drank before tasting, say, cappuccino.
I find the Dutch sandwiches on crappy bread at lunch even stranger - not talking about deprived or uneducated people. Pariswat, is the main difference between Dutch and Belgiums (even Flemings) mostly religous background? Same weather, same food staples, but "native" food is SO much better in Belgium (where the dairy thing becomes an addiction to crème fraîche, and the Belgians invented fake soya cooking cream for the allergic).
Though in the major cities now there is a lot of food from everywhere, and very good Dutch-Indonesian food (I'm sure it is no more authentic than British Indian, but it is very tasty).
The Dutch are probably considerably slimmer than the English, with similar food and a related genotype, simply because they get far more "everyday" exercise on average, cycling and walking a lot more.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 3, 2015 16:24:14 GMT
Lagata.
Yes I do speak Flemish. With a tolerable french accent.
(And I speak French with a tolearable belgian accent).
I do a lot of cycling and walking but am not really that fit. Comes with too much good food and wine.
Netherlands have no real culture for food. Seems they eat to live, whilst we live more to eat...
And we didn't even talk about that liquid they try to make psas for beer, called Heineken.
Anybody who has tasted Belgian beer understands what I mean (me chauvinist ?).
Did I say that we freed ourselves from their tyrrany in 1830 ?
:-)
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Post by amboseli on Oct 12, 2015 16:25:23 GMT
Religion: Belgium is a roman catholic country. The Netherlands (or Holland, as we say) is a mixture of roman catholic, protestant and reformed. The more north you go, the fewer catholics. Dutch people are known for being greedy, Belgians tend to spend more money on the good things in life like food, going out, etc. When Dutchs go on holiday with their camper or caravan, they take almost all their food from home. Yes, they even take potatoes! Another example: business lunch in Belgium vs. business lunch in Holland ... in Belgium we invite our business partner(s) for lunch in a good restaurant. In Holland they take business partners to the company canteen for a sandwich and a glass of milk. Or a glass of orange juice if you are lucky. And the Dutch talk so loud! As far as cheese is concerned ... here's a list of Belgian cheese. I didn't count them, but there are way more than in Holland. www.kazenvanbijons.be/soorten-kaas I'm a native Flemish speaker and I speak French with a Belgian accent. And I'm a chauvinist. Yes, I am. |
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