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

En réponse à Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...>:

>
> 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 ;-).
>
He he... the first time my boyfriend tried to make coffee out of powder coffee
bought in a French supermarket, he couldn't drink it because it was far too
strong for him. He had to put half the dosis he usually took in the Netherlands,
to make a coffee like the one he was used to. I have the opposite problem with
tea in Holland: I cannot make it strong enough for my taste. When I'm settled in
Holland, I won't buy tea bags anymore but the tea leaves themselves. Maybe then
I'll be able to make the dosis I need. But I usually drink chocolate milk, and
for that France and Holland are quite similar, so I'm not unhappy :))) .

Christophe.

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