#broodje

"I got serious bánh mì vibes from this sandwich. The savory/sweet mixture of meats and slightly sweet pickles pointed in that direction. Better bread would have helped; cilantro and hot peppers would have sealed the deal." Broodje Moksi Meti

Broodje is a word in Dutch meaning bread, or bread roll, or more specifically a sandwich made in a bread roll–the German equivalent would be brötchen. Our first Dutch broodje at the Tribunal was Broodje Kroket way back in the early days, though more recently we’ve also tackled Broodje Haring and Broodje Hete Kip. The latter in particular was based on a dish popular in Paramaribo, capital and…

Hey Lieve lezer van Mel’s Day. De zomervakantie is weer bijna achter de rug. Er zullen aardig wat mensen naar Italië zijn geweest voor een leuke vakantie. En laat dat nu net het land zijn waar dit gerecht vandaan komt. Nou ja, ik maak er een broodje Vitello Tonnato van, maar daar wordt het vaak zonder broodje als voorgerecht gegeten. Vitello Tonnato is een gerecht van in repen…

"perhaps the plainest of the herring types I tried with this sandwich but good for all that, something that would taste great on some buttered brown bread or simply speared with a toothpick from the jar." Broodje Haring, or As Close As I Can Get

Two of the sandwiches the Tribunal is covering in May are Dutch sandwiches. Wikipedia, a poor terrestrial analog to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy but possibly more complete in its descriptions of Earth cultures, has this to say about Dutch cuisine: “[it] is often seen as bland, due to a culture of frugality. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Dutch food became designed to be…