Dutch Tastes

This might just be the grain that tips the scales. I'm gonna have to leave this valley centered around Amherst. There's nothing I, a non-intellectual, can do here. It's like being a fisher in a mining community.

So, I'm looking around and Chicago might just be the place I move in about a year once I raise enough capital. I think it's pretty groovy that it actually has a restaurant for Dutch pancakes, which are like crepes, except that they have goodies embedded in the batter!

I remember those (pannenkoeken) were always the pancakes my dad would make for me. I was introduced to flapjacks (American) at a later date. I thought they were too thick and spongey for my taste. I have since learned to like them, but not as much as pannenkoeken.

The Dutch like to put chocolate sprinkles on their bread. They use butter to make it stick.

The Dutch also like to put peanut butter on their bread. Now the logical conclusion is that it's okay to use peanut butter to make the chocolate sprinkles stick, but do that, and you're just an eccentric.

My dad first did this when he was younger, and my grandfather thought it was excessive. Anyway, the tradition was passed down to me.

One of the most decadent things one can do is eat peanut butter with a spoon. I like to one up my non-Dutch friends by adding a little Dutch chocolate garnish to each spoonful. Two great tastes that taste great together, plus it has a little crunch. I would recommend sticking to creamy and not chunky peanut butter if you are going to attempt this.

Nobody in America seems to like the salty black licorice the Dutch love. Well, one of my friends does, but he's weird. Whenever I go to Holland, I try to get stroopwafels for my friends.

Stroopwafels are made of two thin wafers with a gooey syrup in the middle that hardens. Best thing to do is place it over a steaming cup of coffee to soften it up.

I think the Dutch like marzipan, too. I like marzipan. If I ever get married (hopefully not anytime soon), I'd like a marzipan wedding cake. And an espresso machine for a wedding gift.