Re: CHAT: Dutch treats (was: It sucks!)

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Roger Mills wrote:

>
> All this was a long, long time ago, and I'm sure the Dutch aren't like that
> anymore :-)
>
You'd be amazed... However, the wholesome influence of the Turkish
population has learnt us to pile up the cookies on a large dish and
put them on table. But I remember the one cookie-rule quite well,
from visits to my grandparents. There's also a story about our first
post-war premier, the very sober Drees. When the Americans were
in the Netherlands just after the war to discuss the Marshall aid plan,
Drees invited them home, where they were offered one cup of weak tea
and a dry biscuit. According to some versions of this tale, this was
enough to convince the Americans that the Netherlands were really
abominably poor, and they increased the aid budget ;-).

As for Four Roses, I consider that an inferior liquid, and if I have
foreign guests, I mellow them with korenwijn, which is a kind of
Dutch gin, but good. And our wine merchant is rich.

Boudewijn Rempt  | http://www.valdyas.org

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