Reply to: Rediscovering Tradtional Food

[darmstadt]

NL food is generally crap actually; no need to be tactful about it for me!

Can't be that bad: Netherlands is country with most plentiful, healthy food: Oxfam | Reuters

[suityou01]

Yep, a regular on the menu at Tester Towers. I prefer beetroot to peas though. (I sink zis may be a Germanic ettribute end a srowbeck to ze days our family voz called 'von Tester'. Many of my Germanic traits vere reavakend by my relationship viz Lady Tester.)

Holy crap, you're fluent

[Platypus]

overlong load of crap

Have we figured out who this tedious sockie is yet?

I'm starting to think that Gentile might be a good shout

[greenlake]

I certainly remember (as will anyone over the age of 40) that the school dinner menu (I use the word loosely as it implies choice - this was before the current cafeteria system. There was no choice. You had to eat what you were given) certainly still had a "post war austerity" feel to it with plenty of offal, root vegetables and suet puddings. All things that I've had a strong aversion to for the whole of my adult life thanks to the bad culinary standards and the poor quality of the ingredients associated with school dinners.

All served up by Lunch Lady Doris....

[norrahe]

That sort of thing goes into kroketten and frikadel, which, as you know, I avoid like the plague. Not because there's caul in them, but because they taste revolting.

Have never eaten them myself and never intend to, have found a local place though that makes their own bitterballen, so normally this time of year is Hert or Hazen ( lekker).

[Mich the Tester]

Ah!

That sort of thing goes into kroketten and frikadel, which, as you know, I avoid like the plague. Not because there's caul in them, but because they taste revolting.

[norrahe]

Yep. But not with caul.

Ah!

[norrahe]

Yep.

Do you use caul to bind them?

[Mich the Tester]

Do you make them yourself?

I'm just wondering how to explain caul to my local butcher.

Yep. But not with caul.

[norrahe]

And peanut butter!

or kip sate

[norrahe]

Yep, a regular on the menu at Tester Towers. I prefer beetroot to peas though. (I sink zis may be a Germanic ettribute end a srowbeck to ze days our family voz called 'von Tester'. Many of my Germanic traits vere reavakend by my relationship viz Lady Tester.)

Do you make them yourself?

I'm just wondering how to explain caul to my local butcher.

[Damon]

Corned

Is Minestrone increasing in popularity too?

[minestrone]

A good corn beef hash is a treat.

Corned

[Mich the Tester]

Faggots, peas & onion gravy.

Mmmmmmm.

Yep, a regular on the menu at Tester Towers. I prefer beetroot to peas though. (I sink zis may be a Germanic ettribute end a srowbeck to ze days our family voz called 'von Tester'. Many of my Germanic traits vere reavakend by my relationship viz Lady Tester.)

[Mich the Tester]

Accompanied by fried eggs and bread of course.

I think 'interesting' is being kind.

And peanut butter!