Borrelen in Germany
The Dutch have a custom they call “borrelen”, which to me means socializing on appetizers and drinks, often in the late afternoon (there’s probably a Dutchman out there somewhere who’s ready to provide a more official definition!). I really got attached to this concept when we lived in Holland because it was always one of the most relaxing ways to socialize and was how we spent lots of good times with friends and family.
This weekend Tim and I “borrelled” (forgive my corruption of this Dutch word for my English purposes) on the patio both Saturday and Sunday and it was great, though no one was able to join us. We had some tzatziki sauce and some creamy cheese with fruit bits in it, with some French bread and crackers and also some olives. Yesterday we even broke out some rose champagne, the weather was so good. Talk about feeling decadent, drinking champagne and eating appetizers on a lovely balcony in hot sunny weather!
on May 1st, 2007 at 22:28
in other words it was a nice weekend, boring as hell ^.- hehe just kidding. speeking of weekends 2 and 3 june the BBQ and Efteling thing. are you still planing to come?
on May 3rd, 2007 at 4:46
That’s interesting– I’ve never heard of tzatziki sauce used outside the area of mediterranean food.
on May 3rd, 2007 at 17:27
Don’t the Germans have an afternoon relaxing time called “Kaffee”? At least when I was there, they drank coffee and often ate something sweet, like kuchen, around 4:00 in the afternoon. Then they ate their “butterbrot”, cold meat and cheese, supper around 7:00 pm.