The Netherlands

We have found a new favourite country! We ate Flenjes met zalm, which is salmon and spinach, wrapped in crepes and baked in a cheese sauce. Utterly divine; Niamh reckons it's better than Somalia! (her previous favourite) It is quite fiddly to make, in that it is done in 3 steps and then baked, but well worth it. For dessert, we had Blauwvingers, which translates as Bluefingers. The story behind these biscuits goes like this: In the Middle Ages, the inhabitants of the town Zwolle asked the neighbouring town of Kampen to buy Zwolle's carillon in order to get much needed cash. Kampen agreed, but to embarrass their neighbours they paid in the smallest denomination possible; the pure copper four duit pieces. Apparently, Zwolle's officials counted every single penny until their fingers turned blue from the oxide. The dutch music is fun to listen to; kind of folk/country.