All Things Holland

Recently I tried Gouda cheese like I posted about a while back. So here is a quick post and a quick non expert review of Gouda cheese. I'm not confident enough, and I don't think we have one anyway, to go into a fancy cheese place. So I went into our local supermarket to look for Gouda cheese. There were about 3 or 4 different brands and prices of Gouda. My thoughts on that is the more expensive, the better quality. I bought (I forget the name) a brand that was wrapped in black wax which I believe is a way of showing the age. Black being a longer aged cheese. I took it home and got ready to enjoy, hopefully with my crackers. Just like Wallace would have liked. First, reaction upon unwrapping the cheese. It STINKS! Then again I guess all cheese has a funk to it. After a bit I realize it wasn't as bad of a stink as I thought. I've smelled much worse and heard of cheeses being worse. I'm just used to classic cheddar or swiss. The cheese is white and kinda flaky onc...

I've been looking into the different national products of Holland recently and, if you've been reading this from the beginning, you remember the articles on the different beers. There seem to be 2 major brands of cheese that are native to Holland. I plan on trying these all one day. The first I've been warned isn't to my liking and the second, which I'll put up later, I actually heard about from Wallace and Gromit. My friend said Gouda was made with goat milk, LIAR. So, cheese # 1. Help for this post came from www.cheese.com . (I didn't know there was an entire website dedicated to CHEESE!) GOUDA Named after the Dutch town of Gouda, just outside Rotterdam. It accounts for more than 60% of the cheese produced in Holland and it has a very long history. Gouda is a traditional, creamery, hard cheese. It is round with very smooth, yellow, waxed rind. The flavor is sweet and fruity. As time passes, the taste intensifies and becomes more complex. Mature Gouda (18 month...

Depending on where you are from, people make automatic assumptions about you. I've been thinking about this and it is true with countries as well, maybe more so. So are unfounded, most are out of date but they are there non the less. Canada = maple syrup, hockey, "ay?" Britain = bad teeth, drive on the wrong side of the road, BBC, Queen France = arrogant, "french girls", fancy food Russia = vodka, cold, supermodels, communism USA = "everyone should speak english", fast food, sports Germany = Hitler, blonde haired blue eyed Why am I doing this article? Here is the tag line. Netherlands = accepting (look the other way), tulips, wooden shoes, windmills, color orange, (recently) soccer. Here are a few facts about the Netherlands. 1) You already know they are known form their Beer. Heineken and Amstel. 2) Cheese. A county full of cows has good cheese. They are known for Gouda cheese. The cheese is named after the region it was made in, hence Gouda. 3) Flowe...