So, I go to the grocery store pretty much every day. It's kind of my one consumer-gratification outlet: we don't really buy any tangible goods these days other than food, books and DVDs. Well OK sometimes someone buys a pair of boots or an infinite reverb pedal or a replacement staff mixer, but generally speaking, grocery shopping is my one regular opportunity to "buy things".
This daily ritual means that I've probably been to our local Dirk van den Broek more than 1000 times. And somehow today was the first day I noticed something called "theeworst" (see above). Theeworst means "tea sausage", which was mysterious-sounding enough to where I had to buy some. Here's what it looks like with the lid off (brace yourselves):
Highly unappetizing. Something about its appearance is uncomfortably reminiscent of a modern sex toy called the Fleshlight (I'm not going to link to it here, but you should Google if you're not familiar with it). But yes, theeworst is essentially spreadable smoked sausage made from pork and bacon. According to Wikipedia, it originated in Poland. It tastes.........ok. Definitely of industrial origin. I bet a handmade version would be way more super.
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Tea wurst as I know it from the days we shopped ast the local German Butcher is very close to Liverwurst, very spreadable as it only came in a casing link, never sliced. I have no idea what a mass produced industrial product tastes like. (corrected typos)
Dear Vegetarian Duck,
Im following your blog already for quite some time, always checking out the places you discover in Amsterdam
In 2 weeks I will graduate from the rietveld academie here in amsterdam and I am looking for a nice restaraunt to go out with my parents. Although I lived almost 4years in this city I never really went to restaurants because of my student budget. I'm looking for something not too stiff, but also not too casual with good menue options for vegetarians. Do you have any tips for me? I started to go through your blog entries to look for something nice, but boy, you've been to too many places... Best Judith
Yes, it feels a bit odd to write this under your "theeworst" post...
hey michael, thanks for the tea wurst info...it is very spreadable, but not very liver-y at all. more like speadable rookworst. at least the version from the dirk.
judith! thanks for reading. congrats on graduating...
recommendations for parents: based on your requirements, my first ideas are:
1) pont 13 (if your parents will have bikes)
2) fraiche (if your vegetarians eat fish)
3) greetje (if your parents are interested in dutch food)
those are all places i've been in the past few months/years that were solid meals in a parent-appropriate setting. you can find links for all of them here: http://vegetarianduck.blogspot.nl/2011/09/what-to-do.html
i've only eaten at each place once though, so obvs your mileage may vary....
report back!
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well after looking at IENS, apparently greetje isn't so great for vegetarians...i'll think some more.
Thank you so very much! I will definitely check them out!
that theeworst looks like h.r. giger designed it.
have you seen the Fleshlight? Gigeresque in the extreme.
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