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The ones you guys already know are beer and belgian chocolate. (Or at least you should know them!!!!)
First of beer, we have a beer culture and we got more beers than I can sum up, cause every year at least 100 new kinds of beer are brewed. In my region, 5% of the population also makes their own beer at home, in it's shed, not for profit, you get even at most, but to compare with others andjust enjoy while drinking with friends (DUH!!!!)
Since a few years ago, we did also start exporting beer, stuff like Duvel, Jupiler,... are now available in the US and in China.
And it's way better than Heineken, so it's win-win, the economy blooms and they get good beer.
Second chocolate, because one or another weird reason, we make good chocolate, not going to say to much cause it's boring.
Now the things people don't tend to know, if you're not belgian at least.
French fries are originally from Belgium and we are a nation with a culture of fries. We have something that almost no other country has, we call it a 'frietkot'/ 'frituur', you can compare it to a kebab-shop, but then with fries and hamburgers and meat. Much more choice than in Burger King/ Mc Donalds and way better fries too!!!
History of the french fries: it's a bit vague, but a popular story is that the first fries are situated around 1600-1700. Around Namen/Namur, people ate a lot of fish which they catched in the river nearby. But when there weren't many fish around or the river was frozen over, they had to resort to other food. When they catched fish, they fried the little ones in fat and ate them that way, so they tried it out with other food and found that it was quite tasty with potatoes. And so the history and the rise of the fries begin. A lot has changed though, it is now fried in oil and probably tastes better now.
We have a special brand of potatoes specially for fries.
Fun fact: during the crisis, one of the only sectors that was still growing was the fries industry!
Now the less attractive food: belgium also produces brussels sprouts and chicory. Both disgusting vegetables when you are little that you do (or do not) learn to love when you get older. They taste quite bitter.
Just comment about something you think would be entertaining to see me write about.
I might just adjust this into more of a fun facts kind of thingy. What do you guys think?
Your not so serious reporter,Brainz
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