🧑🤝🧑 Dutch
Also known as: Dutch people, Netherlanders
Gouda and Edam, cheeses known all over the world.
The Netherlands is a low-lying country with a damp maritime climate and lush meadows on reclaimed land, ideal for cows. The Dutch black-and-white cattle became the basis of the world’s most widespread dairy breed, the Holstein Friesian.
The Dutch have traded cheese for centuries: the cheese markets of Gouda, Alkmaar and Edam date back to the Middle Ages. Gouda is a semi-hard cow’s milk cheese sold anywhere from young to aged for several years; Edam is a round cheese in a red wax coating. “Gouda Holland” and “Noord-Hollandse Gouda” are protected in the EU.
Milk and cheese are part of everyday Dutch food: a cheese sandwich for lunch with a glass of milk or buttermilk is a familiar combination. Today the Netherlands is one of the world’s largest cheese exporters.
What it includes
- Traditional products
How it connects to milk
🧑🤝🧑 Dutch ← among ← 🧀 Gouda → made from → 🥛 Cow's milk → type of → 🥛 Milk
Links
- Where they live
- 🌍 Western Europe
- Traditional products
- 🧀 Gouda
Frequently asked questions
Where does the name Gouda come from?
From the town of Gouda, which has long held a cheese market.
Why is Edam cheese red?
It is coated in red wax to protect it during storage and transport.
Which dairy breed comes from the Netherlands?
Dutch black-and-white cattle formed the basis of the Holstein Friesian breed.
Similar
Sources
- EUR-Lex — Commission Regulation (EU) No 1122/2010 (Gouda Holland, PGI)
- EUR-Lex — Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (first EU list of PDO/PGI names)
- FAO — Dairy animals: Cattle