Thursday 2 May 2013

Danish Glossary

Since I use so many Danish words, and make references to Danish traditions ... which are mostly food related... I thought it would be a good idea to comprise a little glossary, so that you all know what I am talking about (and also look out for the yummy items in the international supermarkets! Trust me they will change your life.... and also your pant size)

Frikadellers (or Danish meatballs) Seriously delicious stuff! Can be made with almost anything, including pork fish and meat. very delicious and super easy to make. 


cage mand- this is traditionally eaten at birthdays :) 


Danish hot dogs can be purchased at almost every single street corner. these babies are topped with this pickled type thing as well as ketchup (not tomato sauce) and remole (another danish delicious) 


danish pastries (yummmmmm) ate this baby today actually 


MY FAVOURITE SAUCE! denmark lacks BBQ but this makes up for it 

My all time favourite Danish candy!! Tastes like strawberry sticks (if anyone remembers them from their primary school days)  

In english this is called 'polly's chocolate'... It is like a chocolate bar that you put on bread (no i am not kidding) it comes in either dark chocolate or milk chocolate... i personally believe milk is the best.  This stuff is best served when the bread is hot as the chocolate melts into it... needles to say it is veryyyyyyyyy delicious. 


Rugbrød aka the bread that changed my life. This bread is so delicious and can not be bought anywhere else in the world. I have been told on numerous occassions that the danes couldn't live without it and i have no trouble believing that because i dont know how i will survive when i go home! 


Habio ægs. These are just delicious! 


Pick and mix candy! Like the candy that is available at Event cinemas, where you pick the candy that you want from the huge containters. this is more popular in denmark than australia and you can find it pretty much everywhere! 


The Danish licorish Harbo mix... Also tastes delicious however avoid the black round circles of licorice.... they taste nothing like the licorice in australia. got a little bit of a salty bitter shock! 


Swedish chocolate! This is like Denmark's cadbury! Tastes pretty good and it is available in SO many different flavours (however miss the good old cadbry caramel one) I think milk and daim chocolate is the best. Daim is also a swedish chocolate bar thats like hard toffee. Delicious 


Flødeboller- my FAVOURITE THING IN DENMARK! This literally translates into cream ballers. The chocolate covered outside is delicious but its the stuff inside that you want to eat. They come in all different flavours. A lot of people eat them at birthday parties. And whats even better? Frelesons which i think has the best ones is in my town! Jeg har et SUPER GODT! 


Hyggelit- i know that i use this word a lot and many people ask me 'what does it exactly mean'?! if you google translate it, it means 'cosy' but it means so much more than that! You yourself can 'hygge' which means that you are just having a nice time, wether you are like reading a book or just relaxing in the sun. Then there is hyggelit... this can be used to describe pretty much everything! Like a trip can be hyggelit, or a movie trip to your friends or even just having tea with my host family! This word is special to the danes as you can not translate it. I absoloutley love it and think that it is a big part of their culture. I will defiantley be bringing this back to Australia. 


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