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On the other hand... Bitterballen, poffertjes, awesome cheeses of all sorts, rookworst, stroopwafels, spekkoek, speculaas, advocaat...
And stampot is awesome, shut your piehole. :)
Oh yeah. Pannekoek
Yeah, Dutch snackbars have all kinds of foods that I haven't even seen in Belgium, like mexicanos and kapsalons.
Also, hagelslag en chocoladevlokken, and the best peanut butter in the world.
Also, Dutch bread is actually good, so you don't need to put a lot of stuff on it to make it tasty.
You haven't found mexicanos or kapsalons in Belgium?
Kapsalons you can find in most pizza-pitta places, and mexicanos are a staple in every frituur.
So I doubt you were looking hard.
That might be the case; I usually look at the zuurvlees :)
Now that you mention it, I once saw a mexicano that was twice the usual length. It was awesome.
The fact that there is a snack that you warm on a cup of coffee but don't dip in it (so as not to change the texture of either) is one of the most Dutch things I've ever heard of lol.
I'm partial to biscotti myself but I'll admit a good stroopwafel is nice.
We're great at snacks, that's absolutely true.
But we share speculaas with Belgium and Germany, and spekkoek is Indonesian. Advocaat is... Probably an acquired taste, I've never seen anyone under 60 drink it
I'd be drinking Advocaat all the time if it wasn't so expensive.
It's not super difficult to make. Basically eggnog.
My stepmother make advocaat with (shudder) vanilla pudding mix and gin. It's an abomination, but it'll get you plastered pretty fast and it has the right consistency. I can't honestly say I hate it, but I was happier not knowing how she made it.
Funny story, we were in the Netherlands around the holidays last year and COULD NOT find advocaat. :( It definitely seems to be an old-person drink.
Comes of being a second-generation Canadian. I grew up with advocaat but I guess it's a snapshot of ye olde times.
Bitterballen is up there as one of the best drinking foods I've had.