{"id":1406,"date":"2016-06-10T13:05:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T13:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:05:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T13:05:56","slug":"is-a-danish-actually-danish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2016\/06\/10\/is-a-danish-actually-danish\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a danish actually Danish?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When English-speakers hear the word \u201dDanish\u201d they often think about \u2026 kager <\/b>(cakes)! I always found that hilarious, because in Danish, a Danish pastry is called \u2026 wienerbr\u00f8d<\/b> [VEEnorbroth] \u2013 bread from Vienna, the capital of Austria! So, is the English-speaking world wrong?<\/p>\n

En k\u00f8benhavnsk bager havde v\u00e6ret i Wien <\/b>(a Copenhagen baker had been to Vienna), the co-op magazine Samvirke<\/b><\/a> (Cooperation) tells. The baker fell in love with Vienna-style croissanter <\/b>[kroh-a-SANGor] and brought the opskrift<\/b> (receipt) with him to K\u00f8benhavn.<\/b> As he knew just how sukkerglad<\/b> (sugar-happy) his landsm\u00e6nd<\/b> (compatriots) were, in 1843 <\/b>he made some changes. First and foremost, he added his own special remonce<\/b> [rehMONGS] (a kind of cake filling). The wienerbr\u00f8d<\/b> had been born!<\/p>\n

Hvorfor navnet<\/b> (why the name)? Well, to Copenhageners in 1843, Wien<\/b> sounded classy and a bit exotic, too\u2026 After all, a bager<\/b> [BAYor] has to sell his kager <\/b>[KAYor]\u2026 When Danish bakers abroad, however, wanted to attract English-speaking kunder<\/b> (customers), the most exotic name to use was \u2026 Danish!<\/p>\n

When you s\u00e6tter t\u00e6nderne i <\/b>(dig your teeth into) a yummy wienerbr\u00f8d<\/b>, you\u2019ll probably need to take some care: Dejen <\/b>(the dough) smuldrer<\/b> (is crumbling)! It\u2019s almost as if it\u2019s snowing flager<\/b> (flakes)\u2026 This kind of dough is very Danish, I think, and it\u2019s called butterdej<\/b> (paste). Just taste the word: butterdej\u00a0 <\/b>[BOODadie]\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard that the average Dane eats 10 kilos of pastry each year, so the Vienna brand clearly did its job\u2026 \ud83d\ude42 Wienerbr\u00f8d<\/b> are typically consumed with kaffe<\/b> (coffee) \u2013 some people even eat them in the morning, like any other morgenbr\u00f8d<\/b> (\u201dmorning bread\u201d, such as scones or buns).<\/p>\n

If you want an authethic Danish experience, I strongly recommend you take the time to visit a baker<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42 At least you now know that \u2013 yes, indeed! A Danish really is Danish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

When English-speakers hear the word \u201dDanish\u201d they often think about \u2026 kager (cakes)! I always found that hilarious, because in Danish, a Danish pastry is called \u2026 wienerbr\u00f8d [VEEnorbroth] \u2013 bread from Vienna, the capital of Austria! So, is the English-speaking world wrong? En k\u00f8benhavnsk bager havde v\u00e6ret i Wien (a Copenhagen baker had been…<\/p>\n

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