Kokosnoot

Kokosnoot!Een kokosnoot moet wel gezond zijn, want ze zijn werkelijk niet te vreten. In BelgiĆ« was het volgens mij Mark die een lyrisch verhaal ophield over de gezondheid van zo’n kokosnoot (“Daar zit echt alles in wat je nodig hebt”)… Dus ik koop er eentje, en ik moet toegeven dat het ‘bereiden’ van de kokosnoot met sloophamer en schroevendraaier een erg prettige aangelegenheid was.

Hierna had ik netjes de sap eruit laten lopen, de noot totaal aan gort gehamerd en het witte ‘bounty-spul’ ontdaan van restjes bruine korst. Toen nam ik een hap… en dat viel even tegen… van een zoete smaak was echt geen sprake, en ik moest zelfs extra water drinken om de smaak uit mijn mond te verdrijven.

Nu alleen nog die sap proberen, maar daar wacht ik nog even mee totdat ik een goeie drank heb waarvan ik vermoed dat ie goed ermee te mengen is.

En wederom blijkt mijn geest sterker dan mijn lichaam… Ik kon de sap gewoon niet eens proeven, en heb het dus maar aan de gootsteen geschonken :-p

Hutspot

Leiden was liberated from an occupation by the Spaniards on the 3rd of October in 1574. After seeing the Spaniards flee away the people from Leiden regained their courage, looted the empty campgrounds and found a big pot of food! This food is still traditionally prepared every year around the 3rd of October to celebrate the freedom we gained when the Spaniards left with their tails between their legs!

Preparing it the easy way, for two persons.
Hutspot!Ingredients:
· 300 gram potatoes
· 250 gram carrots
· 250 gram onions
· little bit of butter
· 1/4 a cup of milk
· salt & pepper
· smoked sausage

Preparation:
Clean the potatoes, unions and carrots. Cut the potatoes, unions and carrots into small pieces, and put them in a pan with a little bit of water. Cook the chopped potatoes, unions and carrots for about 20 minutes.

Poor the water out of the pan, and smash everything up, and mix it real good. While mixing add a little bit of butter and the milk, some salt and some pepper.

Put it on a plate and add the smoked sausage (which needs to be heated in advance). Note, the sausage is the biggest contribution in flavor, so get a tasty one :-p.

Enjoy!

Corncob

Corn!Last Sunday I went to Nijmegen to run a preparation round of about 13 kilometers. This was my preparation for the 7 hill run. While I was running I noticed that there were a lot of fields with corn growing right next to the public roads. There was nothing blocking access to the corn. I could not restrain myself and I did a bad thing. Right before finishing our practice run I stole a corncob.

Yesterday evening I planned to eat by stolen corncob, but after cooking it for over 2 hours in boiling water I realized I had made a mistake. I now know I will never again steal any corn. Even with a lot of salt added the corn was not fit for consumption. I did not have any butter at home, which maybe would have helped, or maybe the corn needed to cook for three hours instead of only two, but the result remained uneatable. Next time I will stick to canned corn.