Dutch Cuisine

There has been much debate on my choice of language in the three posts I have made thus far, so for the sake of my grandfather's heart, I will attempt to clean up my act. At least the best that I can.

Nonetheless, one topic I believe needs to be discussed here is dutch cuisine. HAHA Cuisine, I don't think there are any two words that should never be placed next to each other. oxymoron much? The Dutch are a society who, unlike Americans, eat to live. They enjoy hearty meals packed with carbs and dairy. pfft. Whatever, give me a cheeseburger. So I am going to break up a day of basic intake by a Dutch person so everyone in Amurike can feel my pain.

Disclaimer: many of these are typical. Just because I list all of these things does not mean people eat all of them for every meal. There is a variety, kind of. I am calling this "traditional" for a reason.

Breakfast:
bread, cheese, bread, cheese, milk, cold cereal

Lunch:
bread, cheese, bread, cheese, milk, yogurt, fruit

Dinner:
some kind of meat (most likely chicken, fish, pork, or sausage), potatoes, a veggie, potatoes, more potatoes, and maybe some applesauce

Snacks: french fries, FEBO, stroopwafels.

Snacks are the best time of the day, for sure.

I love all of the above foods, just not everyday. After being here a month I fully understand why all the Dutch are so tall and skinny. They each massive amounts of dairy and bike EVERYWHERE.

Furthermore, I just recently discovered (today) this stuff called vla. It's kind of like pudding, but not as thick. Definitely, making up for my dumb idea of give up stroopwafels for lent. gah I miss the stroops.

To veer away from the topic of food (a topic I am oh so fond about) and move onto the weather. The weather. ahhhh the weather. It is not as cold here as in Ohio, but for some reason is feels it. Maybe its the biking (or lack thereof)?? I really could not tell you. As for the rain, it needs to stop. It has really been raining on my parade (AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) It really had yet to become "rainy season" but I feel like I am going to hate it. So much rain, but I guess asking for a rain jacket for christmas was the right idea. thumbs up santa!

Finally, traveled to Brussels for the weekend. Saw three different statues that were in the position of peeing, ate a waffles and mussels, and went to this bar that had 2004 beers. So all in all the 48 hour brussels take over was nothing more than triumphant. I am in love. hahaha I never wanted to leave, but tragically I had to return homeskis to work on homework and catch up on sleepies.

School is still killing me smalls, but I am trying to get through it day in and day out. I hope everyones spring break is going/went grand. I have a presentation and paper due tomorrow. gagging on the inside.

TOT ZINES!