A DUTCH TOOL... these foreigners have no clue!

A Dutch invention and commonly used device in the Netherlands... What is it?
It's common for Dutch people but...
... how well do people from other countries know this?
We asked them to use their imagination... some hilarious answers come up!
These are students of the BLC Dutch Summer School.
More #dutchculture videos with Dutch language students in the following playlist:
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Video produced by:
Bart de Pau
(online Dutch teacher and founder of the Dutch Summer School and Dutch Winter School)
Editing: Nicolas Balbontin, Kim van den Corput, Bart de Pau
Video was recorded at the BLC Dutch Summer School - 2019.
To know more about our:
- Dutch Summer School: dutchsummerschool.nl
- Dutch Winter School: dutchwinterschool.nl
- Learn Dutch online with Bart de Pau: www.learndutch.org

[@markjacobs1086]

Never knew this isn't a international tool 🤣

[@timzeinstra]

Inderdaad

[@lukeskywalker4434]

Tim Zeinstra haha we ne kerel

[@niek12o23]

LOL

[@geoffbenoy2052]

To remove apple cores stupid!

[@Ter_ror]

Ik dacht ooit het zelfde met een flessenlikker. Ik dacht ook zo simpel klein spateltje heb je toch overal, met namen in Amerika Maar nee

[@mariekeschoester1934]

To make holes in the cheese? .... And then they sell it back to the Swiss! 🙈🙈🙈

[@Sjaan_Banaan]

That was funny!

[@thomas8190]

Those holes in a cheese come from air bubbels and not that tool

[@r0der1ck_0nl1ne]

Brilliant! 😂

[@presquepres7334]

Its not that strange to say. Look up cheese tester tool and how they use it, its almost the same

[@fixxa6455]

Because of your reply I am trying this now

[@KCML82]

I'm Dutch, and never ever used one of those hehe. 5:10 "Hema" That made my day xD

[@Sahi_PK]

Je bakt vast nooit appeltaarten dan, denk ik 😉

[@maasbekooy901]

Same. What's wrong with a knife?

[@banaanzxcvbnm]

@@maasbekooy901 yea for me its just more clutter in the drawer

[@LP640LP670]

Haha yeah love this😂☝️

[@stanvermeulen9465]

@@prvtthd401 ja en het verwijder niet eens het hele klokhuis

[@lightningbolt9756]

de versies die gelijk de rest in partjes snijden zijn natuurlijk nog een stuk chiller

[@veer49]

nee, want die appels kun je niet meer gebruiken voor appelbollen. Nouja, het kan, maar dan wordt het geen bol.

[@stefanvanrijsingen]

veer9 Ik moet zeggen dat ik vaker gewoon een appel eet, dan een appelbollen maak.

[@tessa1946]

Stefan van Rijsingen 😂😂

[@veer49]

@@stefanvanrijsingen maar gebruik je zo'n ding als je gewoon 1 appel gaat eten? ik gebruik n appelboor alleen als ik 5+ appels moet bereiden.

[@ninao8460]

@@veer49 als ik thuis ben wel, want ik vind t altijd zo vervelend als ik op moet staan om het klokhuis weg te gooien 😅

[@hunk1967]

Appelgaatje, i like this guy

[@MariaV0071]

From the beginning I was shouting that is was used for apples, but they just didn't hear me. We always used to have one at home. We had a hybrid one made out of plastic. One side was the peeler and the other side was to remove the center.

[@HUBAsztikus]

we also have Im from Hungary, living in NL

[@kanewest8454]

I'm an Aussie living in Netherlands, also a Chef of 18yrs. How they do not know it's an apple corer is astounding.

[@heathersouthall3153]

@@kanewest8454 I agree-----I don't think they have done much in the way of cooking.

[@pamelacauchi5869]

Yes I have one

[@Buddhamybrotha]

@@kanewest8454 True. Also, I like your profile name. Also true.

[@niekvanwensen]

5:05 they def have a Dutch mom or dad, their Dutch accents are literally the same as a normal Dutch person

[@veryangrytomato]

Dude I'm born and raised in NL and their accent is better than mine

[@randomjoch2804]

doesnt have to be true, there are a lot of people that can speak languages fluently without anything related to that country or language

[@niekvanwensen]

@@randomjoch2804 I’ve never heard someone from a different country speak Dutch with an actual Dutch accent tho, dutch is only spoken by around 23 million people so people around the world don’t hear the accent that much, that’s probably why almost only Dutch people can have a Dutch accent

[@niekvanwensen]

@@-_pi_- that’s the thing with dutch, we’re the only country that pronounces the G different than the rest ( we also have different pronunciations for the J, U or R and slight differences in other letters of course) Dutch is a very specific language and accent and that’s why, just like you said, ‘almost’ nobody other than Dutch people can speak Dutch with a convincing accent

[@maskdanger]

The guys after also have great accents

[@reznovvazileski3193]

1:44 holy shit this guy ain't even fluent in Dutch yet and he's already a marketing genius :')

[@A_n_n_E]

"I broke it!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@nmnanhaykhan]

Hahahahah, lmao!

[@FrVitoBe]

Hema ofc

[@BommeltjeNL]

It is so much fun to see people from other countries look at, for us, totally normal things and then the look on their faces... as if they see water burning. We're all the same people, living on the same earth, but so many differences 😂

[@jordanjo2071]

I was screaming at the screen that it was for apples😂 i’m dutch

[@Buddhamybrotha]

Zozo, jij bent cool dat jij dat wel wist! Ego tripper

[@Nyoaru]

French here, same thing :) Always had one at home for as far as I can remember !

[@LeonKerkdijk]

0:12 Who let this guy in The Netherlands?

[@lpt2606]

Wij Noorderbuuren hebben het ook nog hoor

[@Buddhamybrotha]

Haha indeed!

[@dailyyy_]

🤣🤣

[@thierpetersen7907]

Nahja we waren wel goed in martelen...

[@wessltov]

It was me. He's very inventive, and a great example to all

[@alwind]

When the kids go to school I use it almost everyday. Remove the core of the apple, cut it it slices and done. The kids love it.

[@sander2723]

Exactly my mom used to do this all the time in my childhood. Haven’t seen that tool since lol 🤣

[@martijnhisschemoller3678]

You need such a thing when you make appelflappen.

[@Sjaan_Banaan]

Ja! Om appelbeignets te maken van goudreinetten! Lekker lekker!!!

[@AloysiusdeWit-xk8oz]

Appel bollen.

[@engnder]

Appeltaart, it's really a great tool to save time. Why do I not have one ahaha

[@Cropstaal]

You mean Appleflaps?

[@martijnhisschemoller3678]

@@Cropstaal I think that will be the translation.

[@isoscelestriangle]

I grew up in Canada and we definitely had one of these apple corers. I had no idea that people didn't know what these were.

[@42degreesouth]

I live in Tasmania aka The Apple Isle. Still a very common tool herel.

[@rafvanduuren4501]

5:01 my guy eats fruit once every 2 years😂

[@petravangraan730]

🤣🤣 This is too funny, probably because it's almost 3am, but still 😂

[@TimdeVisser86]

I didn't know what this was called, and I also assumed this thing was used around the world. Also, there's something so cute about DSL speakers weaving in Dutch words. Y'all are so adorable.

[@harmstrijbosch4578]

5:30 Jo this girl on the right has a really good accent and she sounds like she's Dutch. I'm Dutch btw

[@davebalmada]

5:45 😂 her reaction is priceless.

[@aino4689]

Ik wist niet dat dit Nederlands was, omdat wij die in Duitsland ook hebben.

[@deathstroketheterminator3103]

There are Dutch people that speak German but i never knew Germans could speak Dutch

[@aino4689]

@@deathstroketheterminator3103 Ik ben half Nederlands en praat tegen mijn vader Nederland sinds ik klein ben, maar wij wonen in Duitsland

[@WorldEater-XII]

@@deathstroketheterminator3103 it doesn't make any sense 🙃

[@DerJuvens]

@@deathstroketheterminator3103 ik ben ook Duits en praat gewoon Nederlands 😼

[@wintutorials2282]

@@DerJuvens wirklich? Lernst du Deutsch auf der Schule oder hat deine Eltern dir Niederländisch gelernt? (Verbeter me pls als ik fouten maak, ik leer Duits nu voor 2 jaar)

[@SjaakSchulteis]

Those students are all very nice. I like the way they try to understand.

[@shmuelparzal]

An 'apple corer' in English, my family had one in the 1960's (in UK). You can still buy them here. When were they invented?

[@jvl4341]

I live in the Netherlands with my Dutch husband. I come from Poland. I immediately knew what this tool was.... and I also noticed that the Dutch like to attribute inventions from other countries.. They also wanted to assign a potato peeler as their invention for exe.... As if they lived in the name of the rule "name any thing and I will prove you that the Dutch invented it" I do not want to offend anyone here, it is just cute :)

[@YuRaLL]

@@jvl4341 well it's not on the list en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dutch_inventions_and_innovations so you might be right.

[@simoneberger574]

Long time ago. For making applesauce, Applepie.

[@annekedebruyn7797]

@@YuRaLL The wikipedia doesn't proof anything since it doesn't feature everything. Wikipedia doesn't even include a history on the both the English and Dutch article. Only thing I know for sure is that they were around since at least the 1900's since my great grandmother had one that is exactly like that. (There have been machines which peel and remove the core since the 1800's tho but they didn't look anything like the one in the video so I am not counting that.)

[@T1jgetje]

YuRaLL it is on here: nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sola_(bedrijf)

[@anneskyonilatsub2061]

Made me laughed so hard when he broke the tool.

[@geertgietman]

I had no idea that this was Dutch and that the rest of the world doesn’t have this. I pity you outsiders.

[@geertgietman]

@Mathias Teunissen ik steun mensenhandel vanuit Senegal

[@MrTheelvisfan]

Als het appelklokhuisverwijderapperaat was genoemd hadden hun meteen een nieuw lang woord kunnen ontcijferen.

[@nounie123]

Appelklokhuizer en appelgater had me gasping for air!! Love this guy🤣

[@martha304]

I'm from South Africa and have had one for over 40 years - bought it locally and use it regularly

[@petelock5266]

Had these in the UK for as long as I can remember and you always leave a bit of the core behind.

[@SomeonecalledBlake]

Me from the Netherlands: I have never seen that tool before ;-;

[@expurginatordbl640]

Inderdaad

[@Hathorien]

Wauw.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

This is a good one! Never thought of this not being universal.

[@supersonic4863]

Im dutch and ive never in my entire life seen this kind of thing

[@TM1Alan]

We call ours an apple corer. I grew up with one and have always had one. Even though my Grandfather was from The Netherlands, I never knew it was a Dutch invention. Now I know. Cool.

[@lars6358]

Ik heb echt nog nooit van mijn leven een appelboor gezien😆 wel een super leuke video!

[@lars6358]

@Levi de Bel nee haha

[@sybren2734]

Huh serieus?

[@sybren2734]

Wauw, niet verwacht dat iemand dit niet kende

[@Quinty08]

Ik ook nog nooit Haha 😂

[@lars6358]

@@Quinty08 haha nice😂

[@xavierob]

I'm from Belgium and I knew what it was straight from the start, we have it here too :)

[@slagaming6643]

Gestolen van nederland

[@accountname5005]

T E R U G N A A R V L A A N D E R E N H O N D

[@mementomori4817]

Because Belgium was til a few hundred years back not even a country lol, they were part of either france, the netherlands and i believe also a small part of the german empire

[@sam-feet.paws.hooves4564]

I'm German and I have one of those :D

[@waboem]

I am dutch and have no clue wtf it is, please tell me

[@martinamuller6006]

I also have one of these :)

[@g4m1ng4life]

waboem that’s for the pitjes (pits) on the inside of the apple, you don’t want to eat that

[@tschaqueline68]

Fühlst du dich auch immer herausgefordert, wenn etwas mit "Only Dutch people know this" gepostet wird? :D

[@jonas-yr1be]

How did u end op finding this video haha

[@dr.fredacted7470]

i love it when they speek dutch

[@Od1kenob]

We have a version of this in the US. It is like a small metal wheel inside of a larger one, connected by "spokes." The outer circle has handles. As you push it down over the apple, the inner circle cuts out the core and the spokes slice the rest of the apple into six equal parts without seeds. Very handy.

[@slagaming6643]

We have the same

[@slagaming6643]

In the netherlannnnddddsss

[@reginapolo3357]

"And they sell it back to the Swis..." lol

[@knightwolf200612]

I'm Dutch and this is quite hilarous to watch :D But actually I didn't know this is a Dutch invention, and also surprised the rest of the world has never seen this before!

[@ce461]

Most are just rings that also slice the apple into 6 or 8 it’s a little strange just to see one for only the core.

[@williamhigham6230]

We have them also in the UK. Great for cooking apples and then put sugar and mix spice and cook in the oven.

[@asicdathens]

For decorer the diameter is big. We had decorers (this is how the tool is called) in Greece for ages. All supermarkets sell these things. We had one in the 80's with removable plastic handle, one side was for removing cores and the other side skin peeler

[@arnomeesters1]

erg genoten weer als nederlander, maak a.u.b nog meer van dit soort filmpjes, kijk er graag naar

[@havokkhead]

I had guessed it right the moment I saw it but watching them try to think what it's for made me doubt so much, lmao. It makes so much sense though, that this would be a Dutch invention!

[@waboem]

What is it? I am dutch yet have no clue

[@havokkhead]

@@waboem Appleboor, I've learned from this. I didn't know what it was called, just that I knew what it was for!

[@AlmaBunk]

I've been screaming apple corer for so long at literally no one 😂

[@ayoncarmelle4106]

Nous avons le notre depuis des années! Il est rose! 😆!! Très pratique!!

[@FlamJongUn]

It's to de-core some fruits. We use it in Greece too, most commonly to hollow out zucchinis so we can stuff them with meat

[@bodhondt4947]

I'm from belgium and every single thing in these video's we have as well and sometimes even improved

[@ilsebatenburg6082]

Love how one of the guys says that beans is not a word, when it actually is😂

[@nielsroerdink7063]

Wait, this is a Dutch tool only? I thought whis was international

[@TP.Tripje]

I use this so much lmao

[@coasterfreak-486]

I didn't know this wasn't a widely used tool😂

[@Itza-Me]

Im Dutch and Ive never seen that in my life

[@EvelineUK]

I am Dutch, living in the UK. You can buy apple corers everywhere here. You can even buy ones that will slice the apple at the same time. It's not typically Dutch.

[@cristiansalgado5179]

We have similar tools in the US. We have one that simultaneously cores and slices apples and pears. We have tools to pit cherries. Tools to cut and peel mangoes. Spoons with serrated edges for grapefruits and Italian ice. Holders that stick into the ends of corncobs. My family is Italian and we have the proper tools for each food or produce in our kitchens.

[@ScarletEmber64]

I slowly cracked up when they started with the Swiss cheese thing

[@Nicole-yc3yr]

You really need this to make Dutch Appelbollen, can't do without :)

[@annagalimberti256]

I'm Italian: I have this tool and I use it...sometimes, it's useful !!

[@josso3872]

Im dutch and I had no idea lmao

[@elizabethderoos1158]

The Italian guy's Dutch accent is perfect..

[@VioletEnds]

We have apple corers in America, too, though. And hybrid ones that also cut the apple into slices at the same time.

[@IzayanaNicaragua]

Apparently the apple corer was invented in Canada, by a certain Walter Ross. I’m wondering if the Dutch improved his invention 🤔

[@Blomrutger]

Never heard of that before but I like the Canadian in this video.

[@QnA22]

Looking at his device it is no wonder that never became a thing. Too complicated (also for production). Interesting question though whether inventions crossed the globe in the early 1900's. It probably did, but only for successful inventions?

[@fermitupoupon1754]

The thing is a tool like the appelboor has existed since the 14th century.

[@sucukboy9960]

One of that blonde girls is REALLY good in Dutch, like, she sounds like a naive speaker. Proud of her.

[@dutchconf]

De aardappellepel is ook een mooi voorbeeld

[@GG69BLIN]

1:45 haha deze man is geweldig 😂

[@EarthScienceEnjoyer]

Havent watched the reveal yet but as a flemish belgian my guess is that it's used for getting the clockhouse out of an apple. We have one of these at home but ive never actually used it...

[@heathersouthall3153]

I'm surprised that these people do not know this kitchen tool, they probably don't do much cooking . It is used in England and Switzerland too . In England Baked Apples is a popular pudding/ dessert ,you fill the hole made by the tool ,with raisins and brown sugar and bake the apple in the oven...serve with custard or cream

[@MascletaTheFirst]

Funny that the bald guy from italy has picked up the accent from amsterdam so well.

[@Joost.]

"hema" nou je kan me opvegen hoor 😂😂😂😂

[@jouniairplanevideos]

I use it for the pizzas. When we need small round salami, I pushed it in the standard slieced salami.

[@CathyWappel]

I grew up with apple corners, and I'm from Minnesota, USA. We also make a lot of apple pies. ;)

[@ariannagabriellegressiruiz4511]

It’s to “unheart” the apples, I’m Latin and Latin people is very familiarized with this kitchen tool. 😌

[@DutchDread]

Glad that Danny Vinyard survived the shooting.

[@jpdj2715]

The apple core drill is not to save time when you want to eat an apple. (BTW, you have to rotate it a bit when drilling the core out.) But you need it for dishes that need whole slices of apple - like apple beignets (apple fritters). That apple beignet is a slice of apple covered in batter and fried in oil. It has a hole in the middle like a donut.

[@MarcLunex_99]

Het is gewoon een handig systeem, zo kan je snel je appel opeten als je haast heb, Its a handy system, so u can eat quickly a apple if you haven’t much time.

[@HotelPapa100]

I know it but I prefer what we call a Parisian spoon: you first cut the apple in half, then just take out a half-spherical bit. The corer is good for making apple rings, though.

[@metalboy7861]

the guy who was talking about the pineapple. We have a version for them as well so you were right in some way!

[@sven-]

Wait, I've never seen such a thing before 😂

[@abigailbrookes7721]

We have this in the uk. We call it an apple corer. But in my opinion it’s just a fancy gadget you can use where a knife will do.

[@LucasComeau]

We have these in Canada. Never knew it was a Dutch invention.

[@kevinnoel4647]

My grandma had one (Belgium)

[@thexdestroyerxnl3583]

I am from the Netherlands and I have never seen this before

[@kanaal_z1729]

Als Belg, gebruik ik dus veel tools waarvan ik niet wist dat deze ten eerste uit Nederland komen en ten tweede nie door iedereen gekend zijn. Ik wist direct dat dit voor het klokhuis uit de appel te halen was.

[@isiswiegerinck1595]

You make a hole in the apple because you can fill it up with hot custard and raisins and than put it in the oven for 15 minutes on a temperture of 150 degrees en than you have a nice desert. It is a very old Dutch recepy

[@sarahachab9518]

hahah unbelievable. This is the first thing i'll buy next time I'm n Amsterdam !!!!

[@brozius]

You should also buy a "flessenlikker" www.kookwinkel.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/image/700x560/e9c3970ab036de70892d86c6d221abfe/5/9/4417_59575_1.jpg

[@yuki.x]

I live in the netherlands and at first I didn't know what is was, till a friend of mine used it

[@metalvideos1961]

Apple bore. Appel boor in Dutch. Didn't know it was a Dutch invention

[@ruhalfoyls]

geen apple bore maar een apple drill. het boort door een appel en het engels voor een boor is drill. bore vertaalt naar verveelt/verveel.

[@riesm]

@@ruhalfoyls Boor vertaalt ook prima naar bore in het Engels. Bore heeft meerdere betekenissen, waaronder het Nederlandse boren.

[@robertdegroot8302]

I have one of these, but after using it on 2 occasions I just went back to cutting with a knife because it´s faster and more reliably accurate.

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

ik loop 22 jaar rond hier en heb nog nooit zo een ding gezien😂

[@534sander]

Lol. I'm Dutch and I've never seen such a thing.

[@Smitty753]

I knew what it was right away I'm from Pennsylvania and we use those a lot because we grow a lot of apples here you can tell Pennsylvania used to be a Dutch colony because we keep a lot of the traditions

[@joaquimcaeiro2053]

Used in Portugal to make the baked apples. Nham

[@AwoudeX]

'it's common for Dutch to have a tool for everything' me: i've got a knife, a regular foldable knife and i use it for everything. And no, it's not a multitool variety of knife, it has just a blade, that's it. so, it's confirmed, i'm uncommon :o

[@robvanlent1008]

Apples apples, I'm with you guys

[@nakiasimone839]

My first thought is it’s for their bikes lol

[@rvpsbxt7775]

Die kale italiaan die op Tyler1 lijkt heeft wel een beetje zo'n nederlands accent. Die Lina uit Japan ook.

[@Raenaece]

I'm Dutch, and it took me a couple of minutes to figure it out 😅

[@flemishrepublic2016]

Apples, Its used in flanders (upper part of belgium) as well

[@MartinJohnZ]

I am born and raised in the Netherlands, and I don't know a single person that uses this tool on a regular basis.

[@pltopper771]

you break it you buy it especially in the netherlands