Gouda cheese taste?

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We're always making these gouda jokes - you know, the cheese eet tastes so Gouda! Turns out when the Dutch say it, they pronounce it Hhhhhowda (the repeated h's mean you do one of those noises at the back of your throat). So, we've changed the joke to Hhhhhowda cheese taste?

We spent a few hours today wandering around the Gouda cheese market and shops! The cheese market was a fully functioning cheese market and it was surrounded by all sorts of stalls selling everything from cheese to t-shirts to fabrics to fresh fruit. We had brought a french baguette to eat along with the cheese we bought there as well as some apples. We also indulged in poffertjes which are the most delicious little mini pancakes with a dollop of butter and powdered sugar warm from the pan! So so yummy! These are another traditional Dutch treat. Gouda was a very quaint town and we enjoyed just walking around the streets and market area.

We stopped on the way home at De Weistar which is a small cheese factory with some exhibits to look at. It is so close to our home you can see it from the back balcony.

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Photos

I wonder what they sell here?
This place WAS a dump.

Mmmmmm, gouda!
That's a lot of cheese (he ate the whole thing).

Cheese delivery
Carriage o' cheese.

Happy Hollander
I guess driving the cheese cart all day gets a little dull after awhile.

Cheese slap
Like in Edam, they slap hands back and forth while they negotiate a price for the cheese.

Mini pannenkoken
These were to die for delicious. We ended up returning later to buy more.

Drizzled with butter and sugar
Maybe anything with this much butter and sugar would taste good. For all I know, he sold us belly lint balls.

Mmmm herring
Russell sure loves his raw herring. His record is 6.5 seconds, 3 bites.

Prettier canals than Amsterdam
Gouda had Amsterdam beat for quaintness.

Mini mini mini truck
This delivery van was barely larger than my bike. It only has three wheels and a top speed of 24 km/h.

Comments

[Diane]

MMMmmium!
Hi guys, I feel like I am doing a gastronomy tour with you all. This is fantastic. I love this Blog furmula. It is great to entertain friends (and the ones who prefer having lunch at their desk) and keep familly reassured that everything is OK even if you are far away. I will try to build the same for my vacation. Enjoy the rest of your trip! Diane