I've worked in Apeldoorn in an electronics store and one of the regular customers was a man belonging to the Peijnenburg family that owned the brand back in the day and they sold it for quite a bit of money. The guy had millions but lived very simple and he would ride his bicycle around Apeldoorn just to see if there was anything to do and have fun. Every day he made tons of pictures (he still had an analogue camera) and then brought it to our store to develop. Sometimes he would open up the envelop with the pictures in the store and would tell the best stories about what he photographed. He was a really nice older guy. I haven't seen him in like 10 years, I hope he's ok and still enjoying life.
if you havent seen him in 10 years ? well , you can hope at least ! but pensioners usualy dont stop what they enjoy without a damn good health reason .... !
@@jeroenberkenbosch7072true, usually the passion doesn't just stop when you're that deep into it. let's hope he just moved abroad to enjoy his old days and looking for places to make pictures with a digital camera :D
@@dutchdykefinger again , just hope .. if your interested in the person more you know his passion ...... so showing his disabled wife his pictures . passionate ! health ? most likely ... if we all reach a pensioner age ? we are counted lucky still this day and age ! stress , war and main supporter still gives a bit of an issue for long life . i have seen no balance in work or life .... taxes vs income , income vs input ( physical or mental AKA studies and diploma`s ...... 2 ways to get on in life ! ) . so i am still positive about the world , but also a realist .. life and death are inevatable ! its how you make that life is the biggest thought ! work to live or live to work is the biggest question you must have .... and then imagine you have a million or more .. your set for life .. will you persue your dream and live , or make more out of that million ?
Note that the unrefrigerated milk (including Chocomel and Fristi) has been heated up to a very high temperature (sterilisation rather than pasteurisation) so they can be stored at room temp for a very long time (whilst unopened!), but that doesn’t mean you should drink it at room temp. It’s best drunk cold (or hot in the case of Chocomel) and you should definitely put it in the fridge after opening it. Once opened it also doesn’t stay good until the printed date. After all, bacteria and other things will have gotten in so your sterile milk product is no longer sterile. Go by smell, consistency and taste after opening
Ontbijtkoek is indeed eaten with butter, and used as a snack when you feel like something small. Don't forget to drink First and Chocomel cold! Tastes way better that way. You should also put both in the fridge after opening :)
Liquorice is an acquired taste. If you haven't tasted it from infancy it's hard to get to appreciate it in later life. Which explains why we Dutch like it and the rest of the world predominantly does not. Telling is the story of a British colleague I once had who was on assigment in Holland for a few years. He hated liquorice like every non-dutch person, but his kids - very young when in Holland - learned to love it. When he was back in the UK I occasionally sent some Dutch liquorice to him for his kids as you can't get it in the UK. Nowadays he seems to order it for them on the internet.
They definitely sell a variety of licorice candy in the UK & the US. So some non-Dutch people must like it. 😂 The Italians sell a no-sugar-added hard licorice candy. Licorice is also a flavor element in root beer.
Borrel used to mean a certain alcoholic drink, mostly graanjenever. But these days it almost always means a cozy drink with colleagues or friends. For work there is a word for it. De Vrijmibo. Aka de vrijdagmiddagborrel. :)
Bags like the Duyvis nootjes have a notch at the top, about an inch from the side. There it's easy to rip a corner of the bag, creating a perfect opening. This notch is common for all these kinds of bags.
There are probably still a lot of (traditional) cookies that you never tried. I will mention a few: krakelingen, kletskoppen, jodenkoeken, gevulde koeken -- but there are so many more kinds to try.
Lipton is British/Dutch, originally started in Scotland, then bought by Unilever. You're not eating the ontbijtkoek wrong, by the way. That's how we eat it. You could make it even better by putting some butter on it. Fristi is drinking yoghurt, hence the flavour. We have many different brands of drinking yoghurt. We really love that stuff.
peijnenburg goes best with butter on it ... then it is not only a morning snack, but it can be eaten all day long ... You can also put it on your bread ... You can also cook with it in a dish. ..or with an old Dutch game, eating a cake.
Some of my favorites are, LU Scholiertje (cookie), Heksehyl Salmiakdrop (liquorice), Verkade Frou Frou vanille (cookie), Candyman Manna plofrijst (sweet puffed rice candy), Kanjers Chocowafels (cookie), Kaasvlinders (cheese flavored crunchy pastry cookies) to name a few. Tony's is the best. And you definitely need to put some (real) butter on the ontbijtkoek. Fun vid 👍
i think it deserves that praise, it's non-controverisal too, it's not like zoute drop or zure haring which are very out there chocomel is just nice and easy going ,and has configurable creamyness, if you prefer to have them not as creamy, you just don't shake up the thing before drinking it, and it will be more flat and pretty nice too, if you like a fat head of bulbbly cream, you jsut violently shake it, you can have the creamyness your way by how much you shake it, which gives it just that extra of a wider appeal you'd be hard pressed to find a foreigner that does not like it, especially americans, just like most of them are all over teh stroopwafel, but chocomel is evn more unobtrustive that's where i think it's greatness lies, they dialed in that shit perfect to be an easy drinker, and you'll find yourself drinking a liter of that shit in an hour without even meaning to, it happens all the time, every time ofcourse as a dutch native i'm a pretty heavy milk drinker, so a liter of that ain't shit, but it's getting pricy that way lol even though i don't drink it all that often, and opt for a milkshake instead when i really feel that itch because i so very much enjoy a good thick shake that actually hurts your neck muscles when trying to get it through a straw, i love them when they're on the verge of painful, so much value for money, so yeah i tend to gravitate toward the mcdonalds milkshake... give me half a liter of that shit and make it hurt please if/when i do have chocomel around, it is getting absolutely destroyed..... lol it's great stuff for it's at least an 8 for being so consistently well received, and it's not hard to imagine peopel taking a liking to it so much they would hoard it
This kind of ontbijtkoek is better with butter, I have never heard of anyone heating it though. Some put it on a sandwich as a topping. It is more or less the Dutch version of gingerbread, but different. There are different kinds some have raisins or nuts, those seem to be less dry then the one you had and are more comfortable to eat without butter, but with is still better. Fristi is indeed a kids drink, adults hardly consume it. Mostly we buy it for the little ones at a restaurant when you don't want to drink or they do not like fizzy drinks. Because it is very sugary it is for most kids a treat, or at least it should be.
You don’t heat the Pijnenburg on its own but you add it at the end of cooking “ hachee” the last 30 minutes . It dissolves completely, adds flavor and it thickens the sauce.
"Borrel" snacks are my favourite. Things like bitterballen, kaasblokjes (cheese cubes), different types of nuts (like cashews, almonds, peanuts, walnuts or a nut mix) and dried sausage. Also things like toast (the small crackers) with brie or a spread. You should try having a "borrelplank" with some wine or beer on a "terrasje" (outdoor seating area at a cafe or restaurant). That's the best!
Peijnenburg, the plain version you've had is very dry. But there are also some 'koeken' that look pretty similar but are more moist and flavourful. So check out Ontbijtkoek with nuts, Parelkandijkoek, gemberkoek, Deventerkoek of Groningerkoek,
"peperkoek" you actually make it better with a little butter. Because it's dry, kind of like peanutbutter, when you add some jelly to it to make it more "moist" or whatever you would call it.Lys used to be called Smith's and if ask me it tasted way better when it was Smith's
For the same reason that it's called Chocolonely, the shape of the pieces, when you break the chocolate bar, are uneven. So, when you do share it, no one gets the same amount of chocolate. Its to show how unfair the chocolate industry is towards the farmers To avoid the sharing issue, obviously you can eat a whole bar by yourself... (which is what I would do)
Funny, we are Dutch and we are trying snacks in the US. We came across this video of you guys doing the same with dutch snacks. Btw, patatje joppie chips is only around since a taste contest in 2010. Maybe try the " tom poes " or " gevulde koek ". We like your "simply lemonade" and the "beef jerkey teri yaki".
mmm, we love tompouce 🩷 we do miss good beef jerky. we only recently started buying it in the US - from a gas station chain that makes their own and is a bit famous (or infamous? -- bucee's).
I made beef jerkey myself once, just bought a steak and sliced it to small pieces , put chili sauce on it and hung it from a rack in the oven at 100 degrees for I think it was an hour. It was quite good. I like your vids, have a great time in Dordrecht!
It would be great to see you taste different types of dutch cheese. There is so much variety besides standard Gouda. And even within the Gouda type of cheese there are loads of taste differences available
After zure matten: try apekoppen, katjes, haringdrop from Katja. Try chocomel dark. Eat ontbijtkoek with plenty of butter or try the kandijkoek. Try a bossche bol, negerzoen, gevulde koek, krakeling. And for borrel vibes: go and try mini loempia, vlammetjes, bitterbal, bami schijf! Plenty of snacks to try out
But then the real bossche bun from Jan de Groot and not from the supermarket, those are not bossche buns but chocolate buns even though it says bossche bol. You have to get the real one in 's-Hertogenbosch at the station.
After I entered high school or something (~2016) they made fristi a lot sweeter, it used to be a lot less sweet!!! I also kinda hate it now. A good alternative with more flavor options is Optimel, less sweet but a lot more refreshing!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who has trouble with opening the borrelnootjes pack 😅😂 The Peijnenburg ontbijtkoek is very dry. Try the fresh ontbijtkoek at a bakery (or the one at Albert Heijn bakery section) with some real roomboter.
I'll reply this here so buncharted will know what this is all about: in the Netherlands colloquially roomboter, margarine (can be used for baking and frying) and halvarine (a lower fat margarine only suitable for 'buttering' bread) are all called 'boter'. Of those three only roomboter is actually butter, hence packages of roomboter being labeled 'echte boter', real butter.
The ontbijtkoek with chocolate pieces inside is absolutely magnificent as a treat once in a while. I love those with a nice bit of butter smeared on it.
Hey guys. I see the channel is doing great. Congrats. I love the expression on your face when you eat drop. Haha classic.😂 And yeah, butter the ontbijtkoek. You can even put cheese or sugar on it. Fun to watch your vids. 👍🏻
Ok. snacks as a dutchman. As tou found out we love our coffeeflavoured cookies. Now try bokkepootjes, krakelingen, bastogne koek, maria biscuits or get an actual koekjestrommel. Usualy a blue tin with a wide selection of cookies but when found at grannies place always filled with sowing threads and needles. For sweets have a go at tum tum, apenkoppen, biggetjes, autodrop colored ones ofcourse as you do not like liqourish. And as you are already looking into borrelnootjes also try tijgernootjes and the cheap but popular snack box with 5 different snacks. Usualy square or round and always a red label.
I would love for you guys to do a FEBO review...the ultimate snack and famous around the world. Be sure to try at least the Kaas soufflé, the Grill burger and the Kalfsvleeskroket! Runner ups are the Rundvleeskroket, Bami/Nasi schijf and the Frikandel. Fresh snacks out of a vending machine, amazing :D
10:55 we also eat drop when we are have a sore throat 12:25 nice to know is the red color in fristi and other brands comes from lice blood it is an excipient E120 so not from fruit
guys i noticed you just pour stuff in glasses 'n stuff. you need to shake chocomel. and fristi. shake well before use. counts for pretty much anything like that it will also say it on the can / package
The brand HERO was indeed from Switzerland but Riedel a Dutch company owned by Campina bought the rights. Campina is also the maker of Chocomel and Fristi. In the beginning, Nutricia was the maker of Chocomel but they switched to success too fully making baby milk and foods
😂😂 Your faces when you tried the 'ontbijtkoek'. Eating it like that is way too dry. I don't eat it much now, but as a child a ate it regularly. You have to put butter or margarine on it. Lots of it!! Then it's great!
Hallo A&M, actually we do not call all the sweet things “snacks”. And ontbijtkoek is far better with real butter! Haagse hopjes zijn inderdaad lekker! ❤️Hil
there's a saying in dutch. it roughle translates to: you can never have just 1 glass of chocomel. also, fristi is more a soda then a milk. its mostly enjoyed by kids in restaurants. Also you kinda need to drink it cold as its bad at room temp.
It is somewhat forbidden to grow black currants in the USA because there is. fungus that needs both currant and timber to prosper. The USA prioritised timber over currants. In Europe it is the other way around.
I'm from Belgium and until recently I had no idea the sparkling version of Lipton Ice Tea was unique to this part of Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, and pretty sure they have it in France too). The "Peijnenburg breakfast cake" is a brand of "Peperkoek" and used to be very popular in Belgium too when I was a kid (born in 1972) but I don't think they are still popular now. In Belgium it wasn't eaten much as a breakfast but as a snack after school. And you don't eat it dry but with a nice layer of real butter and sometimes also chocolat sprinkles on top of the butter. I personally hated Perperkoek because I don't like the taste of cloves (one of the spices in there) and it also has cinnamon which gives me an upset stomach. Drop isn't as much a thing in Belgium as in The Netherlands but you can find it here (especially in the Dutch store chains) and it is truelly repulsive. Fristi smells like yoghurt because it's a yoghourt drink. It is more of a kids drink. Never seen an adult drink it.
I learned about the uniqueness of our Ice Tea when I went to England and ordered an Ice Tea. They looked at me funny and came back with literal tea with ice cubes in it. It was horrible. Edit: try Fristi when you’re hungover, it’s great haha
Drinks and candy don't usually qualify as 'snacks' around here. We tend to reserve the term for savoury bites though it also includes sweet food like candied peanuts (suikerpinda's) and chocolate covered raisins (chocolade rozijnen), and of course deep fried bites that you will find in the freezer section of the supermarket (bitterballen, kaassoufflés, vlammetjes, kipnuggets, etc). BTW I don't think I've ever before seen someone with an allergy towards peperkoek. The spice mix they use is a variation of that used in pepernoten en kruidnootjes, or for you Americans ginger bread cookies. Most notably this includes cardamom, anise and of course ginger.
I’ve just gotten into your channel and am loving it! I’m a Dutchman living in Norway so your snacktests give me little doses of nostalgia! Hero’s blackcurrants are grown especially for them in Zeeland. The clay ground and sea air is supposedly very important. Yes, Hero Cassis sweet, but it has a sharpness other brands’ versions lack. The Fanta version especially just tastes sweet in an industrial sort of way…
aI LOVE this video again!! And Finally! Some love for Cassis! I Absolutely love it hahaha. And yes, Fristi is very much for children. Once you grow up you start to dislike it lol. Maybe you already did this. But when my girlfriend was visiting me. We went on a snacks safari haha. We tried the dutch fried snacks. But also some lesser known ones, like: Mexicano, Shoarma rol, Bami-schijf, Nasi-Schijf, Viandel, Kipcorn, morarella sticks, vlammetjes, crizzly, smulrol en maybe Kapsalon :D
i think i've just watched a new episode of the sitcom Buncharted 'to snack or not to snack'😂. The timing of your facial expressions whenever you have tried a snack is priceless😭. Btw: a cold Fristi is our life saviour when having a hangover. You should definately try😁
Hi Michelle and Alex! Firstly, my compliments on how you pronounce Dutch words that either start with a "G" or have a "G" in it. It quite spot on. About the Fristi, it is indeed a yoghurt drink and it is best when you drink it cold. It won't be as sweet as when you drink it at room temperature. On the Lipton Sparkling Iced tea.......we also have a flat version. Then the ontbijtkoek (Peijenburg), it is indeed a breakfast cake and I personally put butter and have a glass of cold milk with it.
Sorry for suggesting the honingdrop. 😅Maybe try it again in about 5 years, to see you how Dutchiness is progressing. I really enjoyed watching this video! When I eat ontbijtkoek, I usually add butter to make it less dry. The variant with sugar crystals (fondant) is my favourite! When I buy something to snack on my personal favourite is the huge Milka Galetta Biscuit chocolate bar, but that's not a Dutch brand.
The “peperkoek” eat it with “roomboter” I used eat it as a snack after school. 😊Not a big fan of drop myself. Not a fan of coffee taste so I usually buy the pennywafels if I have that craving. 😂 I would spit the drinks and snacks and that way the cassis can get to a tear. My guilty pleasure… the haribo Frogs. 😊
You should be eating ontbijtkoek (peijnenburg) with a bit of butter on top (it taste better) another cookie tip is 'langetjes' it has a great sweet flavour and it is perfect with a cup of tea
The funny (as a Belgian) is always the chocolatemilk, we have the same brand, but ... In the Netherlands the brand is Chocomel. In Belgiam the same brand is called Cecemel. Very wierd, sertainly because chocolatemilk is 'callend' in Belgian : Chocomelk. Also i love the 'Hopjes' we also have a brand (from my home town of Antwerp) called 'Mokatine' what is almost the same flavor.
@@buncharted If you ever come to Antwerp (Belgium), let me know. I can alsways give you some info. And for Antwerp, i can give you a free tour of the city and things of intressed. Love your videos and sence of humor 😁
Fristi is mostly for kids ... and former colleague Ruud from Hoorn. We would always complain about the smell when he opened a can in the bus, but then ... he was our driver and we had to endure.
Katjang Pedis are peanuts with a spicy coating. Indonesian or Indonesian-inspired. The ones from Lidl have a great flavour, but you'll get some bad peanuts in almost every bag.
Peijnenburg is horrible stuff. Too dry in my opinion. When you're in Groningen going to Knol's Koek at Hoendiep 93, 9718 TE Groningen. When there you should get the Sucade Koek and to get closer to Peijnenburg try the Oude Wijven.
You make me laugh because for us Dutch people, these are the most standard things and we've known them since we were kids, haha. It's amusing how you review the Netherlands and the Dutch... and my favor PS: Peijnenburg is also eaten with some real butter on top. It's amusing how you review the Netherlands and the Dutch... ps2: I really dislike things with a coffee flavor, but yeah, I also don't like coffee itself ;-)
Ontbijtkoek: Don't heat it up but DO put butter on it... a fair amount... roomboter, not margarine (well... you can do margarine but roomboter is 10x better) Fristi: the drink is called "drinkyoghurt" in the Netherlands with a reason :) And yes, it is mainly marketed to children but I enjoy it once in a while as well and I am 55.
I think you had bad peijeneburh normally it is moist we eat with some butter on it. I wonder what you think of Brinta en Roze Koek visors always bring that for us from the Netherlands. You guys must have great pallet Love the show
Fristi was nice when i was young. But they changed the taste during the years. In my time it was sweet and very creamy / milky .. but now fristi is full of fake sugers and it is not creamy anymore.. kids from today will hate it hahah, as it is too healthy! Btw. Honing drop is not that good, but it works very well when you have a cold and have throat issues. I like mona griesmeel pudding;)
My favorite snacks are the dutch savory cheese cookies from the bakery. And then the whole ordeal you get on a birthday. The ones with amandelen, krakelingen, maanzaad etc.
Don't heat up the Chocomel. It loses it's flavour. If you want hot cocoa use the Droste cocoa powder. The Unox noodles are a poor imitation of the Asian brands. Just buy the latter. I prefer the Korean brands. Hero Cassis : that's a bestseller for more than six decades now. Still good. Duyvis borrelnootjes : OKish, but the original Indonesian ones - like Kacang Pedis and Kacang Shanghai - are w-a-a-ay better. Hopjes : quintessentially Dutch dating back to the end of the 18th century. But the Indonesian Kopiko are way better. Honingdrop seems to be a bestseller. I detest it. The guys from 'Let's Get Boozie' compare it too "old car tires". I think they are being polite. Koffiewafels : nice, but Verkade's 'Café Noir' and 'Moccakoekjes' are better by miles.
The "ontbijtkoek" is usually eaten with a (thick) layer of butter. That makes the taste more balanced, and the cake less dry.
it works well with the layer of butter and cheese
@@billgoldberg1377everything works well with cheese 😁
If you are into Coffee Flavoured things.. Try "Cafe Noir Bicuits.. these are biscuits with a "Coffee Glazing" on one side... they're awesome!
Shake the chocolate milk ,not sniff it😂
It did indeed seem too brown/watery. Shake well and it has a totally different consistency and colour.
Which is much tastier.


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@@MTH64 and was it volle or half volle chocomel
@@ralphvercauteren9267 vol!! Halfvol heeft geen blikjes.😅
Exactly greetings from Amsterdam
Olso the fristy needs to be shaked
I've worked in Apeldoorn in an electronics store and one of the regular customers was a man belonging to the Peijnenburg family that owned the brand back in the day and they sold it for quite a bit of money. The guy had millions but lived very simple and he would ride his bicycle around Apeldoorn just to see if there was anything to do and have fun. Every day he made tons of pictures (he still had an analogue camera) and then brought it to our store to develop. Sometimes he would open up the envelop with the pictures in the store and would tell the best stories about what he photographed. He was a really nice older guy. I haven't seen him in like 10 years, I hope he's ok and still enjoying life.
if you havent seen him in 10 years ? well , you can hope at least ! but pensioners usualy dont stop what they enjoy without a damn good health reason .... !
@@jeroenberkenbosch7072true, usually the passion doesn't just stop when you're that deep into it.
let's hope he just moved abroad to enjoy his old days and looking for places to make pictures with a digital camera :D
@@dutchdykefinger again , just hope .. if your interested in the person more you know his passion ...... so showing his disabled wife his pictures . passionate ! health ? most likely ... if we all reach a pensioner age ? we are counted lucky still this day and age ! stress , war and main supporter still gives a bit of an issue for long life . i have seen no balance in work or life .... taxes vs income , income vs input ( physical or mental AKA studies and diploma`s ...... 2 ways to get on in life ! ) . so i am still positive about the world , but also a realist .. life and death are inevatable ! its how you make that life is the biggest thought ! work to live or live to work is the biggest question you must have .... and then imagine you have a million or more .. your set for life .. will you persue your dream and live , or make more out of that million ?
I never knew I needed a video of 2 grown ups tasting borrelnootjes like it’s an exotic snack in my life, but this was great hahaha
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Note that the unrefrigerated milk (including Chocomel and Fristi) has been heated up to a very high temperature (sterilisation rather than pasteurisation) so they can be stored at room temp for a very long time (whilst unopened!), but that doesn’t mean you should drink it at room temp. It’s best drunk cold (or hot in the case of Chocomel) and you should definitely put it in the fridge after opening it. Once opened it also doesn’t stay good until the printed date. After all, bacteria and other things will have gotten in so your sterile milk product is no longer sterile. Go by smell, consistency and taste after opening
Ontbijtkoek is indeed eaten with butter, and used as a snack when you feel like something small. Don't forget to drink First and Chocomel cold! Tastes way better that way. You should also put both in the fridge after opening :)
I mostly eat it (when we have it at home) with cheese or peanut butter.
Try all the Johma salades on (Melba) toast, thats for sure big-time Dutch snack Food 🎉
Liquorice is an acquired taste. If you haven't tasted it from infancy it's hard to get to appreciate it in later life. Which explains why we Dutch like it and the rest of the world predominantly does not. Telling is the story of a British colleague I once had who was on assigment in Holland for a few years. He hated liquorice like every non-dutch person, but his kids - very young when in Holland - learned to love it. When he was back in the UK I occasionally sent some Dutch liquorice to him for his kids as you can't get it in the UK. Nowadays he seems to order it for them on the internet.
They definitely sell a variety of licorice candy in the UK & the US. So some non-Dutch people must like it. 😂 The Italians sell a no-sugar-added hard licorice candy. Licorice is also a flavor element in root beer.
Borrel used to mean a certain alcoholic drink, mostly graanjenever. But these days it almost always means a cozy drink with colleagues or friends. For work there is a word for it. De Vrijmibo. Aka de vrijdagmiddagborrel. :)
tigernuts are better
Hero is a Dutch company from Breda but is has been merged with the Nestle company from Switzerland a few year. They make jams, snacks and drinks.
Tip: shake the chocolatemilk can before opening and try Tijgernootjes, they are the best!
And .... not to forget, the Lays Ovenbaked (BBQ or Paprika) flavour. My favourite snacks.
The breakfast cake, is (was) a big deal in the old dutch game koekhappen. That's why the cake on the package is on a string. 😊
Bags like the Duyvis nootjes have a notch at the top, about an inch from the side. There it's easy to rip a corner of the bag, creating a perfect opening. This notch is common for all these kinds of bags.
There are probably still a lot of (traditional) cookies that you never tried. I will mention a few: krakelingen, kletskoppen, jodenkoeken, gevulde koeken -- but there are so many more kinds to try.
oja zeker gevulde koek heerlijk,
And go to Vlaardingen to get ijzerkoekjes!
Also, bitterkoekjes are a must try.
En speculaas of amandel speculaas hmm met een bak koffie of thee en soppen maar.
Lipton is British/Dutch, originally started in Scotland, then bought by Unilever.
You're not eating the ontbijtkoek wrong, by the way. That's how we eat it. You could make it even better by putting some butter on it.
Fristi is drinking yoghurt, hence the flavour. We have many different brands of drinking yoghurt. We really love that stuff.
Fristi is indeed very sweet. Try Optimel Drinkyoghurt, same flavour and I am for sure you don't want another brand.
Twinnings is our favourite British supermarket tea. Much better than Picknick. Lipton is a nice second.
Just like Unilever owns Ben&Jerry
peijnenburg goes best with butter on it ... then it is not only a morning snack, but it can be eaten all day long ... You can also put it on your bread ... You can also cook with it in a dish. ..or with an old Dutch game, eating a cake.
Some of my favorites are, LU Scholiertje (cookie), Heksehyl Salmiakdrop (liquorice), Verkade Frou Frou vanille (cookie), Candyman Manna plofrijst (sweet puffed rice candy), Kanjers Chocowafels (cookie), Kaasvlinders (cheese flavored crunchy pastry cookies) to name a few. Tony's is the best. And you definitely need to put some (real) butter on the ontbijtkoek. Fun vid 👍
Ontbijtkoek with Nutella is actually a very good combination. Yum
I always get hungry when i see you guys enjoying snacks. 😋
My cousin from Hungary always loads up his car with literally probably a hundred liters of Chocomel when going home. He loves it so much …
i think it deserves that praise, it's non-controverisal too, it's not like zoute drop or zure haring which are very out there
chocomel is just nice and easy going ,and has configurable creamyness, if you prefer to have them not as creamy, you just don't shake up the thing before drinking it, and it will be more flat and pretty nice too, if you like a fat head of bulbbly cream, you jsut violently shake it,
you can have the creamyness your way by how much you shake it, which gives it just that extra of a wider appeal
you'd be hard pressed to find a foreigner that does not like it, especially americans, just like most of them are all over teh stroopwafel,
but chocomel is evn more unobtrustive that's where i think it's greatness lies, they dialed in that shit perfect to be an easy drinker, and you'll find yourself drinking a liter of that shit in an hour without even meaning to, it happens all the time, every time
ofcourse as a dutch native i'm a pretty heavy milk drinker, so a liter of that ain't shit, but it's getting pricy that way lol
even though i don't drink it all that often, and opt for a milkshake instead when i really feel that itch because i so very much enjoy a good thick shake that actually hurts your neck muscles when trying to get it through a straw, i love them when they're on the verge of painful, so much value for money, so yeah i tend to gravitate toward the mcdonalds milkshake... give me half a liter of that shit and make it hurt please
if/when i do have chocomel around, it is getting absolutely destroyed..... lol it's great stuff
for it's at least an 8 for being so consistently well received, and it's not hard to imagine peopel taking a liking to it so much they would hoard it
I totally get that 🤣🤣
This kind of ontbijtkoek is better with butter, I have never heard of anyone heating it though. Some put it on a sandwich as a topping. It is more or less the Dutch version of gingerbread, but different. There are different kinds some have raisins or nuts, those seem to be less dry then the one you had and are more comfortable to eat without butter, but with is still better. Fristi is indeed a kids drink, adults hardly consume it. Mostly we buy it for the little ones at a restaurant when you don't want to drink or they do not like fizzy drinks. Because it is very sugary it is for most kids a treat, or at least it should be.
funnily enough, over the weekend, i saw an adult drinking a canned fristi - i thought i was wrong about it being for kids! 😅
@@buncharted There are exceptions to the rule I suppose 😁It is good when it is cooled on a hot day have to admit myself.
@@buncharted Fristi was my pregnancy craving 😅 drank 3-4 cartons a week 😂
You don’t heat the Pijnenburg on its own but you add it at the end of cooking “ hachee” the last 30 minutes . It dissolves completely, adds flavor and it thickens the sauce.
Nice to see your reactions to the difference snacks from here in the Netherlands and as always a nice video
Your facial expressions are just so funny 😂😂 Fristi really is a kids drink. And after opening you should definitely put it in the refrigerator...
They should put it in the fridge before consuming. Room temperature fristi is gross.
"Borrel" snacks are my favourite. Things like bitterballen, kaasblokjes (cheese cubes), different types of nuts (like cashews, almonds, peanuts, walnuts or a nut mix) and dried sausage. Also things like toast (the small crackers) with brie or a spread. You should try having a "borrelplank" with some wine or beer on a "terrasje" (outdoor seating area at a cafe or restaurant). That's the best!
Peijnenburg, the plain version you've had is very dry. But there are also some 'koeken' that look pretty similar but are more moist and flavourful. So check out Ontbijtkoek with nuts, Parelkandijkoek, gemberkoek, Deventerkoek of Groningerkoek,
Wtf, i didnt know carbonated ice T wasnt a thing outside the Netherlands. Wird 😂
In the US they even have unsweetened iced tea. Actually quite nice.
@@spoenk7448 that does sound nice. But is it catbonated or just normal?
12:10 It’s definitely an acquired (atired?) taste. Generally acquired at a very young age in the Netherlands 😂
"peperkoek" you actually make it better with a little butter. Because it's dry, kind of like peanutbutter, when you add some jelly to it to make it more "moist" or whatever you would call it.Lys used to be called Smith's and if ask me it tasted way better when it was Smith's
For the same reason that it's called Chocolonely, the shape of the pieces, when you break the chocolate bar, are uneven. So, when you do share it, no one gets the same amount of chocolate. Its to show how unfair the chocolate industry is towards the farmers
To avoid the sharing issue, obviously you can eat a whole bar by yourself... (which is what I would do)
😂😂😂
Funny, we are Dutch and we are trying snacks in the US. We came across this video of you guys doing the same with dutch snacks. Btw, patatje joppie chips is only around since a taste contest in 2010. Maybe try the " tom poes " or " gevulde koek ". We like your "simply lemonade" and the "beef jerkey teri yaki".
mmm, we love tompouce 🩷
we do miss good beef jerky. we only recently started buying it in the US - from a gas station chain that makes their own and is a bit famous (or infamous? -- bucee's).
I made beef jerkey myself once, just bought a steak and sliced it to small pieces , put chili sauce on it and hung it from a rack in the oven at 100 degrees for I think it was an hour. It was quite good. I like your vids, have a great time in Dordrecht!
It would be great to see you taste different types of dutch cheese. There is so much variety besides standard Gouda. And even within the Gouda type of cheese there are loads of taste differences available
love this idea!
@@buncharted yes, but go to a good cheese store, not from the supermarket
After zure matten: try apekoppen, katjes, haringdrop from Katja. Try chocomel dark. Eat ontbijtkoek with plenty of butter or try the kandijkoek. Try a bossche bol, negerzoen, gevulde koek, krakeling. And for borrel vibes: go and try mini loempia, vlammetjes, bitterbal, bami schijf! Plenty of snacks to try out
Gevulde koek are amazing. I ate so many last time I was visiting NL.
Katje Biggetjes! My favorite.
But then the real bossche bun from Jan de Groot and not from the supermarket, those are not bossche buns but chocolate buns even though it says bossche bol. You have to get the real one in 's-Hertogenbosch at the station.
After I entered high school or something (~2016) they made fristi a lot sweeter, it used to be a lot less sweet!!! I also kinda hate it now. A good alternative with more flavor options is Optimel, less sweet but a lot more refreshing!
Ontbijtkoek can be dry, especially if its older. Butter is good for taste and also makes it less dry. Goes well with a slice of cheese on it as well.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who has trouble with opening the borrelnootjes pack 😅😂
The Peijnenburg ontbijtkoek is very dry. Try the fresh ontbijtkoek at a bakery (or the one at Albert Heijn bakery section) with some real roomboter.
There is no such thing as real roomboter.. it is butter or halverine/margarine
@@JustMe-sh8nd You’re right… I wanted to write real butter with roomboter between brackets. Thanks for correcting me.
I'll reply this here so buncharted will know what this is all about: in the Netherlands colloquially roomboter, margarine (can be used for baking and frying) and halvarine (a lower fat margarine only suitable for 'buttering' bread) are all called 'boter'. Of those three only roomboter is actually butter, hence packages of roomboter being labeled 'echte boter', real butter.
@@thernymous And by law there is only 1 butter, we all call it rommboter but everything else is actually not butter
The ontbijtkoek with chocolate pieces inside is absolutely magnificent as a treat once in a while. I love those with a nice bit of butter smeared on it.
that does sound very good actually
Hey guys. I see the channel is doing great. Congrats. I love the expression on your face when you eat drop. Haha classic.😂 And yeah, butter the ontbijtkoek. You can even put cheese or sugar on it.
Fun to watch your vids. 👍🏻
Some more tips for the next video we all know is coming one day😊:
Schoolkrijt by Venco
Apenkoppen by Katja (or the Farm mix)
I don't use joppie sauce when i eat fries, but patatje joppie chips is my favorite chips flavor lol
Same!!! I was a little hurt they disliked it. I eat it all the time 😂.
Oooh, haagse hopjes, very nice :). You should also try werthers echte, and chocotoff ❤
I've heard people freezing the zurematte and loving it. Havent tried it myself though.
Ok. snacks as a dutchman. As tou found out we love our coffeeflavoured cookies. Now try bokkepootjes, krakelingen, bastogne koek, maria biscuits or get an actual koekjestrommel. Usualy a blue tin with a wide selection of cookies but when found at grannies place always filled with sowing threads and needles.
For sweets have a go at tum tum, apenkoppen, biggetjes, autodrop colored ones ofcourse as you do not like liqourish.
And as you are already looking into borrelnootjes also try tijgernootjes and the cheap but popular snack box with 5 different snacks. Usualy square or round and always a red label.
I would love for you guys to do a FEBO review...the ultimate snack and famous around the world. Be sure to try at least the Kaas soufflé, the Grill burger and the Kalfsvleeskroket! Runner ups are the Rundvleeskroket, Bami/Nasi schijf and the Frikandel. Fresh snacks out of a vending machine, amazing :D
That's a great idea.
Never buy pre sliced ontbijtkoek, its way more dry and less juicy
Yup, i use that in stews.. for eating as it is i usually go for the more interesting ones with ginger, kandij, or chocolate, with real butter ofc ;)
You guys should refrigerate all the drinks, drink them icecold. Especially the Fristi and Chocomel. Icecold in the summer heat, realy good.
10:55 we also eat drop when we are have a sore throat 12:25 nice to know is the red color in fristi and other brands comes from lice blood it is an excipient E120 so not from fruit
guys i noticed you just pour stuff in glasses 'n stuff. you need to shake chocomel. and fristi. shake well before use. counts for pretty much anything like that
it will also say it on the can / package
The brand HERO was indeed from Switzerland but Riedel a Dutch company owned by Campina bought the rights.
Campina is also the maker of Chocomel and Fristi.
In the beginning, Nutricia was the maker of Chocomel but they switched to success too fully making baby milk and foods
😂😂 Your faces when you tried the 'ontbijtkoek'. Eating it like that is way too dry. I don't eat it much now, but as a child a ate it regularly. You have to put butter or margarine on it. Lots of it!! Then it's great!
Go to Purmerend! With the milky way bridge, purmerbos, gorsebos and the city centre of course.
we really need to go back - we went through there when we went to fort resort beemster. an absolutely beautiful town!
You need to try 'Look-O-Look zure matten' if you really like that Katja candy. But you should probably do a checkup at the dentist first haha
Hallo A&M, actually we do not call all the sweet things “snacks”. And ontbijtkoek is far better with real butter! Haagse hopjes zijn inderdaad lekker! ❤️Hil
there's a saying in dutch. it roughle translates to: you can never have just 1 glass of chocomel.
also, fristi is more a soda then a milk. its mostly enjoyed by kids in restaurants. Also you kinda need to drink it cold as its bad at room temp.
rest assured, it was cold!
It is somewhat forbidden to grow black currants in the USA because there is. fungus that needs both currant and timber to prosper. The USA prioritised timber over currants. In Europe it is the other way around.
Fristi is very good and also Saucijzenbroodje.
Always shake the chocomel please
Hopjes is the real old Dutch candy❤❤❤❤
I'm from Belgium and until recently I had no idea the sparkling version of Lipton Ice Tea was unique to this part of Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, and pretty sure they have it in France too).
The "Peijnenburg breakfast cake" is a brand of "Peperkoek" and used to be very popular in Belgium too when I was a kid (born in 1972) but I don't think they are still popular now. In Belgium it wasn't eaten much as a breakfast but as a snack after school. And you don't eat it dry but with a nice layer of real butter and sometimes also chocolat sprinkles on top of the butter. I personally hated Perperkoek because I don't like the taste of cloves (one of the spices in there) and it also has cinnamon which gives me an upset stomach.
Drop isn't as much a thing in Belgium as in The Netherlands but you can find it here (especially in the Dutch store chains) and it is truelly repulsive.
Fristi smells like yoghurt because it's a yoghourt drink. It is more of a kids drink. Never seen an adult drink it.
I learned about the uniqueness of our Ice Tea when I went to England and ordered an Ice Tea. They looked at me funny and came back with literal tea with ice cubes in it. It was horrible.
Edit: try Fristi when you’re hungover, it’s great haha
Drinks and candy don't usually qualify as 'snacks' around here. We tend to reserve the term for savoury bites though it also includes sweet food like candied peanuts (suikerpinda's) and chocolate covered raisins (chocolade rozijnen), and of course deep fried bites that you will find in the freezer section of the supermarket (bitterballen, kaassoufflés, vlammetjes, kipnuggets, etc).
BTW I don't think I've ever before seen someone with an allergy towards peperkoek. The spice mix they use is a variation of that used in pepernoten en kruidnootjes, or for you Americans ginger bread cookies. Most notably this includes cardamom, anise and of course ginger.
I’ve just gotten into your channel and am loving it! I’m a Dutchman living in Norway so your snacktests give me little doses of nostalgia!
Hero’s blackcurrants are grown especially for them in Zeeland. The clay ground and sea air is supposedly very important. Yes, Hero Cassis sweet, but it has a sharpness other brands’ versions lack. The Fanta version especially just tastes sweet in an industrial sort of way…
Love this, thank you!
aI LOVE this video again!! And Finally! Some love for Cassis! I Absolutely love it hahaha. And yes, Fristi is very much for children. Once you grow up you start to dislike it lol. Maybe you already did this. But when my girlfriend was visiting me. We went on a snacks safari haha. We tried the dutch fried snacks. But also some lesser known ones, like: Mexicano, Shoarma rol, Bami-schijf, Nasi-Schijf, Viandel, Kipcorn, morarella sticks, vlammetjes, crizzly, smulrol en maybe Kapsalon :D
Yes! Cassis is one of the few soft drinks left that hasn't been ruined by Stevia or other nasty sweeteners.
Nice video! Kletskoppen! My favorite “koekje”
i think i've just watched a new episode of the sitcom Buncharted 'to snack or not to snack'😂. The timing of your facial expressions whenever you have tried a snack is priceless😭. Btw: a cold Fristi is our life saviour when having a hangover. You should definately try😁
we needed a fristi this morning then 😂 (you'll see why on saturday...)
Omg you guys, is down town Dordrecht still in one piece?! Cant wait for the hangover episode😅
12:25 its better to put the fristi in the refrigerator, then it will be less sweat
try-out speculaas its commen in december but you can find it in all year round
Hi Michelle and Alex! Firstly, my compliments on how you pronounce Dutch words that either start with a "G" or have a "G" in it. It quite spot on. About the Fristi, it is indeed a yoghurt drink and it is best when you drink it cold. It won't be as sweet as when you drink it at room temperature. On the Lipton Sparkling Iced tea.......we also have a flat version. Then the ontbijtkoek (Peijenburg), it is indeed a breakfast cake and I personally put butter and have a glass of cold milk with it.
strangely, we have the flat version in the US too. the sparkling one is unique!
Try Katja Zure Sticks next, my absolute favourite. It’s like the strips but filled.
Sorry for suggesting the honingdrop. 😅Maybe try it again in about 5 years, to see you how Dutchiness is progressing. I really enjoyed watching this video! When I eat ontbijtkoek, I usually add butter to make it less dry. The variant with sugar crystals (fondant) is my favourite! When I buy something to snack on my personal favourite is the huge Milka Galetta Biscuit chocolate bar, but that's not a Dutch brand.
haha! it’s just such a strange flavor to our palates. i really want to like it though 😂
ontbijtkoek with sugar crystals sounds good 😋
You should eat the pijnenburg with butter, but I prefer the kandijkoek. And you missed out on kaasbroodjes and Brabantse worstenbroodjes
You should really try an 'eierkoek' and smell it before or after you eat it. It is a really nice snack that smells like ammonia.
The only kind of milk that is not refrigerated is long-life (shelf-life) milk.
Fresh milk is of course refrigerated 😉
I dont dislike it well your face tells another story lol
The “peperkoek” eat it with “roomboter” I used eat it as a snack after school. 😊Not a big fan of drop myself. Not a fan of coffee taste so I usually buy the pennywafels if I have that craving. 😂 I would spit the drinks and snacks and that way the cassis can get to a tear. My guilty pleasure… the haribo Frogs. 😊
You should be eating ontbijtkoek (peijnenburg) with a bit of butter on top (it taste better) another cookie tip is 'langetjes' it has a great sweet flavour and it is perfect with a cup of tea
The funny (as a Belgian) is always the chocolatemilk, we have the same brand, but ... In the Netherlands the brand is Chocomel. In Belgiam the same brand is called Cecemel. Very wierd, sertainly because chocolatemilk is 'callend' in Belgian : Chocomelk. Also i love the 'Hopjes' we also have a brand (from my home town of Antwerp) called 'Mokatine' what is almost the same flavor.
i was wondering why some of the comments here were calling it cecemel - that clears it up 😂
@@buncharted If you ever come to Antwerp (Belgium), let me know. I can alsways give you some info. And for Antwerp, i can give you a free tour of the city and things of intressed. Love your videos and sence of humor 😁
Fristi is mostly for kids ... and former colleague Ruud from Hoorn. We would always complain about the smell when he opened a can in the bus, but then ... he was our driver and we had to endure.
Katjang Pedis are peanuts with a spicy coating. Indonesian or Indonesian-inspired. The ones from Lidl have a great flavour, but you'll get some bad peanuts in almost every bag.
One of my favorites, the house brand of the Deka is also great!
Borrelnoten themselves are from Indonesian origin as well.
Keuringsdienst van Waarde made an episode about it.
Ha ha, I love drop but I hate honingdrop! 😂
You should try the chocomel with rum (hot) or even better with Malibu rum (cold)
i am dutch and i love a good saucijzenbroodje, kroket ,paprikachips, sour worms
Haha you guys are great.
You indeed should put some roomboter (pure butter) on the Peijnenburg breakfastcake (ontbijtkoek)...
Something else to try from Dutch groceries: Echte Enkhuizer glacé roze koeken, Roomboter gevulde koeken, Brabantse Eierkoeken, Verkade Café noir, Bokkenpootjes, Bastogne koekjes, Lotus Biscoff. And yes i like cookies/cake snacks.
delta serves biscoff cookies on their flights!
Peijnenburg is horrible stuff. Too dry in my opinion. When you're in Groningen going to Knol's Koek at Hoendiep 93, 9718 TE Groningen. When there you should get the Sucade Koek and to get closer to Peijnenburg try the Oude Wijven.
Nice video again 👌
Hero cassis is the only good one! :) I am very surprised about de zure matjes, not a very common choice I think
You make me laugh because for us Dutch people, these are the most standard things and we've known them since we were kids, haha.
It's amusing how you review the Netherlands and the Dutch... and my favor
PS: Peijnenburg is also eaten with some real butter on top.
It's amusing how you review the Netherlands and the Dutch...
ps2: I really dislike things with a coffee flavor, but yeah, I also don't like coffee itself ;-)
Ontbijtkoek: Don't heat it up but DO put butter on it... a fair amount... roomboter, not margarine (well... you can do margarine but roomboter is 10x better)
Fristi: the drink is called "drinkyoghurt" in the Netherlands with a reason :) And yes, it is mainly marketed to children but I enjoy it once in a while as well and I am 55.
Try Oldtimers autodrop has different flavors. I like the blue box and its salty flavor, also the Oldtimer Salmiak Klinkers grey box is my favorite 🤤😋
Hero is a real Netherlands brand.
I love cold Chocomel and Lipton ice tea. Ontbijtkoek is my least favorite. No matter how much butter is on it. ❤❤❤
I think you had bad peijeneburh normally it is moist we eat with some butter on it.
I wonder what you think of Brinta en Roze Koek visors always bring that for us from the Netherlands. You guys must have great pallet
Love the show
Fristi was nice when i was young. But they changed the taste during the years. In my time it was sweet and very creamy / milky .. but now fristi is full of fake sugers and it is not creamy anymore.. kids from today will hate it hahah, as it is too healthy! Btw. Honing drop is not that good, but it works very well when you have a cold and have throat issues. I like mona griesmeel pudding;)
pro tip: If you mix up the peijnenburg with some water, you can make the best fake poo out there!!
My favorite snacks are the dutch savory cheese cookies from the bakery. And then the whole ordeal you get on a birthday. The ones with amandelen, krakelingen, maanzaad etc.
Kletskoppen. Schuimblokken. Kano's. Puddingbroodje/Roombroodje, MONA TOETJE!!
Don't heat up the Chocomel. It loses it's flavour. If you want hot cocoa use the Droste cocoa powder.
The Unox noodles are a poor imitation of the Asian brands. Just buy the latter. I prefer the Korean brands.
Hero Cassis : that's a bestseller for more than six decades now. Still good.
Duyvis borrelnootjes : OKish, but the original Indonesian ones - like Kacang Pedis and Kacang Shanghai - are w-a-a-ay better.
Hopjes : quintessentially Dutch dating back to the end of the 18th century. But the Indonesian Kopiko are way better.
Honingdrop seems to be a bestseller. I detest it. The guys from 'Let's Get Boozie' compare it too "old car tires". I think they are being polite.
Koffiewafels : nice, but Verkade's 'Café Noir' and 'Moccakoekjes' are better by miles.
Put roomboter on the ontbijtkoek