Boerenkoolstampot

Time for a lesson in Dutch language and culture, kids.

Boerenkoolstampot.

It's a mouthful, I know. But Boerenkoolstampot happens to be the most typical Dutch dish. It's made of some green stuff called boerenkool, potatoes and a big sausage called rookworst. They all get cooked and mashed together.

It sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? But, at Kees and Diana’s house it’s anything BUT simple!

See, the problem is that Diana makes her Boerenkoolstampot the way her mom makes it: WITH appelmoes (applesauce).

Kees makes his withOUT appelmoes, as do 99,9% of stampot-making Dutch people.

Kees cooked this evening, but Diana put a pot of appelmoes on the table. There was some tension in the air. (notice the yellow pot between the plates? that's appelmoes!)
But then I designed my Borenkoolstampot Pacman Chasing A Piece Of Rookworst on the plate and the tension was relieved momentarily.
Kees’ Boerenkoolstampot was LEKKER!