• BigDanishGuy
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    11 months ago

    Pickled herring is Danish, spekoek is Indonesian and Gouda is bland.

    Hagelslag though, that is something I definitely miss.

    Maybe the herring is Scandinavian, but we’re not going to credit the swedes with this one, they lost that right when they started with the lingonberries.

      • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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        11 months ago

        It’s possible that people think of Gouda as that stuff which comes in the standardized, plastic-sealed block of rubbery cheese that most American grocery stores carry. That is bland. One might mistake it for the Monterey Jack next to it, were the labels switched.

        Don’t get me wrong, I’ll still happily eat it, but yeah, real Gouda has flavor.

        • kattenluik@feddit.nl
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          11 months ago

          That makes sense! I’m currently in the US and have only seen Gouda once and it tasted nothing like it, in the Netherlands there’s also many varieties of Gouda that all taste very different.

          It’s very strange seeing Dutch products on the shelves here.

        • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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          11 months ago

          Some people confuse mild and delicate flavours with bland, too. Young Gouda isn’t particularly strong but it’s good and still distinct.