Hutspot

Hutspot , hochepot (French), or hotchpotch (English), is a dish of boiled and mashed potatoes, carrots, and onions with a long history in traditional Dutch cuisine. Hutspot is also found in the Indonesian cuisine due to their colonial ties. According to legend, the recipe came from the food found in the cooking pots left behind by hastily departing Spanish soldiers after the end of the Siege of Leiden in 1574 during the Eighty Years' War. When the liberators breached the dikes of the lower lying polders surrounding the city, the fields around the city flooded with about a foot of water. As there were few, if any, high points, the Spanish soldiers camping in the fields were essentially flushed out, leaving behind most of their equipment, including according to legend prepared hutspot which was feasted upon by the famished population after being sieged for a year. The anniversary of this event, known as Leidens Ontzet, is still celebrated every October 3 in Leiden and by Dutch expatriates the world over. Traditionally, the celebration includes consumption of a lot of hutspot.

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