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Meet the new brunch, same as the old brunch

This is actually an old article from last year, but someone already asked me to repost it in the meantime. Sadly, it remains one of the most popular articles here. Happily, my dutch has gotten better since this was first written. Enjoy.

I was trying to decide on what to write about next today while eating a quick lunch. Originally, I was going to write a post about the Dutch penchant for strange time-related idioms but those really aren’t that different. (don’t worry, you’re still going to hear about them later on). Still, I wanted to write about something else. Something with more meat to it. Something more substantial. Something in dire need of mustard. “Ah ha!” I exclaimed, thrusting my hand into the air and promptly losing the salami between my bread to gravity’s nimble fingers. “The dutch obsession with sandwiches! That’d be a great post!” Of course, I’m trying to practice my dutch more in the house so it came out more like: “Ah ha! Het Nederlands…whatever-the-Dutch-word-for-obsession-is…met sandwiches! Or should that be broodjes? No, broodjes are just rolls and stuff. Crap, what IS the dutch word for sandwich?”
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