Dutch cuisine has its own vocabulary and traditions. Breakfast (ontbijt) often includes brood (bread), boter (butter), kaas (cheese), and vlees (meat). Lunch (lunch or middageten) is frequently a broodje (sandwich roll). Dinner (avondeten or diner) is the main hot meal of the day.
Common food words: groente (vegetables), fruit (fruit — same word), vlees (meat), vis (fish), eieren (eggs), melk (milk), suiker (sugar), zout (salt), peper (pepper). Dutch-specific items: stroopwafel (syrup waffle), hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles on bread), stamppot (mashed potato with vegetables), erwtensoep (pea soup), bitterballen (fried snack).
At the supermarket you will see afdeling (section), aanbieding (special offer), biologisch (organic), and houdbaar tot (best before). Drinks: water, koffie (coffee), thee (tea), bier (beer), wijn (wine), sap (juice), frisdrank (soft drink). Ordering: Mag ik… (May I have…), Ik wil graag… (I would like…), De rekening, alsjeblieft (The bill, please).