Netherlands

<h3>Cuisine</h3>
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<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The country's cuisine is shaped by the practice of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22fishing%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22fishing%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfishing%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-15190999066009be18e6a46" class="new" title="Fishing (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRmlzaGluZz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">fishing</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22farming%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22farming%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfarming%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-15190999066009be18e6a46" class="new" title="Farming (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRmFybWluZz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">farming</a>, including the cultivation of the soil for raising crops and the raising of domesticated animals, and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22history%20of%20the%20Netherlands%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22history%20of%20the%20Netherlands%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bhistory%20of%20the%20Netherlands%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-15190999066009be18e6a46" class="new" title="History of the Netherlands (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSGlzdG9yeV9vZl90aGVfTmV0aGVybGFuZHM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">history of the Netherlands</a>. Traditionally, Dutch cuisine is simple and straightforward, with many vegetables and little meat; breakfast and lunch are typically bread with toppings while dinner is meat and potatoes, supplemented with seasonal vegetables. The Dutch diet was relatively high in carbohydrates and fat, reflecting the dietary need of the labourers whose culture moulded the country, and contains many dairy products. Without many refinements, it is best described as rustic, though many holidays are still celebrated with special foods. In the course of the twentieth century this diet changed and became much more <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22cosmopolitan%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Multiculturalism%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMulticulturalism%7Ccosmopolitan%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-15190999066009be18e6a46" class="new" title="Multiculturalism (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTXVsdGljdWx0dXJhbGlzbT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">cosmopolitan</a>, with most international cuisines being represented in the major cities.
<!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The Southern Dutch cuisine constitutes the cuisine of the Dutch provinces of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22North-Brabant%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22North-Brabant%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNorth-Brabant%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-15190999066009be18e6a46" class="new" title="North-Brabant (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTm9ydGgtQnJhYmFudD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">North-Brabant</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Limburg%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Limburg%20%28Netherlands%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLimburg%20%28Netherlands%29%7CLimburg%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-15190999066009be18e6a46" href="/wiki/Limburg_(Netherlands)" title="Limburg (Netherlands)">Limburg</a> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Flemish%20Region%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Flemish%20Region%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFlemish%20Region%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-15190999066009be18e6a46" href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region" class="mw-redirect">Flemish Region</a> in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Belgium%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Belgium%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBelgium%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-15190999066009be18e6a46" href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. It is renowned for its many rich pastries, soups, stews and vegetable dishes and is often called Burgundian which is a Dutch idiom invoking the rich Burgundian court which ruled the Low Countries in the Middle Ages renowned for its splendor and great feasts. It is the only Dutch culinary region which developed an <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22haute%20cuisine%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22haute%20cuisine%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bhaute%20cuisine%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-15190999066009be18e6a46" class="new" title="Haute cuisine (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSGF1dGVfY3Vpc2luZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">haute cuisine</a>.
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