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The one thing that does offend him is when we mispronounce his name. That's right, here in this country we call him goo-da or goo-duh. Before we send him into a complete meltdown, we should remember that he is a foreign visitor here and afford him the courtesy of pronouncing his name the way he's used to.
Listen to the Dutch Pronunciation of Gouda. That's better!
Some Gouda facts:
- Gouda is more of a style of cheese than a kind of cheese.
- It's taste is dependent upon how long it is aged.
- It is aged between 4 weeks (young, which is typically served on sandwiches either cold or melted), and up 12 months or longer. These old Goudas are often served with strong pale beers or Port wine.
- It is the oldest recorded cheese still made today.
- It is not restricted, meaning that it is not required to be made in Gouda to be called Gouda, unlike Parmigiano-Reggiano which has a protected designation of origin and can only be made in certain regions of Italy.
I feel much better having some straight facts about that elusive guy. I'll still probably mispronounce his name...
ReplyDeleteWho knew? I do now. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWell, gouda bout that? Thanks for setting us straight on the whole pronunciation thing!
ReplyDeleteThat was interesting...I didn't know most of that. Being married to a Dutch person, you might of thought I would be more aware of things "Gouda". As for the pronunciation, I wouldn't of known how they say anything. When my in-laws speak Dutch it's all is incomprehensible.
ReplyDeletelaughingmom- It'll still be goo-da to me, too.
ReplyDeletenonamedufus- I didn't either.
Paula- Like nonamedufus said, "who knew"?
Cheryl- Do they speak English? If they do, you can ask them how they pronounce it.
I love this and will try to be more respectful in the future as Gouda is one of my favorites. Good one, Linda!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad they aren't stingy with the name, however I butcher it with my Texas accent!
ReplyDeleteYou can't trust the Dutch to know how to pronounce stuff. They're a crazy culture.
ReplyDeleteWell done, I actually learned something today. Who'd have thought?
ReplyDeleteYou know, I had absolutely no idea that I was mispronouncing poor Gouda. I will continue to mispronounce it, but at least now I will be conscious of the fact! Nicely done, Linda.
ReplyDeleteThat's an absurdly silly way to pronounce it. I think they are messing with us.
ReplyDeleteHODA? What the hell? You have ruined me for life. I will now always call gouda HODA. Damn.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that an educational post about Gouda could be so darn entertaining. I will have to be a contrarian about the pronunciation thing, though. I'm going to keep saying "Goo-duh" because, you know, 'Murica.
ReplyDeleteHey wow thanks for the cheese lesson! And now...where on earth did you find that license plate! How cool is that?
ReplyDeleteI was equally shocked when I learned the true pronunciation of Vincent Van Gough's name.
ReplyDeleteYou know what line I loved the most? "Before we send him into a complete meltdown" GREAT post!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea I've been pronouncing Gouda WRONG for all of these years!
ReplyDeleteJayne- Thanks! I think if we asked for How-da people would look at us strangely.
ReplyDeleteReformingGeek- Everyone has an accent of some sort - makes things interesting.
Frank L- Hey, it's their culture and their cheese. It's still Goo-da to me.
Ziva- I did too.
Nicky- I will be mispronouncing it too. How'd you like the license plate?
Mariann- I wondered, but checked several sources and it seems consistent.
Malissa- Sorry, that's the way the cheese melts.
KZ- Thank you! And I'm with you on the pronunciation thing.
Margaret- You're welcome! I was surfing around for the right image for the post and stumbled across this license plate (filtering for one that I could freely use and modify, of course). Then I blanked out the words above CHEESE and added WE WORK FOR. I thought it was cool too.
Mike- I'll have look for an audio on that. I'm sure I've been saying that incorrectly, too.
Katherine- Thanks! I liked that too.
Meleah- I think it's an error of epic proportion in this country.
How duh...who knew. I usually like Gouda cheese and found this a very informative post. I didn't realize it was a "style" of cheese and that's the oldest recorded cheese still made today. Cool and belated congrats on your first day:~)
ReplyDeleteSara- I didn't know either until I started to write the post and researched Gouda. I love cheese but I'm not much of a connoisseur.
ReplyDeleteHoly smokes! Talk about fact checking. Mmmm... Gouda history!
ReplyDeleteP.J.- I wanted to get off to a good start with some cheesy education.
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