Dutch Day

Today was our  Dutch Day and we had a super fun time.

 

We even had our own Netherlands team

 

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and our red, white and blue team

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We tasted a number of traditional Dutch dishes. Here was our menu for the day;

Hotchpotch (or in Dutch Hutspot) is a dish of boiled and mashed potatoes, carrots and onions with a long history in traditional Dutch cuisine

Nasi met Kroepoek – Indonesian rice and prawn crackers

Frikandel Speciaal – Dutch sausage

Gouda cheese

Pepernoten- a Dutch cookie.

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A huge thank you to Mr Jansen for preparing all of the food and explaining what each of the foods were and why they are important to the Dutch.
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The children also found out many interesting facts about the Netherlands and I  hope they can remember some of the information and share them with you at home.

 

 

 

 

5 thoughts on “Dutch Day”

  1. Jack enjoyed the day and even tried some of the cheese! He told me there are many windmills in the Netherlands.

  2. Fantastic Jack. The Dutch cheese was delicious! You are right, there are lots of windmills in the Netherlands, but can anyone remember what job the windmills were built to do?

  3. Amy and George both really enjoyed the day, and enjoyed trying Dutch foods. The meatballs and cookies were particular favourites. Thank you Mr Jansen! We think the windmills are for pumping out water as the country is flat and low, which means it floods a lot. But the flatness makes it good for cycling.

  4. Excellent Amy and George! Yes you are right the windmills do pump out the water and the name Netherlands literally means ‘lowlands’ or ‘low countries’ as they are very low and a quarter of the country is below sea level.

  5. Dear All, it was a delight to talk to you about The Netherlands. I was cooking in the kitchen for 2 evenings and it brought back a lot of lovely memories.
    Even I have learned a lot more about The Netherlands!
    For example I did not know that the orange carrots were cultivated by the Dutch for there colour of orange and that Wi-fi is a Dutch invention.
    It was a pleasure and hopefully we can do this again. There is a lot more history to tell and food to taste.
    Mr. Jansen

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