Hello Andrew,
Now I know I could migrate to Australia and open a fritkot... (a place where
you buy des frites... that you eat on the street in a paper cornet... with
various sauces all derivated from mayonnaise...) but to be a real fritkot
you must use :
- the right kind of potatoes (depending on the season)
- the right size of cutter to cut fires to the good standard depending on
the kind of potatoes you use...
- the right fat (not oil... but horse or beef fat... called "blanc de
boeuf")
- a very well calibrated "friteuse" with two parts (150°C and 179C°) in
order not to spoil the "blanc de boeuf" which should never overheat... and
be changed every day or more...
- and of course some grey or white alimentary compatible paper to roll the
"cornet"
- salt... preferably seasalt
And a good portion of "stoofvlees" or "carbonnades" (or in the region of
Liège and Maastricht "boulets")
Bier is of course also needed...
So would this have some success in Australia ? (of course I see that as a
cooperative alternative to fast food involving producers of potatoes and so
on...)
Stephan
For the photographical part : fritkot / baraque à frites ; marina cox and
mar ots ; éditions de l'octogone LLN/Bruxelles 2002 (a book of pictures of
fritkot)
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de Nathan Wajsman
Envoyé : samedi 24 novembre 2007 7:31
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Objet : [OM] Re: IMG: Nathan's PAW 46: Santa Pola to Almere
Hi Andrew,
First of all, thanks for looking!
Just a small correction--Almere is in the Netherlands, not Belgium.
But OK, it is next door. However, there is a significant difference
between the way the Belgians and the Dutch use the sea. The Belgian
coastline is very short, and from my experience, the Belgians, being
a sensible people, tend to let the children splash around while they
sit on the terrace and enjoy a beer. The Netherlands, on the other
hand, has lots of coastline (despite being a small country), and all
manner of watersports are very popular. There is not much surf, but
there is LOTS of wind, and I think the "surfing" in the shop refers
to windsurfing. Even in the winter, you will see maniacs taking
advantage of the storms coming in from the North Sea and heading for
the beach with their windsurfing equipment while us normal people
seek shelter from the rain.
As for the frieten--see the battery of dispensers on the left side of
the image? Those are all the different sauces available, including of
course the mayo.
Cheers,
Nathan
On 23-nov-2007, at 9:50, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
> Amused to see a surf shop in Almere - is there much of a surf in
> Belgium? :-)
> I presume you had mayonaisse on those Frieten - the real stuff and
> not what Americans and Australians think is mayonaisse.
> It's a nice contrast in climate and style.
>
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>> (first 4 images with Canon 1DII, the rest with Olympus E410,
>> including a couple with Leica content, the 100mm Apo Macro)
>
> Oh yes - legend grade lens.
>
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