Limburgian cuisine

Limburgisch cuisine is different from the Belgian and Dutch cuisines but also shares many similarities with these cuisines.
Limburg is a little different compared to the rest of the Dutch and Belgian provinces. 
The landscape is hilly in the southeast (while the rest of the Dutch landscape is cultivated and flat) and the Limburgish language could be said to be a separate language rather than a dialect of Dutch. 
This different landscape provides the Limburgish cuisine with a lot of game meat, especially in the hunting season. 
The north of the Limburg is quite flat and is the largest asparagus producing area of the Netherlands. In the southwest you will find the Haspengouw which is famous for being the "fruit basket of Belgium".
Limburgian cuisine is shaped by the practice of fishing on its rivers (most notably the Meuse) and farming, including the cultivation of the soil for raising crops and the raising of domesticated animals.
Limburg is also renowned for its varieties of cheese, most notably the Limburger cheese. 
Limburgian cuisine has often been called a Burgundian cuisine; this means that along with big portions and a certain unpretentiousness of presentation, the diner can expect a high standard of ingredients and preparation.
Deep-fried chipped potatoes are a very popular food item. They are called fritten in Limburgisch. 
However, unlike the 6–10 mm thick "French fries" which are normally served in American fast-food restaurants, Limburgian fries are more substantial (12–15 mm thick) and are typically fried in suet (preferably oxen), similar to Belgian fries.
Other Limburgian specialities are beer and Jenever. Hasselt, the capital of Belgian Limburg, is home to the National Jenever Museum.
For a comparatively small region, Limburg produces a very large number of beers in a range of different styles.
Almost every style of beer has its own particular, uniquely shaped glass or other drinking-vessel. 
The recipes for a number of home- and restaurant-prepared dishes call for the inclusion of one or other of the region's beers.
Limburg has many brands of beer. Some breweries in Limburg are Alken-Maes, Lindeboom, Brand, Gulpener, , Leeuw, Hertog Jan and Alfa. Many of these breweries use water from the Meuse River, which flows through the entire length of the region. Gulpener and Alfa, however, use their own wells in the hilly southeast of the region.
Achel brewery or "Brouwerij der Sint-Benedictusabdij de Achelse Kluis" is a Limburgian Trappist brewery, and the smallest of the seven currently approved Trappist breweries. It is located in the Abbey of Saint Benedict in the Belgian municipality of Achel. It brews five kinds of Trappist beers.
Typical Limburgian dishes: