Local Dishes

1. sûkerbôle

   Sugar bread (a Frisian speciality)

   Usage

   A sweet bread baked with sugar worked into it. In Dutch it is suikerbrood. Frisian bôle means bread, not the Dutch bol (a ball or round roll)

   Grammar Note

   A compound of sûker (sugar) and bôle (bread), written as one word. The article is de (de sûkerbôle)

2. Fryske dúmkes

   Frisian dúmkes (small spiced biscuits)

   Usage

   Small sweet biscuits baked in the oven, a typical Frisian bakery product. Dúmkes is a plural form. Shops write it as Fryske dúmkes

   Grammar Note

   Adjectives built from place names are lowercase unless part of a proper name. Fryske is capitalised here only because it starts the phrase

3. Fryske krûdkoeke

   Frisian spiced cake

   Usage

   A plain, spiced cake eaten with coffee. In Dutch it is Friese kruidkoek

   Grammar Note

   A compound of krûd (spice) and koeke (cake). The diminutive of koeke is koekje

4. oranjekoeke

   Oranjekoeke (festive Frisian cake)

   Usage

   A Frisian speciality treat served on special occasions. In Dutch it is oranjekoek

   Grammar Note

   Oranje comes from a proper name, but inside this compound it is written in lowercase

5. brune koeke

   Brune koeke (brown cake)

   Usage

   A kind of Frisian baked sweet, related to the reepkoeke group. Brune means "brown"

   Grammar Note

   The adjective brune, "brown", comes before the noun koeke

6. drabbelkoek

   Drabbelkoek (round cake of flour, butter, milk and sugar)

   Usage

   A round cake made from wheat flour, butter, milk and sugar. Koek is "cake", the same word as koeke in another form

   Grammar Note

   The name is written as one word. The plural is drabbelkoeken

7. Fryske krûdnageltsiis

   Frisian cheese with cumin and cloves

   Usage

   A cheese made from skimmed milk with cumin and cloves added. In Dutch it is Friese nagelkaas

   Grammar Note

   A compound of krûd (spice), nagel (nail) and tsiis (cheese), written as one word

8. krintebôle

   Currant bread

   Usage

   A sweet bread with small dried currants (krinten) in the dough. In Dutch it is krentenbrood

   Grammar Note

   A compound of krinte (currant) and bôle (bread), with a linking -e

9. snert

   Thick pea soup (snert)

   Usage

   A thick winter pea soup, often served with smoked sausage (rikke woarst). It is also called griene earte or eartesop

   Grammar Note

   The article is de (de snert). The alternative name griene earte means "green peas"

10. snert mei rikke woarst

    Pea soup with smoked sausage

    Usage

    The classic way to serve snert. Rikke woarst is smoked sausage (Dutch: rookworst)

    Grammar Note

    mei means "with". Rikke woarst is the fixed phrase for smoked sausage

11. stamppot

    Stamppot (mashed potatoes mixed with vegetables)

    Usage

    A winter staple of potatoes and vegetables mashed together. Frisian also says stamppot, and sometimes potiten

    Grammar Note

    The article is de (de stamppot). A compound of stamp and pot, written as one word

12. boerekoal

    Kale (boerekoal)

    Usage

    The green leafy vegetable that is central to winter stamppot. Dutch has boerenkool; Frisian drops the -n-. It is eaten with sausage (woarst)

    Grammar Note

    A compound of boere (farmers') and koal (cabbage). It takes the article de

13. hutspot

    Hutspot (mashed carrots, onions and potatoes)

    Usage

    Potatoes, carrots and onions boiled and mashed. Frisian also says hutspot, and it is called stamppot woartels as well

    Grammar Note

    The name has the same form as in Dutch. Woartels is the plural of "carrot"

14. pankoek

    Pancake

    Usage

    A thin baked batter eaten with toppings of your choice. Frisian pankoek differs from Dutch pannenkoek

    Grammar Note

    The article is de (de pankoek). Written as one word, without the -nen- of Dutch pannenkoek

15. hjerring

    Herring

    Usage

    A fish sold at fish shops and stalls. The Frisian spelling is hjerring, starting with hj. The article is de

    Grammar Note

    It corresponds to Dutch haring. The initial hj- is typically Frisian

16. iel

    Eel

    Usage

    A fish found in lakes and canals that is also eaten. It corresponds to Dutch paling. The article is de

    Grammar Note

    In Frisian it is the very short word iel

17. kibbeling

    Fried fish bites (kibbeling)

    Usage

    Bite-sized pieces of white fish, battered and fried. Frisian uses the same word kibbeling as Dutch. You can buy it at fish stalls

    Grammar Note

    A name with the same form as in Dutch

18. patat

    Chips (French fries)

    Usage

    Frisian uses the same word patat as Dutch. The article is de

    Grammar Note

    The singular on its own refers to the whole portion

19. kroket

    Croquette

    Usage

    A deep-fried snack that comes in a roll or with chips. Frisian uses the same word kroket as Dutch. A broadsje kroket is one in a bread roll

    Grammar Note

    broadsje is the diminutive of brea, a small bread roll

20. frikandel

    Frikandel (fried minced-meat sausage)

    Usage

    A snack-bar classic. A frikandel spesjaal comes with mayonnaise, ketchup and onion on top

    Grammar Note

    spesjaal means "special". Frisian writes -sj- where Dutch has -ci-

21. tsiis

    Cheese

    Usage

    Frisian tsiis corresponds to Dutch kaas. The article is de

    Grammar Note

    Starting with ts- is characteristic of Frisian, corresponding to Dutch k-

22. woarst

    Sausage

    Usage

    A general word for meat packed into a casing. It corresponds to Dutch worst. The article is de

    Grammar Note

    The oa is the Frisian spelling. The plural is woarsten

23. brea

    Bread

    Usage

    A loaf of bread is brea, and a small bread roll is broadsje. The article is it (it brea)

    Grammar Note

    It corresponds to Dutch brood. The small roll is the diminutive broadsje

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