Sunday, March 27, 2011

Dutch weirdness


This friday I tended to my aunt-duties - they were overdue.
Elin is so sweet, even when she's really upset. (It's my fault, I couldn't stop teasing her.) But mostly, she just slept.

Her father is from the Netherlands, so I was treated to something quite odd. I knew the dry, dutch buns - bolletje, they're called - and they taste fine, if you're in the mood for them. But they were topped with butter and sugarcoated anise-seeds. So strange!?! It's apparently a tradition - whenever a couple has a child in the Netherlands, they serve this to their guests.
It didn't taste awful, just weird - but that's dutch cuisine for you, in my experience. (Hope I'm not insulting anyone. I just recall the deepfried spaghetti I got, when I was touring in the Netherlands with the band...eeeeew.)
At least they were girly-coloured = pink!

Love,
Ida

6 comments:

  1. Sikke nogle skøre mad dimser! Pink? For real? waw! Menjeg får virkeligt lyst til at smage!
    Og sikke man kan se at hun har en drillemoster! ;)

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  2. Jeg tænkte på dig, da jeg skrev indlægget! Jeg må sørge for at få nogle pink, sukkerglaserede anisfrø importeret, så du kan prøve det en dag ;)

    Jeg er nu "kun" tante, men det gør ikke kærligheden til den lille basse mindre.

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  3. Ja, anis og sukker lyder jo ret lækkert!

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  4. Man får det faktisk ofte på indiske restauranter - så stiller de en lille sølvskål med normale anisfrø og sukkerglaserede anisfrø. Så kan man nippe af dem, når man betaler regningen. Men så er de regnbuefarvede.

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