With capers Pal @EarnIt
I put the cream cheese and onion on first. Then sprinkled the capers on top of that. So they donât roll off. Then covered it with the smoked lox and little lemon squeeze and pepper.
And Iâd do it again!
It was so good on that everything bagel.
At Marmalade
Hi @Just_Laura, I am going to answer (or at least attempt to!) your question below here in an attempt not to derail the Daily Check-In thread with all sorts of food twitter
I have been outside the Netherlands for too long to have an informed opinion about what constitutes Dutch food nowadays so will ask people like @Mno, @Mischa84 and @SoberWalker to pitch in, but here are some of my personal favourites:
Stamppot, veggie & potato mash (with for example curly kale, sauerkraut, carrots & onions etc.) served with smoked sausage and gravy. I like mine with a dollop of Dutch wholegrain mustard too!
Dutch cheese, there are SO many varieties of cheese in The Netherlands and most of them are yummy. I am partial to well-aged cheese, hard goat cheese and cheese with herbs like cumin, cloves and fenugreek. My favourite breakfast is slices of toast with aged cheese and a big lick of sambal, a spicy Indonesian chilli condiment.
a HUGE variety of cold cuts to put on bread for breakfast and lunch. There must easily be 50 different varieties and some of my favourites include ossenworst, tongeworst, filet americain and lever & pekelvlees (sliced boiled liver and brined meat).
Erwtensoep, Hollandâs version of pea & ham but a little bit thicker and with bacon and smoked sausage instead of ham. We used to eat it with slices of dark sticky rye bread with real butter and sliced cheese on it.
My parents live(d) in a former fishermanâs village on the edge of the reclaimed land and there is a brisk trade in mussels and smoked eel. We steam the mussels with chopped vegetables and a splash of white wine, served with sliced french baguettes and a variety of dips. The smoked eel is fileted and put on slices of bread with mayonaise and lettuce.
cookies like stroopwafels (caramel waffles, you can usually buy them at Stop & Shop or Aldi), speculaas (think Biscoff) and gevulde koeken (pastry filled with almond paste).
licorice, the pitch black salty, aniseed kind. On top of being an alcoholic, I also have a real licorice addiction and can easily devour a whole bag in one sitting!
I guess The Netherlands is also famous for pancakes, poffertjes (mini pancakes served with butter and icing sugar), soused herring, bitterballen (fried breaded balls of meat salpicon, to be precise), but they arenât too high on my food list when I visit!
If youâve read this far, you are probably wondering what on earth the average Dutch family usually eats for dinner The answer is that Dutch cuisine has had a lot of influences over the years, so itâs a mix of traditional potatoes, vegetables and meat, Indonesian food, Italian pastas etc., Thai curries, Chinese stir fries etc. A Dutch supermarket is much like an American one, with isles dedicated to âworld foodsâ.
I hope you enjoyed this quick cultural tour of your mumâs roots, I also found a reasonable (although somewhat dated aka âoudbolligâ ) Wikipedia article here: