{"id":1032,"date":"2014-01-26T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T17:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2014-01-26T17:52:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T17:52:50","slug":"eating-danish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2014\/01\/26\/eating-danish\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Danish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Danish rugbr\u00f8dsmad (slice of rye bread) can be quite elaborate.<\/p><\/div>\n

Some people say that danskere snakker med en kartoffel i munden<\/b> (Danes talk with a potato in their mouth). While I would never recommend that you scorch yourself just to get the words right, there might be some truth to the saying\u2026 Your traditional Dane does eat a lot of kartofler<\/b> (potatoes), and maybe eating like a native will bring you in the mood to talk like one\u2026 Here\u2019s a quick outline of the typical m\u00e5ltider i Danmark<\/b> (meals in Denmark):<\/p>\n

Morgenmad<\/b> [MOARNmath] is the early morning meal, eaten before people tager i skole<\/b>\/tager p\u00e5 arbejde<\/b> (go to school\/go to work \u2013 literally \u201dtake\u2026\u201d). Unlike the \u201dcoffee-and-croissant breakfast\u201d in some countries, morgenmad<\/b> is a really important meal in Denmark. People think it\u2019s important to start the day \u201dfully loaded\u201d, so they usually take their time consuming things like juice <\/b>[dyooce], kaffe<\/b> [KAHfeh], the<\/b> [teh], m\u00e6lk<\/b> [melk],\u00a0youghurt<\/b> [YOOGoort] or milk with cereals like cornflakes<\/b> [kourn-flex] or mysli<\/b> [MEEslee] (muesli) and slices of br\u00f8d <\/b>[brerth] (bread) topped with margarine<\/b>\/sm\u00f8r<\/b> (butter), ost<\/b> (cheese) or syltet\u00f8j<\/b>\/marmelade<\/b> (jam). On their days off, Danes traditionally buy morgenbr\u00f8d<\/b> (\u201dmorning bread\u201d) \u2013 miniature \u201dpastries\u201d including rundstykker<\/b>, a kind of \u201dbread rolls\u201d.<\/p>\n

Frokost<\/b> [FROHkost] can be compared to lunch in the English-speaking countries. Around noon, Danes gather in their homes or workplaces for another round of madder<\/b> [MATH-or] (topped slices of bread) and typical drinks like milk or juice. By now, the p\u00e5l\u00e6g<\/b> (\u201dthe stuff you lay on bread\u201d) has increased in range, including things like spegep\u00f8lse<\/b> [SPIEeh-perl-seh] (salami), leverpostej<\/b> [LEVorpost-eye] (liver p\u00e2t\u00e9) and agurk<\/b> [aGOORK] (cucumber). (Hot food is consumed in some workplaces and constitutions, but it\u2019s still not the norm.) By the way, ordinary Danish bread comes in two main \u201dflavours\u201d: the dark, everyday rugbr\u00f8d<\/b> (RUEbrerth) or \u201drye bread\u201d, and the less coarse, \u201ddessert-ish\u201d franskbr\u00f8d<\/b> [FRANSbrerth] (literally \u201dFrench-bread\u201d). Many foreigners think that rugbr\u00f8d <\/b>has a strange taste (a bit \u201dbittersweet\u201d, maybe), but Danes love it!<\/p>\n

Aftensmad<\/b> [AFTnsmaath] or \u201devening meal\u201d is the main meal of the day. Around 18 \u2019o clock the whole family gathers for a hot meal. Danes in 2014 are extremely cosmopolitan, so they eat the most diverse food for their aftensmad<\/b>: Italian pizzaer<\/b> and salat<\/b>, American hamburgere<\/b> and pomfritter <\/b>(French Fries), Japanese sushi<\/b>, Chinese and Thai wokmad<\/b> (wok food), Middle-Eastern shawarma<\/b>\u2026 Traditional Danish dishes like kartofler og frikadeller<\/b> (potatoes and Danish-style meat-balls) are often eaten, too.<\/p>\n

I think one of the most special things about food culture in Denmark is that we make so much of our food ourselves! Since the climate is often cold (and the prices a bit steep!), eating out is much less common here than in countries like Spain or the US. Every self-respecting Danish household has a large kitchen, cooking gear, kogeb\u00f8ger<\/b> (cooking books)\u2026 Both women and men pride themselves in their cooking skills, and in many families, the duties of aftensmad<\/b> are shared, so that one evening mor<\/b> (mum) is the cook, the next evening far<\/b> (dad) is the one carrying the forkl\u00e6de <\/b>(apron).<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard foreigners complaining that danskere spiser hele tiden<\/b> (Danes eat all the time). Well, I won\u2019t dispute that! \ud83d\ude42 But let\u2019s leave it there. There\u2019s no need to focus too much on all the \u201din-betweeners\u201d, like brunch<\/b>\/mokost<\/b>, eftermiddagskaffe<\/b> (afternoon coffee), natmad<\/b> (\u201dnight food\u201d), slik<\/b> (candies, sweets) and kaffe og kager<\/b> (coffee and cakes) every time somebody is celebrating their f\u00f8dselsdag<\/b> (birthday)\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Some people say that danskere snakker med en kartoffel i munden (Danes talk with a potato in their mouth). While I would never recommend that you scorch yourself just to get the words right, there might be some truth to the saying\u2026 Your traditional Dane does eat a lot of kartofler (potatoes), and maybe eating…<\/p>\n

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