It's interesting that you refer to the cakes as "dessert" selection. In the Netherlands, people eat those cakes with coffee (morning, afternoon, or evening), not for dessert. Maybe that's why you were a little surprised?
If, as a foreigner, you have tried the HEMA smoked sausage and the HEMA tompouce and you like them so much, then your integration has been a complete success! 🇳🇱♥
HEMA stands for "Hollandse Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij Amsterdam" (Dutch Unitary Pricing Company Amsterdam). It apparently was the first retailer that had the same price for their products all over the country. It is famous for its Rookworst (smoked sausage). HEMA is also popular in France.
Rookworst zonder R is ook worst! Fun fact, Jumbo verkoopt ook een aantal worsten die gemaakt worden wat vroeger altijd "de Hema worst" was. Probeer die verse knakworsten maar eens, komt goed in de buurt van zo'n vette halve die je op zaterdag haalde tijdens je markt bezoeken... En daarna even onpasselijk voelde omdat het toch wel een erg vette bek was :)
not quite. HEMA was founded as a stunt shop based on the American example of the woolworths stores that had a 5ct and 10ct store. in the Hema everything used to be for sale for 25ct and 50ct. later this was expanded with 75ct and 1 guilder.
Great video guys. Hema is such a Dutch Institute so im happy you finally got to experience it. Still cant believe i got to see you shoot this vid and give some local insights❤
As far as I know, the available microwaves in various stores are provided as a courtesy to warm up milk or food etc. for babies but I'm pretty sure nobody would mind if you use it to heat up the pancakes instead. Great video again btw....really enjoy your view(S !) on The Netherlands 🙂
You figured it out...this is how I eat my Tompouce...but I use a knife or fork to split top and bottom and have equal Bakkersroom on both sides. The filling has a story of it's own...traditional Bakkersroom is made with corn starch (Maizena) and you really have to cook it, most places use ready made powder and add milk/water to it. And I cannot keep from posting a comment on the Stampot...Raw Andijvie with spekjes and a Gravy from Meatballs, and the meatball ofcourse, is just classic. As is the Hutspot (carrot/onion) with Meatballs or Klapstuk, Spinache (so fluffy and delicious) with again the Meatball and a boiled egg, and Hete Bliksem (with dutch Apples) with slow cooked beef (draadjesvlees). I love to have Rookworst with my stampot...but missing out on the gravy is why I go with the Dutch Meatball or slow cooked beef.
About the apple pie... . Since you are living in Rotterdam you have to eat apple pie at Dudok. Just order a coffee, fresh (warm) apple pie with whipped cream on top (and put a little spoon with cream on your coffee). After this you'll never eat a Jumbo or Hema apple pie again... .
Great video with so many topics. I use the same technique for eating my tompouce 🙂 Filet americain as a base for a sandwich is always a good idea, plenty of combinations are possible. And rookworst is also great in a thick peasoup during the colder seasons.
For me, the thing with HEMA is that it's quick and cheap. That's it. Except for the rookworst. I don't care if your butcher's version takes you to artisanal heaven, HEMA rookworst is *it*. Oh, and my favorite vegetable to put in stamppot is "andijvie". That and "spekkies" (small, crunchy pieces of pork belly) is amazing.
Your videos are very additctive 😊 Years ago, Hema had a 1 euro breakfast with coffee, a croissant and a harder sandwich with an omelette. it was awesome
The 1 euro breakfast was basically meant to get people to the store to get them to buy more stuff, which I guess worked pretty well. If you're at Hema anyway, might as well pick up a few items. Plus it was very good advertising.
I just keep wondering why vegans and vegetarians want their food to look like meat... I eat meat at times, I eat vegan at times, but at those times the veggies look like veggies, not like bratwurst, rookworst, kipstuckjes or a burger... They look (and taste) like the veggies they are. Also, what's with this logo 'vegan' on my beer can? Does veganism deteriorate your ability to read ingredients?
yeah i don't really see the point either spring rolls they all kind of look similar, so if you really want things to look samey, just make a loempia haha
Love your videos. Keep on going.😊 I'm gonna be the typical 'cheap' dutchie in the comments and say I don't find the 3/4/5 euro breakfast cheap. Yes, also because inflation and stuff, but honestly, HEMA as a whole is only barely the budget store it once was.
@@jackjackmillar I think this is a good video. It's in dutch but pretty self explanatory I think. 😊 I think my go-to would be IKEA. But I don't do budget-breakfasts a lot.
Indeed the kale variant of stamppot "boerenkool" is out of season this is a real winter dish, while you can make stamppot with lots of vegetables and spinach is certainly possible, its not real common to do so the Netherlands in the combination with the "Hema rookworst" the more obvious choice would have been the the stamppot with carrots/union "hutspot" or sauerkraut"zuurkool". you should also try the stamppot with raw andijvie in combination with meatballs and gravy or the one with leeks "prei" in combination with salmon they all are real comfort foods.
@@buncharted No, you did it almost correctly. Separate the top part, put it down glazing up, put the rest on top. Now you can either cut it and the filling won't spill out, or you can pick it up with your hand. This is the way.™
It's funny how you say there is a ton of 'desserts'. When I was younger, Hema would be the place to get some pie and lemonade. We didn't go there for lunch and dessert 😅
I was like "wow you gonna eat rookworst all day?" but you guys got one of those fancy city hema's with a whole sandwich bar.... Next, trie to survive in a village hema XD I also like the way Michelle uses her fork and knife, Cutting and then switching them to eat, I do that too! I actually think the microwave is for baby food but I've never seen a microwave in a store before so don't listen to me.
Having pre-baked pancakes is a none thing, also they are not eaten for breakfast. You get a freshly baked pannekoek for lunch or dinner. For a good dutch pancake go to a pancake house and order a sweet or savory topping of your choice, it will the best pancake you've ever tasted in your life. I also recommend poffertjes. Eating stamppot without gravy is considered a crime against humanity, careful because you could be deported for that.
Here's a secret about Dutch 'house brands'. Most or all are made at third party companies that deliver the same products to different supermarkets. So the AH apple pie may really be the same as the one from Jumbo.
this is the secod time that i see you guys eating a tompuce WRONG you suposed to eat it al together ot seperate, secod you eat lunch at Hema ad did ot try the most famous lunch the Kippenpasteitje, go back and try it please you will love it, another great video...
Did you know: you can get Trader Joe's brownies at the Aldi? Not entirely strange because the Aldi stores in Holland are Aldi North; the same company that runs Trader Joe's. Maybe they carry other Trader Joe's stuff as well, but I wouldn't know because I prefer Lidl if I want the German discountsuper experience.
When I was in high school these were only 1 € for coffee, baguette with omelette and bacon, and a croissant. All for a euro. Those were the days I was there 4 times a week
Super fun watch!! My first job ever (10+ years ago!) was at HEMA. We always wanted our first break before 10 so we could get the cheap breakfast (which used to be 1 euro normally but 75 cents for employees!). Quite an insane price hike nowadays but still cheap compared to a lot of places currently.
Hay there. 1st strike: You guys should make andijvie stamppot because andijvie you can get year round. NOT with spinach! And you should make it with small diced'n'dryfried pork belly (spek), like bacon bits through the stampot. 2nd strike: You should not eat hotdog at the hema, I'm sure it taste good. But instead you should have tried the hema half a rookworst on a bun with mostard. This is een absolute must and a tradition! 3rd and final strike(your out), and this is a big one!!! A appeltaart punt should always, and I do mean always without arguement, be consumed with SWEET WHIPPED CREME ! You can get arrested, eating it without! Dutchies will give you the stare of death if you don't! Just a warning, people get life in prison or a death sentence for less. Don't just take it from me. I dare you to try doin' it in public.😠 You'll go home with a plate of SWEET WHIPPED CREAM in your face! That's how you'll be publicly shamed and at the same time marked for arrest! Other than that, great video as always 🙂
Well, HEMA is owned by Jumbo nowadays... (HEMA had some difficult years, switching owner to owner, investment companies, but Jumbo did place HEMA on the map again). So it might not be a surprise that the HEMA and Jumbo appeltaart will taste the same? And HEMA is famous for the rookworst and tompoes/tompouce... About 20 or 25 years ago there were plans to stop selling the rookworst at HEMA... Well, about the whole country disagreed that and HEMA did not know how to reverse that decision as soon as possible! So, the rookworst stayed!
Another stampot recipe: 1 Kilo of Stampot Aardappelen, about 1,70 400 grams of raw andijvie, about 1,80 sachet of Verstegen Anijdvie Stampotmix spices, 1,48 335 gram Gelderse Rookworst, Albert Heijn housebrand is good 300 grams of Gerookte Spekjes, trays or bags will do. Trays are more expensive Dash of vinegar ----------------------------------------- Cook potatoes for 20 minutes along with the inner packaged rookworst, use the last 10 mins to bake the bacon. Drain potatoes after cooking time, add spice mix, add the raw andijvie and let it welter for some minutes. Add vinegar and bacon and serve with rookworst with a lick of good mustard (i prefer Dyon of Grove, wholeseed) cut in half. It will cut the fat a bit. (rest of the stampot mixture you can store cold, put it cold of lightly microwaved on a boterham next day for lunch for instance) A good cheap hearty meal, especially in winter! Enjoy!
I remember i once had to buy 4 very different things, like underwear, envelopes, a towel and bicycle lights, and all of that is sold at Hema. Plus, rookworst.
So, like here is the question: what kind of metabolism do the two of you have? Eating tonnes of food and slim as a .... (do not know the appropriate english word). Anyway, nice video. Had no idea you could have breakfast/lunch/dinner with HEMA food. As suggested here: LaPlace is a nice place for a future food tour.
I remember very well how my Dad and I took the bus to the center of Den Helder and first we stopped at De Hema for some rookworst followed by a Saucijze broodje, then we walked to the nearby market and that's where for me the real fun began: 2 Haring with onion of course, unlimited mossels then another long walk going by the stalls and ending up eating 2 kroketjes and a patatje met. (frite sause)
In Belgium we sometimes put some mustard on the filet amercain sandwich. We also have a sandwich called "martino", a hard baguette with filet americain (preparé), diced raw onions, slices of pickles and a marino sauce (spicy ketchupy sauce). And with the stamppot and saucage we use some mustard to.
There is alot of yummy things at the Hema, but the appeltaart isnt one of them! If u want something appel from the Hema try the appel kruimel vlaai, in my opinion that is a 100 x better then the taart ( also not the best because for real vlaai you go to Limburg ), but its something the rest of us dutchies have to do with 😂.
For a long long time, HEMA was the only mainstream store where you could buy kosher wine outside of the one kosher supermarket we have in NL. Same for their matza, which you could buy around pesach, not just easter. HEMA has a huge jewish history in NL, like Bijenkorf has.
We in the Netherlands eat cake or pie all day round with coffee, tea, etc. Not really just a dessert here, maybe thats why you are confused by the fact it is available in the morning
That corner at the Hema takes me back to when I used to come there. You never experienced the V&D that used to be at the other corner. It used to be a department store where I shopped from a young age, starting in Utrecht and later in Rotterdam. Times have changed. I hope Hema will stay around because it wasn’t looking good a couple years ago. American filet goes very well with boiled eggs!
I lived above a Hema for over ten years so I used it as my grocery store a lot. When it comes to bread and meats and chease to put on it, better and certainly better value for money than the AH. Quite good a typical Dutch microwave meals too, erwtensoep, nasi goreng. The rookworst is the best industrial one, because it's actually smoked instead of using smoke aroma. Great at
how do you eat the tompouce: tilt the tompouce on the side. you can then easily cut through the bottom and top and eat the tompouce with a knife and fork
“this is not a flattering angle”😭😭 off topic but thank you guys for the videos. I really appreciate it them, I am returning to The Netherlands this fall and love learning more. 🫶🥳
@@jimooijevaar6894 nope it was taken over by Jumbo after V&D wnet bankrupt, and now it’s a seperate (franchise) company. The name is still owned by Jumbo.
@@jimooijevaar6894 nope it was taken over by Jumbo after V&D wnet bankrupt, and now it’s a seperate (franchise) company. The name is still owned by Jumbo.
IMO Michelle DOES eat her tompoes the best way, which really should be done with a fork because using hands to eat things is considered impolite. I've also noticed a preference to eat the bottom part first and then alternate between top and bottom, bottom and top. I learnt Dutch back when it was obligatory for immigrants to do so, and we followed a course using the 'Nieuwe Buren' textbook/audio/computer exercises that featured an Amsterdam mom & pop shop called 'Winkel van Sinkel'. The wife of the shop later worked p.t. at what I believe was some consulting bureau. My favourite episode was when she interviewed job candidates while serving them coffee and tompoes. This episode reminded me of some kind of American slapstick - like watching 'I Love Lucy' - as the interviewees struggled with varying ways of tackling this pastry while trying to make a good impression on mw Sinkel.
Hey guys I really like you but I would like to pass a thought by you 2: If your motivation for going vegetarian /vegan is being healthier (Yes I know there are great OTHER reasons for doing that) .. I think eating products that contain anything but meat but replacing meat in a famous meat-containing foodproduct (oops this sentence turned out way to complicated) but I mean "Fake-" Hotdog, "Fake rookworst" etc... All those products are so intensely processed to give a similar sensation as meat... I wonder how healthy that is???
oh i’m sure it’s not healthy! to us, fake meat is a treat when we’re eating vegetarian, not something that should be eaten regularly. but the same is true of their equivalents on the meat side - hot dogs are probably just as unhealthy as “not dogs” and are best as an occasional treat 😄
You'll have to go to the shop Little Italy in Rotterdam, Lombardkade 51-a. It's a small shop with imported Italian food. Of course they have pizza's but they are made and baked for you. They have also have sandwiches. But that is only a small part of the shop. They have a variety of meat, cheese, wine, olives, antipasta's, minisoda's for cocktails. Just ask about what they have and they love to explain the hams, cheeses or what ever. They even help you when you want to make Tiramisu!
It's interesting that you refer to the cakes as "dessert" selection. In the Netherlands, people eat those cakes with coffee (morning, afternoon, or evening), not for dessert. Maybe that's why you were a little surprised?
That is the first thing I noticed as well. Cakes we eat with afternoon tea, evening coffee or celebrations, not as a desert.
Maybe they mean desert as in it's a sweet treat
If, as a foreigner, you have tried the HEMA smoked sausage and the HEMA tompouce and you like them so much, then your integration has been a complete success! 🇳🇱♥
HEMA stands for "Hollandse Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij Amsterdam" (Dutch Unitary Pricing Company Amsterdam). It apparently was the first retailer that had the same price for their products all over the country. It is famous for its Rookworst (smoked sausage). HEMA is also popular in France.
Rookworst zonder R is ook worst!
Fun fact, Jumbo verkoopt ook een aantal worsten die gemaakt worden wat vroeger altijd "de Hema worst" was. Probeer die verse knakworsten maar eens, komt goed in de buurt van zo'n vette halve die je op zaterdag haalde tijdens je markt bezoeken... En daarna even onpasselijk voelde omdat het toch wel een erg vette bek was :)
not quite. HEMA was founded as a stunt shop based on the American example of the woolworths stores that had a 5ct and 10ct store. in the Hema everything used to be for sale for 25ct and 50ct. later this was expanded with 75ct and 1 guilder.
HEMA is established since November 4th 1926: approx. 96 years ago....
HEMA is also currently selling (R)OOKWORST, with veggies in it. I love it.
hema staat voor, Hier Eet Men Afval.
Putting chips on a sandwich is very American. Looks awesome, i'm definitely going to try that.😋
I put chips on my pizza, I love the crunchyness.
They also do it in great brittain haha
@@buddy1155 I rather have a crunchy pizza to begin with, no soggy pizza's for me!
HEMA is very ‘no-nonsense’, so very Dutch.
And their Rookworst is the best!
Hi! I enjoyed your video a lot. I'm Dutch and worked at the Hema 22 years ago at the meat section, including rookworsten. You made me feel nostalgic!
Great video guys. Hema is such a Dutch Institute so im happy you finally got to experience it. Still cant believe i got to see you shoot this vid and give some local insights❤
so good to meet you, jordi!!!
As far as I know, the available microwaves in various stores are provided as a courtesy to warm up milk or food etc. for babies but I'm pretty sure nobody would mind if you use it to heat up the pancakes instead.
Great video again btw....really enjoy your view(S !) on The Netherlands 🙂
You figured it out...this is how I eat my Tompouce...but I use a knife or fork to split top and bottom and have equal Bakkersroom on both sides. The filling has a story of it's own...traditional Bakkersroom is made with corn starch (Maizena) and you really have to cook it, most places use ready made powder and add milk/water to it. And I cannot keep from posting a comment on the Stampot...Raw Andijvie with spekjes and a Gravy from Meatballs, and the meatball ofcourse, is just classic. As is the Hutspot (carrot/onion) with Meatballs or Klapstuk, Spinache (so fluffy and delicious) with again the Meatball and a boiled egg, and Hete Bliksem (with dutch Apples) with slow cooked beef (draadjesvlees). I love to have Rookworst with my stampot...but missing out on the gravy is why I go with the Dutch Meatball or slow cooked beef.
Yep.
Filet Amercain is not a carpaccio, since that's a cutting technic. (Very thin sliced) It's proced minced raw beef, with ketchup mayo etc. 😊
About the apple pie... .
Since you are living in Rotterdam you have to eat apple pie at Dudok. Just order a coffee, fresh (warm) apple pie with whipped cream on top (and put a little spoon with cream on your coffee).
After this you'll never eat a Jumbo or Hema apple pie again... .
oh yes, we haven’t found better than dudok in rotterdam. but it would be unfair to expect dudok quality from hema 😂
Time to find a kapsalon, Alex. And I don't mean the one with fries ...
Great video with so many topics. I use the same technique for eating my tompouce 🙂 Filet americain as a base for a sandwich is always a good idea, plenty of combinations are possible. And rookworst is also great in a thick peasoup during the colder seasons.
For me, the thing with HEMA is that it's quick and cheap. That's it. Except for the rookworst. I don't care if your butcher's version takes you to artisanal heaven, HEMA rookworst is *it*. Oh, and my favorite vegetable to put in stamppot is "andijvie". That and "spekkies" (small, crunchy pieces of pork belly) is amazing.
hema definitely has a high taste to value ratio, plus it’s super convenient! #notsponsored
I just love the enthusiasm from Michelle.
She would be a sales woman ❤
She would sell ice cream,at the north pole😂
Your videos are very additctive 😊 Years ago, Hema had a 1 euro breakfast with coffee, a croissant and a harder sandwich with an omelette. it was awesome
we talked about how awesome that was in the video but i had to cut it 😂
can you imagine a deal like that today???
😅😅
yeah, those where the times 😂
IKEA had this as well
I went once every week back then to have a breakfast date with my toddler.❤
The 1 euro breakfast was basically meant to get people to the store to get them to buy more stuff, which I guess worked pretty well. If you're at Hema anyway, might as well pick up a few items. Plus it was very good advertising.
That is exactly how you eat your tompouce!! Except most of the time we eat it with a little fork
O Michelle your so brave trying licorice over and over again 😂
Yes people it taste really good, @ Hema the poor and rich shop the same for ever. They have quality products without brand names just try.
I just keep wondering why vegans and vegetarians want their food to look like meat... I eat meat at times, I eat vegan at times, but at those times the veggies look like veggies, not like bratwurst, rookworst, kipstuckjes or a burger... They look (and taste) like the veggies they are. Also, what's with this logo 'vegan' on my beer can? Does veganism deteriorate your ability to read ingredients?
yeah i don't really see the point either
spring rolls they all kind of look similar, so if you really want things to look samey, just make a loempia haha
Wait..., the pancakes are cold..? As a dutch person I find that very odd.
🤷
Cold pancake = vaatdoekje
My best friend from UK is addicted to Hema stuff. I send her a 'survival pack' about 4 times a year. She really loves the Jip en Janneke stuff...
i wish we had been able to try their rookworst chips (ahem, crisps) before they closed in the UK!
@@buncharted yeah. That really bummed her out as well. Good thing she has a dutch dealer 😏
@@buncharted CHIPS. It's the reason we booted them out of the EU, real talk.
Love your videos. Keep on going.😊 I'm gonna be the typical 'cheap' dutchie in the comments and say I don't find the 3/4/5 euro breakfast cheap. Yes, also because inflation and stuff, but honestly, HEMA as a whole is only barely the budget store it once was.
Do you have any other recommendations for good value breakfasts in NL?
@@jackjackmillar I think this is a good video. It's in dutch but pretty self explanatory I think. 😊 I think my go-to would be IKEA. But I don't do budget-breakfasts a lot.
Indeed the kale variant of stamppot "boerenkool" is out of season this is a real winter dish, while you can make stamppot with lots of vegetables and spinach is certainly possible, its not real common to do so the Netherlands in the combination with the "Hema rookworst" the more obvious choice would have been the the stamppot with carrots/union "hutspot" or sauerkraut"zuurkool". you should also try the stamppot with raw andijvie in combination with meatballs and gravy or the one with leeks "prei" in combination with salmon they all are real comfort foods.
Its not mayonaisse, but honey-mustard sauce (normally at least). Love it :D
Hema sells only their own products, no other brands
Here is to hoping you get sponsored by Chocomel so we can see you in some next vid showing us around in some city or village on a bike!
If you can't find fresh boerenkool, you might try fresh green endives.
Flip the tompouce on it's side. Then you can dig in with your fork much easier.😊
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@@buncharted No, you did it almost correctly. Separate the top part, put it down glazing up, put the rest on top. Now you can either cut it and the filling won't spill out, or you can pick it up with your hand. This is the way.™
It's funny how you say there is a ton of 'desserts'. When I was younger, Hema would be the place to get some pie and lemonade. We didn't go there for lunch and dessert 😅
I was like "wow you gonna eat rookworst all day?" but you guys got one of those fancy city hema's with a whole sandwich bar.... Next, trie to survive in a village hema XD
I also like the way Michelle uses her fork and knife, Cutting and then switching them to eat, I do that too!
I actually think the microwave is for baby food but I've never seen a microwave in a store before so don't listen to me.
It baffles me why HEMA would sell American style pancakes instead of the thin and larger Dutch ones? They look dry without any butter and syrup
they’re probably sent to the store pre-made
Having pre-baked pancakes is a none thing, also they are not eaten for breakfast. You get a freshly baked pannekoek for lunch or dinner. For a good dutch pancake go to a pancake house and order a sweet or savory topping of your choice, it will the best pancake you've ever tasted in your life. I also recommend poffertjes.
Eating stamppot without gravy is considered a crime against humanity, careful because you could be deported for that.
4 Euro for that breakfast at the Hema, how expensive, so little for so much money, really Hema.
If you liked this, you're going to love Filet Americain Martino
Here's a secret about Dutch 'house brands'.
Most or all are made at third party companies that deliver the same products to different supermarkets.
So the AH apple pie may really be the same as the one from Jumbo.
Ha, that HEMA is like 50 meters from where I work. Have you tried the erwtensoep yet? So good.
Please. Next time stampot with stampot jus and bacon bits. You will thank me! Haha
A real tompouce should have the pudding inside. The HEMA tompouce is not so good ( and a lot of bad ingredients)
The HEMA breakfast used to be bigger and only for 1 euro!!
this is the secod time that i see you guys eating a tompuce WRONG you suposed to eat it al together ot seperate, secod you eat lunch at Hema ad did ot try the most famous lunch the Kippenpasteitje, go back and try it please you will love it, another great video...
Hema is owned by Jumbo Supermarket, the pastry is from La Place.
I always have lunch in this HEMA when I am in Rotterdam.
Did you know: you can get Trader Joe's brownies at the Aldi? Not entirely strange because the Aldi stores in Holland are Aldi North; the same company that runs Trader Joe's. Maybe they carry other Trader Joe's stuff as well, but I wouldn't know because I prefer Lidl if I want the German discountsuper experience.
we’ll have to check out aldi again - we’ve only been through once and didn’t see anything super familiar…
Jumbo is the owner of Hema so you can find the same products in Jumbo or Hema
You could also use andijvie in sted of spinach
One of my favorite stamppots is rauwe andijviestamppot met spekjes en mosterd
When you eat stamppot with hema sauces ther by you need a real jus to make the stamppot better from taste 😊
try zwart witjes ;) sweet on the outside and a nice suprise in the middle
raw endive works really well also in a stampot
Eating stamppot without gravy is a crime.
'Loempia's' are originally Chinese.
You can also eat stamppot with cheese instead of worst.
When I was in high school these were only 1 € for coffee, baguette with omelette and bacon, and a croissant. All for a euro. Those were the days I was there 4 times a week
This is about 11 years ago
that is an amazing deal
Lol as an idea, try the ikea food?😊
You shoot try appeltaart from Albert Heijn. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
cake and tarte are not desserts, we eat them in the mrning with coffee
Super fun watch!! My first job ever (10+ years ago!) was at HEMA. We always wanted our first break before 10 so we could get the cheap breakfast (which used to be 1 euro normally but 75 cents for employees!). Quite an insane price hike nowadays but still cheap compared to a lot of places currently.
Those are not Dutch pancakes though.
Yes thats how I eat a tompouce also. The only not messy way.
the sausage used to be beter idk what they did with it
10:50 -I am an alien from another planet and trying to learn your language and culture. Can you explain "Insert the hot dog into the tube" for me ?
hahahah
Hay there. 1st strike: You guys should make andijvie stamppot because andijvie you can get year round. NOT with spinach!
And you should make it with small diced'n'dryfried pork belly (spek), like bacon bits through the stampot.
2nd strike: You should not eat hotdog at the hema, I'm sure it taste good.
But instead you should have tried the hema half a rookworst on a bun with mostard.
This is een absolute must and a tradition!
3rd and final strike(your out), and this is a big one!!!
A appeltaart punt should always, and I do mean always without arguement, be consumed with
SWEET WHIPPED CREME !
You can get arrested, eating it without!
Dutchies will give you the stare of death if you don't!
Just a warning, people get life in prison or a death sentence for less.
Don't just take it from me.
I dare you to try doin' it in public.😠
You'll go home with a plate of SWEET WHIPPED CREAM in your face!
That's how you'll be publicly shamed and at the same time marked for arrest!
Other than that, great video as always 🙂
Well, HEMA is owned by Jumbo nowadays... (HEMA had some difficult years, switching owner to owner, investment companies, but Jumbo did place HEMA on the map again). So it might not be a surprise that the HEMA and Jumbo appeltaart will taste the same?
And HEMA is famous for the rookworst and tompoes/tompouce... About 20 or 25 years ago there were plans to stop selling the rookworst at HEMA... Well, about the whole country disagreed that and HEMA did not know how to reverse that decision as soon as possible! So, the rookworst stayed!
Another stampot recipe:
1 Kilo of Stampot Aardappelen, about 1,70
400 grams of raw andijvie, about 1,80
sachet of Verstegen Anijdvie Stampotmix spices, 1,48
335 gram Gelderse Rookworst, Albert Heijn housebrand is good
300 grams of Gerookte Spekjes, trays or bags will do. Trays are more expensive
Dash of vinegar
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Cook potatoes for 20 minutes along with the inner packaged rookworst, use the last 10 mins to bake the bacon. Drain potatoes after cooking time, add spice mix, add the raw andijvie and let it welter for some minutes. Add vinegar and bacon and serve with rookworst with a lick of good mustard (i prefer Dyon of Grove, wholeseed) cut in half. It will cut the fat a bit.
(rest of the stampot mixture you can store cold, put it cold of lightly microwaved on a boterham next day for lunch for instance)
A good cheap hearty meal, especially in winter!
Enjoy!
I remember i once had to buy 4 very different things, like underwear, envelopes, a towel and bicycle lights, and all of that is sold at Hema. Plus, rookworst.
Your tompouce method was a valid version.
There isn't 1 correct method, just variations of tompouce struggles.
So, like here is the question: what kind of metabolism do the two of you have? Eating tonnes of food and slim as a .... (do not know the appropriate english word). Anyway, nice video. Had no idea you could have breakfast/lunch/dinner with HEMA food.
As suggested here: LaPlace is a nice place for a future food tour.
Great experience! Put a littlehard fried bacon with bacon grease on your stamp...much better!
I remember very well how my Dad and I took the bus to the center of Den Helder and first we stopped at De Hema for some rookworst followed by a Saucijze broodje, then we walked to the nearby market and that's where for me the real fun began: 2 Haring with onion of course, unlimited mossels then another long walk going by the stalls and ending up eating 2 kroketjes and a patatje met. (frite sause)
In Belgium we sometimes put some mustard on the filet amercain sandwich. We also have a sandwich called "martino", a hard baguette with filet americain (preparé), diced raw onions, slices of pickles and a marino sauce (spicy ketchupy sauce). And with the stamppot and saucage we use some mustard to.
When kale is out of season endive is a good alternative for stamppot (make sure to throw some bacon bits in as well).
haha michelle texted me from the store and was like “endive or spinach?”
i guess i went with the wrong option 😅
Raw endive!
Spinach in stamppot is not very common
@@AnnaMaria-uo5mu Spinach stew not common? Do you live in a different Netherlands than I do? 😅
Or frozen Kale if you really want kale
HEMA is about as Dutch as WOODEN SHOES! You have to experience it to understand their value.
There is alot of yummy things at the Hema, but the appeltaart isnt one of them! If u want something appel from the Hema try the appel kruimel vlaai, in my opinion that is a 100 x better then the taart ( also not the best because for real vlaai you go to Limburg ), but its something the rest of us dutchies have to do with 😂.
For a long long time, HEMA was the only mainstream store where you could buy kosher wine outside of the one kosher supermarket we have in NL. Same for their matza, which you could buy around pesach, not just easter. HEMA has a huge jewish history in NL, like Bijenkorf has.
When I wak past a hema I’m always tempted to buy a broodje rookworst for €3. Not very healthy but so delicious🤤
As for similarities between Hema & Jumbo tompoes/tompouce: They are produced by the same company.
Dutch people remember when Hema Breakfast was only 1 euro for a pistolet, Cheese,egg , a croissant and coffee of thee
i always heat up the leftover (selfmade) pancakes the next day in the microwave, no HEMA where i live
No jip & Janneke mugs and plates??! They are useful when one move or camping.
It feel 🤢 sick
We in the Netherlands eat cake or pie all day round with coffee, tea, etc. Not really just a dessert here, maybe thats why you are confused by the fact it is available in the morning
I love the tompouce eating technique. Some real innovation happening here!
THANK YOU! 😂
That corner at the Hema takes me back to when I used to come there. You never experienced the V&D that used to be at the other corner. It used to be a department store where I shopped from a young age, starting in Utrecht and later in Rotterdam. Times have changed. I hope Hema will stay around because it wasn’t looking good a couple years ago.
American filet goes very well with boiled eggs!
I lived above a Hema for over ten years so I used it as my grocery store a lot. When it comes to bread and meats and chease to put on it, better and certainly better value for money than the AH. Quite good a typical Dutch microwave meals too, erwtensoep, nasi goreng. The rookworst is the best industrial one, because it's actually smoked instead of using smoke aroma. Great at
how do you eat the tompouce: tilt the tompouce on the side. you can then easily cut through the bottom and top and eat the tompouce with a knife and fork
This is not "stampot". There must be allot more of vegetables in it and you need some saus (jus)
I think HEMA is OK , the rookworst so nice but maybe a little fat! Again nice vlog! 🙏👍
I always put the "American" pancakes from AH in the microwave on the 30 second auto setting, imo the texture doesnt differ.
“this is not a flattering angle”😭😭 off topic but thank you guys for the videos. I really appreciate it them, I am returning to The Netherlands this fall and love learning more. 🫶🥳
Try the La Place restaurants
Isn't La Place out of business
@@jimooijevaar6894 nope it was taken over by Jumbo after V&D wnet bankrupt, and now it’s a seperate (franchise) company. The name is still owned by Jumbo.
@@jimooijevaar6894 nope it was taken over by Jumbo after V&D wnet bankrupt, and now it’s a seperate (franchise) company. The name is still owned by Jumbo.
@@deetgeluid thank you I didn't know that
@@deetgeluid Jumbo still owns a few locations, that's not run by franchisers
We drop "hagelslag" on the peanutbutter sandwich, but I guess you 2 knew that already
Hema food is good, cheap and the restaurants are clean. I love eating at Hema. 🤤
15:02 looks like a lot of potato.
comes in deferent flavers,
boerekool: kale;
andijfie: endive;
wortel en ui (hutspot): carrot and onion;
you needed "Jus" on your stampot and rookworst...thats a must !!
Better if you make a Dutch apple pie yourself.
IMO Michelle DOES eat her tompoes the best way, which really should be done with a fork because using hands to eat things is considered impolite. I've also noticed a preference to eat the bottom part first and then alternate between top and bottom, bottom and top.
I learnt Dutch back when it was obligatory for immigrants to do so, and we followed a course using the 'Nieuwe Buren' textbook/audio/computer exercises that featured an Amsterdam mom & pop shop called 'Winkel van Sinkel'. The wife of the shop later worked p.t. at what I believe was some consulting bureau. My favourite episode was when she interviewed job candidates while serving them coffee and tompoes. This episode reminded me of some kind of American slapstick - like watching 'I Love Lucy' - as the interviewees struggled with varying ways of tackling this pastry while trying to make a good impression on mw Sinkel.
that’s hilarious! i wish we could transport tompouce back to the US with us whenever we go home so we could test our friends 😂
Hey guys I really like you but I would like to pass a thought by you 2: If your motivation for going vegetarian /vegan is being healthier (Yes I know there are great OTHER reasons for doing that) .. I think eating products that contain anything but meat but replacing meat in a famous meat-containing foodproduct (oops this sentence turned out way to complicated) but I mean "Fake-" Hotdog, "Fake rookworst" etc... All those products are so intensely processed to give a similar sensation as meat... I wonder how healthy that is???
oh i’m sure it’s not healthy!
to us, fake meat is a treat when we’re eating vegetarian, not something that should be eaten regularly. but the same is true of their equivalents on the meat side - hot dogs are probably just as unhealthy as “not dogs” and are best as an occasional treat 😄
You'll have to go to the shop Little Italy in Rotterdam, Lombardkade 51-a. It's a small shop with imported Italian food. Of course they have pizza's but they are made and baked for you. They have also have sandwiches. But that is only a small part of the shop. They have a variety of meat, cheese, wine, olives, antipasta's, minisoda's for cocktails. Just ask about what they have and they love to explain the hams, cheeses or what ever. They even help you when you want to make Tiramisu!
we’ve been meaning to stop here for a while - it sounds amazing!
It's nice with apple pie to warm it just for a short time in the microwave and then put vanilla ice and wipped cream on top :D
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Aww... I figured you would atleast try to say "Hollandsche Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij Amsterdam" for which HEMA is the abbreviation. 😉
rolls right off of the tongue 😅