Originally Posted by
jefnvk
+1. Zeeland looked almost exactly like Michigan, probably why the Dutch immigrants felt so at home here. I was bored in my three and a half days riding from the border to Amsterdam. If were going natural beauty, it is hard to beat Scandinavia in Europe, possibly bits of the Mediterranean, maybe a handful of places I can think of that I haven't been to, but most of Europe is pretty bland nature-wise.
And, as one that has been to both the Netherlands and Belgium, I don't know how you can rave about Dutch fries knowing what fries were like back in Belgium.
That's what I thought I would find but I actually found there are really great French fries in The Netherlands. They are double fried just like in Belgium Crispy on the outside and soft inside. For people reading this would might assume this means greasy fries they would be wrong. Somehow the fries are never greasy. It's good cooking A restaurant employee told me they are no longer allowed to use 100% animal fat (I think traditionally they used ox fat) to fry food. It must now contain a large percentage of vegetable fat. This is due to health reasons. Personally I think the government should not force people to engage in healthy behaviors. Disseminating the best up-to-date health information is good but forcing people to do things is a violation of people's rights.