Snack Bar · Dutch Classic

Frikandel (speciaal)

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It's also sold from coin-operated wall vending machines (automatiek) such as FEBO, where you pay and pull a hot frikandel out of a little glass door.

A deep-fried, skinless minced-meat sausage sold at Dutch snack bars (cafetarias) and street stands, usually served "speciaal" — split open and topped with mayonnaise, curry ketchup and chopped raw onion.

Why it's made this way: It emerged in the mid-20th century as a cheap, mass-producible snack designed to fry from frozen in minutes for the Netherlands' walk-up snack-bar culture.