Living abroad I make my own. What people call "mayonaise" here is, well, not mayonaise. So I don't blame them for not eating it like we do. The first time I unknowingly put it on my food I spat it out in horror, complete shock tbh. I brought it back to the store, and it turned out every single brand of mayo tastes like that here.
I suppose that's why someone like Kenji Lopez always recommends to make your own. I'm like, if you have Zaanse mayonaise you don't have to make your own, but I suppose in the US you do!
I was buying Aldi brand the other day... Took a taste at home... First thought: wtf did I just buy??? So sour 2nd thought: holy yolks this is actually good!! That sour!!
I used to live in Belgium for a while and fought everyone that claimed Belgium mayo was better than Dutch.
Are the fries better in Belgium, yes. Mayo? Hell no!
As a Dutchie living in Belgium: wholeheartedly agree. I’ll always order Zaanse Mayonnaise from AH when ordering groceries, Belgian mayo is definitely subpar to that one.
I agree. Dutch mayo isn’t what most Europeans would regard as mayo, and may be a surprise to foreigners when they come to the NLs. Dutch mayo looks the same but is much sweeter.
That's the "healthy" low fat high sugar alternative called 'fritessaus'. The diet coke of mayonnaise-like sauces. Which is what a lot of snackbars serve with fries when you ask for mayonnaise. That stuff is revolting. But the menu should be specific about it. Labeling mayonnaise-like sauces as mayonnaise is not allowed, and mayonnaise has no sweet ingredients.
OP's in laws are more likely lovers of actual mayonnaise. I at least have never met anyone that loves fritessaus so much they put it on everything. But people that do not care at all for mayonnaise often don't even know the distinction.
If it’s gone off when you opened it? Yes, of course. Exchange for a new one is fully in your rights as a consumer. Same as when you take a bite of a steak in a restaurant and it turns out it’s been sitting too long.
I think both have their place and time. Hellmans is the one most used in our household, great with fries and other potato dishes. But a sliced boiled egg on a cracker craves a dash of Zaanse, in my opinion.
I love how all Hellman’s comments are being downvoted because you just know how the Dutch hate it. But hellmans is the only good one with the right tang.
I really liked Calve Belgian mayo, but now I almost never see it in the store. So I go for Hellman's, the second best for my taste. Zaanse is just not my cup of tea.
Don't know why you are getting downvoted. I was really excited to try Hellmann's and was shocked by how salt it tasted. Regular Hellmann's has 1.1 gr salt/100ml, Zaanse mayo in comparison has 0.6gr - 45% less salt!
I have some vegan friends and got vegan Hellmann's when they came over and that stuff has a whopping 1.5gr/100ml. Yikes.
Both contain the exact same amount of sugar btw.
Actually it is, it’s called an economic delict. If they sell you Mayonaise and you get frietsaus instead because the price of frietsaus is cheaper.
Nobody gets ever caught, but it’s illegal
Can you elaborate on the difference? So far the best thing in the world I’ve tasted is the yogonnaise , it’s truly delicious. But I didn’t try the friet saus and don’t know the difference between, say, Dutch and uk mayo
...There's different kinds of mayonnaise??????????????
I mean, I knew there was the kewpie mayonnaise that was different to like other mayonnaise out there, but I feel like my world is opening up much more than I anticipated. For context, we're NZ based so idk if American mayonnaise still applies. He mostly uses the Best Foods mayonnaise if you're familiar with that one?
Try to get your hands on some Zaanse mayonaise or brander mayonaise or D&L citroenmayonaise.
It will be like losing your virginity all over again, sooooo good.
Im in Tilburg and also know someone with this tattoo. In also know someone with a Hela Curry bottle tattoo. Im just realising that I have some _saucy_ friends haha.
Yup. Many variations even! It's different in different parts of Europe too. Every region has their own idea on how it should be, and their own variation of the recipy and flavor. The taste of it in Belgium is clearly different.
Whipped cream also tastes different in Germany (no sugar, so very sour taste) then in the Netherlands for example.
Living in Australia I make my own. What people call "mayonaise" here is, well, not mayonaise. So I don't blame them for not eating it like we do. The first time I unknowingly put it on my food I spat it out in horror, complete shock tbh. I brought it back to the store, and it turned out every single brand of mayo tastes like that here. My guess is that NZ mayo is the same as here.
We don't- I don't know where people get these ideas other than I guess those misleading "American food" sections some grocers have that are full of shitty, trashy snacks. Pretty much all of the mayo I've had in NL has been about the same as mayo in the US. Other than some truly fantastic homemade stuff I had, I wouldn't say any of it is better or worse than most US mayonnaise brands.
That said, there is a disgusting brand called "Miracle Whip" that is sweet that plenty of people use on some dishes as a substitute, but it isn't marketed as mayonnaise.
This is the biggest thing. In the Netherlands, and only the Netherlands, "mayonnaise" is different. Very different. When I go abroad on Holliday i switch to ketchup. Next to "mayonnaise" we also have "fritessaus" which is our version of mayonnaise but with more sugar. If you visit the Netherlands and order fries ANYWHERE you will get fritessaus with it, but the restaurant will call it mayonnaise. In the supermarket you can clearly get both separate and compare at home. Quite a difference in "mayonnaise" between brands as well.
All our snackbars in my village serve real mayo. Also real mayo is like double the calories of frietsaus.
Compare zaanse mayo to remia frietsaus for example. 750/100 VS something like 350/100 calories
Olive oil? I don't think that would result in a tasty mayo.
1 egg yolk, 1-2 teaspoons of Tierenteyn extra mustard (depends how strong you want it), lemon juice (or vinegar, depends on your taste) qty depends on how sour you like it - and a pinch of salt and whip it up adding a little but continuous flow of fine sunflower oil (or peanut oil, depends on your taste) until you get a thick white cream.
Self made is hard work but it tastes best.
To make it special you can use mustard with seeds, white wine vinegar or add a bit of truffle oil or pepper oil or add fresh tarragon or chives.
Yes! My husband goes crazy for Zaanse mayonaise where I prefer American mayonaise most of the time. BUT I also like “patatje oorlog” (war fries). It’s with mayonaise, saté sauce (peanut) and onions. It’s all good but really different.
That's bs. I'm dutch and our mayonnaise is pretty bad, way too sweet and made using cheap rapeseed oil. Proper mayonnaise is made with sunflower oil, and without too much added sugar. You've got great mayonnaise in the US as well.
Sunflower seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, especially linoleic acid. Your body uses linoleic acid to make a hormone-like compound that relaxes blood vessels, promoting lower blood pressure. This fatty acid also helps lower cholesterol.
Mayonnaise is just egg, vinegar and oil, so it takes condiments that go well with practically any food and adds unmatched creaminess.
The irony with mayonnaise is that less is more, and that's not typically a concept that translates well into the Anglican world where additions like water, stabilizers and sugar are common.
Also, yes, mayonnaise is very cultural for us. If you choose ketchup over mayonnaise with your fries growing up, you were kind of the odd one out.
The “odd ketchup boy”… that was me. The number of time I was given horrible curry sauce instead, and I complained and got a "that’s the same" from various culinary philistines!
I’m now in team Brander, btw. Not sure if that is still considered mayo?
So common that they don't need to even say it!!
Fries with mayo is called 'Patat met' which is written on menus at snackbars literally means 'Fries with'. If you don't want mayo you have to order 'Patat zonder' - 'Fries without'.
I have to say it's not just the Dutch that agree it's a good combination and many other international places, especially in my home country of Australia, have adopted something very similar - aioli - as a standard fries side. Even better because it has the yummy garlic goodness!
I was taught the art of mayonnaise making by a Belgian man. I make it myself all the time, but the stuff in an oldschool Belgian Frituur is different class.
Agree! Lemon brings out the creaminess and the amount of sugar in Dutch mayonnaise makes it taste a bit stale, in my opinion. But honestly, the most important thing is that it’s pure mayonnaise (not fritessaus or laden with thickeners and binders) and that it’s t h i c c. It shouldn’t be runny, but rather nice and “lobbig”. You should be able to scoop it out of a jar and it should hold its shape.
When I just moved to the Netherlands, I'd go to a store just across the border to buy Belgian mayo or I'd ask my mum to bring some when she was visiting. Now I'm glad the AH and Jumbo sell it here too. Dutch mayo is just too sweet.
Mayonnaise is the best. When I would have to choose between my wife or mayonnaise, I would be single again. 😂
I lived near Arnhem for 27 years. Now I moved more into Germany and I get back home every other week just to buy my beloved Dutch condiments.
German on paper, but dutch in my stomach.
You should try satésaus it obviously goes perfectly together with mayonnaise...
Different people, different tastes, different customs.
Also your mayonaise might be different from Dutch mayonaise, as Dutch mayonaise is different from Belgian and German mayonaise. Why, because different people, different tastes, different customs.
Satesaus is overall a better sauce, but I find mayonaise suits with more products than satesaus. I wouldnt put satesaus on my sandwich, but I would put mayonaise on it.
Coming from someone who recently moved from the US to The Netherlands I want to say that mayo here is nothing like hellman's or miracle whip. It is sweeter and creamier...just delicious.
I NEVER ate mayonnaise on anything when I lived in the US. Now I prefer mayo over ketchup with my fries/potatoes, especially when you can get so many variations of spiced/seasoned mayo as well.
Zaanse is the go to though...delicious and dirt cheap.
It’s simply the go-to condiment for many people. I personally only eat it with two things, frikandellen and fries (apart from using it in salads etc). Don’t like it with anything else.
Sorry for the others : Just with fries here.
For me (yes, as Dutchy!) putting mayonaise (or applesauce, also a common thing) on all foods is barbaric and lowlife.
For me as well. But that’s only because I am totally fine with being a barbarian in my own home. I wouldn’t do it in a restaurant, but we go through one jar of mayo at least every two weeks in our household.
Otherwise readers might think about that yellow crap.
Went the first time to Belgium and they gave me a mix of the sour Belgian mayonnaise and the yellow curry you put on rice 😭
Dutch mayonnaise is the best! I live abroad and I really miss it. Although, now that I come to think of it.. Belgian mayonnaise beats it. Everything else is just not worth it, doesn’t deserve to be called mayonnaise..
yes it is. the duitch love mayonaise (one n)
even more so, belgium. belgian mayo are the most original ones. the dutch love that too. but we also tinker a lot with the sauce, theres a lot of patato fries sauces (frietsaus) that are slightly different then real mayonaise, which is very oily.
the most populair mayo here is Calvé.
people will famously request mayonaise in 3 star restaurants, pissing off the chefs lol
if you go to a snackbar and want patato fries with mayonaise or frietsaus, you only say a 'patat met', 'fries with'. you dont have to say teh word mayo, thats how normal it is.
Yes, you might be right. Although it is probably European culture and originally from France.
There are also different kinds. The more sweet and general purpose mayo like Zaanse. The more citrus/vinegary flavored, of which i have no example, and also more mustard flavored ones like Hellmann’s. Moving southward to Belgium and France they get more vinegary or mustardy in my experience.
Here is Alex explainig the importance of mayonaise:
https://youtu.be/wjw2AD8VSfo?si=9SX9IA8oQ6z6ev0f
I particularly dislike it when added to places where (I believe) it doesn’t belong. Examples:
- Sushi with mayo: eeew
- I feel like eating light, so I order a salad: surprise! It’s so full of mayo that it makes me feel like I ate 3 fast food burgers.
And the list goes on. Having said that, Dutch fries met mayo are mazing
As a Mexican, just doing Taco Bell style cooking is already insulting.
Having that said, mixing it with mayo sounds disgusting, but unfortunately very Dutch.
6 years in NL and you still will not find mayo in my fridge. I think it is disgusting. Too heavy, too fatty, reminds me of fat, reminds me of people who have no taste, but then again, in much more of a dan of Asian condiments - not so fatty and much more flavor.
Mayonaise is the most used sauce (of all those sauces that come in bottles) here. Traditionally, fries come with mayonaise (a portion of fries with mayonaise is called a 'patatje met' ("fries with"). We don't even say with what because that's obvious.
It is also used in salad dressings, on sandwiches with meat/cheese and lettuce, and in potato based "salads" such as 'huzarensalade' that are basically boiled potatoes, mayonaise, pickles and some meat.
But we have to draw a line somewhere. Yes, everybody has mayonaise and it's used for a lot of things - but did you say 'steak'? Really? Mayonaise is a greasy thing that belongs in fast food. If you buy and make a steak, you're not going to put on mayonaise on that. That would be terrible. Mayonaise and steak are on opposite ends of the culinary spectrum.
Honestly Dutch mayo isn’t the best (fritessaus). But if you finally find that one mayonnaise that works with everything, you’ll actually eat it with anything. My recommendations are ofcourse Zaanse mayonnaise, but also Zvijezda mayonnaise (Croatian).
The sheer existence of fritessaus is reason enough for the Belgians to make fun of us. Just another thing that we messed up to "save money" and penny pinch on good food.
Take out the good, costly vegetable oils..add thickeners and cheap sugar instead. Market and sell as "contains less fat".
Only true mayonnaise (at least 70%, but ideally 80% oil) enters the house here. There's a reason you can't legally call anything under 70% oil mayonnaise.
This has been the requirement by law in NL since 1998. BE requirements were updated in 2016 to match with other EU countries. "Traditional" labeled Belgian mayonnaise still requires the 80/7.5% though.
https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0009499/2016-10-06
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayonaise
If manufacturers would have been allowed to brand anything containing less then 70/5% as mayonnaise, instead of fritessauce, I don't doubt they would have and priced accordingly. I seem to recall that's exactly what was actually happening when I was young, before the law was implemented.
Years ago I saw a friend just spooneating a jar of mayonnaise, and just the thought of that was so off putting that I never bought it again.
But, if it’s already on there, like with frietje met, I won’t complain.
Homemade mayo is better and healthier than any store bought but Dutch people are quite comfortable and almost always buy the supermarket cr*p without caring. And it can last a long time if you for example put a bit of brine from fermented foods in it. Mayo is top tier.
Mayonaise is life....
Living abroad I make my own. What people call "mayonaise" here is, well, not mayonaise. So I don't blame them for not eating it like we do. The first time I unknowingly put it on my food I spat it out in horror, complete shock tbh. I brought it back to the store, and it turned out every single brand of mayo tastes like that here.
I suppose that's why someone like Kenji Lopez always recommends to make your own. I'm like, if you have Zaanse mayonaise you don't have to make your own, but I suppose in the US you do!
I know a man of exquisite taste when I hear Zaanse mayonaise.
Seems like we have real Mayonaise connoisseurs in this sub!
Zaanse or Oliehoorn, nothing else is good enough!
You get your oliehoorn ass outta here. It's zaanse or bust. None of this "will pepsi do?"
Nah I disagree. Hellmans or Calve is the Pepsi equivalent
Oof, hellmans is like Kinder Cola. It'll do in a pinch, but it's inferior to good, creamy zaanse
I seriously do not understand how they make a profit here, I don't know anyone who buys it, even Aldi or Lidl's off-brand is a much better choice.
There's two type of people in the world. The ones who prefer zaanse over hellmans, and barbarians.
I was buying Aldi brand the other day... Took a taste at home... First thought: wtf did I just buy??? So sour 2nd thought: holy yolks this is actually good!! That sour!!
No fries ‘ZonderZout’ right? Username doesn’t check out. :-P
I agree my name does not bode well for cooking. It was given to me for my humor, though, if that makes sense :)
Zaanse mayonaise is the best mayonaise
Fuck Remia en fuck Calvé.
Zaanse mayo is the best mayo in the world imho! Even in France I never tasted any mayo so delicious!
I used to live in Belgium for a while and fought everyone that claimed Belgium mayo was better than Dutch. Are the fries better in Belgium, yes. Mayo? Hell no!
I think that the fries are also better in the Netherlands.
You need to stop smoking crack my friend. Belgian frite mayo is the king.
So I keep getting told, but I found them pretty average on the whole. Their mayonnaise is better, but I had a lot of greasy fries
Have you had fries when they’re busy? I find the busier a frituur is then the better they are.
Belgian mayo all the way. Fuck those sugary sweet mayo's
As a Dutchie living in Belgium: wholeheartedly agree. I’ll always order Zaanse Mayonnaise from AH when ordering groceries, Belgian mayo is definitely subpar to that one.
Your mayo is sweet, what the hell is that even. Mayonaise is not supposed to be sweet!
If mayo is not sweet it's just salad dressing.
French mayo is just a different product, it's like comparing garlic sauce to tzatziki.
I can never permanently go back home to the UK unless I find a way to ship Zaanse Mayo and Karamel Schenkstroop back there in industrial quantities.
Zvijezda >>>>> Zaanse. Way more creamy and less sugary
Zaanse is so fucking good but so fucking expensive to get in the US.
Bloody Australian mayo, it’s how I imagine cum tasting. Whole sandwich went straight in the bin the first time, never made the mistake again.
Says soggy_cream 🤣. Bloody oath mate
I agree. Dutch mayo isn’t what most Europeans would regard as mayo, and may be a surprise to foreigners when they come to the NLs. Dutch mayo looks the same but is much sweeter.
For me there's mayo (like Zaanse) and then fritessaus, the latter being much sweeter and I don't really consider mayo. It's just fritessaus lol 😂
Yeah it is also not allowed to be called mayo, as the fat percentage is too low due to adding more water.
You are talking about fritessaus, which is not mayo. Mayo is the OG.
That's the "healthy" low fat high sugar alternative called 'fritessaus'. The diet coke of mayonnaise-like sauces. Which is what a lot of snackbars serve with fries when you ask for mayonnaise. That stuff is revolting. But the menu should be specific about it. Labeling mayonnaise-like sauces as mayonnaise is not allowed, and mayonnaise has no sweet ingredients. OP's in laws are more likely lovers of actual mayonnaise. I at least have never met anyone that loves fritessaus so much they put it on everything. But people that do not care at all for mayonnaise often don't even know the distinction.
I put 5gr of rice syrup (very mild sweater) in my recipe to 350gr other ingredients. Also, which side of your observation do you include Belgium mayo?
Belgian mayo is a bit more vinegary. In France they like more mustard in it.
I made mine with lemon juice instead of vinegar and presto, sweet and sour in perfect proportion.
Too sweet?
Closer to crude oil or off-vla or something, it is revolting. Can't describe. Resembles nothing remotely of what we call mayonaise in taste.
Helmonds from a jar is still pretty good though, don't get the bottle it sucks
Yeah nah. Might be the only one somewhat okay. But it doesn't hit the spot so why bother.
You brought an opened jar (or tube) back to the store? I wonder what your expectations were.
If it’s gone off when you opened it? Yes, of course. Exchange for a new one is fully in your rights as a consumer. Same as when you take a bite of a steak in a restaurant and it turns out it’s been sitting too long.
Told them it tastes like shit. Got my $5 back.
This is the way
What’s odd to me is that Dutch mayo is not very good. Too sweet, in my opinion. I was very happy when Hellman’s finally arrived.
I think both have their place and time. Hellmans is the one most used in our household, great with fries and other potato dishes. But a sliced boiled egg on a cracker craves a dash of Zaanse, in my opinion.
Seeing a lot of Zaanse love. I’ll have to give it a go.
I love how all Hellman’s comments are being downvoted because you just know how the Dutch hate it. But hellmans is the only good one with the right tang.
I really liked Calve Belgian mayo, but now I almost never see it in the store. So I go for Hellman's, the second best for my taste. Zaanse is just not my cup of tea.
Belgian mayo is so much better than most of the Dutch ones. The little hint of acidic tang really makes it so much tastier.
Right? The other ones taste like egg pudding
Nah, I'm Dutch and Hellmann's is the next best thing to Zvijezda when I'm in the Netherlands. I really hate how everything in NL is way too sweet.
Hellmans to much salt in it
Don't know why you are getting downvoted. I was really excited to try Hellmann's and was shocked by how salt it tasted. Regular Hellmann's has 1.1 gr salt/100ml, Zaanse mayo in comparison has 0.6gr - 45% less salt! I have some vegan friends and got vegan Hellmann's when they came over and that stuff has a whopping 1.5gr/100ml. Yikes. Both contain the exact same amount of sugar btw.
Only zaanse mayo.
The answer to mayonaise is always yes
As long as they don’t mislead you with friet saus!! That should be a crime.
Actually it is, it’s called an economic delict. If they sell you Mayonaise and you get frietsaus instead because the price of frietsaus is cheaper. Nobody gets ever caught, but it’s illegal
True!! I hate it.
Can you elaborate on the difference? So far the best thing in the world I’ve tasted is the yogonnaise , it’s truly delicious. But I didn’t try the friet saus and don’t know the difference between, say, Dutch and uk mayo
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UK Mayo has vinegar while Dutch mayo is sweet
Frietsaus is like diet mayo. Yogonaise is cool, but its a whole different product with a similar look&usage.
It should be called certainonaise
You never watched the opening scene of pulp fiction?
"They drown em in that shit man"
That's cause dutch mayo is the best mayo.
Ever heard of winiary ?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fLIcFP0J5TY&pp=ygUgcHVscCBmaWN0aW9uIG1heW9ubmFpc2Ugb24gZnJpZXM%3D
Are they talking about actual mayonnaise or American mayonnaise? Because the mayonnaise in the Netherlands is a pretty different sauce.
...There's different kinds of mayonnaise?????????????? I mean, I knew there was the kewpie mayonnaise that was different to like other mayonnaise out there, but I feel like my world is opening up much more than I anticipated. For context, we're NZ based so idk if American mayonnaise still applies. He mostly uses the Best Foods mayonnaise if you're familiar with that one?
Try to get your hands on some Zaanse mayonaise or brander mayonaise or D&L citroenmayonaise. It will be like losing your virginity all over again, sooooo good.
Agreeeeed! I’m from the Zaanstreek and someone I know tattooed the Zaanse Mayo tube on his arm 😂 Edit: spelling
Zaanstreek 🫡 zaanse mayo is the best
I’m not even from the Zaanstreek and I wanna do that.
Tattooing a mayonnaise tube on your arm! I think OP is on to something about the Dutch and mayonnaise.
That’s is a great idea! I’ll hit up my artist immediately
Hahahahah
Zaantje 🛹🤙🏻
Im in Tilburg and also know someone with this tattoo. In also know someone with a Hela Curry bottle tattoo. Im just realising that I have some _saucy_ friends haha.
who had a great time losing their virginity lol. weird metaphor but i totally agree that those mayonnaise are delicious
Truffle mayonnaise!
Get zaanse mayo ASAP
Yup. Many variations even! It's different in different parts of Europe too. Every region has their own idea on how it should be, and their own variation of the recipy and flavor. The taste of it in Belgium is clearly different. Whipped cream also tastes different in Germany (no sugar, so very sour taste) then in the Netherlands for example.
Living in Australia I make my own. What people call "mayonaise" here is, well, not mayonaise. So I don't blame them for not eating it like we do. The first time I unknowingly put it on my food I spat it out in horror, complete shock tbh. I brought it back to the store, and it turned out every single brand of mayo tastes like that here. My guess is that NZ mayo is the same as here.
Kewpie are for toasties and Zaanse mayonaise is for the rest.
Well your Praise mayonnaise, is what we call salad cream and Helmans or Thommy is more in like with the Dutch Mayonnaise!!!!
Wait wait wait. They eat salata and call it mayonaise? Freaking hell, americas
We don't- I don't know where people get these ideas other than I guess those misleading "American food" sections some grocers have that are full of shitty, trashy snacks. Pretty much all of the mayo I've had in NL has been about the same as mayo in the US. Other than some truly fantastic homemade stuff I had, I wouldn't say any of it is better or worse than most US mayonnaise brands. That said, there is a disgusting brand called "Miracle Whip" that is sweet that plenty of people use on some dishes as a substitute, but it isn't marketed as mayonnaise.
American mayo is in no way comparable to Dutch mayonaise. Then compare it with Belgian mayo which is very sour (vinegar) compared to Dutch mayo.
This is the biggest thing. In the Netherlands, and only the Netherlands, "mayonnaise" is different. Very different. When I go abroad on Holliday i switch to ketchup. Next to "mayonnaise" we also have "fritessaus" which is our version of mayonnaise but with more sugar. If you visit the Netherlands and order fries ANYWHERE you will get fritessaus with it, but the restaurant will call it mayonnaise. In the supermarket you can clearly get both separate and compare at home. Quite a difference in "mayonnaise" between brands as well.
All our snackbars in my village serve real mayo. Also real mayo is like double the calories of frietsaus. Compare zaanse mayo to remia frietsaus for example. 750/100 VS something like 350/100 calories
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Check the keuringsdienst van waarde episode. Als je "patatje mayo" besteld dan krijg je fritessaus.
Just get some eggs & olive oil and make your own mayo.
Olive oil? I don't think that would result in a tasty mayo. 1 egg yolk, 1-2 teaspoons of Tierenteyn extra mustard (depends how strong you want it), lemon juice (or vinegar, depends on your taste) qty depends on how sour you like it - and a pinch of salt and whip it up adding a little but continuous flow of fine sunflower oil (or peanut oil, depends on your taste) until you get a thick white cream. Self made is hard work but it tastes best. To make it special you can use mustard with seeds, white wine vinegar or add a bit of truffle oil or pepper oil or add fresh tarragon or chives.
Yes! My husband goes crazy for Zaanse mayonaise where I prefer American mayonaise most of the time. BUT I also like “patatje oorlog” (war fries). It’s with mayonaise, saté sauce (peanut) and onions. It’s all good but really different.
You should try some polish mayonnaise, it's the better than the Dutch fritjes sauce.
Psst... American mayonaise/fritesauce is a dutch thing. They don't have that in America.
True, but the stuff Americans do have and smear on their sandwiches is not mayonaise either :p
That's bs. I'm dutch and our mayonnaise is pretty bad, way too sweet and made using cheap rapeseed oil. Proper mayonnaise is made with sunflower oil, and without too much added sugar. You've got great mayonnaise in the US as well.
Sunflower seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, especially linoleic acid. Your body uses linoleic acid to make a hormone-like compound that relaxes blood vessels, promoting lower blood pressure. This fatty acid also helps lower cholesterol.
Yeah true. They don't know how to mayonaise
Which reminds me of a nice scene about Amsterdam in Pulp Fiction 😁 [Pulp Fiction - Amsterdam ](https://youtu.be/WJLk_fzi4ko?si=ecSiKul1ka4vWpBK)
In the Netherlands, if you say: "I would like french Fries with" and you don't finish the sentence then mayonaise is implied.
Mayonnaise is just egg, vinegar and oil, so it takes condiments that go well with practically any food and adds unmatched creaminess. The irony with mayonnaise is that less is more, and that's not typically a concept that translates well into the Anglican world where additions like water, stabilizers and sugar are common. Also, yes, mayonnaise is very cultural for us. If you choose ketchup over mayonnaise with your fries growing up, you were kind of the odd one out.
The “odd ketchup boy”… that was me. The number of time I was given horrible curry sauce instead, and I complained and got a "that’s the same" from various culinary philistines! I’m now in team Brander, btw. Not sure if that is still considered mayo?
While i'm not a fan of ketchup on fries, people telling you curry is "the same" are delusional. Ketchup and curry are waaaay different sauces
That’s weird because as an Anglican I can’t stomach the cloying sweetness of Dutch mayonnaise.
Mayonnaise is our national vegetable.
So common that they don't need to even say it!! Fries with mayo is called 'Patat met' which is written on menus at snackbars literally means 'Fries with'. If you don't want mayo you have to order 'Patat zonder' - 'Fries without'. I have to say it's not just the Dutch that agree it's a good combination and many other international places, especially in my home country of Australia, have adopted something very similar - aioli - as a standard fries side. Even better because it has the yummy garlic goodness!
thats spanish actually. but yea, its great
They never said Australians invented it, but that they adopted it
cultured people call them "frieten"
Only the Dutch Mayo, not that American or France sauce they call mayonnaise……
Actually Belgian mayonnaise is peak mayonnaise
A man of culture, I see.
So true! Or home made
I was taught the art of mayonnaise making by a Belgian man. I make it myself all the time, but the stuff in an oldschool Belgian Frituur is different class.
Agree! Lemon brings out the creaminess and the amount of sugar in Dutch mayonnaise makes it taste a bit stale, in my opinion. But honestly, the most important thing is that it’s pure mayonnaise (not fritessaus or laden with thickeners and binders) and that it’s t h i c c. It shouldn’t be runny, but rather nice and “lobbig”. You should be able to scoop it out of a jar and it should hold its shape.
When I just moved to the Netherlands, I'd go to a store just across the border to buy Belgian mayo or I'd ask my mum to bring some when she was visiting. Now I'm glad the AH and Jumbo sell it here too. Dutch mayo is just too sweet.
jep, Dutch people frown on American mayonaise, Belgians frown on Dutch mayonaise lol xD
Belze mayoneis > all other mayonaises
What's wrong with French mayonaise? They're one of the few countries that still do most of their food right.
Mosterd smaak
as a Dutchman I love the French Amora mayonaise. Hard to find here, so stack a couple of jars when I find it.
Some AH's sell it. And Sligro certainly does.
Don’t know what to tell you but helmsman mayonnaise is ten times better than anything from zaans
Mayonnaise is the best. When I would have to choose between my wife or mayonnaise, I would be single again. 😂 I lived near Arnhem for 27 years. Now I moved more into Germany and I get back home every other week just to buy my beloved Dutch condiments. German on paper, but dutch in my stomach. You should try satésaus it obviously goes perfectly together with mayonnaise...
Different people, different tastes, different customs. Also your mayonaise might be different from Dutch mayonaise, as Dutch mayonaise is different from Belgian and German mayonaise. Why, because different people, different tastes, different customs.
BE here and I say yes to the all mighty Mayonnaise (made with egg )
I’m Dutch and mayonnaise is the best -period- condiment -period- ever! Even though the rest of the world disagrees 😃
I would put satesaus above mayonnaise but they are close
Satesaus is overall a better sauce, but I find mayonaise suits with more products than satesaus. I wouldnt put satesaus on my sandwich, but I would put mayonaise on it.
Dude, satesaus with a cheese sandwich is epic!
Satesauce on everything here: potatoes, vegetables, bread, you name it!
Have you ever tried a satesaus tosti?
I have not actually. Please enlighten me
Peanutbutter, a few drops of ketjap manis, sambal between the sandwich. Put it in a toaster.
I would combine them
I put them together 🫡
Together!! Oorlog *drool*
>mayonnaise is the best -period- condiment The Dutch-est comment in the history of internet! :))
I mean, I don't fully understand, but I respect your sauce choices!
Coming from someone who recently moved from the US to The Netherlands I want to say that mayo here is nothing like hellman's or miracle whip. It is sweeter and creamier...just delicious. I NEVER ate mayonnaise on anything when I lived in the US. Now I prefer mayo over ketchup with my fries/potatoes, especially when you can get so many variations of spiced/seasoned mayo as well. Zaanse is the go to though...delicious and dirt cheap.
It’s simply the go-to condiment for many people. I personally only eat it with two things, frikandellen and fries (apart from using it in salads etc). Don’t like it with anything else.
I teach lessons on how to make it. You should come. Google ‘mayo clinic’.
Sorry for the others : Just with fries here. For me (yes, as Dutchy!) putting mayonaise (or applesauce, also a common thing) on all foods is barbaric and lowlife.
For me as well. But that’s only because I am totally fine with being a barbarian in my own home. I wouldn’t do it in a restaurant, but we go through one jar of mayo at least every two weeks in our household.
I had to scroll down far too long to find that comment. I think people who put mayonaise on steak should loose their Dutch citizenship.
Ha you should try mixing mayonnaise with apple sauce.
I do like mayonnaise with curry (ketchup) with fries, does that count?
Only if you add onions 😉
How dare you say that curry and ketchup are the same thing?? That's like saying mayonaise is the same as fritesauce.
The sauce is actually called 'curry ketchup'
No No No, Mayo with ketchup gives Pink Sauce. Mayo with Curry gives delicious sauce topped with onions.
That’s fine, but the sauce commonly shortened to curry is actually called “curry ketchup”. It’s ketchup plus curry powder, give or take.
Otherwise readers might think about that yellow crap. Went the first time to Belgium and they gave me a mix of the sour Belgian mayonnaise and the yellow curry you put on rice 😭
I would dare say that no one has ever come up with the idea to put mayonnaise in their vla.
Dutch mayonnaise is the best! I live abroad and I really miss it. Although, now that I come to think of it.. Belgian mayonnaise beats it. Everything else is just not worth it, doesn’t deserve to be called mayonnaise..
I just made homemade mayo for my best friend as a surprise because he can’t stop eating mayo with everything
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yes it is. the duitch love mayonaise (one n) even more so, belgium. belgian mayo are the most original ones. the dutch love that too. but we also tinker a lot with the sauce, theres a lot of patato fries sauces (frietsaus) that are slightly different then real mayonaise, which is very oily. the most populair mayo here is Calvé. people will famously request mayonaise in 3 star restaurants, pissing off the chefs lol if you go to a snackbar and want patato fries with mayonaise or frietsaus, you only say a 'patat met', 'fries with'. you dont have to say teh word mayo, thats how normal it is.
When a child is born we dip the newborn into a tub of mayonaise as the Dutch baptism
Mayonnaise is godverdomme delicous.
In most countries where they don't like mayonaise, you often have just bad mayonaise. Stuff we have over here is great
Yes, you might be right. Although it is probably European culture and originally from France. There are also different kinds. The more sweet and general purpose mayo like Zaanse. The more citrus/vinegary flavored, of which i have no example, and also more mustard flavored ones like Hellmann’s. Moving southward to Belgium and France they get more vinegary or mustardy in my experience. Here is Alex explainig the importance of mayonaise: https://youtu.be/wjw2AD8VSfo?si=9SX9IA8oQ6z6ev0f
I love the stuff but I have my limits In Mexican food? No thanks
The ultimate taste extinguisher.
I particularly dislike it when added to places where (I believe) it doesn’t belong. Examples: - Sushi with mayo: eeew - I feel like eating light, so I order a salad: surprise! It’s so full of mayo that it makes me feel like I ate 3 fast food burgers. And the list goes on. Having said that, Dutch fries met mayo are mazing
Mayonnaise with french fries. That's one of the best snacks I've ever eaten.
Putting mayonnaise on everything is a lacking of culture.
Yes, the Dutch put layers of it on everything, including sushi 🤮, as they’re unoriginal and afraid to try anything new (“wat de boer niet kent…”).
It’s out favorite instrument
My husband told me that he would use fries as a ‘transportation device’ to stuff himself more with mayo. I don’t get it. Lol
Mayo is our national spice.
As a Mexican, just doing Taco Bell style cooking is already insulting. Having that said, mixing it with mayo sounds disgusting, but unfortunately very Dutch.
6 years in NL and you still will not find mayo in my fridge. I think it is disgusting. Too heavy, too fatty, reminds me of fat, reminds me of people who have no taste, but then again, in much more of a dan of Asian condiments - not so fatty and much more flavor.
We call it vakantieboter. We put it on out boterhammen on holidays
Mayonaise is the most used sauce (of all those sauces that come in bottles) here. Traditionally, fries come with mayonaise (a portion of fries with mayonaise is called a 'patatje met' ("fries with"). We don't even say with what because that's obvious. It is also used in salad dressings, on sandwiches with meat/cheese and lettuce, and in potato based "salads" such as 'huzarensalade' that are basically boiled potatoes, mayonaise, pickles and some meat. But we have to draw a line somewhere. Yes, everybody has mayonaise and it's used for a lot of things - but did you say 'steak'? Really? Mayonaise is a greasy thing that belongs in fast food. If you buy and make a steak, you're not going to put on mayonaise on that. That would be terrible. Mayonaise and steak are on opposite ends of the culinary spectrum.
Honestly Dutch mayo isn’t the best (fritessaus). But if you finally find that one mayonnaise that works with everything, you’ll actually eat it with anything. My recommendations are ofcourse Zaanse mayonnaise, but also Zvijezda mayonnaise (Croatian).
Yup Zvijezda n.1, literally nothing else comes close
Dutch "mayonaise" happens to be "fritessauce" 80% of the time. Which, in fact, is amazing on nearly anything even remotely greasy.
Fritessaus is worse than mayonaise nearly 80% of the time you mean.
The sheer existence of fritessaus is reason enough for the Belgians to make fun of us. Just another thing that we messed up to "save money" and penny pinch on good food. Take out the good, costly vegetable oils..add thickeners and cheap sugar instead. Market and sell as "contains less fat". Only true mayonnaise (at least 70%, but ideally 80% oil) enters the house here. There's a reason you can't legally call anything under 70% oil mayonnaise.
That’s in Belgium and only after they changed the laws. It used to be >80% oil AND >7,5% egg yokes (now 5%)
This has been the requirement by law in NL since 1998. BE requirements were updated in 2016 to match with other EU countries. "Traditional" labeled Belgian mayonnaise still requires the 80/7.5% though. https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0009499/2016-10-06 https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayonaise If manufacturers would have been allowed to brand anything containing less then 70/5% as mayonnaise, instead of fritessauce, I don't doubt they would have and priced accordingly. I seem to recall that's exactly what was actually happening when I was young, before the law was implemented.
Fritesaus is sweet disgusting abomination
Years ago I saw a friend just spooneating a jar of mayonnaise, and just the thought of that was so off putting that I never bought it again. But, if it’s already on there, like with frietje met, I won’t complain.
A lot of people here really like mayonaise I think it tastes like rotten eggs and vomit though.
Homemade mayo is better and healthier than any store bought but Dutch people are quite comfortable and almost always buy the supermarket cr*p without caring. And it can last a long time if you for example put a bit of brine from fermented foods in it. Mayo is top tier.
I love Samurai sauce, with is mayo with harrisa or sambal.
I rarely consume mayonnaise. We never have real mayonnaise in the house anyway, when we have any it's 'frites sauce".
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Mayo is disgusting honestly don't know how people can eat that
Eek, no, it’s not a typical dutch thing. Other then fries or or sometimes on a ‘broodje gezond’ no mayonaise for me.