{"id":1750,"date":"2018-09-30T22:52:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T22:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2018-09-30T22:55:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T22:55:24","slug":"kitchen-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2018\/09\/30\/kitchen-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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K\u00f8kkenet <\/strong>(the kitchen, also spelt k\u00f8knet<\/strong>) is the heart of a Danish home. When rain is falling from a grey sky \u2013 and eating out feels a bit too complex and pricey \u2013 it\u2019s great for familien<\/strong> (the family) or vennerne<\/strong> (friends) to gather around spisebordet <\/strong>(the dining table).<\/p>\n

Traditionally, husm\u00f8dre<\/strong> (housewives, singular husmoder<\/strong>) were responsible for madlavningen<\/strong><\/a> (the \u201dmaking of food\u201d, the cooking). Nowadays, of course, both men and women take turns preparing aftensmad<\/strong> (dinner, literally \u201devening meal\u201d).<\/p>\n

Many Danes spend a lot of penge<\/strong> (money) to have a large and shiny k\u00f8kken<\/strong>. Although some people do keep their dining table and stole<\/strong> (chairs) in another room, it\u2019s very common to eat one\u2019s m\u00e5ltider<\/strong><\/a> (meals) in the kitchen itself. A samtalek\u00f8kken<\/strong> (\u201dconversation kitchen\u201d) is a big, open kitchen that is especially suited for socialising.<\/p>\n

A kitchen in Denmark typically has a k\u00f8leskab<\/strong> (fridge, literally \u201dcooling cupboard\u201d) to conserve madvarer<\/strong> (foodstuffs), a fryser<\/strong> (freezer) to keep things like ice-cream from melting, skabe og skuffer<\/strong> (cupboards and drawers) to store tools, a k\u00f8kkenvask<\/strong> (kitchen sink) with vandhane<\/strong> (faucet\/tap) to get vand<\/strong> [van] (water), a k\u00f8kkenbord<\/strong> (work top\/kitchen counter) to prepare food, an emh\u00e6tte<\/strong> (cooker hood) to catch damp<\/strong> (steam), and a komfur<\/strong> [komFOOR] (electric stove\/cooker) to heat the food\u2026 And yes, Danes too get lazy and buy a mikrob\u00f8lgeovn <\/strong>(micro wave oven)! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s prepare some kartofler<\/strong> (potatoes). You\u2019ll need a kartoffelskr\u00e6ller<\/strong> (potato peeler) to skr\u00e6lle<\/strong> (peel) them and maybe a kniv<\/strong> (knife) and a sk\u00e6rebr\u00e6t<\/strong> (cutting board)\u2026 Del dem i to eller sk\u00e6r dem i skiver eller terninger.<\/strong> (Split them in two parts or cut them into slices or squares.) Put them in a gryde<\/strong> (pot) with kogende vand<\/strong> (boiling water), add salt<\/strong> and stir with a grydeske<\/strong> (ladle). (Remember to turn off kogepladen<\/strong>, the hotplate, when they\u2019re done!)<\/p>\n

You can also stege<\/strong> (fry) them in fedt<\/strong> (fat) on a stegepande<\/strong> (frying pan), rive<\/strong> (shred) them on a rivejern<\/strong> (grater), bage<\/strong> (bake) them in ovnen<\/strong> (the oven) with the krydderi<\/strong> (spice) of your choice, or mose<\/strong> (mash) them with an piskeris<\/strong> (whisk) or h\u00e5ndmixer<\/strong> (hand-held mixer) in a sk\u00e5l<\/strong> (bowl).<\/p>\n

When you\u2019ve eaten, place the tallerken<\/strong> (dish), gaffel<\/strong> (fork), kniv, ske <\/strong>(spoon), glas<\/strong> (glass), kande<\/strong> (mug), si<\/strong> (sieve), grydel\u00e5g<\/strong> (saucepan lid) etc. in opvaskemaskinen<\/strong> (the dishwasher). Finally, clean the dug<\/strong> (table cloth) with a klud<\/strong> [clooth] (cloth)\u2026<\/p>\n

Of course, a lot of the fun in a kitchen comes from doing stuff sammen<\/strong> (together). Why not use your next kitchen session to practice your Danish?<\/p>\n

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K\u00f8kkenet (the kitchen, also spelt k\u00f8knet) is the heart of a Danish home. When rain is falling from a grey sky \u2013 and eating out feels a bit too complex and pricey \u2013 it\u2019s great for familien (the family) or vennerne (friends) to gather around spisebordet (the dining table). Traditionally, husm\u00f8dre (housewives, singular husmoder) were…<\/p>\n

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