h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

no idea if this is typical of holland, but when i go to visit my aunt in rotterdam she gives me a couple of round flat spongey cakey things (can't remember their name but i'm sure somebody round here must know what i'm talking about), and i then put butter on them. my best friend, who lived in holland for several years, used to eat them with a slice of cheese on the top. strange little things, but tasty.

they're called 'beschuit' (pron. bah-SCOUT), they're spongey to the eye but crunchy and brittle to the mouth. much like crackers as toppings go.
eat with pastel blue mice when there's a new baby boy, pink mice if it's a girl. eat with mice à la stamped-on for any occasion, and this is no joke!

also seen in dutch breakfasts: Peperkoek (pron PAY-per-cook), translated literally as peppercake. in fact a heavy type of sweet dense cake, stuffed with spices, not pepper. substance relatively sticky and soft. quite good actually, as long as you don't eat the whole loaf. meant as a breakfast treat, not breakfast as a whole. you'd get nauseous.