Most people will know by now that I am trying to lose weight and with a good result so far. On that later a bit more. A few days ago I was in Haarlem and I decided also to buy some new jeans. At a shop I found I went directly to the XL, XXL…
Category: Food and Stuff
Haaksbergen
Haaksbergen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region. There are around 25.000 inhabitants. Haaksbergen covers 105.55 km² ground (of which water: 0.27 km²). First signs of people living in the area of Haaksbergen were found at the Buursebeek and are from around 800…
“Zoethout” (licorice root)
Tomorrow my niece and her two children will be visiting us. So I thought to go and buy some candy for the kids, but I didn’t want to get the standard super sweet sugar rich stuff. So I made a little trip to Enschede to see if I could find something nice for them. And…
We have added a map to our restaurant overview ;-).
As regular visitors of our weblog will know, there is an overview of restaurants of which consider they are good to exceptional (you can find that overview of Cafe’s and Dinners here. As Marion and Rob go often out for dinner during their weekends together, I guess you can say it so kind of hobby…
“Buy a cow” (koopeenkoe.nl)
Last weekend Rob and I chatted through Skype.and the conversation turned to meat. Don’t be scared, this article will not be about vegetarianism. Not that anything is wrong with that, but Rob and I both can appreciate some good meat. But having said that we both also care about the well being of the animals….
“Koetjesrepen”
Yesterday, when I was doing my weekly shopping for groceries and alike, I suddenly saw something in the supermarket that surprised me: “Koetjesrepen”! I was convinced that they were not made and sold anymore. Turned out I was very wrong. But maybe let me first explain what “Koetjesrepen” are, because I assume it is something…
Parsley (Dutch: Peterselie)
As Marion and Rob are currently on Lesbos, it is maybe a good moment to speak about parsley. Oh, there is a connection between parsley and Greece? Yes, there is! For the ancient Greek parsley was a symbol of joy. Laurel wreaths were made of parsley and worn at festive. A combination of parsley and…
Miranda vs supermarkets
Visiting a supermarket with Miranda is always fun! It is really Miranda vs supermarkets 🙂 She really dislikes, how people squeeze hard in a bread to feel it is really fresh. Or how people go through the packages with cold cuts to get the one with the latest “best before date”, not realizing that they…
About black olives…
Last week Jennifer and I had a visitor that stayed for dinner. Our quest enjoyed the dinner very much, but there was one thing she had a remark about: The olives that I served with the dinner! According her these olives weren’t of the best quality. As she always had these shiny uniform coloured black…
Mountain Tea
What an interest suddenly for Mountain Tea. I would expect interest for well-known Greek products as Olives, Olive Oil, Oregano, Ouzo, Honey, Feta, Kavourmas, Loukaniko or even Manouri. But Mountain Tea? But okay, Mountain Tea! Mountain Tea (Σιδερίτης) is also known as Shepherd’s Tea, here we have right away a reference to the origin of…