~patches~ wrote:
>
> I'm watching a really neat show "Loving Spoonful" about Dutch cooking
> but the guest insists that Dutch cooking is very bland. Is that so?
> DH's dad (GRHS) came to Canada from Holland when he was 19. I can
> recall him eating things I considered strange but because of him there
> is a lot of seafood I like. I still can't get into eating Dutch hale on
> toast! We still shop at the Dutch market. She did a Finnish dish
> consisting of boiled asparagus eated with boiled egges that were
> seasoned with nutmeg. Then she did a Maylasian dish. I would have
> liked to seen some traditional Dutch cooking.

Bland is relative of course. Most of the world considers 'American' food
to be bland too LOL.

Here is a Dutch mussel soup

1 kg mussels, scrubbed and damaged/dead ones discarded.
1 1/2 litre water
1 large onion
2 leeks
1 small knob celery root
40 g butter
small bunch parsley
salt and pepper

Put the cleaned mussels in a pan with the water. Cook for 10 minutes
until the mussels have opened. Remove the mussels and strain the cooking
liquid.
Peel the onion and cut into rings. Wash the leeks and cut into rings.
Peel the celery root and cut into small cubes.
Heat the butter in a deep frying pan and cook all the vegetables in the
hot butter. Add the strained cooking liquid, bring to the boil and
simmer until the vegetables are done.
Wash the parsley, mince and add to the soup. Take the mussels out of the
shells and add to the soup. Season and serve.