Life on, Internet off – Introduction

The internet – and particularly the mobile phones we use to access it – permeates our daily lives. One might even say: They dominate our lives. Wherever we go, whatever we do, they are our constant companion. Most people (particularly students) would agree to sentences like “I can’t live without it” or “Without it, I am lost”. At the heart of this part of our project was a look at the negative aspects and also the dangers of over-use and mis-use of mobile phones / the internet and to present alternatives for a life in which mobile phones might not be the protagonists.

Young people use the internet and their mobile phones mostly for social contact, taking pictures, and gaming. Moreover, they use it for finding information and for orientation (by using map services). For all of these uses, this part of the project offered alternatives. Some activities took place before the mobility, some during the mobility. After the mobility, students collected results and reflected on their experiences and findings as well as the meeting.

February 11, 2023February 12, 2023

Meeting in Amsterdam – Students’ report

At the end of the meeting, students were asked to create presentations. In these, they were to cover and recapitulate the different aspects of the meeting:

Internet use, dangers on the internet & the illusion of connectivity
Some impressions of the different workshops from all days of the mobility
Some impressions of Amsterdam

Presented here are slides from different student groups’ presentations.

Group-results-of-meeting

June 9, 2022October 24, 2022

Echte Nederlandse pannenkoeken – Real Dutch pancakes

Recipe by NLCourse: Main, Dessert

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Ingredients

500 grams of whole wheat flour
1 liter of milk
4 eggs
a pinch of salt
a mixer
a big bowl
a pan
a teaspoon of oil
a soup spoon

Directions

Take a large bowl and put the flour, milk, eggs and salt in the bowl.
Mix everything together with the mixer until there are no more lumps in the batter.
Take the pan, put it on the fire, put a teaspoon of oil in it and divide the oil over the pan.
Take a soup spoon and then divide some batter in the middle of the pan with the soup spoon. You can also add slices of cheese at this point.
Let the pancake bake until the top is completely dry. Turn the pancake over with a spatula and bake for about a minute more until both sides are lightly browned.
Repeat until the batter is used up. You can still put Dutch syrup on it, but this is not necessary and of course not very healthy.

June 9, 2022October 24, 2022

Andijvie stamppot – Vegetarian endive stew

Vegetarian endive stew

Recipe by NLCourse: Main

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Ingredients

1200 gr floury potatoes
500 gr endive
pepper and salt
vegetarian smoked sausage
vegetarian gravy powder
butter

Directions

Peel all potatoes, cut in half so they are not too big. Once you’ve peeled them, put them into a pan filled with water (put about 2 tsp salt in the water). Let them cook for 20 minutes.
In the meantime, take the smoked sausage, remove the outer packaging. Place the smoked sausage with the inner packaging in a pan with hot water. Leave the smoked sausage in the pan for 15 minutes. But make sure the water doesn’t boil!
For the gravy, melt a little bit of butter in the pan. Add a bit of water and then add 3 tsp gravy powder. Make sure to stir it all together.
In the meantime, the potatoes and the smoked sausage are ready, rinse away the water that comes with the potatoes. Mash the potatoes with a pestle, now stir the endive through the potatoes.
Remove the smoked sausage from its packaging, set the table and you’re done!
Serve with / very good with some mustard and silver onions!

June 9, 2022October 24, 2022

Erwtensoep / Snert / Pea soup

Recipe by NLCourse: Soups

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

hour

minutes

Ingredients

250 gr split peas
0.5 leeks
1 liter of water
1 beef stock cubes
125 gr celeriac
0.5 carrots
0.5 potato (250 gr)
0.5 smoked sausage (275 gr)
150 gr shoulder pork chop
0.5 onion

Directions

Bring 2 liters of water to the boil with the stock cubes and split peas. Add the pork shoulder in its entirety. Let it simmer for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, peel the carrot, potato and celeriac and cut into cubes of about 1 cm. Cut the leek into rings and wash them well. Peel the onion and cut it into small pieces.
After about 1 hour of cooking you will notice that the split peas begin to fall apart and a green mass is formed. Some split peas will break sooner or later than others. Stir well a few times to speed this up.
Remove the shoulder chops from the pan, cut into pieces and add to the soup along with the chopped vegetables and potato. Let the soup simmer for about another hour and a half until the vegetables and potato are cooked and have shrunk a bit. Cut the smoked sausage into slices and stir it into the pea soup during the last few minutes and heat through. Season the pea soup with a little extra salt and pepper, if desired.

June 9, 2022October 24, 2022

Zuurkool – SAUERKRAUT (the Dutch way)

Zuurkool – Sauerkraut (the Dutch way)

Recipe by NLCourse: Main

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Ingredients

900 g potatoes
500 g sauerkraut
125 g low-fat bacon strips
200 ml milk
50 g butter
salt

Directions

Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes.
Place the potatoes in a pan and fill the pan with cold water until almost submerged. Bring the potatoes to boil and let them cook gently for about 20 minutes. Drain the potatoes and let them evaporate with the lid on the pan.
Stew the sauerkraut in some water for ± 20 minutes.
Mash the potatoes into a puree and add the sauerkraut. Gradually add the milk and the margarine and stir well until well blended. Add the bacon and stir.