Posted on 18 January 2010 by joost
A true hate it or love it dish, nieuwe haring is not for everyone. This Dutch sashimi is a staple of our diet, and has been for many centuries. Nieuwe haring, also called maatjesharing and Hollandse Nieuwe, is herring from the Skagerrak (or thereabouts), conserved with salt and eaten with pickles.
Posted on 05 January 2010 by joost
Netherlands is called that way for a reason. The country is very, very, very flat (i.e.; nether). In fact, about half of it is below sea level. And big parts of it used to be sea, but we drained the sea out. What you’re left with is polders. We would like to think of them as a typically .nl invention.
Posted on 31 January 2009 by joost
“When it freezes outside, the Dutch melt” – anonymous foreign visitor. That pretty much sums up what happens when the temperature outside drops below freezing. All the water we have freezes, and we must, must go outside ice skating.
Posted on 28 July 2008 by joost
This subject leads itself to so many puns it is funnier for me to stick to the facts and let y’all laugh amongst yourselves. The subject is dikes (dijken), sans any fingers in holes (grr! couldn’t resist) but with a couple of facts about these water stopping devices.