# Please welcome my Dutch friend, Miss Einighausen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417 "2012-03-10T22:47:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/41 "2012-03-12T14:42:26Z")
Mayonnaise. :: shudder :: Whatever happened to vinegar, as the gods of the snow intended? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/42 "2012-03-12T14:53:09Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Mayonnaise. :: shudder :: > > Whatever happened to vinegar, as the gods of the snow intended? Dude. You just failed at being Canadian. You need to go think about what you’ve done. When come back, bring poutine! (Though, I admit, a strong malt vinegar on fries can be damned tasty). **Miss Einighausen** , have you ever been to the US or Canada? If not, we’d be happy to answer your questions about North America with bald-faced lies and misinformation. As another poster mentioned, we’re dedicated to truth and knowledge here - but only in Great Debates and General Questions, our fact-oriented forums. This is MPSIMS, which means our relationship with truth is a lot more fluid. Also, we post lots of cat photos. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/43 "2012-03-12T15:30:05Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > To demonstrate how ignorant I am… > > I didn’t know Holland was big enough to have a south. I know a few people big enough to have a south. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/44 "2012-03-12T15:39:11Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Mayonnaise. :: shudder :: > > Whatever happened to vinegar, as the gods of the snow intended? You know those sexy French Canadians you like and who you want to teach you French? (I presume you like the sexy ones…). They eat fries with mayo. Get used to it 🙂 Vinegar is acceptable in the absence of mayo (Miracle Whip is _not_ even an option), as long as the fries are those thick, dark dirty ones you get in a paper bag. Now I want fries…and thanks to visitors I’ve already had poutine twice this week (yesterday’s with pepperoni, onion and bacon _La Banquise’s Poutine Dan-Dan_… so good, but so bad!) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/45 "2012-03-12T16:03:06Z")
Oh, I eat fries with just salt. No mayo, cheese curds, gravy, vinegar, ketchup, _or_ strawberry jam. Just salt. But I grew up with many people putting vinegar on their fries, and until recently it was one of the standard condiments at burger places and fish places. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/46 "2012-03-12T16:22:55Z")
The first time I was in Germany, I saw a woman eating french fries with a big glop of white stuff on it and assumed it was whipped creme. Imagine my surprise at trying to wrap my head around that! However, once I realized what it was and tried mayo with french fries, that was the only way to go! (I don’t really like french fries that much, but when I do eat them it is only with mayo!) For those who find it odd to have mayo and potatoes together - how do you make potato salad? I am sure Miss Einighausen is thrilled to know her welcome thread is becoming a discourse on condiments. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/47 "2012-03-12T19:24:29Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Not just that, but the Dutch in the south and those in the North can go on and on about how different Northeners are from Southerners. > > Holland is 500 miles long from the most northern tip to the most southern tip. Are you sure you are from The Netherlands? From Maastricht to Schiermonnikoog is less than 250 miles. In any event, welcome to the boards, **Miss Einighausen**. With you joining our ranks (ik kom uit Den Haag :D), I think the Dutch contingent is fast becoming the largest non-anglophone group on this board. ---
**Author:** ![\_mostly\_Harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/9d8465/32.png) [@\_mostly\_Harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_mostly_Harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/48 "2012-03-12T20:29:10Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > \ > > I think the Dutch contingent is fast becoming the largest non-anglophone group on this board. Dibs on _The Dutch Contingent_ as a band name! Also - Hi Miss E! Also - mayo is the work of the devil. Anyone who says differently is selling something. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/49 "2012-03-12T21:04:20Z")
Travelling abroad, I found that if someone spoke English with a perfect American accent but wasn’t Canadian, then they must inevitably be Dutch. You guys must all go to spy school or something. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/50 "2012-03-12T21:06:12Z")
Canadians don’t speak American. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/51 "2012-03-12T21:15:14Z")
_North_ American accent, if you prefer. Almost totally indistinguishable at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/52 "2012-03-12T21:57:46Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I am sure Miss Einighausen is thrilled to know her welcome thread is becoming a discourse on condiments. She may also be happy to know that after reading this thread, when I went out to lunch I tried mayo with my fries, in her honor. It was good. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/53 "2012-03-12T22:04:31Z")
> [@\_mostly\_Harmless](#): > > Also - mayo is the work of the devil. Anyone who says differently is selling something. Perhaps. I, for one, would like to commend the His Diabolitude for doing some fine work. All hail Satan! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/54 "2012-03-12T22:46:32Z")
Hello \*\* Miss Einighausen\*\*. Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. ---
**Author:** ![Pops1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Pops1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops1963)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/55 "2012-03-13T02:10:46Z")
Carl(( French fried taters and mustard mmhhmm)) A little Slingblade mmmm fries with mustard ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/56 "2012-03-13T07:36:15Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Wait, does that mean I’m exotic? Will that help me find a girlfriend/a job/fame and fortune/my destiny? Sadly, you’re a bit too exotically far. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Einighausen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Miss\_Einighausen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Einighausen)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/57 "2012-03-13T09:31:05Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Do you guys really eat french fries with mayonnaise? Yes we do! Delicious! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/58 "2012-03-13T10:34:45Z")
Ketchup, Dammit! 😃 Welcome **Miss Einighausen**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/59 "2012-03-13T10:40:15Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > _North_ American accent, if you prefer. Almost totally indistinguishable at any rate. Not to North American’s, ay. To be pedantic, North America does consist of more than just Canada and the USA. > **[North America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American#Countries.2C_territories.2C_and_dependencies)** > > North America is a continent\[b\] in the Northern and Western hemispheres.\[c\] North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. The region includes Middle America (comprising the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico) and Northern America. > North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), representing ... That said, if we’re talking about US versus Canadian accents I think most people in both countries can often tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/60 "2012-03-13T11:54:42Z")
> [@Miss\_Einighausen](#): > > Thank \*\*ya all \*\*for welcoming me! That is really nice!! Bolding mine. Must be from the southern part of Netherlands. 😃 Welcome to the SDMB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417.md?page=4)