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blue_hours_too in ethnic_cuisines

DENMARK ~ Cherry Cake

Jul 06, 2007 07:13

There are 5.3 million people living in Denmark today, 1/4 of which live in the capital Copenhagen. The rest of the country is rather rural. There are about 500 islands, many of them tiny, only 100 are inhabited. In the USA, the Danish are mostly known for "Danishes" - pastry, in Europe for smorgasbrod and butter cookies.

DANISH CHERRY CAKE
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birgitte July 6 2007, 16:23:46 UTC

I don't know any Danish people who actually eats the things you mention, like klipfisk or blodpølse.... This description must be a bit old.

blue_hours_too July 7 2007, 09:10:00 UTC

Okay. I should change that then. I did pull that part off the internets. It's probably like common English description I see of "German food" that's mostly just Bavarian. Thanks for the pointer. :) What ARE some common or typical dishes nowadays? And don't say pizza and doener {like in Germany, lol}.

birgitte July 12 2007, 15:56:37 UTC

That is a difficult question, I think! I guess nowadays there is a more global cuisine, so people in Denmark probably eat very similar to other places. Pasta, salads, pizza etc. One thing I've noticed is that we use cream more than in Spain fx. A traditional Danish dish that people still eat is frikadeller, meat balls (my dad makes some really good ones!)

blue_hours_too July 13 2007, 17:10:27 UTC

Oh, same in Germany, they're called Frikadellen in the North or Buletten/Fleischkuechle and probably 10 other things further south. I suspect North German and South Danish food is very close to begin with... I'm Northern so this whole Bavaria thing in Germany is about as "exotic" to me as it is to anyone. ;o)

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