Dutch TV programs, June 2019.

Program “De aardappel eters” (which means “The potato eaters”), NTR, NPO 2, June 12, 2019. Reporter: Joris Vermeer. This Dutch TV program is about food. The episode of June 12th, is about the history of the Schnitzel, a piece of meat, well-known as the Wiener Schnitzel. Ingredients: flattened veal or pork meat, flour, eggs, bread crumbs and olive oil. Italy claims that the Schnitzel hails from Milano, Italy, as it is already described in a historic document of the Catholic Church, written by an archbishop, in the year 1198. In the 19th century a war was going on between Italy and the Austrian/Hungarian Empire (of the Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife Sisi). The Austrian army was led by field Marshal Joseph Radetzky. He was in Italy with his army and got to know the Schnitzel. When he returned to Austria, he introduced the recipe to Austria. It was served during glamorous dinner parties with the Austrian royalties and nobility. The meat was covered in gold leaf and people ate it like that. The Austrian population denies the story of the Italian Schnitzel. According to the Austrians the Schnitzel is originally from Vienna, Austria, and they gave it the name Wiener Schnitzel. Later on, when the working class enjoyed eating it too, the meat was changed from veal to pork and the gold leaf became the (the same golden color of) bread crumbs. In the second part of the program, reporter Joris Vermeer visits André Rieu at his castle in Maastricht. That's where the video starts. Enjoy! Translation and subtitles by the team: Ineke, Ruud, John.