Dutch Deep Frier

Croquetten are just one of many traditional Dutch deep fried dishes. 

The ragout-filled dish was regarded as a French cuisine delicacy, first described in a recipe from 1691 by the chef of the French king Louis XIV and utilising ingredients such as truffles, sweetbread and cream cheese.^[14] From the 1800s onwards, it became a way to use up leftover stewed meat. After World War II, several suppliers started mass-producing croquettes^[15] filled with beef. The croquette subsequently became even more popular as a fast food; meat ragout covered in breadcrumbs which is subsequently deep-fried. Its success as a fast food garnered its reputation as a cheap dish of dubious quality, to such an extent that Dutch tongue in cheek urban myths relate its “allegedly mysterious content” to offal and butchering waste.^[16] The kroket is even so popular that a disk-shaped version on a bun is sold at McDonald’s. Research in 2008 showed that 350 million kroketten are eaten in the Netherlands. It is estimated that 75% of all Dutch people will eat them, resulting in 29 kroketten per person per year on average. The major consumers are between 35 and 49 years old.^[17]

— Wikipedia: Croquette ~ Netherlands