We tasted the ‘croquette’ and ‘frikandel’ flavoured potato salads and this is what we thought
Under the motto of ‘brain off and fryer on 180’, we happily snack away at FavorFlav. We don’t bat an eyelid at a frikandel quiche or a croquette toastie—in fact, bring it on! But when it comes to a potato salad flavoured like a ‘croquette’ or frikandel’ (Snackspert, are you reading this?!) we really have our doubts. Adventurous and curious as we are, of course we had to try them…
When we’re talking about a true nostalgic disgustingly delicious snack, we’re naturally talking about huzarensalade. The little tubs costing 30 cents at the supermarket may not exactly be culinarily responsible, but the good old classic still secretly appears on the table regularly the day after birthdays and BBQs that got a little too boozy. We doubt whether that’s also the case with these two little salads…
Special little salad
Just like traditional huzarensalade, the croquette and frikandel versions are filled with a salad of potato, onion, pickle and egg. One has a layer of shredded meat on top, while the other is topped with finely ground special frikandel, which has an orange-brown colour from the curry. Finished with a thick dollop of mayo and some pickled pearl onions, and the party is complete. Oh yes, and that adorable little plastic spoon is, of course, included too.
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- Frikandel speciaal slaatje
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- Slaatje kroket
The taste
Well, where shall we begin? Not with the interminable list of ingredients, because everyone knows you don’t choose this little salad for health reasons. The croquette salad contains 7% beef, while the frikandel salad contains 13.5% frikandel. But we don’t taste either of them coming through. Every now and then we find a microscopically small piece of frikandel, but it’s mainly one big, gloopy mess that we struggle through with the tiny spoon. The fresh, sour note that characterises classic huzarensalade has been left out here; both tubs are mainly a chemical, salty mouthful. Fine if you’ve temporarily lost your sense of smell and taste due to COVID, have just had a root canal treatment, or are having it as an airplane snack—because let’s be honest: those are often terribly bad too.
Final verdict
These little salads won’t become our new favourite lunchtime snack. Rather than cold, ground frikandels and croquettes in salad form, we’d prefer to pull a hot one out of the wall, no fuss. And huzarensalade? That’s so easy to whip up yourself. For anyone who’s still curious, or a little less snobbish, the little salads are available for about one euro at various supermarkets, including Deen and Jumbo.
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