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Dany Bells's avatar

Olliebollen are the best donuts ever. As Xmas approaches olliebollen pop ups will be all over Amsterdam. Oh! And Indonesian food is the best around town!

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Anna Muckerman's avatar

Yes I did have them just once when I was lucky enough to be there around Christmastime. Would love to be able to eat them again!

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Sarah Frison's avatar

Shamelessly letting you both know there's a recipe for them in my holiday season cookbook 🙈.

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Claire at Backpacking Bella's avatar

Love this! Made me chuckle. I live in neighbouring Belgium and we have some Calve peanut butter in our larder. So interesting to now understand its history! 🥜

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Anna Muckerman's avatar

Ah lucky you! It’s the best I’ve ever tried

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Daniel Catena's avatar

It was a bad choice reading this on a empty stomach. The chocolate sprinkles on toast sounds incredible. Thanks for sharing this interesting look at Dutch cuisine!

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Anna Muckerman's avatar

Yes, worth a try if you can get some! Thanks so much for reading, Daniel 😊

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Lana-Emerald Mary Astin's avatar

Such a good post! I was recently there and noticed a few but not all of these things. Thanks!!

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Anna Muckerman's avatar

Thanks so much for reading 😊

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Liam Collens's avatar

Bittenballen is probably the one thing I miss about the Netherlands.

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Anna Muckerman's avatar

Ooh I’ve somehow missed those, will try next time!

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Jill Petzinger's avatar

I miss the excellent ham kaas toasties with ketchup on the side. And having a glass of buttermilk at work.

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Anna Muckerman's avatar

Oh yes, the toasties! Another great way to eat cheese and bread. Haven’t tried the buttermilk yet, will add it to my list for next time.

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Mary B's avatar

Aha! What a fun read. I am Dutch through and through. Favorites: peanut butter or cheese on raisin bread, cheese on bread, more cheese on bread, peanut butter on top of cold butter on raisin bread, butter on bread, sugar on butter on bread. . . I've shared this with my husband, daughter, mom and sibs. So good, Anna! 😃❤️

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Anna Muckerman's avatar

Hahaha I’m sensing a theme here…thank you so much for reading and sharing! Glad you enjoyed.

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Jenny Eden Berk, MSEd's avatar

My next door neighbors growing up were Dutch - the Father was an Ambassador. The daughter, was my best friend for 3 years while they lived in the US. Every time I went over to their house, they offered me toast with those sprinkles! I got a huge hit of nostalgia seeing them just now in your post. It was delicious, of course, but I couldn't figure out why they had sprinkles for breakfast. lol

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Anna Muckerman's avatar

What a great story – you got a true taste of The Netherlands. I put mine on peanut butter toast instead of buttered bread and my Dutch colleagues thought that was a novel idea!

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Sarah Frison's avatar

So many things! Stamppot, in Belgium we'd call it puree and make it with mashed potatoes and carrots or spinach, in the Netherlands they use curly kale and potatoes. And the huge variety of everything in supermarkets, from budget own-brand to organic for every single item in the store. Rookworst, smoked sausage eaten with stamppot, raw matjes herring and pickled herring... Grilled sausage and all the other borrel meats. All the stuff to put on bread, this is similar to Belgium as well, salami, hams, cheese, spreads of all kinds; both meat and plant-based... Oh and pancakes for dinner.

PS. Filet Americian is very, very populair in Belgium as a spread as well but it's always called 'Americian' on its own or 'Americian preparé' to differentiate it from the filet Americian served in restaurants which is a dish similar to steak tartare.

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