Why the Dutch LOVE herring | The Netherlands’ Best Street Food

[@DWFood]

What's your favorite seafood dish?

[@namelessentity5851]

Salmon patties.

[@scoonii4420]

@@DWFood Deez nutz! 🤣 I'm joking but fr if you get the chance come to America and go to this state called Louisiana (new Orleans specifically) and go to a spot where they have a famous crab boil with a side of gumbo...it'll change yo life fam

[@freakyflow]

Grandfather Went to Holland before the war And had a great time there. During the war They sent him back in the Netherlands Bergen Op Zoom He traded a American for 2 cans of Herring And gave it to a family "We have not had fish for 4 years!" He returned later that day with ration packs of other food - He told me : If you ever get to go to Europe go to Holland The people are warm And friendly We are much alike Since the war They rebuilt faster then other countries Which means they are hard working. - Grandfather has since past. But How great is it this video has happy herring crazy people in it ? : ) Hello from Canada

[@renswbbrs]

So when are you planning your visit? Fresh herring is delicious, you should have absolutely tasted it once although it might seem a little gross. I guess every country or culture has it's own weird foods. If you are not into the fish, try the bitterballs, kroketten and poffertjes. And maybe even a nice plate of boerenkool :) Cheers from Holland

[@marlies7444]

Over 40 years ago I was visiting Amsterdam, and had herring from a street vendor. They cleaned it right in front of you. It was the most tender herring i have ever had. I love pickled herring, and Bratherring that my mom used to make.

[@andrewroberts4736]

I'm British and I LOVE herring. Pickled, floured and fried or smoked. So good!

[@blondstallion]

Our herring is neither pickled nor smoked, it's salted in brine. Huge difference

[@childofGOD1962]

i am originaly from birmingham and live in the netherlands and love the herring with pickels

[@thesushifiend]

I'm British and was introduced to these as Matjesbroetchen when I lived in Hamburg. But now I eat them like the Dutch, holding them by the tail. Unfortunately I can only get them from one place and they're frozen but still utterly delicious!

[@architectgilbertperez6664]

In Dutch, they would say "Lekker!" Herring is rich in Omega 3 that prevents heart attack!

[@appiahisaac3106]

architecgillbertperez,are you sure about this,for saying Herring eating in Holland prevents heart attacks,you are dreaming. Go check from what's killing them,plus those herrings not from thier seas,illegal fishing 🎣 from them in morroccon waters plus the best herrings comes from ghana and the surplus from our fishermen is the ones they are enjoying. Is a fact. Check.Herrings season in ghana is I think August in the central region and the western region of ghana.

[@toolbaggers]

@@appiahisaac3106 The best herring are caught in the clean and cold Canadian waters.

[@zzzm1k3zzz]

@@toolbaggers Funny that you mention cold weather. In the Netherlands we call a good herring season one where it had a warm winter. Because of food abundance for the herring and they burn less calories so they are more fatty.

[@philgray1023]

​@@appiahisaac3106I wondered about their cardiac health because they eat more cheese per head of population than any other country. I was there recently and also did not notice a lot of obesity. I was very surprised at the amount if cheese in the supermarkets. It wasn't refrigerated and I couldn't find pieces of it under about 600 gms, otherwise I would have bought some. My great grandfather and his fellow fishermen ensured that you could not get herring from the North Sea. They caught them all! He said that putting engines in fishing boats was wrong and that they would just catch all the fish. He was right.

[@appiahisaac3106]

@@philgray1023 plus no body eat Herrings like that.

[@juxbertrand]

This summer on Zandvoort's beach. Was walking for 25 minutes then i saw a food truck close to the shore. Guess ?? Just herrings (harengs en Français) and fish. Many young people around the truck. Herring is not only a tradition in "les Pays-Bas", it is a "patrimoine" and i fell a lot of respect with that.

[@toolbaggers]

FYI - herring is fish so just say they served only fish.

[@shyamdevadas6099]

I attended a tech conference in Amsterdam a while ago and I'd developed such a respect for Dutch foods and traditions. I thought I would LOVE herring. I'd eaten raw fish for decades from many cultures. I've eaten and loved canned and pickled fish from different cultures. I had no aversion to briney or vinegary preserved foods. I thought for SURE that it would just fit into this seasoned palate on mine. But, at an evening event where multiple festive herring stations had been set up, I tried it 5-6 times. I can't say it was bad. It was obviously prepared with great care and tradition. But, every flavor and texture combination seemed alien to me. Something I'd never experienced and never expected. Of course, this has now created a personal challenge for me. I need to at least understand the flavor and texture profiles of this dish. I've vowed to try herring at every opportunity, until I resolve that I love it, or why I would hate it. (You can't just turn your back on something with this sort of tradition.)

[@PINKALIMBA]

I just left Rotterdam 3 days ago. It was winter and herring is not in season. But I found the packaged herring in Albert Heijn and I absolutely love it. I look forward to return to Netherlands during June or July to try the fresh herrings!

[@zzzm1k3zzz]

Packaged herring from Albert Heijn is a disgrace. However I am glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully your next time here you can get a proper herring from a fishstore.

[@radar4536]

Fishstore is not better even worse its frozen.

[@Talus-hallux1]

I've been to the Netherlands, and it confirms that apart from the good food that the Dutch enjoy, they also speak the best English spoken by non-native English speakers anywhere in the world!

[@nicokyriak]

Amazing video from the Netherlands showing the correct way to eat raw herring. I find it the most useful and revealing video of the last decade along with the swan egg open kitchen omelet production videos analyzed and recorded in Bangladesh. These videos promote science but also the unknown aspects of human psychology.

[@SomePotato]

On a bread roll with some onions for me, please. I miss the fish stall at the local market. Had Dutch herring almost every week until they stopped coming. Side note: At 2:58, I'm pretty sure that's a kroket, not a frikandel.

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

Mmm herring! In Sweden they also eat pickled herring.

[@NS-un5lz]

This is brined herring.

[@hroestergaardsaigon]

You mean Surströmming 😅

[@ivaniii4135]

@@hroestergaardsaigonsurströmming is fermented. Completely different from pickled

[@herrkulor3771]

No in sweden we eat Matjes herring. I just don't know if it's the same as dutch. Matjes, typically from the fish company abbas

[@mahler58]

the snack from the 'automat'is not a frikandel, but a kroket, or maybe a kipcorn. And we don't eat roasted chicken as streetfood, it;s fries (patat) with anything, stroopwafel, kroket, frikandel, sandwiches (broodjes) with anything.

[@juxbertrand]

Febo ! I can challenge all the showcase :)))

[@DrGaryGreen]

It's true. It's FANTASTIC. I missed this year but next year I'll be there just for this.

[@Beun007]

Great video!

[@BeaglefreilaufKalkar]

Nieuwe Haring is not freshly caught. Its Brined, Frozen (obligatory by law) The Herring needs the brining to ripen, enzymes digest it and gives it its unique taste.

[@fingerling54]

Probably only DW has this weird idea of telling the story of eating something from the perspective of this "something".

[@mercedesbenz2053]

I am from Saudi Arabia and I hope to try this meal when I travel to the Netherlands

[@skellurip]

dutch colonize the spice island for hundreds of years and eat food like this...

[@martinr7728]

dUtcH cOlONiZe thE SPiCe isLAnD fOR HUnDrEds Of yeaRs And eAT fooD lIkE THIS...

[@mariussielcken]

Wild raw fish is the ultimate health food

[@arshadhussainchoudhury5806]

😂😂😂

[@mainsmain]

​@captainhook5410that's also for every Friday but I don't see you doing it

[@JimboBart]

🐊 style

[@Zero-hl2zy]

No wonder they look soooooo healthy. Bon appetit

[@martinr7728]

The 1st person perspective is a bit bizarre 😅

[@DWFood]

A bit or too bizarre? 😉

[@johngrey1074]

@@DWFood Too bizarre.

[@coolmojito]

@@DWFood it's goddamn cringe

[@Shaun.Stephens]

@@DWFood Yeah not good.

[@DennisGrey-c1h]

I like it ​@DWFood

[@flymetomatteo]

Herring is the bomb! I'm Asian and I was in love the 1st time trying it

[@Buddhavibez]

I grew up eating rollmop herrings in a cream sauce with pickles. They used to seek them at the deli counter in Lewis’s department store. Lush

[@toolbaggers]

And this is why the British are known to have some of the worst cuisine in the world.

[@CL4MP]

best thumbnail I've seen in a while 😂

[@marcschnitfink]

Im expat living many years in us.still love the herring get it at alot of polish delis in north east part of us.also which i didnt see in video smoked eel which is widely loved and held dear in the netherlands..cant find that here local at all.but fortunattely i know the old way to smoke them.those two and rice table.cant spell tat corectly.anyway those three uumm uumm.and then some!

[@TGWazoo1]

Do they put chocolate sprinkles on herring?

[@another_pointless_account4130]

2:50 - Rotisserie kip is not street food and that's a kroket not a frikandel.

[@mariussielcken]

No the chicken is often literally by the street

[@another_pointless_account4130]

@@mariussielcken street food is eaten on the street. The chickens are usually bought and taken home.

[@DWFood]

Yes, you're right it's a kroket. Thanks for the correction and apologies for the mistake!

[@DrGaryGreen]

@@DWFood Because you're so nice we forgive you.

[@guycalabrese4040]

Aha! So that's why in Sweden they eat matjes for the midsummer feast! Washed down with snaps, though. I don't know how different matjes is from this since matjes contains a lot of sugar and "christmas" spices.

[@robertnewell4054]

A grand viewing of The WFD (Wacky F’n Dutchmen) in their native habitat

[@ronaldderooij1774]

I am Dutch, I hate to eat all kinds of fish, including herring. It still tastes like where it came from, seawater. I feel neglected in this video, haha.

[@MrWhitmen1981]

Go eat a muddy turnip😂

[@scoonii4420]

This first person perspective from a fish about to be eaten is unsettling

[@Beun007]

Right, herring is full of the healthy Omega 3!

[@sibin3732]

I translated this to Indonesian with Euromaxx 😊

[@gilanggilang9859]

is it raw or brined?

[@annakolisnychenko3071]

It’s brined. Usually it take a couple of days to be ready to eat because this type of herring is young.

[@stefandebruijn2654]

Brined. But also important, the pancreas is not removed, other organs are.

[@FAIRYGIRL911]

​@@stefandebruijn2654 what's the importance of the pancreas?

[@pauloostdijck4730]

@@FAIRYGIRL911 prefends it from rotting

[@peosforos13]

I missed herring so much! together with eel, so tasty!

[@ArmandLange-c8q]

I love herring !!

[@qualitytraders5333]

The herring isn't "new". There are warehouses full of them, caught years ago. On the other hand we have farmed out the work of fishing to the Scandinavians and only have large factories in, mainly, Norway for processing.

[@narvul]

What would be the benefit of that?

[@AlexandraAquamarine]

this Netherlands type of herring is espessially tasty

[@UnrealNarcissist]

That was a kroket not a frikandel

[@yannisconstantinides7767]

Why is this narrated from the perspective of a herring

[@DWFood]

The question is: Why not? 😉Do you like it or is it too bizzare for you?

[@le2458]

@@DWFoodI like it

[@gregberry7647]

Because the dog was on holiday.

[@elvenkind6072]

Nice, this almost made me want to eat whole herring by the barrel, but the first person tale of the herring was a bit... strange...

[@ihatedill2447]

Love it

[@nickmail7604]

Partial to a silver darlin' myself.

[@deanhankio6304]

I remember eating some at Zandvoort

[@MarcvsClavdivsMarcellvs]

one of the few good things in netherlands

[@publikumsorientiert]

awesome

[@SaorAlba1970]

Haddock is the king of the sea, in Scotland Herring is either pickled or smoked then they are called kippers, they are a popular breakfast in Scotland

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Smoked salted Herring we call Bokking nothing better than one straight out of the hot smoker .

[@deetgeluid]

I love Haddock. Smoked in Cullen skink. I’m Dutch, but love the Scottish fish dishes.

[@elisislhyn6537]

the damn thumbnail got me. what a face hahahah

[@DWFood]

😅

[@brooksbrown580]

Dutch Food is the best in Europe !

[@jmjm1920]

Nice 👌 we eat raw fish 🐟 in Tonga Islands 😊

[@michaelcooper4986]

Kippers 😋😋😋

[@MDman-vh5zz]

Funny 🤣 how the Delta countries love their herring?? As an Australian 🇦🇺 born to Bangladeshi parents “they love their Hilsha fish cooked in mustard curry. Looks like the Dutch 🇳🇱 love the same fish 🤭

[@Moredhel83]

2:57 is not a frikandel but a kroket

[@suchevski]

Yeah really good that.

[@toolbaggers]

lol when people think sushi is gross.

[@BenKuipers]

I eat a herring as breakfast at 7:00 in the morning, no unions..the thing you showed out off a vending machine was NOT a frikandel..

[@osmankalif3500]

In Norway we eat it year round

[@narvul]

In the Netherlands too.

[@muhammadichsan3081]

As for us the Asian, we love shrimp paste

[@johansl9604]

Says frikandel. Shows a kroket😂

[@bensmith7536]

Texture would the selling point for me...... as long as there was no slimy mouthfeel I'd be all over that. Although I happily eat two dozen natural oysters with lemon juice, so I might not have such a problem with it. Solution: try it !

[@karlscher5170]

Real Dutch Matjes are so mild and creamy in taste. Don't mix it up with the cheap knock off from the supermarket (Matjes"filet"). The original is delicious!

[@wgnoob]

i love matjes 👍🏻

[@henkhessel3651]

The only real food I see in this movie is herring. 2 at noon for me to start the day.

[@LUCID99993]

this fish is common in the Philippines

[@christophersaeli5620]

why is this recommended to me lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@izzatfauzimustafa6535]

How salty is this?

[@Lividbuffalo]

Yes

[@NS-un5lz]

Not very.

[@gorillachilla]

Go down on your wife and ask the same question

[@marcusfranconium3392]

You dont even notice it .

[@PopPo-zh9up]

This is narrated from the perspective of the fish Strange

[@ttabood7462]

I like herring too but uh, not that much I don't think.

[@therealdutchidiot]

Deutsche Welle: "we know just enough to not look stupid, but not enough to actually be correct".

[@DWFood]

We are always open to feedback, negative and positive. However, constructive criticism is always best. What do you think is incorrect in this report?

[@therealdutchidiot]

@@DWFood I would respond with the very sinple question of "what do you believe is actually correct?" Because it's much easier to go from there. There a lot of times when you are factually correct, but the reasoning is off.

[@BANANAT0R314]

​@@therealdutchidiotSo you don't have a clue, got it.

[@khaledenglishlearner8595]

have you heard of something called fire cave men

[@palantir135]

What you called frikandel is a kroket.

[@quantumpower]

2:53

[@quantumpower]

4:31

[@GrandTickler]

indeed

[@Dinosaurusrex-i6l]

Nobody eats it all the time though. Certainly not Jack

[@robkuijl5846]

Talking about frikandel, but showing a kroket

[@livingstonmech4250]

raw fish 😯...this fish is kind of mathi in Tamilnadu/....if you make fish curvy and eat next day awesome...raw eating i dont think so

[@bens3067]

Pickled herring seems like it would have a raw fish texture which is gross....the only way I'd eat it is fried or smoked

[@vinnieramone4818]

I bet that isn't really a Herring doing the narration

[@Tatianaarc]

‘Isn’t that weird?’

[@samsplayground8646]

Mentah?

[@alexshatzko]

PRAY to LADDYO Daddyo, and sPOOK

[@DeepintheSeadra]

Funny how most of the commenters arent even dutch

[@findthatvin3817]

I tried this and it honestly was stinky

[@remyvandonk7762]

Shows Kroket, says Frikandel.

[@ylvafreijters2535]

Ik heb het nog nooit gegeten, dat gaat ook nooit gebeuren ook. Kibbeling wel.

[@01adhdave]

Kibbeling is geen vis en heeft ook geen enkel gezondheidsvoordeel.

[@narvul]

@@01adhdave Wat is kibbeling dan wel?

[@LowTempDabr]

Why do they HAVE to eat it in such a gross way? They can just hold it normally

[@igors.787]

Russians speaking like hearing as well.

[@ronm564]

nope

[@czecherst]

DW Food, I like your videos! But please don't put them in the first person from the perspective of the food! I think there's plenty of playfulness and lightness in your videos without using that particular sytle choice...

[@_Triple-B]

As a dutch person i have never seen someone eating a broiled chicken as street food. Also i think 80% of the dutch people hate raw herring

[@NS-un5lz]

80% of Dutch people love brined herring. You have to taste.

[@sit-insforsithis1568]

I don’t like herring but most of my friends do, I just don’t like fish, only kibbeling (probably because it’s fried

[@martinr7728]

I can't speak much for other regions, but in Brabant at the markets there is always broiled chicken

[@01adhdave]

@@sit-insforsithis1568 Kibbeling is not good for your health

[@marcusfranconium3392]

I think your mistaken as every one i know loves it ,

[@Bruno-tm3xo]

Disgusting