For any Dutchies watching this video, you may notice Stroopwafels are missing from the snack list! To ship stroopwafels all the way to Thailand, the expiring date would sadly not make it. It takes a lot of time and has to withstand heat during the customs process. Loving this video, Perth! It's a delight to see you try snacks that played a big part in my childhood! ❤
Ironic that the only traditionally Dutch snack I would happily serve foreigners - well, stroopwafels and bitterballen - is the one that doesn't make it. XD
Fun fact about the "Schoolkrijtjes" (school crayons): We Dutch people liked to pull pranks on our teachers by replacing real crayons with snack ones on April fools day (when we still had chalkboards). 1 day the teacher thought she was ahead of us by just eating the crayon, but we didn't replace it, so she ate a real crayon😂😅
One thing I love about these types of videos is that I don't encounter other Dutch people on RU-vid often, although I've seen a couple in the comments here before. But the moment there's "Dutch" in the title of a video, they all come crawling out of the woodwork and suddenly they're everywhere hahaha
Same with us Germans, we normally type our comments in English but as soon as there's "German(y)" in a video title, the majority of the comments will suddenly be in German. :D
For the ZoetHout - You don't supose to bite a piece off, just keep the thing in the corner of your mouth and chew, it helps fight hunger, graving, not smoking -- etc
As a Dutchie, Onbijtkoek is something that I throw in my bag in the morning when I don't have the time to eat breakfast before going to Uni. I will eat it either on the bus or in the train and it keeps me filled through my morning classes.
Holland is actually just two provinces in the Netherlands (South-Holland & North-Holland. Amsterdam is located in North-Holland, that's probably why 'Holland' is very known). The Netherlands is the name for the entire country (twelve provinces in total). Also, I honestly only ate ontbijtkoek when I was younger and was running late for school and had to grab something really quick out of the cabinet.
The reason Holland is well known is that from the late middle ages onward most of the major harbors were located here after the decline of the Hanseatic League. When asked where they were from, sailors and merchants would answer "Holland" because that was where they were from before the country was united into a nation state. The concept of the low countries or netherlands did exist as a loose geographical region which ranged from Calais in current France to the north, and east to Luxembourg, but not as a country. Coincidentally Holland is also a lot easier to pronounce for foreigners than the proper name of out country so it stuck around. As well, our language is called Dutch because people here used to speak low German, also known as Diets. The Dutch language didnt become standardized until around 1600. Even though it was the first European language to have a standardized dictionary and grammar, this misnomer still exists in English today. The more you know.
@@TheSuperappelflap Hahahahaha You bring a beautiful historical fact! But I think we can also look a little bit more recent as we are all chanting Hup Holland hup whenever there's a soccermatch :'D Plus, it's the two main provinces where the government and royals are mainly housed. So although I'm from North Holland, and have no right speaking for the other Provinces, I do consider Holland to also represent the Netherlands. I think we all feel more united under the Holland banner whenever it's about sports. BUT THE DUTCH THING... that is something Perth isn't actually quite wrong in because it does stem from way earlier (middle) ages where we didn't use Netherlandish (als Nederlands would translate in English) but Duitsch or Dietsch to refer to our language. Or netherduitsch. So that stuck in England. Probably the same way German stems from Germania which was pre-duits/nederlands area. But it's quite fun because all three languages are Germanic languages So basically both English, and Dutch are German 8D Sorry I just live for this type of random history shit.
Oh my gosh! I am from the Netherlands, finally someone who tries Dutch snacks! The Netherlands is a small country, so I was very surprised when this vid popped up in my recommendations! So excited for this! Thank you Perth😆Dankjewel Perth! Also, I can't wait for your pronunciation on some snacks😂
I laughed way too hard and way too long while Perth tried the Kaneelstokjes. ( 17:54) You can literally watch his experience written on his face without him having to say anything and it’s clearer than reading a page from a book 😂😂🙈
Hahaha right? (Tbf you're perfectly fine by breathing whilst eating these. Entire generations grew up with these cinnamon candy and no incidents have been reported. I think the amount of cinnamon on the outside is much smaller than it looks)
You're not alone: the German word for "German" is Deutsche (Germany is Deutschland). When I was growing up (in USA) my aunt and uncle owned a candy store, and you've brought back some very special memories of the different confections they had! Loved your facial expressions. "On the one hand it's not wood..." - talk about damning with faint praise, lol!
Dutch was the English term for both low German (Netherlands) and high German. It is still not entirely specialized to low Germans, Pennsylvania Dutch are from what is now Germany and is not a mistake, it is just old.
@@AutoReport1 The entire region of the Netherlands and northern Germany spoke a language called Diets or Low German centuries ago. Low German is now nearly extinct and Diets changed into Dutch. But it used to be mutually intelligible with most of the languages spoken along the German coast all the way to the Baltic sea. This is where the term "Dutch" as well as "Deutsch" comes from. The Pennsylvania Dutch emigrated before this language divide became very large, they were some of the earliest settlers in North America.
I'm glad you like the liquorice. We have a huge variety of it in the Netherlands, so you've hardly seen the tip of the iceberg with this tiny selection. As for the ontbijtkoekreep: the one you got is more of a snack variety, but yes, we do have it for breakfast and even lunch sometimes, along with our bread meal. I tend to get a loaf of it and cut a few slices off each day. The kruidnootjes actually have a story behind them. They're a treat we tend to give children during Sinterklaas, a november/december celebration here in the Netherlands. You'll see them everywhere if you visit the Netherlands during those times. Combined with all the other holiday sweets, it's a welcome change to me. The flavour is much less strong than the sugar sweets, the chocolate letters, the foam sweets, and the marzipan. The speculaas is a biscuit my family would always have. And as a child, I'd even make speculaas sandwiches, because what's the difference between chocolate sprinkles and biscuits on your bread for breakfast.
Here is a banana fact from my friend who works in the biggest banana lab in the world: the artificial banana flavor used in candy is based on the most widespread banana about 70-80 years ago. Those bananas tasted like the artificial favoring does. That type of banana wasn't very resistant to diseases, so it has been replaced as the most widespread banana by the ones most of us know now. That one tastes different, so we feel like artificial banana flavor doesn't really taste like the "real" banana flavour, because it doesn't 😅
A story that I once heard from my mother, early Americans made a similar mistake you made with the German and Dutch. Some early German settlers were labeled Pennsylvanian Dutch, because they said they were Deutch (German) and others thought they said they were Dutch, and the label Pennsylvanian Dutch stuck. My mother told me that I'm part Pennsylvanian Dutch. Enjoy your Dutch snacks
the thing with ontbijt koek is that it is full of fibers and wheats that's why its called breakfast cake its often used as a quick substitute for bread in the morning
The sweet wood is something youare supposed to chew on for a few hours. It gets better over time when your saliva breaks down the fibers. Its a snack people used to chew on for hours while working, like men chewing quat or coca leaves in other areas of the world, and it gives you a nice kick. It was popular before coffee was introduced. And yeah, youre supposed to start on the end, not chew down the middle lol
Hey hey, Dutch fan here;) Fun fact about the spekjes (the first snack): in some parts of The Netherlands it is a tradition for hairdressers to give a spekje to children after their haircut as a reward for them being all nice and calm during the haircut :) The glass jar with spekjes on the counter can be found at EVERY hairdresser in the region near my hometown 😅❤️
I really like when Asians learn more about European countries like the Netherlands😊. I live in Belgium❤ And i know some of these snacks. Its really cool to know that he started trying European snacks from this country first.
Perth discovering zoute means salty TTuTT Also, fun fact: A common breakfast in the Netherlands is bread with butter and cheese :) So the breakfast cake bar makes a lot of sense
LOL So I'm from South African where we have Afrikaans which is a second cousin to Dutch. This is how we would pronounce those names... • Zoete drop = zoo-te drop and yes sweet liquorice 🤣 • Ontbijtkoekreep = ohnt-bay't-koo-kree'p 🤣 breakfast = ohnt-by't (gingerbread bar) • Zoute ruiten = Zow-te (salty) ruiten (panes/windows) [smaak met karakter -lol- taste with character] 🤣 🤣 🤣 • Kruidnoodjes = croi'd herb/ginger nuts •Schoolkrijt = school yes school + krijt = kray't (chalk yes ) • Zoethoutstokjes - zoo-te-ho(ld)t stokjes = sweet wooden sticks yes Thank you for all you presentations! I love how you present things! I also like your interesting turn of phrase with certain things Many Blessings
The candycane kersenstok is one variation on the candycanes we have. During a carnival/fair there's always a stand with loads of diffrent candy canes to pick from. A few of the ones they have are cherry, cinnamon (the one you thought was also wood), sour apple, all kinds of fruit, licorice, caramel etc.
Finally someone who appreciates licorice. All these foodtubers seem to hate it. My favourite Dutch licorice is 'dubbelzoute drop', or 'double salty licorice'. 'Zoute Ruiten' are also lovely... the 'Waterwerken' of the same brand are also great. Get on our level. This is what salt licorice is supposed to be. If you're into banana it's really too bad there were no 'bananenschuimpjes' in this box. We actually have two banana candies which unironically are also shaped as bananas; a sugared more artificial-tasting one (of the Haribo brand I believe), and the 'bananaschuimpjes' which are a bit lighter in color and also vastly superior in taste.
I know the ontbijtkoekrepen from taking them to school. Some people take them to work. But it's just food, so enjoy. It has 30% sugar, but it doesn't taste so sweet, because it has rye flour as well.
I dunno what was funnier the whole stick commentary or the look of pure disgust when he ate the cinnamon snack 😂😂. I hope his aussie snack video is less traumatizing
Seeing the monkey gummies is really interesting because here in Germany we have panda ones (licorice and vanilla). The edible paper reminds me of my childhood, although ours never had any fun tattoos on it :D
Stroopwafels zijn bij verre weg het Lekkerste van Nederlandse snacks maar kunnen ivm douane en verzend tijd niet gegarandeerd binnen de houdbaarheidsdatum aankomen! (Dit geld ook voor ander snoepgoed) Laten we hopen dat Perth een keer langs komt om stroopwafels en andere lekkernijen zelf vers te proeven 😊
How was this video so much high comedy? Nobody thought "suck on it and then bite" was weird until Perth made it weird. lol The Salty Licorice reaction was hilarious. Especially the way Perth ate a second one, while dying over the first. "If you imagine chewing on a stick..." "I feel weird to give it a bad score, because it's a twig." I had to pause the video to cackle for a bit. Honestly, when Perth frowns on the taste test vids, I can not tell if it is going to be amazing, awful or so-so. That's the best part - the guess the frown game.
The speculaas is really Dutch, the recepy is from the 17th century. When we celebrate Sint Nicolaas feast (Santa Nicolas), on the 5th of december, this is a famous element.
Thnanks for trying dutch snacks Perth! (And thnx to the dutchy who send them :) Honestly these snacks really brought me back to my childhood since I used to love so many of these. Hopefully you'll also get to try stroopwafels one day cause they're the best but I guess you gotta visit here one to do that ;)
No offence to the fans who like kanielstokjes HAHAHA that is actually quite good pronunciation! I sometimes think that some Asian sounds are very similar to dutch, so it makes sense to me that if you're well versed in that, then you can handle dutch too :) You can pronounce Japanese words with a Dutch sound and it will most likely sound very similar. This was a fun watch! I was surprised to find a dutch snack corner on your channel here :'D And maybe someone already did this but just my reaction to what is shown: Schoolkrijtjes are my absolute favorite: I go though a whole bag SO QUICKLY. And yes the bag was the same from the white one in the first bag you tried. And the zoethout (wood) you are supposed to just suck on and as a child that was fun but I haven't tried in a looooong time. The small cookies are indeed.... a 5. We (I) only eat them during autumn winter and they often are only for sale in that period of time too; because they're related to Sinterklaas. Anyway, props to whoever shipped this! A good selection! Personally I would have included boterbabbelaars: which taste like sweet butter. Sort of.... light caramel. It's amazing. And zoute rijen (saltrows) which are not actually that salty, but a wierd combo just like those monkey heads and I love them so much! much much more than monkeyheads
The edible paper is meant to serve as... well paper that you can eat. So it's meant for like custom labels on cakes and sh!t like that. You're not really supposed to enjoy it by itself. It's decoration that you can technically eat, so you don't have to remove it from cakes before serving them.
Speculaas is often combined with hot chocolate. Same goes for the kruidnootjes, which are actually made out of speculaas too. Zoethout is licorice root. You should chew on it but not bite a piece off the stick. You want the juice, not the splinters. It is very healthy, great for your throat and respiratory tract. You can also drink tea with licorice root and anise seed. Strange that your snack pack did not include stroopwafels and hagelslag. But you could have those shipped in from Australia, they have Dutch shops.
The scale on the front of the salty licorice is actually a hardness scale. There'sa seperate scale for saltiness. These were single salted licorice. We also have double and triple salted licorice for real connaisseurs. Personally I dont think theres anything better than the triple salted ones.
The brand "Oldtimers" is known for its very strong-tasting drop (licorish). For a lot of Dutych people, including me, they are too strong. It is not only you! The "Zoute ruiten" are among the strongest ones. They contain a lot of "salmiak," also known as amonium chloride. That is what gives it its very salty taste. "Eet papier," or eatable paper, is not really a snack but more of a gimmick at children's parties. You could use it to prank somebody as well.
My family usually makes Ontbijtkoekreep at home. We call it Paperkook I’m not sure why but it’s a spice bread. Lots of ginger cinnamon allspice very good with some butter and a boiled egg
16:20 fun fact!! Did you know that before the toothbrushes we used those sticks as “toothbrushes”? It like let ur breath smell nice or it cleaned your tooth I don’t really know
I had no idea they loved liquorice so much in the netherlands, to the point of having the raw root. I thought that was a Calabrese thing (in Italy). The liquorice sticks are nice if you're feeling nervous. Healthier than chewing gum
out of context but as a singaporean i just want to thank you for helping me with my thai. your videos really improved my thai by alot. your videos are also always really funny and entertaining it's literally one of top channels on my youtube right now. thank you sm for everything perth ❤️‼️
There are a lot of variations of salty licorice. Also many less salty ones. However, you should avoid the double salted ones. Those are more salty than sea water.
wow!! so glad to have a new video, and i’m so hungry now 😂😂 seriously though, love the snack vids, love the editing, and so happy you’re back safe and healthy from your travels! ❤❤
It makes me so happy to see perth try dutch snacks and I am so surprised he likes liqourice. Even I dont like them that much. And perth you are doing a great job
Awesome video!! Love seeing you try snacks from all over the world so I know what to and not to try if I ever get to go to that said country! Thank you so much again! Good job and keep it up! :)
We have those last cookies here in the States. They are called Windmills where I am from. Loved dunking them in milk until they were a bit soggy when I was a kid. I am 47 now, and I don't remember the last time I had those cookies. Now I am craving them! 😂
We got some similar liquorice in Denmark to the White ones you ate called "Skolekridt" so basically school chalk, and it's Sugar coated sweet liquorice filled with salmiac liquorice as it looks like the ones you ate were. The cake you ate, that you could eat with butter and you said tastes like gingerbread could be something similar to what we in Denmark call "Honningkage"/Honey cake, a type of cake made with Honey, brown Sugar and cinnamon among other things. Liquorice root might not be for everyone, if you don't like liquorice or the wooden feeling of bitting into it, because it's just something you chew to get the flavor and then throw away.
Well, it‘s not a weird thing to switch up dutch and german. In german, german means 'deutsch' (Deutschland). Deutsch and dutch sounds pretty similar and i‘m sure non native germans would pronounce it the same (kind of). You may have read the word deutsch somewhere and starting from there, mixed it up with dutch
Hi Perth, I just finished watching YDestiny and you were there too, how nice, I was very happy! Unfortunately, Tir only got together with Masuk briefly, but I loved the whole series! Very nice that you were there! 🥰😍🙏
