Seven: Dutch Food Meme

I have been missing from the blogsphere for a while because of an apparent loss of enthusiasm but I am slowly coming back. I am marking my return with a tag from H of LifeAbroad about Dutch foods that I hate and loathe (ok, that's a strong word).

What can I say about Dutch food? MK and I were just talking about it last night. I told him that Dutch food are generally junk foods. Take for example the national eten, kroketen, frikandel and bitterballen (did I spell it right?), they are generally considered junk foods, at least in my household because we are not allowed to eat processed food. But then he argued with that, saying that Dutch food also like mixing vegetables and potatoes. I didn't say anything else but in my mind I was saying, "ok, then, Dutch food are bland and borrowed" (sate anyone, isn't this from Indonesia?).

It got me thinking that actually with all the invasions and cultural exchanges that took place hundred of years ago, we couldn't really claim that a certain is all original. Of course, there's always the case of infusing local flavour to the dish but it all goes down to one thing, each and every continent or race group shares a certain taste. please continue reading