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The Dutch diet

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I love Dutch herring! I eat it whenever I'm there. I've had both Hollands nieuw and maatsje haring, both nice though the quality really is nice during the right season.
Is that fish raw??
- No, it is pickled.
  
  You can tell by the pickle next to it. 😉
  
  We have pickled herring as well but this one's raw.
Let me tell ye lads, those Dutch have access to cheese that we could only dream of.
There was a video about this somewhere.
Basically the Dutch never really developed a “cuisine” and they don’t have one. They don’t even give free meals at school, they care that little about food.
They’re mostly just a “I eat for sustenance” culture who loves snacking instead of actual meals.
The Dutch people I know are fully content just eating bread for every meal.
- Am I secretly Dutch?
  If they ever invent a pill that I could take for perfect nutrition instead of food, I'd happily do it.
  
  Not a pill, but things like Soylent exist
  https://soylent.com/
- I thought they all ate they same sandwich every day for lunch? Like all the kids already have that sandwhich with them when they come in to school, no need for free lunches.
  Dont get me wrong this was a clickbait article and I am probably misremembering the country anyway.
The Dutch are very tall people. 6" average.
- I don't think its tall at all - its merely average to me.
- Six inches?
Whats wrong with that meal tho?
- I mean, even if you're really into unseasoned fish topped with raw onion, presentation certainly leaves something to be desired.
  
  My understanding is that it's pickled and salted, and both of those are seasonings.
  
  Probably pickled onion. Like in the rollmops pickled herring jars.
  
  unseasoned fish
  Good fish doesn't really need much else than salt. Unless you don't really want to taste the fish but the other stuff
- no side dish, for a start
  
  It's a snack, not a meal
  
  Side fish is enough.
  
  Pickle is a perfectly normal side dish. You should stop dutch shaming people.
- Nothing, it’s delicious.
  Damn it. This post made me hungry for some herring.
  
  I've never had it, but I'd probably love it. If I list my favorite meals, most of them would include fish.
Certainly looks like something in Tom & Jerry.
that should be Illegal
- We're not judging crimes against food sir.
- Yeah, they didn't bring enough to share.

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