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Fri Oct 13 15:12:14 UTC 2000
Not much to see in Amsterdam that I haven't seen before...FWIW: No way
Lynne Murphy would starve.
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COFFEE SAMBACINO--Served at Swirl's in the train station. It's "slagroom,
espresso, caramel."
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XENOPHOBE'S GUIDE TO THE DUTCH
by Rodney Bolt
64 pages
Oval Books,London, 1995, 1999, updated 2000
Pg. 5: "High trees catch a lot of wind," the Dutch warn.
Pg. 13: _Gezelligheid_
Pg. 17:
"God created the earth, but the Dutch made the Netherlands."
"Work makes noble."
"Laziness is the devil's pillow."
Pg. 18: ..._vermanende vinger_, a wagging finger.
Pg. 21: "Behave normally, that's mad enough."
Pg. 22: "If a Hollander should be bereft of his pipe of tobacco, he could
not blissfully enter heaven."
Pg. 22: "Grey plague." (Old people who are gray--ed.)
Pg. 31: Those who fail are acused of having a "Jan Steen household," after
the artist famed for his portrayal of chaotic and debauched tavern scenes.
Pg. 32: ..._overspanning_ (literally, "overstrain")_...
Pg. 33: ..."horizontal mountain climbing"--wading thigh deep through the
black, sucking mud off the Frisian coast.
Pg. 42: (Christmas custom--ed.) Black Pete is usually a white person with
layers of dark make-up, a fuzzy wig and thick red lips. (...) Attempts to
undermine the custom--White Pete (a blak person with chalky make-up), Green
Pete (environmental lobby) and Pink Pete (gay)--usually fall flat.
Pg. 45: ..."night shop," which opens just as other shops close.
Pg. 48: The favoured place for drinking is a "brown cafe" (that (pg.
49--ed.) is, one where the walls and ceiling have been strained by decades of
tobacco smoke)...
Pg. 49: ..."Mouth Hygienist," whose task it is to carry on the time-honoured
Dutch activities of scrubbing, scraping, buffing and polishing. (OED?--ed.)
Pg. 52: "Black riders" (or "grey riders" to the politically correct) who are
caught without a valid ticket have to pay an on-the-spot fine that amounts to
twenty times the normal fare.
Pg. 56: The liberal Dutch attitude towards cannabis does not extend to hard
drugs, but it does attract "drug tourists" to the Netherlands.
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DUTCH COOKING
by Heleen A. M. Halverhout
144 pages
De Driehoek, Amsterdam, 1972
Pg. 13: Cookery terms
American English
midmorning "Coffee break"..."elevenses"
Pg. 22: Dutch Pea Soup.
Pg. 27: Dutch Herring.
Pg. 42: Dutch Mashed Potatoes.
Pg. 47: Real Dutch Steak.
Pg. 57: Hunter's Stew.
Pg. 69: Dutch Fish Casserole.
Pg. 83: Hotchpotch.
Pg. 87: Holland Drop-Scones.
Pg. 89: Real Holland Pancakes.
Pg. 93: Dutch Doughnuts.
Pg. 94: Snowballs.
Pg. 99: John in the Bag (A Dutch steamed pudding like roly-poly).
Pg. 103: The Hague Bluff.
Pg. 109: Dutch Rusks with Red Currant Sauce.
Pg. 115: Chipolata Pudding.
Pg. 120: Arnhem Girls.
Pg. 121: Jewish Buttercake.
Pg. 123: Limburg Pies.
Pg. 124: St. Nicholas' Doll.
Pg. 125: Peppernuts.
Pg. 126: Snow Sponge Cake.
Pg. 130: Dutch Spice Cake.
Pg. 138: Kandeel.
Pg. 139: Slemp.
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