Dairy and Egg products
Dairy products are really good here.
(The webmaster is from Wisconsin, so she knows) Cheese takes a bit of
time to understand but your friendly neighborhood kaaswinkel (cheese store) will
be more than happy to let you sample different cheeses. You can get
mozzarella and cheddar at the kasswinkel but you'll pay dearly. Try
native cheeses. Again, it's about experimenting.
Cheese types: The Dutch
take their cheese seriously. Here is a break-down on cheese ages. For a
good time, try gouda, edam, jonge goudse, maaslander, oud amsterdamer
cheeses.
| English |
Dutch |
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English |
Dutch |
| young |
jong |
|
extra-ripe |
extra belegen |
| slightly ripe |
jong belegen |
|
old |
oud |
| ripe |
belegen |
|
year-old |
overjarig |
Dairy product names:
You
can't pick up a gallon (3.4 liters) of milk at the store. You can buy
milk by 1 1/2 liter cartons or sometimes 2 liter jugs. Remember to plan
your milk purchases for the weekend. Many new-comers to the Netherlands
run out of milk after Sunday's breakfast. Stores are closed and you're
out of luck until Monday morning. Butter, unless otherwise specified, is
always unsalted. If you want salted butter look for the word "gezouten".
Sterilized milk is popular here and its a good thing to have in the cupboard,
when you run out of the fresh stuff.
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English
|
Dutch
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English
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Dutch
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Butter
|
boter,
echte boter, room boter
|
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margarine
|
margarine
|
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salted butter
|
gezouten
boter
|
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milk
|
melk
|
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buttermilk
|
karnemelk
|
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full fat
|
volle melk
|
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coffee milk (condensed
milk)
|
koffiemelk
|
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half fat
|
halfvolle
melk
|
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cottage cheese
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huttenkase
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skimmilk
|
magere
melk
|
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cottage cheese creamed
or beaten
|
kwark
|
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sour cream
|
zure room
or sour cream
|
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cream
|
room,
slagroom
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yogurt (whole milk)
|
yoghurt
volle
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cream cheese
|
room kaas
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yogurt (low-fat)
|
yoghurt
magere
|
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custard/ pudding
|
vla,
bavarois
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icecream
|
ijs,
roomijs, schepijs
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Eggs
You'll be really surprised or maybe
horrified when you first see eggs at the grocery store. They are kept on
the shelf, usually by the canned goods. Eggs come in boxes of 6 or
10. Also, eggs aren't washed before packaging. So sometimes you'll
find little bits of feathers and other unmentionables. The good thing is
you have a wide choice in size, taste, and ethical stands. You can buy
free-ranging (scharrel) chicken eggs, "vier-granen" eggs which come
from you guessed it, chickens fed a diet of four grains as well as the
standard factory egg.
