Posts by: Valerie

Stamppot (Dutch potato and veggie stew)

By On October 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment

We had walked around all day, in the rain. We had visited places and were tired and hungry. The perfect situation to eat stamppot. The traditional Dutch dinner – hearthy, warming, and pretty dang tasty too!

My cousin and her family and 2 friends visited Amsterdam for a day. They were on [...]

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We moved! (and are eating stew)

By On October 9, 2010 · 1 Comment


As I’m writing this I sit at my kitchen table, in my new kitchen, with a stew cooking on the stove behind me. It’s wonderful.

Thursday was moving day. At 8am the movers arrived at our old house and after a cup of coffee they started loading [...]

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Done and ready to go…

By On October 6, 2010 · 12 Comments

The ‘done’ is the new house’s kitchen, it’s completely cleaned, really really cleaned. It took me about 10 hours, seriously, to clean everything. I now feel comfortable putting food there.

Also done is clearing everything away in the new house, so movers can move.

More done is the move of our web and mail server. [...]

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The Box

By On October 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

As you all know, I’m moving, or about to move, or packing to move, or… well, ya know.

My beloved L has made a short film about the move.

It’s kinda very very awesome, and only 30 seconds, so I urge you to watch it. It really is that awesome. Really! Awesome.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ2ZodAwehU[/youtube]

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Making ‘jus’ and a pet peeve

By On September 29, 2010 · 19 Comments

Tonight we’re eating ‘boerenkool met worst’ or the traditional Dutch curly kale ‘stamppot’ (mash).

It’s traditionally eaten with smoked sausage and jus, with a possibility of added bacon bits.

See how I’m saying with jus and not with ‘au jus’. Yep. That might be my biggest pet peeve in English food-language. Seriously. Jus comes from [...]

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