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Listen up, Nederlanders!
Two food ideas that would take the Netherlands by storm
Greetings, Dutch food entrepreneur! I bring you tidings from foreign lands, and two ideas that really should catch on here.
Tiger Tail ice cream
From Canada! Orange ice cream with a black licorice swirl. How Dutch is that?
(For people reading from elsewhere, licorice and the color orange are popular here.)
Real Bagels
Surely some Netherlander must have visited New York City or Montreal sometime in the last twenty years and eaten an actual bagel!, but the flaccid, crumbling failed bread products that are sold in this country under the guise of bagel are an offense to man and god alike, and it is left to me to be the whistleblower.
A bagel is not a bread product for the timid. In particular, it is not a piece of bread with a hole in the middle.
Traditionally, a bagel is made from a yeast dough where malt is used instead of sugar, and allowed to rise for some 2 to 24 hours (depending on many factors). It’s then cooked in water under a high boil for a couple of minutes, then baked in a hot but not super-hot oven until it’s brown.
