It’s an honour to see my recipe published on your site! Especially with all the rain and snow these days (and not cold enough for ice-skating), I’m really longing for stamppot. One warning, however, on the above message: Since stamppot is extremely easy to make, do not bother to buy a ready made portion (see photo). Stamppot becomes dry quickly, so you have to eat it immediately after preparing.

Indeed, the average Dutch diet consists of stamppot, but it has to be said that the average Dutch family or person does not eat Dutch meals (especially in the cities). It is not something that is considered gastronomically interesting. That’s probably also the reason that you wouldn’t find stamppot in a Dutch restaurant: why pay for something ordinary that you can also make at home?

The bread and cheese, however, is still sacred in Holland: almost all my friends and family start the day with bread and cheese and make a lunch-box with… bread and cheese.

Another interesting fact that comes to my mind - thinking about Dutch eating habits - is that you normally (unless you are in a restaurant or it is Christmas) do not get something to drink with your food during dinner. My friends from Italy and Germany were surprised when they found out that it was only when I lived on my own that I started to have something to drink with my stamppot.

A last tip for visitors to Amsterdam: try the Bols “jenever” museum, an ancient brand that provided jenever to the Dutch East India Company.