tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1840850461215102383.post3328110511185455700..comments2022-11-04T15:02:27.624+01:00Comments on Potatoes and Yams: Corned Beef, or notDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137207492303218465noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1840850461215102383.post-5842994775365135272012-03-22T16:40:18.073+01:002012-03-22T16:40:18.073+01:00Sadly, all I really know of Scheveningen is the or...Sadly, all I really know of Scheveningen is the origin of the Scheveningen defense in chess. I remember there being a St. Bodo and I just like the name. I thought he was the one in the Lives of the Saints that was described by a hagiographer as "A filthy man who lived in the woods. People assumed he must have been holy." It was someone else and I have been trying for years to track down that woodsy saint.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1840850461215102383.post-50905865110203903692012-03-21T21:01:58.561+01:002012-03-21T21:01:58.561+01:00Steve,
I really like your saint. You just wanted ...Steve,<br />I really like your saint. You just wanted to be able to write Scheveningen, didn't you? I've been to St. Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent, beautiful church, and I'm still moved by the Van Eyck altarpiece. That was probably one of the most memorable pieces of art I've ever seen. It's amazing.<br /><br />We are going to the deli as soon as possible. I have to experience it for myself. They'd better have pickles.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14137207492303218465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1840850461215102383.post-43580952030865935262012-03-21T16:59:41.395+01:002012-03-21T16:59:41.395+01:00Just checked: St. Nicholas (Sinterklaas!) is consi...Just checked: St. Nicholas (Sinterklaas!) is considered the patron of at least Amsterdam, Bavo of Ghent, and there's a couple others in the Netherlands.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1840850461215102383.post-90566553188718284732012-03-21T16:54:05.272+01:002012-03-21T16:54:05.272+01:00Sour beer. Just TRY to get a Berliner Weissbier ar...Sour beer. Just TRY to get a Berliner Weissbier around here (sigh). Or a Gueuze that hasn't sat on a shelf for years. My all-time favorite beer was an Oranjeboom that went bad; I was violently ill later (then again, the night ended with my drinking ouzo, so it may not have been the beer), but wanted more.<br /><br />Corned beef is Irish-American, as is puking in the streets where hordes of fat people are marching in green clothes they would never be seen in elsewhere.<br /><br />There must be a patron saint of Holland that gets celebrated, probably something like St. Bodo of Scheveningen (who I just made up, since even St. Christopher was made up).<br /><br />It'd be interesting to see the differences in a kosher deli there and here!SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.com