French fries is the standard German pool food. Like, nowhere else do you see stands selling nothing but fries (with ketchup and/or mayo, of course). And they just don’t taste as good anywhere else, I guess it’s the chlorine in the air making the salt taste extra special without actually tasting more salty.
As a swamp German, this is how we do it, too. Aside from ketchup/mayo we use curry gewurtz (Hela) and mayo on there, with some diced onion.
Bosna?
No Dutch
Ah, Frikandel then? Sorry, I was thinking about Austria, where Bosna is a similar snack. But yeah, swamp German should have tipped me off. 😅
And probably a deep fried snack next to it.
Preferably
I’m Dutch and I have similar memories. Fries, crisps, and/or ice cream used to be a quintessential part of the pool visit. Kinda makes me nostalgic thinking about it. After all that moving around the fries were an even better treat.
You put some of those chips in those sandwiches and youre cookin’
Is that a Hawaiian coke can?
Man, now I want some Mexican coke. Fuck HFCS.
Is there a specific reason that type of food is only available after swimming?
For me it was vending machine peanuts, because that’s what they had in the swimming pool building
Curious about different after pool cuisines around the globe. Didn’t really realise every country could have a different take
Fries & mayonaise slaps (Netherlands)
Whenever we watch old home movies all I can think of is the food. You know what it tasted like and in certain cases it’s never been the same. There’s one video of me walking around naked in a cowboy hat (I was 4) at lunch time and all I can think of when I see it is “I want that sandwich, I remember that sandwich”. Anyways, this picture is tasty. It brought back some memories. Clearly.
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Is there a country that likes soup pool side? It’s like your food is a hot tub!
Never ruin a thread like this again.
STILL. FUCKING. DOES.
My POV while reading this post (I have not gone swimming today)
The chips go in the sandwich. Also I don’t know how to swim.
I thought I was the only one! You put them in the middle then press it slightly so they go “crunch” a little. Yum!
Less messy too when it’s white bread getting tacky in a ziplock baggy in a warm backpack. The chips adhere like glue.
Summers at various lakes memories.
Go swim if you have the means to do so!
My dad: “The plain peanut butter sandwiches will continue until morale improves.”
You’ve committed a crime against gaming here today.
Not just gaming, but the women and children too.
peanut butter sandwiches were one of my favorite things growing up. I’d still be eating them today, even though I have to make my own peanut butter here in Japan, except for my body declaring war on gluten (probably celiac since 1 parent has it, but not confirmed yet).
Wanna know what we call peanut butter in The Netherlands?
Pindakaas. Peanut cheese.
Peanut butter isn’t sold in Japan?! I’d starve lmao
You can find it, but it’s rarer and typically quite expensive. I don’t know who carries it in my corner of rural Japan. I just make my own in the food processor (peanuts + salt + patience). Peanut Cream (which has a vaguely peanutty flavor but mostly a cream flavor and a ton of sugar) is quite popular, but I don’t care for it.
I wish asian bakeries understood that adding a bit of salt to the peanut cream makes it a whole lot better.
Instead they add more sugar
My dad: “boiled hotdogs in store-brand white bread are what the real athletes eat.”
I nuke mine, but otherwise, ya
But when you boil them, the bread gets all saturated with hotdog water. You’re missing out.
I like nuked food
And it was damn good. What’s that German saying? “Hunger makes the best sauce”? When you’re really hungry this is five Michelin star good.
As a German I never heard that sentence before but it’s hilarious lol
It’s a little less used these days. I have German family, they’re all older, so the saying may be out of style compared to their time. It’s usually “best sauce” but I’ve also heard “beste Koch” as well.
“Hunger is the best cook” / “Hunger ist der beste Koch” is a widely known saying!
Huh, wonder it was a local variant? Either way, it’s a great saying.
I agree and I like your variant!
Hunger is the hardest cock 😣🥺🤤
In English we say “hunger makes the best sauce” which is startlingly similar.
In Poland we have “Hunger is the best condiment”, I guess it might be something similar
In dutch they say: “Hunger makes raw beans taste sweet”!
when packing up after windsurfing, they would advise against taking your trapeze off (a huge belly belt that can connect you to the sail, handsfree!) before you had access too food, because more often then not, it would unleash the hunger beast within. It was fun to have that power over your own hunger! GIMME THOSE SWEET BEANS!
Nachos, super rope, and ice cream at the pool concession stand.
Wet pool hand nachos is bringing back core memory
We had a fish and chip shop opposite the pool. I don’t think I have eaten anything better than those salty vinegary chips, the childish exhaustion and hunger made them absolutely magical.
