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mayor
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you should visit the snackbar more often 
anandus
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Neither have I, and I do visit a snackbar (too) often. but apparently it's a northener/easterner-thing.
I've never seen it in the Randstad.
An eierbal doesn't look like something I'd eat, to be honest.
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I guess the ease of Dutch people to (be willing to) speak other languages, especially English, helps a lot.
(* Amongst which two German girls
Germans are quite popular here)
I've never seen it in the Randstad.
An eierbal doesn't look like something I'd eat, to be honest.
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From what I know and see is that Dutch people are really flexible with dating people from other countries, many people (men and women) I know, myself included*, have (had) relationships with people from other countries.
I guess the ease of Dutch people to (be willing to) speak other languages, especially English, helps a lot.
(* Amongst which two German girls
Germans are quite popular here)
An eierbal doesn't look like something I'd eat, to be honest.
That actually looks kinda good
. Sort of a Dutch Egg McMuffin. It looks deep-fried. Is that potato arround the egg?
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I'd eat it.
anandus
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I believe it's ragout, a mixture of butter, flour and broth (if I'm not mistaken).That actually looks kinda good
It's indeed deep fried.
mayor
Heart & Mind
it's a Fast food thing
And like Anandus said, A northern/eastern thing. Enschede is to far south though
And like Anandus said, A northern/eastern thing. Enschede is to far south though
If that is indeed what this article says, then my question has been answered. We should invade the Netherlands and steal their eierbals.
Feel free. I don't think I'll miss them. 
Hmmm. I don't really know what happens if you try to deepfry ragout (which can also contain milk instead of broth, and bits of meat or vegetable plus mushroom), but the pic looks more like potato mash with a boiled egg inside.
On the topic of hot snacks, I sometimes have a gehaktstaaf (lit. meatball bar), spicy, because of added chili and pepper. Google tells me it's supposed to be eaten with mayonnaise, but I prefer currysauce.
Hmmm. I don't really know what happens if you try to deepfry ragout (which can also contain milk instead of broth, and bits of meat or vegetable plus mushroom), but the pic looks more like potato mash with a boiled egg inside.
On the topic of hot snacks, I sometimes have a gehaktstaaf (lit. meatball bar), spicy, because of added chili and pepper. Google tells me it's supposed to be eaten with mayonnaise, but I prefer currysauce.
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Ziggy Stardust
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For me, can't beat the good ol' frikandel speciaal.
For some reason I couldn't find a tasty looking picture
anandus
Errorist
Well, kroketten and bitterballen also contain ragout, so deepfrying ragout shouldn't be a problem.Feel free. I don't think I'll miss them.
Hmmm. I don't really know what happens if you try to deepfry ragout (which can also contain milk instead of broth, and bits of meat or vegetable plus mushroom), but the pic looks more like potato mash with a boiled egg inside.
But I agree, it looks like potatomash or something, not ragout.
I've never seen an eierbal, so I don't know what's in it.
I prefer peanutsauce with my gehaktstaaf (or mexicano).
Or indeed, a frikandel speciaal
True, I hadn't thought about croquets. Been ages since I had one.
Gimme the fries and you can keep your special.
For me, can't beat the good ol' frikandel speciaal.
For some reason I couldn't find a tasty looking picture
Gimme the fries and you can keep your special.
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
You can have the fries. I like my fries and my sauce separated. hate soggy fries
Hmmmm... can I take the 5th Amendment on that? 
Good point.
By the way, someone mentioned the Randstad (lit. Edgecity). Wikipedia describes it as a conurbation, which is somewhat misleading. It is the area roughly from Amsterdam-Utrecht-Rotterdam and everything in between, but it contains lots of green and agricultural land. But if you're not from the Randstad, you're from "the province" (and original Amsterdammers think everything outside of Amsterdam are peasants).
You can have the fries. I like my fries and my sauce separated. hate soggy fries
Good point.By the way, someone mentioned the Randstad (lit. Edgecity). Wikipedia describes it as a conurbation, which is somewhat misleading. It is the area roughly from Amsterdam-Utrecht-Rotterdam and everything in between, but it contains lots of green and agricultural land. But if you're not from the Randstad, you're from "the province" (and original Amsterdammers think everything outside of Amsterdam are peasants).
anandus
Errorist
Why is it misleading, many conurbations have lots of green and agriculture
For instance West Midlands in the UK also has lots of green, even the Boston-New York conurbation has quite a lot of green.
(I also wanted to mention the Brabantse Stedenrij, but I'm not fully sure if that falls under 'conurbation', it's probably too discontinuous, but it wouldn't surprise me).
To quote Wikipedia:
Funny thing, by the way, while reading about conurbation I came across a term I didn't know: The Blue Banana.
"The Blue Banana (also known as the Hot Banana, Bluemerang, European Megalopolis or European Backbone) is a discontinuous corridor of urbanisation in Western Europe, with a population of around 110 million"
Yes, we are living in strangely-coloured fruit. Although I also like the term bluemerang
mayor
Heart & Mind
The French will hate it they are not included it Europes banana
