Hello, my first comment here. I am not Dutch but live in the Netherlands (it's been 6 years now). Your blog is a little bit helping me in seeing dutch food as worth consideration, i mean by that seeing behind the awful mass produced ready-made versions available in supermarkets. I like the historical details you always include. Thanks.I couldn't help but needing to comment with 2 remarks:1) i dont find it so sad that the tradition of 10:30 and 15:00 koffie is vastly gone. It is not because people are less 'gezellig' than before, it's just because the vast majority of people work at these times! The koffie tradition is still there, but only during weekends.2) i had to laugh when i read that Dutch people offering one cookie only with the coffie is untrue, just a rumour. well, that's exactly the problem: only ONE cookie. and you may get a second cookie ONLY IF you get a second cup of coffee. When we visit my in-laws, the cookie jar never gets on the table: we are served one cookie with one cup. that's it. When i have guests and serves them tea/coffie, the cookie jar stays open on the coffee table, and is passed around several times. ;-)