5 of my favorite Dutch items: tips for an easier life!

After many years living in France, I am still using these super handy and usefull products, so much used in the Netherlands!

[@bepsnet]

Ik gebruik de kaasschaaf ook voor de komkommer. 😊

[@user-wn8cp3qf1x]

Ik ook!!!

[@Asphyxter]

Same

[@evihippogrief772]

Aardappel ook

[@janrogers8352]

As a Brit who's been to the Netherlands many times, I have a verjaardagskalender and I regularly use a kaasschraaf. A good idea is a good idea no matter where it originated. I do think I need to get a flessenlikker to get to the bottom of all the jars.

[@lienbijs1205]

Kaasschaaf is also handy to slice cucumber, carrots, apples et cetera.

[@user-wn8cp3qf1x]

I have been told that the 'kaasschaaf' in fact is a Swedish invention, adopted by the Dutch.

[@streetlinepeter9360]

It’s in fakt a Norwegian invention.

[@henkoosterink8744]

@@streetlinepeter9360 Aha?

[@KIkker-qo8rs]

It is from Norway

[@joostprins3381]

It doesn’t matter, we made money out of it.

[@streetlinepeter9360]

There is a factory ( GIAX ) in Norway that makes them for o.a. HEMA 😉

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

I loved the bottle licker! I want one! ❤ From Norway

[@MarijkeWillemsen990]

I have also three kaasschaven! My parents lived in Iraq, Morocco and Tunesie. Guess what whe had Santa Claus, Black Peet and always 3 or more kaasschaven.

[@sachadee.6104]

When I emigrated to Canada I took a kaasschaaf with me but, to my surprise, they sell them there too 😀

[@mouappy]

The flessenlikker and kaasschraaf are must-haves for foodies..!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

The cheeseslicer has been available here in the UK for years and years!!

[@johannadekoning3468]

De kaasschaaf gebruik ik ook voor wortels en appels en uien

[@bepsnet]

Uien heb ik nog niet geprobeerd, ga ik zeker doen. 👍🏽😊

[@markschattefor6997]

If you want a realy good "kaasschaaf" buy them from your local cheeseshop/specialist, or just go straight for Boska cheeseplanes.

[@colleenryor2586]

Thank you for sharing! I'm watching from New Netherland :)

[@remcohoman1011]

2:34 not only for your face, you wash your whole body with it. Predecessor of a shower spounge.

[@klaasvanbeek5985]

You are funny!😂

[@margreetanceaux3906]

Kaasschaaf 3x: one regular, one for young (softer) cheese, and one for grating. Flessenlikker 2x: one for (1 liter) bottles, and a shorter one for smaller bottles and jars. Oh, and no verjaardagskalender (excellent word for Scrabble).

[@peterjanssen2105]

leuke video, dank

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

Do you have only 3 cheese slices? I have 5 or 6 ❤ From Norway

[@ilonkagootjes858]

The 'washandje' must be invented by that one Dutch guy, in prison, who hated when he dropped his soapbar, one to many times. That's why the world knows the term 'smartass'. Don't know if that's a fact, but it's a good explanation. 😂

[@henkoosterink8744]

Grappig zeg.....pfffff.

[@user-gk8pv7sg6r]

Can't live without a kaasschaaf. 😂

[@snoepnr1]

the Washandjes are as old fashioned in the Netherlands as they are in other country's i remember them from my grandparents and my father but its getting harder to find them. I do not know one person around me that uses them.

[@mymemeplex]

Hema. That's not hard to find.

[@hunchbackaudio]

Action sells them by the dozens.

[@Asphyxter]

What are you talking about? Every store that sells towels will also sell washandjes. I don't think I know anyone who doesn't have them.

[@helenegrootenboersecondant5474]

They are a cheap and reusable way to scrub, so I don’t get why people in ould not use them more often.

[@jwijn]

ik heb er zelfs 2, 1voor m,n gezicht en 1 voor m,n kont.Verschillende kleuren natuurlijk,anders haal ik ze door elkaar.

[@qwertyuio266]

An "Ostehøvel" in Norweigan where its origin is, though commonly known in English as a cheese slicer or funny enough a Swedish cheese knife "Osthyvel". As a Nordic, one is astonished how bad most hard cheeses south of the Baltic and North sea are.

[@AdLockhorst-bf8pz]

Yup, the *kaasschaaf* is not Dutch. Except for the The Hague type that produces the thinnest slices possible. Speaking of which, *Haags bakkie* is a coffee cup with the capacity of an Italian espresso cup. Except that its used for weak watery coffee.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Old Gouda cheese is the best hard cheese, no competition. I want it so hard you cant even cut it with a knife, it just falls apart in chunks. Delicious. On bread, on toast, on your pasta, or as part of a cheese platter.

[@qwertyuio266]

@@TheSuperappelflap Gouda, no thanks...

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@qwertyuio266 Heresy! Prepare to be invaded. The entire world will eat our cheese and you're gonna like it!

[@user-vx4zq8lb9d]

I mis de ,, spaarpot " in all Dutch houses you can find it , speciale for the kids the learning the Save money

[@joostprins3381]

Well, not any more, our government made sure of that.

[@lukvanleeuwen7603]

many countries use piggy banks, so it's not really only a Dutch thing

[@marknieuweboer8099]

Sorry to disappoint you. This Dutchman living in Suriname doesn't own any of those five - and didn't before he emigrated either.

[@NeonCats]

Surprised you never owned a kaasschaaf that’s like…a basic Dutch tool

[@marknieuweboer8099]

I prefer a knife. Thicker slices.