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Originally Posted by Ivan Viehoff
Check out a (tongue in cheek) description of Dutch food here, listing it as one of the five most horrible cuisines in Europe, along with Icelandic, Lithuanian, British and Czech. http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1783596,00.html
I write as a British man with a Czech wife. When she read the description of the horribly bland things they eat in Lithuania, my wife said "they sound yummy..." Though I must say there are several other strong contenders for most horrible cuisine in Europe across Scandinavia, the Baltic region and and eastern Europe.
I am also reminded of that comedy sketch where some British Asians go out for an "English", and one of them says he is looking forward to something "really, really bland". |
My travels there have been rather limited, but I concur. What is it with the incredibly bland nature of most north-of-the-Alps Eurpoean cooking. There must be historical reasons for it.
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