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The ingredients and food of the American kitchen are not that different of those you'll find in Holland, so most things I'm used to cook with are available. You can even get boerenkool (kale) in some supermarkets.
The other day we found a specialty store with a lot of imported things from Europe. Truffels and vinegar from Italy, special wines, things like that. They also had a few Dutch items, such as drop and Droste chocolate. We bought a package of caramel wafers: stroopwafels!
It's easy to find Dutch beer and cheese, although they're expensive. There's also quite a collection of Belgium beers available here, but I haven't found my personal favorite Grimbergen triple yet.
The only thing that I really miss so far is real Dutch bread: a freshly baked volkorenbrood would be very nice. The bread in Wholefoods comes close, but is not quite the same.
Drop, imported from Holland, next to English licorice. Of course, you can also order drop online.
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Drop...phewwwwwwww!!!
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Hey, drop is great!
I like drop, as do millions of other people (a lot of whom will be Dutch, presumably).
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Volkorenbrood would absolutely be the thing I would miss the most. And is it possible to buy Calvé pindakaas there?
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We are able to send you a volkorenbrood per airmail. Or maybe just one slice of it. Do you like us to do so?
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Haha, if you could get it to here while it's still fresh, that would be wonderful.
FedEx overnight service perhaps? ;)
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Hi Guus,
Is there a Trader Joe's near you? They have Dutch stroopwafels in the nice Delft Blue like tins for really cheap.
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Oh, yes Trader Joe's is great. You have to find one around you...
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About two weeks ago a colleague brought me and my other Dutch colleague a package of these stroopwafels. They came in a very nice Delft blue tin can, just like the one mentioned in the comment above, and I'm pretty sure she said that they were from Trader Joe's.
Definitely worth a visit, it seems.
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> We bought a package of caramel wafers: stroopwafels!
A single package? As many as 5 stroopwafels each? Well, to compare prices... http://www.albert.nl ;-)
Arjan.
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I have been living in New York since September 2001 (I got here two weeks after the attacks) and to this day I have not been able to find any bread that comes even close to the breads we are used to in Holland. All the bread is either sour or sweet and the Whole Foods bread you mention (and that we too have settled for) is not nearly as nutricious or fresh tasting as Dutch bread (the white bread also sticks to your teeth & gums - yuk). If anyone ever finds any decent bread in this country, please share the info. I will be eternally grateful.
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I second the bread comment! A solution that I sometimes use while travelling is to look for Italian or German bread. It's not the same, but apart from the real thing it's the best you can get.
BTW, could you tell me where this specialty store is that you mentioned?
Cheers,
Otto in DC
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I have to agree one of the things I really don't like here in the U.S is the bread. And yes it does stick to your teeth and gums. Sara lee bread is the best bread to buy out of the supermarket. Unless you make your own bread. One of these days I will get to that.....