Belgium Beers

[imported_Finn]

I drive over 30 miles round-trip to get my favorite Belgium beers like Trappistes Rochefort and Westmalle Trappist Tripple at over $11 a bottle US. What do people in Belgium think of that? Insane? In any case...I think that all the beers from Belgium that I have tried make every domestic / import that I have tried seem like water. I didn't even start drinking more than 3 beers a year until I tried a Gulden Draak.

[Edited by Finn on 16th August 2001 at 04:05]

[Rikbe]

30 miles? I would do more than that for a Rochefort.
However for 11$... I think I would move to Belgium .
Where do you live?

[imported_Finn]

I have lived all my life in the Eastern United States in the town of Pittsbugh, Pennsylvannia.

Where are you from...

[Rikbe]

Flanders, Belgium.

[Mariboulg]

But besides Belgian beers I not to long ago tried Belgian fries and they are so delicious.

[imported_soodna]

Belgian beers are very good, but my favorite is still Guiness Stout

Hi Mari, thought I'd drop by and introduce myself to everyone over here.

[Mariboulg]

Well Bonjour Soodna,

Nice to see you here, bien la venue (I learned that from Ribke, that is how they say welcome in Belgium) and come often at least we can talk to each other again, otherwise it is not very active here

[Rikbe]

Hi Mari and Soodna long time no see,

My computer crashed again last Friday. Still not working 100%. I use my laptop now.

Mari,

Did you try “Duvel”?

No I never tried to find American beers in Belgium. I will look the next time when I am in a super market. But it will be hard to find between 20 meters of Belgian beers if there are some.

In Belgium, if you can find a good spot to put a “Frites” shack, fraud a little on income taxes, you can retire after 10 years. That is if you don’t mind to smell overheated oil day and night.

Potatoes have a different taste in America and they are not very good for it. Also there is a technique. First you boil them at a not too high temperature till they start to change colour. Than you take them out and let them cool off, then put them back at the highest temperature and let them bake light brown. This way the inside is still tender and the outside is crispy

Soodna, how many of the 450+ Belgian beers did you try? They must be hard to get in Texas.
I think most are not exported.

http://www.belgianstyle.com/mmguide/
http://www.dma.be/p/bier/beer.htm#brouwerijen

[Mariboulg]

Hi Ribke,
Thanks for that beer site, I shall try them all, not at once of course

And I'll try the fries technique, so if I understood you correctly, you fry them in oil, once on a light temperature, then let them cool and then on high temperature right ?

Your computer crashed again, I hope it is not because of that dialectizer..., did you not have Windows 3000 ? I thought one repairs the one that is crashed and so on...


Because of my adventure last time , I now put my chair as far as I can from the computer.

Well, I know you can repair it I think.

[Rikbe]

Yes, first you let them fry so they are done, the same inside and outside and then you fry them a short time at high temperature to make the outside crispy.
When I was a kid I used to steal the in between, when the kitchen maid was not watching.

In fact I use a special grease for it. It is easier to digest and better for cholesterol level.

Better not to try them all together

[Mariboulg]

wow, you had a maid ?

[Rikbe]

My parents lived with my grand parents in a rather big house. It was quiet usual at the time to have one maid, or more. We had a maid that lived with us in a separate building. When we were little we had also a nanny.

[imported_soodna]

Bonjour matinee (c'est correct?)Ribke, bonjour matinee Mariboulg,
It has been a VERY long time since I have practice what little French I know. It is 8:14 Colorado time and I thought I'd stop by and wish you a wonderful day! It is raining here and the weather has turned quiet cool. It is snowing in the mountains. I think that fall has arrived (my favorite time of the year).

Ribke, I have a silly question this morning. I have been thinking about food and I was wondering...did those wonderful, light, Belgian waffles really originate in Belgium? They are one of my favorite breakfast foods.

[imported_soodna]

Well, I just found the answer to my questions. I just visited the cuisine board and there it was...posted in several places. It's nice to know that this delictable really is Belgian in origin. I was think that they might be like "French toast", which is not really French in origin at all.

[Mariboulg]

Hi soodna, Ribke

Ribke are you familiar with Poutine, and it is not the Russian president but it is fries, with on top mozzarella cheese and grave source. I think it is a Quebecois, but I was wondering if it is known in Belgium too.