Up today in the The A-Z of Turning Dutch – the Letter F. What words beginning with F do you associate with life here in the Netherlands? Or with the Dutch themselves? That’s the question I posed on Twitter as part of the A-Z of Turning Dutch series.
With no further ado, here’s what you said:
- Frieten
- Femke Halsema
- Fietsen
- Flipje
- Fabeltjeskrant
- Fiets
- Fietspaden
- Frietjes met fritessaus (en pindasaus)
- Floddertje
- Frikandellen
- Fabritius van ‘t Puttertje
- Flipperkast
- Florijn or guilder, the currency before the Euro
- Fierljeppen
- Funda
- Febo
- Fokke & Sukke
- Friet met
- Fried food
- Flensjes
- Frituren
The Dutch Art of Frying
Clearly, there’s a heavy leaning towards fried food when you all think of life in the Netherlands. Chips (as in friet, not as in the Dutch for crisps) are a staple here, loaded with mayo, sate sauce or onions. All all three.
This is a foodstuff that could pop up again when we tackle the letter P……
Nee, niet friet. Dat komt later bij de P: patat 🙂
— Louis Esmeijer (@LouisEsmeijer) November 24, 2022
Maar zeker: fietsen, Flipje en Fabeltjeskrant
And it seems that frikandellen are popular too.
Other F’s Worth Knowing About
Femke Halsema is worth a mention. She’s the mayor of Amsterdam, and has a distinguished political background, having been the leader of GroenLinks until 2010. You can read lots more about her here.
A flipperkast is a pinball machine. If you are a pinball fan, I can recommend a visit to the Bonami SpelComputer Museum in Zwolle!
Febo is essentially a food chain where you can buy fried foods (yes, we’re back to that) out of a wall. Fans of Febo will be delighted to know that you can purchase a variety of merchandise from Febo itself, along with the essential frikandel en friet natuurlijk.
And lastly Fokke en Sukke. This is a popular cartoon strip that features in the Dutch newspaper, NRC Handelsblad, created by John Reid, Bastiaan Geleijnse en Jean-Marc van Tol. Fokke is a duck and Sukke a canary. Apparently. The strip is humorous and often politically incorrect or sensitive.
So that’s it for now for the A-Z of Turning Dutch – the Letter F. Guess what’s coming next…..
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