When Dutch people travel abroad they are great promoters of traditional Dutch products. More than 50% of Dutch holidaymakers bring along food from home on their international travels, especially typically Dutch things such as liquorice, cheese, chocolate sprinkles,
ontbijtkoek (a type of ginger cake) and even potatoes and pancake mix! Caravans, cars, suitcases and even bicycle panniers cross the border bursting with familiar edibles. All this happily preserving their global image as ‘those stingy, frugal Dutch’…