Does anyone speak Dutch?

I don't know any of the languages, but I speak google fluently *grins* Hope these links help you out!!

http://www.smartphrase.com/Dutch/du_food-drink_voc.shtml

http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_meat.htm

http://www.ehow.com/how_2287202_say-meat-german.html

Well, I could help with German - but not with Dutch, I am sorry.

(Whereas Dutch seems to be a mix of both German and English)

But couldn't your sister help you out there?

Well, let me know if and what you need in German :)

mjkj

But I'm not that good at thinking up food-related stuff. So maybe someone can make a list of that :)
Can't think of a lot of meat-words. "meat" is "vlees", "pig" is "varken" but that one could be different in Belgium, "cow" is "koe" but I think it'll say "rund" or "runder", "chicken" is "kip" but it might be different.
Here are some milk-related words. I'll do the Dutch ones first and then whatever I remember of French, mjkj should do the German words :D something useful to remember is that the prepared dishes in English are usually inspired on the French names.

milk = melk = lait
dairy = zuivel = ?
butter = boter = beurre
yoghurt = yoghurt = yaourt
ice cream = (room) ijs = glace

Now, I'm counting on you people to think of more words to translate, then I'll read today's chapter and then I'll go to class :)

meat = Fleisch
beef = Rindfleisch/Kalbfleisch
pork = Schweinefleisch
turkey = Truthahn/Pute
chicken = Huhn/Hühnchen/Hähnchen
ham = Schinken
bacon = Speck
egg = Ei
milk = Milch
cream = Sahne
butter = Butter
cheese = Käse
dairy = Milchprodukte
yogurt = Joghurt
ice (cream) = Eis
ice cream on water basis ("water ice") = Wassereis
pig = Schwein
cow = Kuh
horse = Pferd
fish = Fisch
tuna = Thunfisch
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vegan = vegan
vegan (person) = Veganer
vegetarian = vegetarisch
vegetarian (person) = Vegetarier
salad = Salat
vegetables = Gemüse
fruit = Frucht/Früchte

good online dictionary English <-> German: http://dict.leo.org
and there is always babelfish: http://babelfish.altavista.com or (same engine) http://www.systranet.com

same list with added Dutch and French via babelfish:

English = German = Dutch = French
meat = Fleisch = vlees = viande
beef = Rindfleisch/Kalbfleisch = rundvlees = boeuf
pork = Schweinefleisch = varkensvlees = porc
turkey = Truthahn/Pute = Turkije = dinde
chicken = Huhn/Hühnchen/Hähnchen = kip = poulet
ham = Schinken = ham = jambon
bacon = Speck = bacon = lard
egg = Ei = ei = oeuf
milk = Milch = melk = lait
cream = Sahne = room = crème
butter = Butter = boter = beurre
cheese = Käse = kaas = fromage
dairy = Milchprodukte = zuivelfabriek = laiterie
yogurt = Joghurt = yoghurt = yaourt
ice (cream) = Eis = ijs (room) = glace (crème)
ice cream on water basis ("water ice") = Wassereis = waterijs = « glace d'eau »
pig = Schwein = koe = porc
cow = Kuh = paard = vache
horse = Pferd = vissen = cheval
fish = Fisch = tonijn = poissons
tuna = Thunfisch = varken = thon
-----------------------------------------------------
vegan = vegan = veganist = végétalien
vegan (person) = Veganer = veganist = végétalien
vegetarian = vegetarisch = vegetariër = végétarien
vegetarian (person) = Vegetarier = vegetariër = végétarien
salad = Salat = salade = salade
vegetables = Gemüse = groenten = légumes
fruit = Frucht/Früchte = fruit = fruit

Lol. Something went wrong there.

Corrected:

English = German = Dutch = French

turkey = Truthahn/Pute = kalkoen = dinde
ham = Schinken = ham (in Flemish Belgium more often: hesp) = jambon
bacon = Speck = spek = lard
cream = Sahne = (slag)room or crème frêche = crème
dairy = Milchprodukte = zuivel = laiterie
pig = Schwein = varken = porc
cow = Kuh = koe = vache
horse = Pferd = paard = cheval
fish = Fisch = vis(sen) = poissons
tuna = Thunfisch = tonijn = thon
-----------------------------------------------------
vegan = vegan = veganisch = végétalien
vegan (person) = Veganer = veganist = végétalien
vegetarian = vegetarisch = vegetarisch = végétarien
vegetarian (person) = Vegetarier = vegetariër = végétarien
salad = Salat = salade or slaatje = salade

Guess what, I'm Dutch, and I don't live too far from Leuven :)
And I'm a great fan.. Can I get a fan meeting xD?
Seriously, if you have ANY questions, I think you can find my email through my login, no?

Have fun in good ol Belgium :)

Yay power to the vegans :D There's a website that has some useful phrases in different languages: http://www.ivu.org/phrases/

The Dutch section isn't very big, unfortunately, but it might be useful to be able to say that you don't eat meat, or ask if they have vegetarian dishes! And if you travel to any of the other countries it might be useful. You seem to be pretty much covered with stuff you might find in ingredients!

I take it you'll be self-catering? Depending on how long you're there for, you might be able to get away with buying lots of fruit and veg, and herbs, spices and so on. You should be safe with those, and you can make loads of stuff. Obviously it's easier if you're cooking it yourself, but that doesn't mean you can't go to restaurants and cafés and such. A friend of mine who's vegan visited Amsterdam recently, she doesn't speak the language and still managed to eat out and find vegan food. She was only there for a couple of days though.

I have a friend which is lactose intolerant. According to him a very broad range of products contains dried whey or cheese powder (and almost every junk food for added flavour), at least here in Austria. I know that organic food is far more likely to be vegan (but that is usually declared). I can't give much details as I cook most things myself and I'm no vegan.

In the case of Amsterdam, most speak people reasonably good English there.

Another few words...

English = German = Dutch = French
tofu = Tofu = tofu = tofu
soy = Soja = soja = soja
beans = Bohnen = bonen = haricots
peas = Erbsen = erwten = pois

French and Dutch again with babelfish...

mjkj

I'm Dutch, so if you're still looking for specific words or anything, just ask :).

and this doesn't exactly answer your question so much as suggest an end run around it:

The kashrut (Jewish dietary law) specifies:

• almost all seafood is out
• pork and venison are out
• no meat in the same meal (or within 6 hours) of milk products
  • which rules out any cheese made with animal renin

...and that's just a small sample, and disregards more rules about how the cooking is done. For example, you can't cook or consume milk products in/with the same cookware/plates/cutlery as previously used for meat, even if dishwashered in the meantime.

Living in Germany, where the number of kosher restaurants nationwide is probably a single digit number, it's practically impossible to dine out without compromising on the laws. As a result, my dad never took mom out for dinner, and I wasn't allowed to eat food served at my school's cafeteria. Many are the salads I've returned because of the bacon bits. Life was a horrible drag.

As the title hints, I've since solved the problem by dropping pretense of faith. I've stopped artificially restricting myself for religious reasons, and I feel my life is much better as a result.

I can partly see where you're coming from: I deplore the horrible conditions to which livestock is subjected and voluntarily maintain a "mostly" vegetarian diet. But I still enjoy the occasional exception, and I don't worry about trace amounts of food by-products. Life is too short, I think.

Being a strict vegan sounds strenuous. Do you really want to have gray hair before you're 25?

perhaps we can turn this into the weird food habits-topic?

A few days ago I cooked for some friends, all boys. Instead of the vegetables I had prepared, they ate the cookies that someone had left on the table... They did eat the baked potatoes that weren't completely done, and the fish that still was a little cold...

Seems perfectly logical to me :D
I wouldn't want to eat partially cooked potatoes though.