2w ago

The Dutch diet

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Let me tell ye lads, those Dutch have access to cheese that we could only dream of.
Whats wrong with that meal tho?
- I mean, even if you're really into unseasoned fish topped with raw onion, presentation certainly leaves something to be desired.
  
  Probably pickled onion. Like in the rollmops pickled herring jars.
  
  unseasoned fish
  Good fish doesn't really need much else than salt. Unless you don't really want to taste the fish but the other stuff
  
  My understanding is that it's pickled and salted, and both of those are seasonings.
- no side dish, for a start
  
  Side fish is enough.
  
  Pickle is a perfectly normal side dish. You should stop dutch shaming people.
  
  It's a snack, not a meal
- Americans are frightened if their meal isn't covered in cheese and doesn't have the consistency of babyfood.
- Nothing, it’s delicious.
  Damn it. This post made me hungry for some herring.
  
  I've never had it, but I'd probably love it. If I list my favorite meals, most of them would include fish.
There was a video about this somewhere.
Basically the Dutch never really developed a “cuisine” and they don’t have one. They don’t even give free meals at school, they care that little about food.
They’re mostly just a “I eat for sustenance” culture who loves snacking instead of actual meals.
The Dutch people I know are fully content just eating bread for every meal.
- Am I secretly Dutch?
  If they ever invent a pill that I could take for perfect nutrition instead of food, I'd happily do it.
  
  Not a pill, but things like Soylent exist
  https://soylent.com/
- I thought they all ate they same sandwich every day for lunch? Like all the kids already have that sandwhich with them when they come in to school, no need for free lunches.
  Dont get me wrong this was a clickbait article and I am probably misremembering the country anyway.
- What a moronic video. It is pretty funny that people are seriously getting their information from such sources though, explains a lot about our current situation.
Certainly looks like something in Tom & Jerry.
Is that fish raw??
- No, it is pickled.
  
  You can tell by the pickle next to it. 😉
I love Dutch herring! I eat it whenever I'm there. I've had both Hollands nieuw and maatsje haring, both nice though the quality really is nice during the right season.
that should be Illegal
- We're not judging crimes against food sir.
- Yeah, they didn't bring enough to share.
I moved here a few years ago. My second haring experience was robbed of me by a seagull. Wait till you have seasoned warme kibbeling (deep fried Atlantic Cod nuggets), it's incredible with garlic sauce (knooflooksaus). My all-time favorite Dutch cheese is old farmer's cheese (Oude Boerenkaas) and as far as I know, cannot be exported since its's made with raw unpasteurized milk.
The Dutch are very tall people. 6" average.
- I don't think its tall at all - its merely average to me.
- Six inches?

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