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[estepheia]

Just joined Band of Buggered Forumboard. Since Big Bad Board no longer has a fanfic corner I thought I might just as well.
Visited Nauti's site to find directions to Older, but apparently I'm too dumb. *shrug*

My wrist hurts. Can hardly move it. It's my right wrist, the one with the complicated fracture from my one and only attempt at ice-skating. It got operated but has a scar and is neither as mobile nor as resistant as it used to be. And two days ago I hurled a few crates of water and soda around. Since then it worsened. Today I went swimming with Tina and we played ball, enjoyed the water slides and everything. But the dull ache turned into real pain. I can type with the wrist resting on my notebook, but I am unable to lift my writst off the computer without pain. *sigh*

I should translate more Fell Beasts and Wonderous Magic, but it's hot and I'm exhausted. Also I'm feeling peckish. Wouldn't mind a large portion of Dutch patat frites (French fries) with mayonaise, ketchup and chopped onions. When it's hot I always crave salty potato stuff like chips or fries....

God, I'd kill for a nap!

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Patatje oorlog?

[gamiila.livejournal.com]

You've got strange tastes ... for someone who's not Dutch, at least. Next you'll be telling me you like to eat your herring whole and raw and covered in chopped onions like us too, or put away a pound of salty licorice every day...

Sorry to hear about your wrist. Hope it improves soon.

Re: Patatje oorlog?

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Licorice? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
But I do like vleeskrokets (would kill for them!), pinda saus, rostbif, beefstuk van de haas, gruene hering, paaling, poffertjes (mmmmmm), lek--- uh the fried fish fillets, apple sauce with wieners, saté salad, Dutch Bami Goreng (not the crap you get here), slaafinken, vla (yummie), frikandels. And of course Dutch pankakes (apple, bacon, cinnamon)....

I can also swear in Dutch, well a little bit.
The explanation? My great-uncle was Dutch, he was a tabacco planter in Indonesia, I loved him and his stories and we often went to Enschede or Noordwijk on holiday. We also spent two holidays in Duinrell. I like Holland. I wish we could afford going there more often.

Re: Patatje oorlog?

[gamiila.livejournal.com]

lek -- uh the fried fish fillets

Lekkerbekjes - the word lekkerbek (lit. tasty mouth) implies a gourmet, and so it's no wonder these fish fillets are called by the diminutive. You can get me up at 3:00 AM for them and I won't mind losing sleep...

Although personally, I prefer garnalenkroketten to vleeskroketten (but then, I just couldn't live in a world without shrimp) - you should try some next time you're in Holland. Preferably in Duinrell, which is just around the corner from where I live ;-).

Re: Patatje oorlog?

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Dutch food is good! Or, well, at least the stuff I've had. I work very hard to keep a supply of anijsblokjes in the cupboard (they're not easy to get in the US) -- same goes for packets of shoarma seasoning. Fortunately there's a Dutch store over in Ballard (near Seattle) that occasionally carries that stuff.

Dutch foodstuffs

[gamiila.livejournal.com]

Well, if you ever run out of anything, and the store doesn't stock it or goes out of business, gimme a shout. As of this moment, I'm making it my mission in life to introduce the world at large to the delights of anijsblokjes, stroopwafels and hagelslag...though maybe not the licorice ;-)

Re: Dutch foodstuffs

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Getting local grills and fast food places to make vleeskrokets, now THAT would be a worthy mission.
We used to get them in Osnabrück, which is two hours closer to Holland than Braunschweig. Here? No such luck.

Amazing what a difference two hours by car make. The fast food "landscape" is entirely different, different sausages, different burgers, etc.

Re: Dutch foodstuffs

[gamiila.livejournal.com]

True. There's no Goetterspeise or rote Gruetze to be got here, e.g.; or only with utmost difficulty.