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 …
Parsley has been used in the European kitchen since.. well.. I don’t know since when. I know it was used a lot in the Roman kitchen; so probably since before that. Wikipedia says the old Greeks used it too; mainly to cure a hangover. I …
Potato peel soup is a soup that has been eaten in many countries that grow potatoes during a famine. This recipe is my grandmothers recipe; how she made it at the time around ww2. Sometimes she also added little pieces of meat, old bread, carrots …
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 …
Chinese master sauce/stock, or 滷水汁, 鹵水 or 高汤, is a marinade that NEVER runs out. You can keep using it and even leave is to your children through your will might you ever choke on a chicken/fish bone from one of the 10000 times you …