or why you should make a snack bingo for your next vacation
When I was little, my dad, my sister and I often spent at least a part of the summer holidays on the Dutch coast of the North Sea. Weirdly enough, I didn't take notice of the rich and eccentric snack "culture" of the Netherlands until I was an adult.
We had our eyes exclusively on the fries, ice cream and the beach, I guess.
Only a Central European mind can comprehend that this is a beach vibe...
Typical presentation of a Dutch snack bar
This summer, when I visited my sister (who by now has been living in
the Netherlands for a decade), I finally wanted to close that
knowledge gap. I wanted to move beyond my childish palate to even more lowly, terrifying realms.
To make this challenge more... digestible... I came up with the idea of making snack bingo cards. During our stay, my partner and I would each try to (strategically?) eat as many of the 4×4=16 snacks as possible.
My sister and her partner had a malicious type of fun while helping me create the cards on the evening before our departure:
Tosti
Tompouce
Gevulde Koek
Mosterd-Ei
Stroop-wafels
Speculaas
Bitter-ballen
Satésaus
Raspatat
Haring
Loempia
Weesper-moppen
Lekker-bekje
Poffertjes
Worst
Fristi
Kroket
A row of four items – horizontally, vertically, or diagonally – constitutes a win
Roti Rol
Vlammetjes
Frietjes
Kaas
Kibbeling
Bami-schijf
Broodje Bakkeljau
Berenhap
Kaas-souffle
Kroket
Chocomel
Majo
Zure Bom
Frikandel Speciaal
Appel-taart
Adventures In
Dutch Snack Food
