[000:00:00;00] ah, famous blossoms, are dutch tulip parks really so spectacular or are they just tourist traps? the national dish and moist street. why are belgian so crazy about muscles with fries? and the feeling i did, i believe in civilian at the festival, we'll see what makes the perfect flamenco outfit. all that and more coming up on duramax. ah ah ah, ah ah, for this years eurovision song contest reigning champion, ukraine is sending do oh trochi to defend their title?

the final will take place on may 13th in liverpool. we met up with a popular electronic music do oh, beforehand at a performance ah, the song, the heart of steel by torch, he impressed audiences and leave western ukraine, a city and country at war. the main emotion that this song gives us a feeling of follower, ready? grand errands are unbeatable, it's unites us, and i feel that we like ball having haro sale. they are the best supersensitive of ukraine at this moment. i believe in them. they are wonderful. and i explained to board, she means something like creative ones. and there ukraine's entry in this years,

eurovision song contest andree hood. so yeah, and jeffrey kenny are hoping their song, heart of steel will bolster ukrainians. morale in the ongoing, more against russian aggression with this one for presents their life all ukrainians as a hold into good altitude in a negative situation. we are all united, all fighting and staying strong confident. this concert was held over 500 kilometers west of kiev, where it was relatively safe from the bombing. but the threat posed by the war is ever present in every part of ukraine. in the family, what we have to be vocal about, whatever is happening. and that's why we as musicians, the best thing we can do is to make music to port. she got started in 2017. when

andrea approached nigerian geoffrey kenny internal appeal in western ukraine. both were studying pharmacy at the university there, but their real interest was in music. missouri. i was going home and there was going somewhere as well. so you just have my shoulders. i don't a chest by i english skills. you can test a green skills as well. i was like, okay, no problem. it was a very, i can say very strange situation, but it led to something very huge thing or jeffrey came from nigeria to study a new crane and 2013. he never could have dreamt that he would become one of the country's biggest pop music stars. even after the russian invasion, he decided to stay on the same car. i found, you know, something that i like to do med, my, my team members here. my friends, my house on my family,

i can say my new life i can say is here. so i enjoy being here in macon is, is for her people, you know, that appreciate what we do that can just say my 2nd home. so where else would i go? you know, ah, andrea jeffries, music career seems to move only one way up for albums and several hit singles have made 41 of ukraine's biggest music acts. the circumstances of their victory in ukraine's pre selection for the eurovision song contest late last year were somewhat unusual for fear of russian attacks. the competition was held $100.00 in 2 meters under ground in a subway station in the capital. key of that page was between them on the platform where people waiting for the trains, you know, so we perform, jefferson can thank you and the rim black noise and everyone was sick on that time because it was when there was radicals, but we made it somehow we managed how to do it, and yes,

that only one in 2022, the collusion orchestra when the e. s. c for ukraine, so toward she has a tough musical act to follow this year. ah, world knows that ukraine has strong folk music, and the sierras will be sanctions at the most of them would not expect from ukraine who can show some electronic music. and also we will spread our message to the world and the we hope people who need to be inspired from us because be united the stronger be more confident toward she is currently touring ukraine on every bill is of course the song they hope will bring their country a 2nd victory with the war ongoing ukraine wont be able to host to the sd and may instead, britain had stepped up to put on the show and torch. he is already tipped as one of

the favorites to win oh, every spring, thousands of tourists visit the netherlands to see the amazing tulip fields. although the flower is not native to europe, it became the symbol of the country and its main export. d w reporter deanna penny arrows discovered how to enjoy these gardens despite the crowds. oh, spring spring is the most beautiful and google defend cease one of the year and is my 1st time enjoying it in the land of the 2 youths minute length. and in this tri, which means my crime region about 30 minutes from i'm certain, it's one of the most visited areas in the whole country there in springtime. i'm going to was a 2 of the best places to see tulips here. let's look at all what you can expect to see here. i regina, clicking of i know what hold spot fork to lift fun. oh, smells incredibly good. here. these is the largest through live garden in the

netherlands that are more than 7000000 to leaps, but also to adopt reduce hyacinths and other bud flowers. oh, we're planted by hint. patrick vandyke is waiting for me. he has been working at cooking house since 2019 a few nights. so normally 2 lives house, 2 weeks of moving, but you have here a technique or 230, quite cool. tell us about it that this rick rick is called was i, you're bumping. and like you said, there's only 2 weeks of blooming. so he created latania plumping, so he gets 6 weeks. garcia, the bottom delay bloomers, middle the mid floors and pop the early blower. going off has a long history. it started in 1949 with just a few guard the nurse to day. hundreds of exhibitors show off their best flowers. the bark opens every year from march on to me. what are they challenging

through, maintain such a huge garden? and the biggest challenge is he's $32.00 acres of park and actually after the park is close, we get the other challenge is keeping the water, keeping the trees alive, and we don't have any irrigation system. it's all done by hand. oh wow. so when it drains you guys are like yeah, we got to eating off with in 2022 more than 1000000 visitors came to craig and this is crazy, totally crawler. i love might come our mind to leaps have been cultivated in the netherlands for hundreds of years, but they are actually from asia after they arrive in the netherlands. people traded with them to know more about it. i meet with emily's de kooning.

how come one of those 2 leaves come for the same price of fancy house in the netherlands? 100 years ago? yeah. 100 years ago. yes. that's true. it happened. well, that should have been very popular, and people wanted to half of tulip in their garden as a sign of wealthy nurse of richness and important if the price is arranged at enormously. we call that period the top obama. it we are now at the 2nd location, which is a less crowded alternative for people who want to occur on 2 lives. take pictures and why not south, if the to the barn was created by knee and ignored, i had thought i'd throw me into 1021 that are about 500002 lives and over 175 different types to enjoy this place is also very instagram level, thus you are actually allowed inside the fields. dead to live barn is not our

traditional is teal. so how do you come up with this idea campaign start? it's a couple years ago to create awareness for tourists that they can at stopping into any julie field because it's for the production of tulips and ups for taking pictures. so you wanted to create an alternative for people where to can take pictures without doing any harm to feels that harry mesa puts a little wider to become walkthrough and most latitude have so stay on hard low so many corners. it's beautiful and here it's much easier to enjoy all the flowers because is not so crowded. if you love sophie's, these is the place to be well after a long and really colorful they, i had to admit that spring in the end of their life is quite outside. i'm pretty

sure i'm coming back here again. i cooked muscles with fries. does that get your mouth watering? maybe not. but in belgium, the locals love it. mostly it are a national dish, there reason enough for us to take a closer look and even a nibble. and these are the crown jewels of belgian cuisine, moon feet, and a steaming pot of mussels and piping hot fries. and we'll show you how it's done. what out? no more than a man. yeah. the belgian capital brussels is home to hundreds of restaurants, serving up the dish among the most well known sister establishments shalean and was on the blue sail operating for more than a century. annoys said,

i get enough. my name is cedric and i've been the chef at was on that who sell for 5 years. jeff calin ass cooks up hundreds of kilos of muscles and fries each week. the magic starts with freshly rinsed muscles and a few ingredients, butter, salt and pepper and celery and onions made about yoga. you add the fat. listed over the celery. listen on the onions, dr. all any of the vegetables always have to be at the bottom of skill. if you put the vegetables on top of the muscles, they want to cook properly. it more updates had provided salt and pepper quite correctly. put it in a pot but plus a little about one portion cover. it's roughly 800 grams of muscles per person. the folk we saw before on to a high heat was edward for around 4 to 5 minutes. resume.

it's very quick. so that's heavy. and don't forget, around halfway through, shake up the pot to make sure the muscles cook evenly. meanwhile, chef cal enough prep the side dish. the world might know these crispy treats as french fries. but this chef as a message yet can only belgians know how to make fries. in belgium, fries are usually cooked in beef tallow and in 2 stages. first, that 140 degrees celsius for 4 to 5 minutes. then again, at 190 degrees for a further 4 minutes before they're tossed with sea salt and the finishing touch

quill in mortal weed. the fries with mayonnaise. russel's love of muscles was cultivated in the 1950s with the advent of paid vacation days. oh, city workers who could visit the coast for a few days of fun returned longing for a taste of the seaside. and these restaurants were ready to cater to locals. new tastes. most muscles served up here in the capital, are still sourced from the north sea, around belgium and the netherlands. these days you can find mold feet and brussels all year round, but fishmonger veronique from you will and says the standard varies depending on the season. the best quality of muscles you eat them in october, november, december, january, and then for us, we fishmonger see only eat them during that short, very short lapse of time. she carries out vigorous product inspections. the could check the quality of a muscle. you have to open it up like this,

like this one. see, it's nice. it's pink. and it's fleshy. the sweeter the muscle, the better of atlantic says. and there's a way for professionals like her to check quickly. and this is how we can draw muscles are also sometimes sourced from spain. they were once seen as a simple and cheap dish for the masses. but over the years they become a more sought after an expensive choice. back at the restaurant, a portion of mold fleet will send you back more than 30 euros, but the price tag isn't deterring these customers every time we're in brussels, we always try and at least have them myself. seen that they're the typical vision. i'm just a fan of myself, so it's as easy as that and that's a very special place with a long tradition. and the food is very good. and they're not the only ones manager,

terry scares has welcomed some distinguished guests over the years. at this table with the former queen of belgium, madame maloney calling done some jasmine, but i tell you every monday it's more than welcome customers here can also sample famous local beers. but it's the moon free to which make mouths. water, beloved by belgians, assembled her who's in studies. it's our traditional dish. it's our culture, although it's our culinary heritage about him, one could he knew. mood fleet is a dish popular all over europe, but it's a match made in belgium. ah. see and be seen at the ferry at the abdel in severe spain and the right out. that of course, is very important. any self respecting visitor to the festival has to be clad in a flamenco dress or traditional suit. one well known flamenco label is our own. i

gardinio. so what makes a perfect flamenco dress? true to style from head to toe. almost every one visiting the fairy albert e. lynn sylvia gets decked out in traditional flamingo style for this popular spring festival. each year. the out order gavin, your label is a real trends that for flamingo dresses and the stunning accessories to go along with them. company founder out o dot. gov in your works alongside her daughters victoria and our daughter together . they run the influential label, headquartered in downtown sylvia, in southern spain, as he could add more than others, a history of beautiful flamenco dresses, but only traditional ones, not modern ones. and then my mother created her own label and has, you know, setting trends ever since the, the most important thing about a flamenco dress is that it's comfortable. but because you weird at the feria where

you drink and dance, or if you might run into your husband, father or lover, so you need the perfect out of it. okay. but if it's about bought august, johan, a 25 person t makes the creations using fine fabrics. and the 21 and 23 year old sisters are part of it. them. everything is created under one roof, from the design to the tailoring to the finished dress that hangs, and the boutique out of him to go got it. i know well i'm here. i'm cutting a frill for the bottom of the dress slab. i think we're there will be several fabric layers laid on the yellow lac habits. i didn't that the blue one is quite big. it's a $100.00 on the seed though. you put a good that we still had to. so it in, it'll be a frill on the flounce. i'll go say, look, good idea and willow then will andy, ah, the label has become especially famous for its intricate details. ah,

if those are all of a, my mother is the only one who makes them quite so elaborate piano, the others just copy her. balmy's lenika was my life and i grew up with that he, we offer hand tailored flamenco in all its diverse facets from ankle gazed at this and anything is possible with flamenco de la wiley. and ill fleming got a huge crowd, is waiting for the clock to strike midnight on saturday night. and for the 25000 lights of the entrance gate to the fia, to turn on then follows a week of extensive celebrations. one highlight is the horse drawn carriage parade at plaza. they thought us on sunday afternoon. many men and women where historical costumes out o dot. gov in yo enjoys taking part this year. she's been invited into a carriage by some customer friends and stories. we gardenia, this is typically my label given you a lot again. that's what quincy la bongo,

i can attach the border here for at the waistline. what i can call him. but i think dora, dan thought a mclean, my customers are mostly independent women who know what they want in like a good they have had. i don't think they don't care about social code die, you know, found that all gallon if you them, danielle ah, on the way to the fatty a grounds, the women get in the mood to party. with the fatty, i was celebrated for the 1st time in $1847.00, and is now the biggest festival and on the lucia. some people have rented a carriage for the whole week that'll bring them from one stop to the next. and party goers dance the flamenco. of course. these are the women out order gabino taylors dresses for together with her daughters. the designer now wants to enjoy the fadia and get ideas for new flamenco looks. up to you next

time. we're going to drink dance tardy and have a good time. barry, germans love this quite unremarkable looking vegetable. right asparagus, people from other countries might find this obsession with sparkling germany a bit odd. like a reporter brand dennis from australia. but he decided to get to the root of it. but back hurts are restored to the shortage of her on branch from australia, living in germany. and i hear germans really love asparagus nor any asparagus white ones. and whereabout this whole to european ya comes right now. see what all the fuss is about. hey, how do you do? yeah, good. so you going to show me the wine asparagus feel today? i will tell you and i think you come no not. i am brent dennis and i am going to harvest. osburg is for d. w at this asparagus farm in beale,

it's near berlin at the end of the day. i'm supposed to harvest asparagus on my own against the ticking clock. my 1st lesson, white asparagus hides on the plastic covers in the sunlight, he spare his turns purple and green. the cultivation and complex harvesting made the white asparagus for a long time, a luxury vegetable that only well of people could afford even today harvesting asparagus is hard work that is done by humans. we've little machine support. yeah, we should have a competition. me against to honestly. yeah. have you seen me so he's laughing. he's wanting. have you ever done this before? i started with i so this big one, he is a good one to short medium. this is minimum. those figures should have a length of a if it is short as

a bed. again with. busy sizes in pony which boggled brian like most things. so now i know how to extract the asparagus from the ground. i think i'm a little protein before i start to challenge. so it's a little bit darby, but pretty good. you're going to show me how to cook this now. okay. water, sugar, salt, and if needed, a slice of lemon. then it goes into the oven for 40 minutes to cook. traditionally asparagus often served with sauce hollandaise in germany. white asparagus has a subtle taste. after all, it consists of a 90 percent water and has a genetic effect. it taste better than looks back in the asparagus field where i must now harvest asparagus all by myself

against the clock. didn't take me all day. i can't do that so quickly with i haven't run in like 3 months now. you have 30 minutes. got block, and be in how it with ah, this is really think it's so hot. ok that i can't do this all a 30 minute for this one. this one, this one was was he gone, he expects me to go all the way up in the back hood or reach oh no, no, that's too short. it's a lot of 2nd quote is, you know, so it's a freaky separate. i can't, i can't help it. it's,

it's the pressure now you're here watching me. i can't do it. oh, okay, so i'm done. you did it with in just a at about 50 to 70 minutes. i'm just a little bit astonished. it's good. the quad, she's not so good for how long would it take one working to do this? 7 minutes. so i wouldn't be able to work the. the question, if you, if it's okay for, for, for the back. my back hurts a lot. what chevy say after 8 hours after 12 hours? i don't think i would do this for a day job. i think i'll just stick to making videos, deutsche avella and eating. why dispatchers at harm? and that wraps up this edition of your max, but fall was on social media for more from the world of culture and lifestyle. thanks for watching and join us again next week. ah, ah,

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