If the Netherlands got an EPCOT World Showcase spot what would you want it to have?

[Corien]

I definitely think the Food and Wine festival need a Netherlands booth, selling bitterballen, salted herring and a mini stamppot with rookworst.

 

[Corien]

As a Dutch person, I find this thread very entertaining.

Who is brave enough to try raw herring ? Salted or pickled?

When my American friend was visiting me she tried salted herring. She hated it, but I was so proud of her for trying as she doesn't like seafood.

 

[Karin1984]

I definitely think the Food and Wine festival need a Netherlands booth, selling bitterballen, salted herring and a mini stamppot with rookworst.

Yeah, I never thought we should. We, the Dutch, have great snacks and cookies, but we don't really have a cuisine like France or Italy does.
If there would ever be a The Netherlands in Epcot, then I want an automat to sell snacks. And cheese. Epcot needs a cheese festival.

For those who do not know, this an automat. I know Japan is also very good at these, but I want one anyway. It's great for hot snacks. The bitterballen can be in these.

I am agreeing to all who said tulips. Yes, let there be plenty of tulips. I am against clogs and windmills, maybe as small, cheap souvenirs, but nothing more than that. It's too cliché and too old fashioned. Most mills are abolished or museum pieces, and the only people walking on clogs are farmers. Clogs are the things we sell only in Amsterdam to tourists.

Yes, on canal boats through an Amsterdam/Leiden/Utrecht replica. I am in on the Dutch painters of the 17th century, and Van Gogh.
I want some other things, like ice skating or swimming, the sports we do best at the Olympics. We do really well at keeping water out, let watermanagement be our educational part of an Epcot country.
Dutch kids are the happiest of all the wealthiest countries in the world. We should do something with that ;-)
We are among the tallest in the world. We should put all the merchandise on high shelves ;D

Oh and I want loads of Miffy plushies.

 

[floridafam]

Yeah, I never thought we should. We, the Dutch, have great snacks and cookies, but we don't really have a cuisine like France or Italy does.
If there would ever be a The Netherlands in Epcot, then I want an automat to sell snacks. And cheese. Epcot needs a cheese festival.

For those who do not know, this an automat. I know Japan is also very good at these, but I want one anyway. It's great for hot snacks. The bitterballen can be in these.

I am agreeing to all who said tulips. Yes, let there be plenty of tulips. I am against clogs and windmills, maybe as small, cheap souvenirs, but nothing more than that. It's too cliché and too old fashioned. Most mills are abolished or museum pieces, and the only people walking on clogs are farmers. Clogs are the things we sell only in Amsterdam for tourists.

Yes, on canal boats through an Amsterdam/Leiden/Utrecht replica. I am in on the Dutch painters of the 17th century, and Van Gogh.
I want some other things, like ice skating or swimming, the sports we do bests at the Olympics. We do really well at keeping water out, let watermanagement be our educational part of an Epcot country.
Dutch kids are the happiest of all the wealthiest countries in the world. We should do something we that ;-)
We are among the tallest in the world. We should put all the merchandise on high shelves ;D

Oh and I want loads of Miffy plushies.

I’m always grabbing stuff off high shelves for people at the grocery store. Maybe a shop selling pants that are actually long enough for a 5’11 woman.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I love pickled herring- my grandmother made it, but she called them 'rollmops.' I just looked the name up, and it seems that the name is very widespread, and is from Germany, not the Netherlands. Hm. I'd probably love the Dutch herring, too. And I love eel, as well. My grandmother also made a type of pancake called a 'Dutch Baby.' It came out of the oven very puffy, but then would sink in the middle, and would get sweetened cream poured into the indentation. I wonder if that had real Dutch origins.

if clogs and windmills are cheap souvenirs, you can be sure that any Dutch pavilion at Epcot would have them- but they wouldn't be cheap.

 

[Corien]

Yeah, I never thought we should. We, the Dutch, have great snacks and cookies, but we don't really have a cuisine like France or Italy does.
If there would ever be a The Netherlands in Epcot, then I want an automat to sell snacks. And cheese. Epcot needs a cheese festival.

For those who do not know, this an automat. I know Japan is also very good at these, but I want one anyway. It's great for hot snacks. The bitterballen can be in these.

I am agreeing to all who said tulips. Yes, let there be plenty of tulips. I am against clogs and windmills, maybe as small, cheap souvenirs, but nothing more than that. It's too cliché and too old fashioned. Most mills are abolished or museum pieces, and the only people walking on clogs are farmers. Clogs are the things we sell only in Amsterdam for tourists.

Yes, on canal boats through an Amsterdam/Leiden/Utrecht replica. I am in on the Dutch painters of the 17th century, and Van Gogh.
I want some other things, like ice skating or swimming, the sports we do bests at the Olympics. We do really well at keeping water out, let watermanagement be our educational part of an Epcot country.
Dutch kids are the happiest of all the wealthiest countries in the world. We should do something we that ;-)
We are among the tallest in the world. We should put all the merchandise on high shelves ;D

Oh and I want loads of Miffy plushies.

Yeah there will never be (and i also think there shouldn't be) a Netherlands pavilion. Most people don't even know our country, which is fine. We have great food imo but not as iconic and famous as some of the other pavilions. But a festival booth during one of the festivals would make me very proud and I don't think it's a too unrealistic wish.

Now I'm craving a kaassouffle from an automat.

 

[Kraig Severino]

A Dutch Pancakehouse , even though I only experienced this in Aruba. Yummy little silver dollar shapes (poffertjes) and Kettle One cocktails

 

[MillauFr]

Why does it seem that way?

Cheese, tulips, canals and windmills.

I guess the most direct connection I can see between Disneyworld and Netherlands is that both were constructed on reclaimed swamp land.

 

[MillauFr]

Yeah, I never thought we should. We, the Dutch, have great snacks and cookies, but we don't really have a cuisine like France or Italy does.

Agreed. There is a reason there are no dutch restaurants all over the world. My relatives are from Scandavian countries. Same thing. The only Swedish/Norwegian restaurant I can think of is the Ikea food court.

 

[trivan]

My most memorable experience was sitting outside at a pub in Amsterdam having a beer and a sandwich made with a fried meat and potatoes patty.

 

[Karin1984]

I guess the most direct connection I can see between Disneyworld and Netherlands is that both were constructed on reclaimed swamp land.

Just wanted to clarify, only 1/12 of NL is reclaimed land. The rest was already there. And it was a bay, not a swamp.

 

[floridafam]

My son was on a small boat with friends and a larger boat came up to their boat and asked if they wanted some Dutch snacks. They handed over boards of meets and cheeses and sped off. It was definitely a nice way to start his trip.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

As a Dutch person, I find this thread very entertaining.

Who is brave enough to try raw herring ? Salted or pickled?

ETA: I'd try both.

 

[Planogirl]

Try zwart wit too while you are at it. That stuff is unexplainable but I loved it when I was a kid. I never liked herring but everyone else loved it.

Plus I love windmills. I always have.

As for a pavilion, I think that Indonesia would be great. Their food is amazing and they could include some Dutch things in their stores?

 

[leebee]

Thanks for the pictures of the automat. Automats used to be popular in NYC; Horn&Hardot, I believe, was the chain. I remember going to one when I was young, when my mom and nana took me to New York. I'm probably dating myself here!

 

[RedAngie]

Thanks for the pictures of the automat. Automats used to be popular in NYC; Horn&Hardot, I believe, was the chain. I remember going to one when I was young, when my mom and nana took me to New York. I'm probably dating myself here!

I loved Horn & Hardart automats. I thought it was so neat putting coins in the slot and then opening the door to retrieve your food.

I think Chock Full ‘O Nuts had them too.

 

[RedAngie]

How about a speedskating oval built next to a dike holding back a miniature Zuider Zee.

 

[Karin1984]

How about a speedskating oval built next to a dike holding back a miniature Zuider Zee.

I was thinking about freezing the entire Epcot lake, and have skating matches on it, but your idea is probably a possibility ;-)

As long as there is no little boy with his finger in the dike, as it was made up by an American author, I am fine with it.

 

[ronandannette]

A Dutch Pancakehouse , even though I only experienced this in Aruba. Yummy little silver dollar shapes (poffertjes) and Kettle One cocktails

Here Dutch pancakes (called pannekoek) are the size of a 12" dinner plate and are savory as often as sweet. They are definitely something you wear your stretchy pants when you go out for them. There's only one place in town that serves them and the walk-up wait for a table is often an hour or more long. Absolutely amazing though - unlike anything else really. My favourite is a savory/sweet fusion of apple, bacon and gouda with a light drizzle of stroop.

 

[Karin1984]

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Here Dutch pancakes (called pannekoek) are the size of a 12" dinner plate and are savory as often as sweet. They are definitely something you wear your stretchy pants when you go out for them. There's only one place in town that serves them and the walk-up wait for a table is often an hour or more long. Absolutely amazing though - unlike anything else really. My favourite is a savory/sweet fusion of apple, bacon and gouda with a light drizzle of stroop.

We have 2 versions of the same dish.
1: Poffertjes, the small ones, for snacking. Sold at markets. One flavour. Eaten with powdered sugar.
2: Pannenkoek (the n in the middle is a quite recent addition when someone decided we needed to change our spelling in NL) are the big ones. Meant for dinner, and we have restaurants dedicated to pannenkoeken. It's like a thicker crepe like they have in France. Can be eaten plain, or with savoury/sweet ingredient.

If we ever get an Epcot land, a casual pannenkoek restaurant could be a thing (it has to rival Polle's Keuken in our theme park Efteling, google it, the theming is amazing) , a stand / automat for all the snacking, a shop to sell the clogs, windmills etc American tourists would expect, plus replicas of Dutch masters. And as a ride, a canal boat ride.