{"id":16234,"date":"2016-03-20T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=16234"},"modified":"2016-03-18T15:05:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T19:05:01","slug":"a-belgian-in-the-north-country-missing-her-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2016\/03\/20\/a-belgian-in-the-north-country-missing-her-food\/","title":{"rendered":"A Belgian in the North Country missing her food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning:<\/em>\u00a0This blog post is about food, and I must warn you, you might become hungry from reading this.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Two months away from home, and one of the things I miss the most is actually the food. I do not dare to call Belgian food better because it is not. I enjoyed some good meals here in North Country but it is just hard to let go of old habits.\u00a0Without a doubt, you have heard about fries, chocolate, and waffles, you even might have eaten Brussels Sprouts before. But what about Stoofvlees? \u00a0Or Gentse Waterzooi?<\/p>\n

\"stoofvlees\" \"(C.C)<\/p>\n

Stoofvlees (CC) 2.0 by Elizabeth –\u00a0Waterzooi (CC) 2.0 by Roger<\/small><\/p>\n

Instead of subs, we eat ‘Smoskes<\/a>‘ — a French baguette with vegetables with cheese or\/and ham. You can also have other options such as meat, tuna, special cheese, and much more. Easy for lunch.<\/p>\n

American pancakes vs French cr\u00eapes<\/h2>\n

I love pancakes. If I could eat them daily without gaining weight, I would. American pancakes are thick and small, mostly covered in maple syrup. At home we eat French cr\u00eapes with many different toppings. A cr\u00eape is thin and most of the time the size of your plate. You can eat them with chocolate sauce, jam, fruit, ice cream, different kind of sugars, syrups or whatever else you want to put on it.<\/p>\n