The food of my youth.

in life •  7 years ago  (edited)

When I grew up we had a small problem in the family.

My sister would only eat one thing. Spinach mash with meatballs.

My brother and I ended up eating this at least 3 times a week. (And my sister 7 times as far as I can remember.)

You would think I can no longer see mash but it's the opposite.

It's the one thing I sometimes crave. Even more than Steak.

Tonight was such a night of cravings.

My favourite mash is endive mash.

The Dutch cuisine is non existence and maybe not even pretty to look at. But it's the food of my youth and I love it.

So for this one time I'll show you my favourite mash.

I hope that's ok.

Here we go.


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The main ingredients are pretty simple. Potatoes, Endive, Ground beef and bacon.


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Prepare the potatoes. Boil with Salt for 20 minutes. But Mark? Where is the pressure cooker? When I grew up we didn't have such device so I'm keeping it authentic :)


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I love mash with meatballs. I added salt, pepper and mustard to the meat.


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Start frying the bacon until golden brown.


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Prepare the endive while the rest is cooking. Quarter and slice in thin pieces. Put it in a big bowl of water because there is loads of earth and salt in them. I use a salad spinner to dry the endive. After put it in a pan and shrink it. Keep some of it on the side(add it raw to the mash, it gives a nice texture).


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Warm up some milk with butter in a pan. Adding cold milk will cool of the dish to much.


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Bringing it all together. Mash the potatoes with a masher.


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Add the rest of the ingredients one by one.


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End result (with and without gravy). Admittedly it's not the most sofisticated food on the planet but I love it.


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  ·  7 years ago (edited)

I don't know about others but for me it looks very delicious :) The meat is gorgeous! As i understand it is Dutch national food? I wish i could save this post to bookmarks somehow.

Mash or Stampot as we call it is pretty national I guess.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Yea when i was in netherlands i tried some dishes with mash potatoes, can't remember now which :) but generally i think it is very popular in Europe. What i liked in your recipe - are other ingredients, i will certainly will try it in the near time at home :)

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Looks great. I spent a little time in Wassaanar (spelling) visiting family a few years back. We loved shopping at the local Albert Hynes (spelling) and preparing local meals. There is no doubt that the foods that the average person in your country eats is far more healthy than that of Newfoundland, where I live. Now I did eat a lot of Strupwaffels (spelling) :)
Thanks for sharing

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Man, that's so cool! The whole world seems to be on Steemit! Fantastic. I guess in general we eat pretty healthy. (ps. Wassenaar, Albert Heijn, Stroopwafels)

Haha thank you for the correct spelling. I have trouble spelling in English and it's my native language ;) While in The Netherlands I also had raw herring and LOVED IT!!! I came back to Newfoundland where we have a herring industry and could only get pickled herring, very disappointing.
Did not get to Rotterdam while visiting, but would love to in the future :)

I love your recipe. But today your story with your sister move me a lot. I have a brother too. And miss him too much. From kid to teenage we grow up together. We used to live our life together. We fought like ever other brother and sister. he was older than me. when we grow older our room was got separated when he finishes his degree he went out for a job then i realise the golden days are over we have to live our life separetly. And from that day I miss my brother verymuch. Even though we meet one in a while but i want those days back. today your story remindes me that day. I will try your recipe for sure. long live your and brother and long live you.

Wow, I've never heard of this before but it looks and sounds really good. I wasn't familiar at all with the term "endive", so I had to look it up, lol.

This is a dish that would be great for a cool fall weekend day. I can see fixing a pot and then eating on it all day. We had a tradition in our house growing up where my grandmother would fix chili, goulash, spaghetti etc, something that could be fixed in a large quantity, mostly on Saturdays where we'd all being watching the football games and would just go back for more throughout the day.

This looks great and I'm going to give this a try for this weekend. Thanks for posting this man. You and Bianca have a great night brother!

Sounds like a great tradition to me!

WoW! The food looks super delicious... Thanks for sharing @exyle ....

Yummy food. Great you had eat a very good food in youth. Thanks, Bianca looks great, wish you both healthy and happy time friends,happy steeming.

I stopped eating pork for various reasons a long time ago. But love endive (hard to get here) and will try your dutch mash as soon as I get a hold of it - or I'll try your sister's fav with Spinach :)

If you do, let me know :)

@exyle it's truly these all are delicious foods! And thanks for sharing with us these yummy ingredients! I feel you need to shared with us all your recipe lol!

Big thumbs up!

I ate a lot of unhealthy food in my youth but what you used to eat ( and are eating now) seems pretty ok. Mash and meatballs is a pretty common dish I think :)

Cool, everything is so delicious and looks beautiful. I would also be happy to eat. Thank you @exyle

Yummy... I'm hungry already, you're really enjoying bro 😊

I love endives . Need to try this dish as soon as I get back to Europe. I live in Bali and when I was pregnant I was craving my mum's food hich is endive with rice and ham. And I never did find endive here :(

That's a good idea keeping some raw aside to add to the mash. I will be trying this out. I think it looks awesome!

And mustard to the meatballs, good idea!

Now that's a perfect dish looks so healthy and yummy at the same time really awesome it was

This is really very yummy and looking so tempting to dig in mate! I am always surprised by your level of cooking...were you a chef btw!?

He had a mother! She showed him the first steps in cooking. He likes to cook and taught himself a lot. Now, I learn sometimes things from him. But the endive mash, he learned from me!

Hmmm now I understand where this magic comes from!!! You are such a great mom @clio, really appreciate you.
I will surely have a try on that lovely endive mash.

I just ate, now I am hungry again. Thanks for that...

Thank you for sharing with us how you prepare that delicious meal. The pictures are amazing and I bet that food tasted great especially those meat balls. Mmmmm :)

recipe's walk through's at least well presented
I agree with her on the pressure cooker though :D
what happened to "weight" goal?
not meddling but .. potatoes and bacon are very guilty of not helping
ziet wel lekker uit man
smakkelijk!

O no, in my mind this is food I consider healthy :/. Just my luck :)

super hearty! lovely! :)

Now this looks amazing!! And this just made me crave, too :/

Food time!!

This looks great! I have never had potatoes fixed this way. I will try it after my next visit to the grocery. Thanks for the idea.

Nice. I'm curious to know whether you liked it!

Wow! That looks soooo yummy.

Hallo @kaylinart.

Thank you!

Look at you doing a food post!! Looks delicious and very well done!

Wow! From you that means something! Thank you so much!

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WoW! What a great greenish and delicious food? Started feeling hungry again. Nice Post @ exyle!

I think it's very tasty. Thanks for the post.

Deliçious looking. Enjoy the meal.😀😀

It delicious, we ate endive stew this very week! You learned to cook a lot of mashed food, with all kind of vegetables, like carrots and onions or leeks. I do like the way you make vegetables this way.

This food looks so delicious. It's a bit chilly here so I think I will try making this tonight for dinner.

If you do let me know! I'm curious to know if you like it.

I think it looks great, but maybe just because I love stamppot and the weather is like perfect for such a meal :)

It sure is!

Everything looks so delicious it made me hungry. Greetings.

Looks like this food is very tasty, it is perfect if we enjoy it with family.

This seems so delicious 😋 I have to try this recipe

fantastic recipe @exyle, really looks delicious and yummy, i hope it also taste great, i also love to eat mash but that recipe has lots more ingredients in it, i save the recipe and definitely try it at home as it is also not to much difficult to prepare, i am sure that butter and milk really gives a nice color & taste to dish and it's also good for health, stay healthy live well my friend, thanks for sharing.

This looks amazing my friend!
I will try it and maybe I will post some bularian food for you to try ;)

It looks soooo yummmyyy :)

Wow, very good food.

That's a very delicious looking.I will also try to it ..

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This is really interesting. I bet it taste amazing.

I'm hungry already, you're really enjoying my friend.

Yummy food. Great you had eat a very good food in youth.

Thanks for the detailed instructions! I will try to make this tonight!

The dish looks incredibly delicious and i wonder i could have them lol ;)
and it does look yummyyyyy

I also have foods I can't get used to. Yours looks so delish :)

he food looks super delicious Thanks @exyle

I think it's very tasty. Thanks for the post.

@exyle,
Wow man you are absolutely brilliant for cooking :D

Cheers~

thank you for sharing this experience :D

@exyle - Oh Sir, another delicious food from you <3 exyle without food looks impossible :)

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this article brought SO many memories of what I used to eat when I was younger :) thanks for sharing

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I like different delicious food love too me eating

It looks enticing

I agree ......

those cooking skills i need to learn a lot from your post's as that is freaking amazing :D

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When I was young, one of my favourite meals (I ate everything) was boiled spinach with white vinegar on it. This made my mom happy as it was very simply.

When I was in my teens, I became allergic (it irritates my stomach) to spinach. Looking at your endive mash reminded me of that simple meal.


You know what I am going to say next ... This would be easily adapted to the BGE. You could smoke the meat, and cook the endive in a cast iron plan. The recipe wouldn't change at all, just the addition of smoke. I'd recommend using some cherry chunks to add a little smoky sweetness.

i don't know about others but for me it looks very delicious :) The meat is gorgeous! As i understand it is Dutch national food? I wish i could save this post to bookmarks somehow. I love your recipe. But today your story with your sister move me a lot. I have a brother too. And miss him too much. From kid to teenage we grow up together. We used to live our life together. We fought like ever other brother and sister. he was older than me. when we grow older our room was got separated when he finishes his degree he went out for a job then i realise the golden days are over we have to live our life separetly. And from that day I miss my brother verymuch.

I stopped eating pork for various reasons a long time ago. But love endive (hard to get here) and will try your dutch mash as soon as I get a hold of it - or I'll try your sister's fav with Spinach :