The Rawtarian Community
The Rawtarian Community is one of the largest online raw food communities. In addition to this community forum, you can browse and search thousands of community recipes added by over 5000 talented Rawtarian Community members just like you!
Visit The Community
Comments
HI!!!! I live in Nijmegen, where are you?
Thrilled to hear that there is at least one more “rauwe eten” enthusiast here! I am also finding it difficult – I’m not fully raw (or even close) yet, but no it doesn’t seem like there is much going on does it…
Having said that, there ARE some positives and no you’re not quite the only one:
It sounds like amsterdam is a good place to be (there’s a raw market stall at the Noordermarkt apparently, plus a couple of “raw-friendly” restaurants). Kijk: http://www.rawsuperfoods.com/noordermarket/inde…
http://www.lauralevensvuur.nl/
Volgens mij is zij echter een beetje “weird”! Maar toch raw…
I’m sorry if you’ve already found these (i was just glad to know there were SOME others, even if they weren’t nearby!).
And I read some article a while ago by a dutch tv presenter (can’t remember her name sorry) talking about how wonderful she felt on raw – although she did back-track at the end and say she didn’t think 100% raw vegan was feasible because you “need” dairy!!
Well, I’m so glad you posted. Hope to hear from you (and others?!) soon…
;-)
Katie
diana- i lived in amsterdam (granted, over the summer) and there were great farmer’s markets. as long as you can get good local produce, i’d say anywhere is a good place to be raw vegan. you don’t actually need a lot of specialty items to eat raw. the simpler the better really.
ex-pat Katie- yeah, dairy is a BIG deal in holland, huh? wow. this family i stayed with took me to a cheese factory (well, more like a little cottage with a store room)... i’ve never smelled ANYTHING so vile. ;) but at least they were healthy and grass-fed. you gotta give them that!
Hey Diana, I’m not from the Netherlands but thought I would say hello anyway! :D
How nice to read your replies! @ ex-pat Katie, I live near Utrecht in a small village. I travel a lot for my work (cabin attendant :) and buy books + go out for dinner in the Us or Canada. Thanks for your suggestions in Amsterdam. I am now 80 % raw, but I think it will be easier in summer. It’s still lots of experimenting for me, which is fun but sometimes not so tasty ;). To bad that we live a bit far awy from each other, otherwise we could do some cooking together. Hope to hear from you!
@Pianissima, how nice that you have lived here! You are right about the farmers markets, I should also check out the ‘Toko’ more where they sell asian/ middle eastern products. Thanks for the tip!
@ Evildarkvirus, that’s sweet of you!
Hi again Diana,
Oh well – it was too much to hope that you would be just around the corner I suppose! I was in Utrecht a couple of weeks ago doing my Nederlands als tweede taal staatsexamen (weet nog niet of ik geslaagd ben, waarschijnlijk niet!) but other than that, I don’t get away from home very much. Having said that, nowhere in nederland is really that far from anywhere else is it… But lucky you going to the raw-friendly US so often – that must be nice to experience!
Pianissima is right of course about the farmer’s markets etc; it’s true that as long as you can get good fruit and veg you will do fine. And nederlanders are lucky too with all the natuurwinkels everywhere – even my small town has a very good one and they order stuff in for you too if they don’t stock what you want, plus Nijmegen itself has at least 3 that I know. I lived for a long time in Newcastle upon Tyne and there was just one for the WHOLE city, and my sister who still lives there says that it has just closed down – she’s so angry because now there is nothing. So, perhaps it’s easier in that way to be raw in the netherlands than in england (at least in the desolate north!).
Here though the main problem is socially – my neighbour invited me and my two-year-old round for coffee last week and of course there were cakes and stroopwafels, and she gave my son multi-vit fruit juice even though I said just water!! And what is with all the kids eating nothing but chocolate sandwiches?!
Anyway, great to hear from you again. What’s your “raw” story?
Hi Katie,
So you are British and living here now. Might be hard, especially the language…. Today I went to the market and bought lot’s of green stuff, I will be experimenting this weekend. To bad you do not live any closer!
I have been a vegetarian for a long time, and discovered ‘raw’ a few years ago but thought it was a little extreme. Thai coconuts, avocado, bananas etc I prefer to eat local food. Besdides I also felt very cold, I love soup and baking stuff especially here in Holland. But still I wanted to try, I have been to raw restaurants in Ny, San Francisco, Toronto, LA and just love the food. Ok, it’s gourmet what they make but I was in HEAVEN. So I am giving it a try, I found it lot’s of work and preparation but it’ s my new ‘hobby’ now. And I really enjoy that it’s vegan. Although I miss bread…. I do not have a dehydrator, that might be it.
Going out for dinner, or worse be invited for dinner…. is a challenge. In 2 weeks I’ll be going to ‘Unlimited Health’ (restaurant) for my B’day, I’ll let you know if it’s worth it. Hope to hear from you and good luck with the ‘buurvrouw’ and your exam!
Warmly,
Diana