After yielding to the size of the territory to its neighbors, Holland is not inferior, but much ahead of most European countries in the production of agricultural products. This is not surprising, because the Dutch are famous for their love for tasty and satisfying food, as well as a commercial vein in relation to the export of food.
It's no secret that Dutch women are excellent housewives. And to ensure that the whole family was full and happy, they learned to tasty and quickly cook, while all the food is combined with each other. A striking example of how universal dishes can be in Holland is the traditional sauce, which is used with all the products from which the Dutch cook.
The meal, dressed with plenty of sauce, is quite hearty. Dishes of Dutch cuisine are strikingly different from the German and Danish cooking traditions. And this is despite the neighborhood of countries and peoples. First of all, the influence on the Dutch cuisine was rendered by Spain in times of colonial rule. This is seen, for example, in a variety of recipes for cooking hare meat in red wine with chopped onions, always in a ceramic pot.
Speaking of Dutch cuisine, you can not forget about fish dishes. Fried herring or roasted eel, fresh, salted or dried fish, boiled, smoked, with spices or without - you can continue the list indefinitely. The secret of cooking delicious fish dishes is that cooks use only fresh fish. In ports where fishing boats moor, there are small eateries where you can try a young salted herring with onions and spices. Oysters, squid, lobsters and other inhabitants of the seas in a moment will be cooked before your very eyes in an excellent dish.
Famous Dutch cheeses, although presented in a small assortment, but produced in large quantities. The love of the Dutch for cheese can be experienced and tasted in numerous dishes with the addition of cheese.
The Dutch are big sweeties. To sweet coffee with cream or sweet wine, they prefer muffins or biscuits that are very popular abroad. The famous Dutch traditional delicacy is rice cake, which is prepared with a base of yeast dough, rice porridge and apricots. Incredibly delicious, though unusual.
The Dutch cuisine did not escape Eastern influence. During the colonial possessions on the Indonesian islands, many variants of rice preparation with sauces were adopted by the Dutch and adapted to the products that were available in Holland. Now in the country operates a network of Indonesian restaurants that offer a taste of the true taste of oriental dishes.