6:26 I was so non-spontaneous back in Romania, that I became more spontaneous in the Netherlands. I feel safer and freer in the Netherlands and that encouraged me to try more things and be more accepting of spontaneity.
@@josphineogugua People should be who they want to be and not cater to social media prospective. We don't all need to bungy jump, go diving, join a club or do stupid challenges or do a silent march at least once in your life. That doesn't determine whether people are spontaneous, serious etc or not. It is just buying into the sheep-level.
@4:33 it also depends where you are. For example at uni or in the bank people would switch to English all the time, and at the bank they only switched back when I handed over my Dutch passport. On the other hand, working at Starbucks in Rotterdam I got to speak Dutch all the time bc everyone is second, third etc generation immigrant and the various accents were embraced more. Even if you do speak the language but you don't look Dutch or have a sliiiight accent, they will switch to Dutch. I think it helps to tell them you would like to continue in Dutch, otherwise you never get to practice it. Say something like "kunnen we verder praten in het Nederlands? Anders oefen ik het nooit" usually they switch back and voilà, you get to practice it more often.
I love how you show that quite often they are two sides of the same coin. People like it when it suits them, they hate it when it has negative effects for them and it will never ever be perfect.
You are right at every single point. That's why I love your videos. On the planning. Sorry but you're getting older too and having children and more responsibility and that is very likely the biggest reason you get less spontaneous. Dutch culture doesn't help though. We are down to earth. That's just how it is. Very likely because we are taught to criticize, be independent, multitask, plan ahead and apply common sense from a young age. That takes a lot away honestly. When people get older and more settled, you see quite a bit of spontaneity come back when they get more comfortable and are able to have holidays, more hobbies and activities. Most are aware that we are "nuchtere mensen" (sober, down to earth, people) and look at other cultures with envy sometimes. To be honest, I am also one of those Dutch that is sometimes rude and use directness as an excuse, hence my comments here and there. But I do it when I get irritated from the bias opinions (usually American expats that see the Netherlands or Europe as an extension of the US with them as the big example and for them to judge) or misinformation or the expat hammering of prejudices out of their own, limited, perception. Dutch people have a very strong tendency to set them straight, correct or teach them or others. A very common (self-reflection) expression is "het beste jongetje van de klas" (top student in the class), used to criticize politics and describe the Dutch need to show others how it is done right the first time, even if we are not (always) right. For the Dutch food. Yes it is blend. But take into consideration with sailing the 7 seas, Dutch love to eat foreign food and have it cooked by the original cook because Holland was the main importer of spices and brought the people and cooks with them. So we don't make a mediocre version and call it our own (dang, I used that phrase a lot) and then call it culture. We go out and pay a bit more to have the original. So the general misconception is that Dutch culture does not have much flavor. We just enjoy other cultures how it supposed to be cooked and at home we eat healthy, easy and cheap(er) food. Dutch frugalness I assume. So that is Dutch food culture. But, to be honest, on the other hand, look at Nigerian food. Not that much variety either.... it just that one is used to it. We don't like to talk about money because of the "Calvinisme" where people don't show off and don't try to place themselves above others. The open curtains is a consequence of that too. Nothing to hide and live within your means but don't tell others you have more and create distance and segregation. We are all alike, some just more fortunately but don't boast it. It is not appreciated. After work, we go on a first name basis, no longer doctor, sir of (non-family) uncle or aunty. It is all an effort to create an equal society and not a 1% culture that is supposed to "drip down". Negotiating your income is what your value is, not what the next person gets. Most companies have standard "salaris groepen" (salary groups), that are non-negotiable anyways and where the salary is determined by your experience and number of years you work with the company. Salary is not a free market really in the Netherlands. There is some wiggle room but most Dutch know what to ask if there is a niche to jump into. It is not always about the mx you can get, but the job as a whole. Times is valued more than money in The Netherlands. With The Netherlands being a social welfare state, in my opinion, you're pretty well taken care off by society and the desire to become a millionaire is not a necessity anymore as a life goal to get out of the slums and still (together with the free time) have a very pleasant life. Not everything is money driven unlike other culture's perception and motivation.
@@josphineogugua I appreciate your videos a lot because you are honest about your observations and straight to the point, even if you are not always right, misinformed or not aware of the history and/or customs. That is something we Dutch also have to accept that others look at us from a different objective and we only can learn from each other that not all perceptions are the same. And sometimes we (including me) are wrong ourselves. I just wish you started to make videos again although I understand people need a break sometimes, get fed up or YT doesn't pay much any longer 🤪.
@@windsurfer8824 Nothing to do with ignorant. You completely missed the point here. Every culture is diverse in their foods, but very likely not for others. That is the whole point here.
Most people don't mash. I remember as a kid, I would get scolded if I tried to mash my food. Yes, we have a lot of "winterhard" dishes (like stampot, hutspot), that are based on mashed potatoes. But that doesn't mean that Dutch mash everything. It only shows the limited experience and knowledge of Dutch food culture.
@@ErwinBlonk Ya, most kids try because they dont like vegetables and hide them in the mash. Till your mother gets angry. Then we tell our kids.... same cycle.
I always loved the part of not talking about money because in my experience people here don’t really judge for what you earn and don’t pressure you to pretend to have money like people do in other cultures.
Hi Josphine if you want to try real Dutch food you should try *Babi Pangang* ;-) and yes we dont like to talk about money because we dont want to offend other people for earning less. Famous Dutch words are *Doe maar gewoon dan doe je gek genoeg*
PS if you like rice there is an old dutch recipe called rijstebrij , Its old not often made these dayse but easy quick and quite nice . Ingrediënten: ▢300 gr gekookte rijst ▢450-500 ml volle melk ▢snuf zout ▢bruine basterdsuiker ▢roomboter Doe de melk en de gekookte rijst in een pannetje. Voeg een snuf zout toe en breng aan de kook. Zet de pit laag en laat de rijst zachtjes kokend/stovend in ongeveer 40 minuten alle melk opnemen en een dikke brij worden. Roer af en toe even om te voorkomen dat de rijst aan de bodem van de pan plakt. Tip: Heb je geen gekookte rijst liggen gebruik dan ongekookte rijst, voeg wat extra water of melk toe en kook -indien nodig- ietsjes langer. Rijst wordt tijdens het koken ongeveer 2,5x zo zwaar. Vervang 300 gr gekookte rijst dus door 100-120 gr ongekookte rijst. Schep de rijstebrij op borden, leg hier en daar klontjes roomboter en bestrooi met bruine basterdsuiker. Eet smakelijk!
I think that we don't talk much about money related subjects in the Netherlands is for a couple of reasons. Money is only important if you don't have enough of it to life a comfortable life. In the recent history this was generally not a problem for the majority of the Dutch people. A lot of people are not into the extreme luxuries. In the town I life in, we have a reasonably large number of millionaires compared to the size of the town. If you don't know who they are, you won't recognize this in most of them. Yes, they life a comfortable life, often in a large and expensive house, but they will just behave as other people in our community. This is not to say there are not people in the Netherlands who have those dreams and do a lot, if not anything, to get there. On the other hand a lot of people also realize that most people who become rich these days, didn't do that with hard work, but often at the expense of others. Being rich and bragging about it is frowned upon generally. Being rich does not make you a better or more important person. With the society getting more individualistic I could very well see this changing in the future, but I for one would find this a major loss.
I agree with this, combine this with the dutch culture of “doe maar normaal dan doe je gek genoeg”. Most people in the netherlands have a love-hate relationship with money. Eighter you have enough to get by without struggleling at the end of each month or you have not, but if you have enough and be open about that it comes on like bragging in the dutch culture. I think that on this part of the culture people are still struggeling with the legacy of WWII. With food I have to agree with you…when people finaly eat something else other than patato’s with vagetebles, meet and gravy they added italian food to the mix and soon after that a form of chinees streetfood. Some indonasian food joint the club and after that there was not a form of food that whas out of the question. A realy dutch meal you problebly tryed by now is erwtensoep. Specialy during the fall and winter.
@@tirzanieuwenhuis-kruiver946 At home we used to have Soup, Potato's with Vegetables and Meat and Some Desert (Vla, Pudding, Yoghurt, Fruit). I think the number of people who still do this is rapidly declining. International food has become a part of Dutch life over the last decades.
Nigerians are known to stick together when they are abroad. What has been your experience with other Nigeriens in the Netherlands? For context, Zimbabweans do not band together. My experience and the stories that I've heard are about Zimbo's not helping each other, blending in, and using each other.
Of course there's a difference between the general and individual experience. For over 8 years I worked in a company with 70% non-Dutch who spoke Dutch at different level. Being the one, and later one of two, IT guys, I spoke with many people throughout the day. I always tried to speak Dutch if they wanted to and tried to adapt to their skill level and, on a good day, slightly above. It also dependend on what we were doing. Social and small talk I tried to introduce a bit more complex concepts. When helping out with an IT problem I kept it more practical. As for being direct, non-Dutch will say I am. Dutch people will find me less so. I'm very open about myself but when it comes to others I tend to take the other into account. A simpler way of saying it is that I go out of my way not to be rude. That results in less directness. I don't mind talking about money but in an environment that doesn't it will be a disadvantage. It is too often used against you. In that situation others know something about you and you don't. Envy and rumors happen. Whenever I say what I earn, which is pretty average, people assume you have enough money and any problems or difficulty you face is ignored because "hey lotsa money". My life is fine, no complaints in that respect but the few times I told with I earn (again, very average) the reaction (especially non-verbal) is neutral at best but never postive. I can imagine someone with a manager's salary or higher keeping it quiet.
Dutch food is verry diverse , one only needs to pick up a dutch cookbook and find 600 pages of recipes of meals you never heard of but are or where verry popular with different generations . You realy think a nation that Grows almost any food , had the largest global spice trade in history doesnt have food that is different than stampot . We have hundreds of differnt types of soups , fish dishes , pork , beef , venison , chicken , poultry . Not to mention deserts , cakes, pies , Cookies etc etc etc. I would recomend to get your self a good old fashioned dutch cookbook and learn what dutch food realy is .
Basically Dutch cuisine uses spices to enhance the flavours of the main ingredients, so not too much. Just like the French cuisine. People from cuisines with contrasting flavours like the Asians, Africans and Carribeans tend not like this and mistake it for lacking spices, while people from enhancing cuisines often like both. But contrary to French cuisine the Dutch cuisine lacks the sophistication to flaunt the tast enhancing spicing. It is also not much of a Dutch cuisine because it had so many international influences for so long and the Netherlands was piss poor when national cuisines developped in the 1800's. I do agree it's very varied though, not too high brow, but good, varied, tasteful home cooking.
@@DenUitvreter Correct , you dont need to over due it, and even indonesian food is not that spicy /hot( also mis conception spicy means as europe and asia uses spices to enhance flavours but refrain of making it to hot , and americans others put in as much of peppers as posible covering up the food your actualy eating. The book the verstandige keukenmeid /huisvrouw came around when the more calvanistic ways became popular , all in moderation . As if you look at the cookies and some dishes that contain herbs and spices . like speculaas or foelie in soups or nutmeg in meatballs , stews and even on top collyflower , it would be sprinkeling your food with gold . As the amount and number of spices used in just one cookie would give you a good anual wage back in the day .
Spices grow only in tropical climates so northern Europe used other techniques to make strong tasting food. Andd a lot of effort went into making strong tasting beers and liquor. Also a lot of the famous Asian spicy dishes rely heavily on the spices the Europeans brought from South America. Most modern dishes wouldn’t exist without the worldwide spice trade. But the variety in Dutch cities when it comes to restaurants or the availability of spices in the supermarket or Toko’s is unique in the world. And for the money, in most parts of the world money is seen as a measure to compare people’s importance. The Dutch hate it when people consider themselves better than others just because they have money. The Netherlands is a kingdom but it started as one of the world’s first republics, constantly fighting for their independence and against the sea. They had no other option than to work together and be direct in communication. I guess that mentality never went away.
Never went away? It spread over the world from the Dutch Republic. Equality, upward social mobility, from rags to riches, that all started in the Dutch Republic.
With the political climate happening in the Netherlands. Can you feel the difference or has it changed? I am thinking about coming back this month but my expats friends are saying it’s not the right time to come. Also they aren’t there right now
I haven’t experienced any type of hostility or even any difference. It’s true that with the election outcome, there’s still a lot of uncertainty but I haven’t seen it translate to any hostility.
@@D_beautyengineer thank you for the information. That was my biggest concern. I really wanted to come back and move but I was hesitant because of that.
About the video of your plan to be a millionaire, post it, I am not Dutch, but I wouldn’t mind it. Perspective are welcome and it could have some benefits to everyone.
Not talking about money has to do with the idea that the Dutch do not like it when someone thinks him-or herself superior to someone else. the ideal is that we are equal although that is not the reality.
Hello 👋 Hello Madam 👋 My name is Ogechukwu, I'm 32 years old and I'm from Delta State, Nigeria. I came across your UA-cam page and I have a problem. I graduated with HND in Civil Engineering from a Nigerian Polytechnic and I really want to know If I stand a chance of securing admission in one of the Universities in the Netherlands. I'm really worried and I do not know what to do or how to go about it, I just want to know my fate and where I stand with my HND certificate. I have been running around UA-cam to find a solution but yet to solution until I came across your page and then decided to reach out to you, I'll patiently waiting for your response, thank you very much.
Dutchies, please help me understand... I work in an international organization as an expat here in the Netherlands. Majority of the employees are Dutch but the rest of us are foreigners. My question is why are Dutch people so aggressive, antagonistic and angry in meetings? We foreigners don't understand this behavior at all. Those meetings feel like WW3. Very draining 😢 After the meeting they still walk around looking pissed off 😂
Come to America and tell us what you think. I'm a Jamaican that grew up on America (NYC, Atl, and south Florida). I now live in Houston, Texas. Are you ever going to take a trip here or Canada?
6:26
I was so non-spontaneous back in Romania, that I became more spontaneous in the Netherlands. I feel safer and freer in the Netherlands and that encouraged me to try more things and be more accepting of spontaneity.
That’s great to hear. It was the opposite for me. I became more laid back and like to plan more
@@josphineogugua People should be who they want to be and not cater to social media prospective. We don't all need to bungy jump, go diving, join a club or do stupid challenges or do a silent march at least once in your life. That doesn't determine whether people are spontaneous, serious etc or not. It is just buying into the sheep-level.
@4:33 it also depends where you are. For example at uni or in the bank people would switch to English all the time, and at the bank they only switched back when I handed over my Dutch passport. On the other hand, working at Starbucks in Rotterdam I got to speak Dutch all the time bc everyone is second, third etc generation immigrant and the various accents were embraced more.
Even if you do speak the language but you don't look Dutch or have a sliiiight accent, they will switch to Dutch.
I think it helps to tell them you would like to continue in Dutch, otherwise you never get to practice it. Say something like "kunnen we verder praten in het Nederlands? Anders oefen ik het nooit" usually they switch back and voilà, you get to practice it more often.
Aardappels met bruine bonen is also a nice Dutch meal
I personally also love erwtensoep with pieces of bacon, and morstard soup with pieces of salmon
I love how you show that quite often they are two sides of the same coin. People like it when it suits them, they hate it when it has negative effects for them and it will never ever be perfect.
💯 you summarised it so well 👌🏾
Well said!
You are right at every single point. That's why I love your videos.
On the planning. Sorry but you're getting older too and having children and more responsibility and that is very likely the biggest reason you get less spontaneous. Dutch culture doesn't help though. We are down to earth. That's just how it is. Very likely because we are taught to criticize, be independent, multitask, plan ahead and apply common sense from a young age. That takes a lot away honestly. When people get older and more settled, you see quite a bit of spontaneity come back when they get more comfortable and are able to have holidays, more hobbies and activities. Most are aware that we are "nuchtere mensen" (sober, down to earth, people) and look at other cultures with envy sometimes.
To be honest, I am also one of those Dutch that is sometimes rude and use directness as an excuse, hence my comments here and there. But I do it when I get irritated from the bias opinions (usually American expats that see the Netherlands or Europe as an extension of the US with them as the big example and for them to judge) or misinformation or the expat hammering of prejudices out of their own, limited, perception. Dutch people have a very strong tendency to set them straight, correct or teach them or others. A very common (self-reflection) expression is "het beste jongetje van de klas" (top student in the class), used to criticize politics and describe the Dutch need to show others how it is done right the first time, even if we are not (always) right.
For the Dutch food. Yes it is blend. But take into consideration with sailing the 7 seas, Dutch love to eat foreign food and have it cooked by the original cook because Holland was the main importer of spices and brought the people and cooks with them. So we don't make a mediocre version and call it our own (dang, I used that phrase a lot) and then call it culture. We go out and pay a bit more to have the original. So the general misconception is that Dutch culture does not have much flavor. We just enjoy other cultures how it supposed to be cooked and at home we eat healthy, easy and cheap(er) food. Dutch frugalness I assume. So that is Dutch food culture. But, to be honest, on the other hand, look at Nigerian food. Not that much variety either.... it just that one is used to it.
We don't like to talk about money because of the "Calvinisme" where people don't show off and don't try to place themselves above others. The open curtains is a consequence of that too. Nothing to hide and live within your means but don't tell others you have more and create distance and segregation. We are all alike, some just more fortunately but don't boast it. It is not appreciated. After work, we go on a first name basis, no longer doctor, sir of (non-family) uncle or aunty. It is all an effort to create an equal society and not a 1% culture that is supposed to "drip down".
Negotiating your income is what your value is, not what the next person gets. Most companies have standard "salaris groepen" (salary groups), that are non-negotiable anyways and where the salary is determined by your experience and number of years you work with the company. Salary is not a free market really in the Netherlands. There is some wiggle room but most Dutch know what to ask if there is a niche to jump into. It is not always about the mx you can get, but the job as a whole. Times is valued more than money in The Netherlands.
With The Netherlands being a social welfare state, in my opinion, you're pretty well taken care off by society and the desire to become a millionaire is not a necessity anymore as a life goal to get out of the slums and still (together with the free time) have a very pleasant life. Not everything is money driven unlike other culture's perception and motivation.
Hi Alex, thanks so much for taking our time to share this. I’m still learning about the Dutch and I appreciate you comments and explanations. 🫶
@@josphineogugua I appreciate your videos a lot because you are honest about your observations and straight to the point, even if you are not always right, misinformed or not aware of the history and/or customs. That is something we Dutch also have to accept that others look at us from a different objective and we only can learn from each other that not all perceptions are the same. And sometimes we (including me) are wrong ourselves.
I just wish you started to make videos again although I understand people need a break sometimes, get fed up or YT doesn't pay much any longer 🤪.
@@AlexK-yr2thNigerian food is very diverse. For example just check out the Yoruba cuisine Wikipedia alone. You are just ignorant.
@@windsurfer8824 Nothing to do with ignorant. You completely missed the point here. Every culture is diverse in their foods, but very likely not for others. That is the whole point here.
The ‘normal’ dutch food I grew up with is a combination of potatoes, meat and vegetables. Just all separate on your plate.
I think I tried something similar. Was the potatoes mashed?
Most people don't mash. I remember as a kid, I would get scolded if I tried to mash my food. Yes, we have a lot of "winterhard" dishes (like stampot, hutspot), that are based on mashed potatoes. But that doesn't mean that Dutch mash everything. It only shows the limited experience and knowledge of Dutch food culture.
@@josphineogugua nope, just boiled potatoes
As a kid in the 70s mashing was standard in our family. At some point it changed but until then that was what we did.
@@ErwinBlonk Ya, most kids try because they dont like vegetables and hide them in the mash. Till your mother gets angry. Then we tell our kids.... same cycle.
I always loved the part of not talking about money because in my experience people here don’t really judge for what you earn and don’t pressure you to pretend to have money like people do in other cultures.
Since 5months ago,no video anymore???i miss you
Hi Josphine if you want to try real Dutch food you should try *Babi Pangang* ;-) and yes we dont like to talk about money because we dont want to offend other people for earning less. Famous Dutch words are *Doe maar gewoon dan doe je gek genoeg*
PS if you like rice there is an old dutch recipe called rijstebrij , Its old not often made these dayse but easy quick and quite nice .
Ingrediënten:
▢300 gr gekookte rijst
▢450-500 ml volle melk
▢snuf zout
▢bruine basterdsuiker
▢roomboter
Doe de melk en de gekookte rijst in een pannetje. Voeg een snuf zout toe en breng aan de kook. Zet de pit laag en laat de rijst zachtjes kokend/stovend in ongeveer 40 minuten alle melk opnemen en een dikke brij worden. Roer af en toe even om te voorkomen dat de rijst aan de bodem van de pan plakt.
Tip: Heb je geen gekookte rijst liggen gebruik dan ongekookte rijst, voeg wat extra water of melk toe en kook -indien nodig- ietsjes langer. Rijst wordt tijdens het koken ongeveer 2,5x zo zwaar. Vervang 300 gr gekookte rijst dus door 100-120 gr ongekookte rijst.
Schep de rijstebrij op borden, leg hier en daar klontjes roomboter en bestrooi met bruine basterdsuiker.
Eet smakelijk!
I think that we don't talk much about money related subjects in the Netherlands is for a couple of reasons. Money is only important if you don't have enough of it to life a comfortable life. In the recent history this was generally not a problem for the majority of the Dutch people. A lot of people are not into the extreme luxuries. In the town I life in, we have a reasonably large number of millionaires compared to the size of the town. If you don't know who they are, you won't recognize this in most of them. Yes, they life a comfortable life, often in a large and expensive house, but they will just behave as other people in our community. This is not to say there are not people in the Netherlands who have those dreams and do a lot, if not anything, to get there. On the other hand a lot of people also realize that most people who become rich these days, didn't do that with hard work, but often at the expense of others. Being rich and bragging about it is frowned upon generally. Being rich does not make you a better or more important person. With the society getting more individualistic I could very well see this changing in the future, but I for one would find this a major loss.
I agree with this, combine this with the dutch culture of “doe maar normaal dan doe je gek genoeg”. Most people in the netherlands have a love-hate relationship with money. Eighter you have enough to get by without struggleling at the end of each month or you have not, but if you have enough and be open about that it comes on like bragging in the dutch culture.
I think that on this part of the culture people are still struggeling with the legacy of WWII.
With food I have to agree with you…when people finaly eat something else other than patato’s with vagetebles, meet and gravy they added italian food to the mix and soon after that a form of chinees streetfood. Some indonasian food joint the club and after that there was not a form of food that whas out of the question.
A realy dutch meal you problebly tryed by now is erwtensoep. Specialy during the fall and winter.
@@tirzanieuwenhuis-kruiver946 At home we used to have Soup, Potato's with Vegetables and Meat and Some Desert (Vla, Pudding, Yoghurt, Fruit). I think the number of people who still do this is rapidly declining. International food has become a part of Dutch life over the last decades.
Nigerians are known to stick together when they are abroad. What has been your experience with other Nigeriens in the Netherlands? For context, Zimbabweans do not band together. My experience and the stories that I've heard are about Zimbo's not helping each other, blending in, and using each other.
Of course there's a difference between the general and individual experience. For over 8 years I worked in a company with 70% non-Dutch who spoke Dutch at different level. Being the one, and later one of two, IT guys, I spoke with many people throughout the day. I always tried to speak Dutch if they wanted to and tried to adapt to their skill level and, on a good day, slightly above. It also dependend on what we were doing. Social and small talk I tried to introduce a bit more complex concepts. When helping out with an IT problem I kept it more practical.
As for being direct, non-Dutch will say I am. Dutch people will find me less so. I'm very open about myself but when it comes to others I tend to take the other into account. A simpler way of saying it is that I go out of my way not to be rude. That results in less directness.
I don't mind talking about money but in an environment that doesn't it will be a disadvantage. It is too often used against you. In that situation others know something about you and you don't. Envy and rumors happen. Whenever I say what I earn, which is pretty average, people assume you have enough money and any problems or difficulty you face is ignored because "hey lotsa money". My life is fine, no complaints in that respect but the few times I told with I earn (again, very average) the reaction (especially non-verbal) is neutral at best but never postive. I can imagine someone with a manager's salary or higher keeping it quiet.
Dutch food is verry diverse , one only needs to pick up a dutch cookbook and find 600 pages of recipes of meals you never heard of but are or where verry popular with different generations . You realy think a nation that Grows almost any food , had the largest global spice trade in history doesnt have food that is different than stampot . We have hundreds of differnt types of soups , fish dishes , pork , beef , venison , chicken , poultry . Not to mention deserts , cakes, pies , Cookies etc etc etc. I would recomend to get your self a good old fashioned dutch cookbook and learn what dutch food realy is .
Basically Dutch cuisine uses spices to enhance the flavours of the main ingredients, so not too much. Just like the French cuisine. People from cuisines with contrasting flavours like the Asians, Africans and Carribeans tend not like this and mistake it for lacking spices, while people from enhancing cuisines often like both. But contrary to French cuisine the Dutch cuisine lacks the sophistication to flaunt the tast enhancing spicing.
It is also not much of a Dutch cuisine because it had so many international influences for so long and the Netherlands was piss poor when national cuisines developped in the 1800's. I do agree it's very varied though, not too high brow, but good, varied, tasteful home cooking.
@@DenUitvreter Correct , you dont need to over due it, and even indonesian food is not that spicy /hot( also mis conception spicy means as europe and asia uses spices to enhance flavours but refrain of making it to hot , and americans others put in as much of peppers as posible covering up the food your actualy eating.
The book the verstandige keukenmeid /huisvrouw came around when the more calvanistic ways became popular , all in moderation . As if you look at the cookies and some dishes that contain herbs and spices . like speculaas or foelie in soups or nutmeg in meatballs , stews and even on top collyflower , it would be sprinkeling your food with gold . As the amount and number of spices used in just one cookie would give you a good anual wage back in the day .
Spices grow only in tropical climates so northern Europe used other techniques to make strong tasting food. Andd a lot of effort went into making strong tasting beers and liquor. Also a lot of the famous Asian spicy dishes rely heavily on the spices the Europeans brought from South America. Most modern dishes wouldn’t exist without the worldwide spice trade. But the variety in Dutch cities when it comes to restaurants or the availability of spices in the supermarket or Toko’s is unique in the world. And for the money, in most parts of the world money is seen as a measure to compare people’s importance. The Dutch hate it when people consider themselves better than others just because they have money. The Netherlands is a kingdom but it started as one of the world’s first republics, constantly fighting for their independence and against the sea. They had no other option than to work together and be direct in communication. I guess that mentality never went away.
Never went away? It spread over the world from the Dutch Republic. Equality, upward social mobility, from rags to riches, that all started in the Dutch Republic.
Herbs grow in Europe
With the political climate happening in the Netherlands. Can you feel the difference or has it changed? I am thinking about coming back this month but my expats friends are saying it’s not the right time to come. Also they aren’t there right now
I haven’t experienced any type of hostility or even any difference. It’s true that with the election outcome, there’s still a lot of uncertainty but I haven’t seen it translate to any hostility.
@@D_beautyengineer thank you for the information. That was my biggest concern. I really wanted to come back and move but I was hesitant because of that.
About the video of your plan to be a millionaire, post it, I am not Dutch, but I wouldn’t mind it. Perspective are welcome and it could have some benefits to everyone.
Not talking about money has to do with the idea that the Dutch do not like it when someone thinks him-or herself superior to someone else. the ideal is that we are equal although that is not the reality.
Hello Maam. How can reach you??? I’m in serious need for some information
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My name is Ogechukwu, I'm 32 years old and I'm from Delta State, Nigeria. I came across your UA-cam page and I have a problem.
I graduated with HND in Civil Engineering from a Nigerian Polytechnic and I really want to know If I stand a chance of securing admission in one of the Universities in the Netherlands.
I'm really worried and I do not know what to do or how to go about it, I just want to know my fate and where I stand with my HND certificate.
I have been running around UA-cam to find a solution but yet to solution until I came across your page and then decided to reach out to you, I'll patiently waiting for your response, thank you very much.
Dutchies, please help me understand... I work in an international organization as an expat here in the Netherlands. Majority of the employees are Dutch but the rest of us are foreigners. My question is why are Dutch people so aggressive, antagonistic and angry in meetings? We foreigners don't understand this behavior at all. Those meetings feel like WW3. Very draining 😢 After the meeting they still walk around looking pissed off 😂
They love talking about money when it is about paying them back, through Tikkie😅🤣
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Come to America and tell us what you think. I'm a Jamaican that grew up on America (NYC, Atl, and south Florida). I now live in Houston, Texas. Are you ever going to take a trip here or Canada?