old & traditional recipes
“Eel in the green” is a traditional Flemmish (Belgian) recipe that goes back as far as the early middle ages. A similar sauce can be found in “de re coquinaria”, a Roman cookbook from the 4th century. They use it for all kinds of fish …
This German eelsoup from 1845 comes from a cookbook with a long name like usual in that era; “Praktisches Kochbuch. Zuverlässige und selbstgeprüfte Recepte der gewöhnlichen und feineren Küche. Practische Anweisung zur Bereitung von verschiedenartigen Speisen, kalten und warmen Getränken, Gelees, Gefrornem, Backwerken, sowie zum …
On 30 september 1894 the Dutch Vegetarians Union (De Nederlandse Vegetariërsbond) was founded. They made a lot of books about the lifestyle and added recipes. Everyone loved them and looked up to them and now, thanks to these wonderfull people, 95 procent of Dutch people …
Here an example what you can do with Chinese master sauce; the everlasting all-purpose Chinese marinade. You can find the recipe here. The word fowl is used because this recipe is usable for chicken ánd duck. There are several ways to prepare your fowl. Marinated …
I don’t know why; but the Dutch kitchen is REALLY bland. Even after stealing some spices during the Dutch East Indian Company period; we kept it plain and simple. REALLY plain and simple. It’s the culture. Being plain and simple is a virtue. “Just being …
This classic Dutch brown bean soup has been around for SO long that every family has it’s own recipe. SOME HISTORY. Nowadays potatoes and bread are thé Dutch staple food; they are quite new though. In the 8th century cereals that produce grains for making …
A blanquette (sometimes called a ragout) is a tasty, cheap and easy way to use all your little scraps of left over meat and/or vegetables. It has it’s origin in the French kitchen. With only a few cheap ingredients and some leftovers; you create something …