National dish of Holland?

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A I am no Poof but what about

Jean-Claude Van Damme The Muscles from Brussels. Van Damme has also been called the "King of the Belgians" Laughing

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Een Belg zegt aan zijn Hollandse vriend: "Ik ken een truukje om gratis te gaan eten." "Fantastisch zeg," zegt de hollander, hoe doe je dat?" "Ik ga naar een restaurant, zet mij neer en ik bestel een voorgerecht, een hoofdschotel en een dessert, dan neem ik mijn tijd met een koffie en een cognac. Vervolgens wacht ik tot sluitingstijd. Als bijna alle stoelen op de tafels staan komt natuurlijk de ober vragen of ik wil afrekenen. Dan zeg ik hem: "Maar ik heb al afgerekend met uw collega die reeds vertrokken is." En klaar is Kees." "Geweldig, gaan we dat morgen eens uitproberen?" vraagt de holandse vriend. Zoals afgesproken gaan ze 's anderendaags op restaurant en alles verloopt zoals verwacht. Tegen het sluitingsuur komt de ober en vraagt of ze willen afrekenen. De Belg antwoordt: "Excuseer, maar wij hebben al betaald aan uw collega die reeds vertrokken is." Waar de Hollander aan toevoegt: "En we wachten nog altijd op ons wisselgeld!"

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:49 pm

^^ Somehow you make that look sexy.

Whatever it means.

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 720

Gawdon Bennet! HI I am a famouse Belgian an' wan' ter navan blake a brad pitt in Holland. OK? Wink

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Magritte, Herge, and the guy who invented the saxaphone, They;re all Belgian.

Not sure what thats got to do with cuisine in the Netherlands though.
I've got some Maasdam cheese,very nice on a roll with some salad

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:45 pm

translation: ^^^
A Belgian tells his Dutch friend, "I know a trick to eat out for free."
"Great" answers the Dutch guy, "how do you do it?"
"I'll go to a restaurant, sit down and order an appetizer a nice meal and good dessert, when I have finished eating that all, I'll take my time with a cup of coffee and a nice glass of cognac.
By that time is should be almost closing time. By the time the restaurant is almost empty the waiter will show up with the bill of course.
Then I tell him that I already paid that other waiter, the one that just went home. And that's it"
"So simple, we'll have to try that tomorrow evening then" answers the Dutchman.
As agreed they meet the next day and have a great meal, by closing time the waiter tries to give them the bill but the Belgian says " I already paid that other waiter, the one that just went home. "
"And we're still waiting for our change" adds the Dutchman. Wink

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:20 am

I started this thread with a simple request on the cuisine of Holland and it slowly degenerates into another PWT. Mind you, hands up, I did stray into unchartered Belgian territory.

Surprisingly, nobody has mentioned that Tour De Force trick cyclist Eddie 'I'm Clean' Merckx, aka the Einstein of the two-wheelers.

If anybody is interested, Herge's real name is Georges Prosper Remi. His pen name comes from derives from reversing the initials of his first and last name. Clever these Belgians.

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:41 am

What about Jean 'Toots' Thielemans, the talented mouth harp player, or George Simenon, the writer of the commissioner Maigret series, and Jaques Brel, the singer...

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