你可能不知道的荷蘭有趣事實(3)

The most popular tourist souvenirs from the Netherlands include clogs (wooden shoes), miniature windmills, cheese, and tulips.

荷蘭最受歡迎的紀念品包括木底鞋、迷你風車、奶酪和鬱金香。

Although it were the Portuguese who discovered tea in East Asia, it were the Dutch who started to import it commercially into Europe in 1610. By the way: tea didn't get to the UK until about 40 years later!

雖然是葡萄牙人在東亞發現了茶，但卻是荷蘭人在1610年開始把茶商業化地進口到歐洲。另外，茶傳到英國還要再晚40年！

The Dutch are the biggest licorice eaters in the world. They consume 32 million kilos of the stuff every year.

荷蘭人是全球最大的甘草糖食用者。他們每年要吃掉3200萬千克這玩意兒。

Popular throughout the world, the 'stroopwafel' is undoubtedly the most famous and popular pastry from The Netherlands. A 'stroopwafel' is a unique kind of cookie. It is a waffle made from baked batter and sliced horizontally. The two thin layers of the waffle are filled with special sweet and sticky syrup (the 'stroop') in between. The stiff batter for the waffles is made from butter, flour, yeast, milk, brown sugar and eggs.

聞名全球的“荷式鬆餅”無疑是荷蘭最出名的麪食。雖然它名字裏有“華夫 wafel”，但它是一種很獨特的餅乾。這是一種用麪糊烤制而成的華夫，然後再垂直切片。兩層薄薄的華夫之間要加上一種甜蜜濃稠的特殊糖漿，也就是 stroop。製作它的濃稠麪糊是用黃油、麪粉、酵母、牛奶、黃糖和雞蛋製成的。

The 'kroket' is a deep fried roll with meat ragout inside, covered in breadcrumbs. The original Dutch 'kroket' is made from beef or veal, but there are many different flavors like chicken satay, shrimps, goulash or even a vegetarian 'kroket'. You can eat a 'kroket' as a snack, but most of the time they are served on sliced white bread or hamburger buns with mustard on the side.

荷蘭炸肉卷是一種包了蔬菜燉肉的油炸卷，外面裹上了麪包糠。最早的炸肉卷是用牛肉或者小牛肉製成的，但現在也有很多不同的版本，比如雞肉沙爹、蝦、燉菜牛肉甚至純素食的。這種炸肉卷可以單獨當零食吃，不過更常見的情況是放在白麪包片或者漢堡麪包上，然後旁邊配上法式芥末。

Holland's version of pea soup is a thick green stew of split peas, pork, celery, onions and leeks, and contrary to its name, it's completely delicious.

荷蘭版本的豌豆湯是一種綠色的濃稠燉菜，原料包括打碎的豌豆、豬肉、西芹、洋蔥和韭菜。雖然名字snert不好聽，但真的很好吃。

Despite occupying only 0.008% of the world's surface, the Netherlands is its third largest agricultural exporter. The Netherlands is the world's biggest exporter of cheese; its dairy industry worth a mind-blowing 7 billion euros. The Dutch have been making cheese since 400 A.D. 70% of the world's bacon comes from the Netherlands.

荷蘭的面積只佔地球表面的0.008%，但它卻是全球第三大農業出口國。荷蘭是全球最大的奶酪出口方，他們的奶製品業達到了驚人的70億歐元。荷蘭人從公元400年就開始製作奶酪了。另外全球70%的培根都是從荷蘭來的。

The Dutch wear rain suits in lieu of umbrellas because of the blustery winds.

荷蘭人下雨的時候不打傘，而是穿雨衣，因爲這裏的風真的很狂暴。

In the Netherlands, 4/10 people work part-time. That's the highest number in the European Union.

在荷蘭，40%的人都是做兼職的。這是歐盟裏面最高的水平。

Delftware or Delft pottery, also known as Delft Blue, is a general term now used for Dutch tin-glazed earthenware, a form of faience. Most of it is blue and white pottery, and the city of Delft in the Netherlands was the major centre of production, but the term covers wares with other colours, and made elsewhere.

代爾夫特瓷器，又被稱作代爾夫特藍陶，是對荷蘭錫釉陶器的統稱，這是一種琺琅彩。他們大多數都是藍白相間的陶器，荷蘭的代爾夫特是它們的主要產區，不過這個名字也包括一些其他顏色和其他產地的陶器。