The Belgian Blue's sculpted, heavily muscled appearance is known as " double-muscling ".

Conversely, the Belgian Blue's meat tenderness has been argued to be just as tender because there are a large number of smaller muscle fibers.

Since the Belgian Blue ’ s bone structure is the same as a normal cow, however holding a greater amount of muscle, causes them to have a greater meat to bone ratio.

George Christian Giebert, a young Belgian engineer, read of Liebig's work and wrote to him suggesting that they meet to discuss opening a manufacturing plant in South America using the flesh of cattle that, before the popularity of canning or freezing meat, would otherwise have been killed for their hides alone, bringing the cost of meat to one third of the European cost.

It is the only Dutch culinary region which developed a haute cuisine and it forms the base of most traditional Dutch restaurants including typical main courses served such as Biefstuk, Varkenshaas, Ossenhaas, these are premium cuts of meat, generally pork or beef, accompanied by a wide variety of sauces and potatoes which have been double fried in the traditional Dutch ( or Belgian ) manner.

For example, Dorling Kindersley describes the street food of Viet Nam as being " fresh and lighter than many of the cuisines in the area " and " draw heavily on herbs, chile peppers and lime ", while street food of Thailand is " fiery " and " pungent with shrimp paste ... and fish sauce " with New York City's signature street food being the hot dog, although the offerings in New York also range from " spicy Middle Eastern falafel or Jamaican jerk chicken to Belgian waffles " In Hawaii, the local street food tradition of " Plate Lunch " ( rice, macaroni salad and a portion of meat ) was inspired by the bento of the Japanese who had been brought to Hawaii as plantation workers.

Blind Alleys ( Tales from the Crypt # 46, February – March 1955 ), Major William Rogers ( Nigel Patrick ), the new director of a home for the blind, makes drastic financial cuts, reducing heat and rationing food for the residents, while he lives in luxury with Shane, his Belgian Malinois.

It also urged that the U.N. eject, and prevent the return of, all Belgian and other foreign military and political advisers ; ;

Not only was his Belgian nationality interesting because of Belgium's occupation by Germany ( which provided a valid explanation of why such a skilled detective would be out of work and available to solve mysteries at an English country house ), but also at the time of Christie's writing, it was considered patriotic to express sympathy with the Belgians, since the invasion of their country had constituted Britain's casus belli for entering World War I, and British wartime propaganda emphasized the " Rape of Belgium ".

The Belgian post office also released a set of stamps to coincide with the exhibition.

Due to mutual agreements with foreign clubs, the youth academy has also signed foreign players as teenagers before making first team debuts, such as Belgian defensive trio Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Thomas Vermaelen ( now with Arsenal ) and winger Tom de Mul ( now with Sevilla ), all of whom are full internationals as well as Dutch youth international Javier Martina and Vurnon Anita of the Netherlands Antilles.

* The Belgian ( horse ) is also known as a Brabant or Brabançon

During its history the area has also been known as Congo, Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and Zaire.

Elements of the FP were also used to form Belgian colonial units that fought in the East African Campaign during World War II.

François d ' Aguilon ( also d ' Aguillon or in Latin Franciscus Aguilonius ) ( 4 January 1567, Brussels – 20 March 1617, Tournai ), was a Belgian Jesuit mathematician, physicist and architect.

Dutch or Belgian gin, also known as jenever or genever, evolved from malt wine spirits, and is a distinctly different drink from later styles of gin.

King William I was also given rule over Belgium, but this lasted only until the conclusion of the Belgian Revolution in 1831.

Haggis-maker MacSween conducted a taste-test which indicated that whisky is a proper accompaniment, and adds that lighter-bodied, tannic red wines, such as those made from the Barbera grape, are also suitable, as are strong, powerfully flavoured Belgian beers, such as Duvel and Chimay Blue.

The progenitor of the A9 / A10 was the German V-2 rocket, also designed by von Braun and widely used at the end of World War II to bomb British and Belgian cities.

The loss of Belgian markets also caused painful economic problems for the state.

The Luxembourg Government in exile in London made agreements for a group of seventy Luxembourg volunteers to be assigned to in 1944 the ' Artillery Group ' of the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade ( also known as the Piron Brigade ).

There is also is unitary Belgian nationalism, several versions of a Greater Netherlands ideal, and a German-speaking community of Belgium annexed from Prussia in 1920, and re-annexed by Germany in 1940 – 1944.

Belgian King Leopold II also tried to gain a foothold on the northern bank of the Congo River and send Stanley to the area around Brazzaville.

Other foreign soaps that used to air on Belgian television are " The Young And The Restless " ( at VTM ), " EastEnders " ( also at VTM ), " Port Charles " ( at één, back then called TV1 ), " Coronation Street " ( at Vitaya ).

Albert Henry wrote that although in 1988 the word Walloon evoked a constitutional reality, it originally referred to Roman populations of the Burgundian Netherlands and was also used to designate a territory by the terms provinces wallonnes or Walloon country ( Pays wallon ), from the 16th century to the Belgian revolution, and later Wallonia.

In 2000, the Belgian comic book artist and writer Crisse ( Didier Chrispeels ) introduced the first of a series of comic books featuring Atalanta, who is also abandoned by her father but saved by goddesses and nurtured by a bear.

Like many elements in Belgian folklore, this is mainly based on the French " La Marseillaise " which is also both an anthem and the name of a monument-the sculptural group Departure of the Volunteers of 1792, commonly called " La Marseillaise ", at the base of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

* The Belgian cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius features Ming Dynasty-era Chinese carriages with masts and sails in his atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ; concurrent and later Western writers also take note of this peculiar Chinese invention.

1985 was a poor season for Lauda, with eleven retirements from the fourteen races he started, he did not start the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps after crashing and breaking his wrist during practice, he also later missed the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch ; John Watson replaced him for that race.

The port city was also the main objective of German armies in December ; the inability of the Allies to end the war in 1944 meant that Allied troops had to winter in Belgium, during which time the Ardennes Offensive was launched by the Germans, resulting in heavy fighting on Belgian soil that lasted into 1945.

Henny also worked with Belgian singer-songwriter Jan De Wilde and recorded a duet with the lead singer of demissionary New Dutch Wave-survivors Frank Boeijen Groep.

Belgian Blue cattle have improved feed conversion ratio ( FCR ) due to lower feed intake compared to weight gain.

Each was about the size of a brigade, and commanded by ' aging generals who have had no military training, and often not much positive experience, since they were NCOs in the Belgian Force Publique.

It is believed that the seized vehicles ( which included 15 Belgian Army Pandur APCs leased to Beninise army troops ) and parts have been used to equip the Military of Equatorial Guinea, and such seizure are considered by some as an act of piracy.

NCO: Those who have completed five years of high school and have served a 4 months as voluntary soldier, will do a 9-month-stage at the Infantry Training Department of the Belgian Army in Arlon, before becoming a sergeant in the Luxembourg army.

As of the 2012 Formula One season Schumacher is the only driver left competing in Formula 1 to have raced against Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, whose record of total career wins he beat with his 52nd win at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix.

On the other hand, Dutch ( Amstel, Grolsch, Heineken ) and Belgian pilsners ( Jupiler, Stella Artois ) have a slightly sweet taste.

* Vlaams Parliament (" Flemish Parliament "; originally styled Vlaamse Raad " Flemish Council ") served both the Flemish Community ( whose same it uses ) and, in application of a Belgian constitutional option, of the region of Flanders ( in all matters of regional competence, its decisions have no effect in Brussels )

** French and Belgian troops leave the cities they have occupied in Germany.

The Dutch, Belgian, Thai, and Israeli Armies have various configurations of the Van Halteren Metaal LARIT M109 trainer.

A feature of its history is the number of wars between other European powers which have included campaigns on Belgian territory, causing it to be nicknamed " The Cockpit of Europe ".

The Belgian LBK is notable for its use of defensive walls around villages, something which may or may not have been necessary because of the proximity of hunter gatherers.

The successive linguistic wars have made the successive Belgian governments very unstable.

Further operations and a British supporting attack along the Belgian coast from Niewpoort, combined with an amphibious landing, were to have reached Bruges and then the Dutch frontier.

Belgian group dEUS sampled Da Da I Love You by German three-piece Trio for their version of Pa, but permission came too late to have it included on the Dutch release.

All coins have a common reverse side showing how much the coin is worth, with a design by Belgian designer Luc Luycx.

The year featured in the coins can date back to 1999, when the currency was formally established ( only Belgian, Finnish, French, Dutch, and Spanish coins have 1999 ).

Each of the eight coins can have the same design ( such as Belgian coins ), or can vary from coin to coin ( such as Italian coins ).

Belgian euro coins dated 1999 – 2007 have the portrait of King Albert II.

There have been occurrences, however, of Belgian monarchs not always respecting this spirit.

Nevertheless, Anouilh refused to comment on his political views, writing in a letter to the Belgian critic Hubert Gignoux in 1946, " I do not have a biography and I am very happy about it.

Since around 1970, the significant national Belgian political parties have split into distinct representations for each communities ' interests besides defenders of their ideologies.

Consequently, as German interest rates rose after 1990, Belgian rates have increased and contributed to a decline in the economic growth rate.