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   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.