{"id":60,"date":"2011-07-06T08:21:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T08:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=60"},"modified":"2014-08-06T18:11:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T18:11:31","slug":"strawberry-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2011\/07\/06\/strawberry-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sommer<\/strong> (summer) has come, and it is strawberry season in Denmark! Although some people take pride in growing their own strawberries in their haver<\/strong> (garden lots), most jordb\u00e6r<\/strong> are gathered in special fields in the countryside. The island of Sams\u00f8, situated between the peninsula Jutland and the main island Zealand, has a particularly rich soil and is literally drowning in strawberries these days! If you would like to experience the true sense of the Beatles song Strawberry fields forever<\/em>, how about going strawberry picking in Sams\u00f8<\/a> next year?<\/p>\n

The word jordb\u00e6r<\/strong> (pronounced like \u201dyore bear\u201d) literally means \u201dearth berry\u201d, being a compound of jord<\/strong>, \u00a0\u2019earth\u2019, and b\u00e6r<\/strong>, \u2019berry\u2019. It is one of those rather few Danish words that doesn\u2019t change or has any ending added in the plural. So you just count: 1 jordb\u00e6r, 2, jordb\u00e6r, 164 jordb\u00e6r\u2026<\/strong> (If you can pick that many!)<\/p>\n

Jordb\u00e6r<\/strong> are typically eaten with m\u00e6lk<\/strong> and sukker<\/strong> (I don\u2019t have to translate those, do I?), occasionally with fl\u00f8de<\/strong> (cream) instead of milk. Some people eat them with fl\u00f8deis<\/strong> (milk-based ice cream), which is a real treat! Like in many other countries, strawberries can of course also be an ingredient in kager<\/strong> (cakes) and drinks<\/strong> (yes, that one\u2019s a loan from English).
\nOne of the strawberry dishes you are most likely to hear about \u2013 and least likely to taste \u2013 is, however, r\u00f8dgr\u00f8d med fl\u00f8de<\/strong>. As\u00a0r\u00f8d<\/strong> means \u2019red\u2019 and gr\u00f8d<\/strong> means \u2019porridge\u2019, I am sure you can already make out that it must be some kind of \u201dred porridge with cream\u201d! My dictionary suggests the translation \u201dred fruit pudding\u201d. It is some kind of dessert, often containing strawberries and other b\u00e6r<\/strong>. We rarely eat it, but talk a lot about it to foreigners!
\nYou see, Danes love pulling outsiders\u2019 legs \u2013 especially when it comes to the notoriously hard-to-pronounce Danish language. Show a Dane some interest in her language, and I bet she\u2019ll sooner or later ask you to pronounce r\u00f8dgr\u00f8d med fl\u00f8de<\/strong>! And she\u2019ll love to watch you struggling with the sounds, every time getting a bit closer! \ud83d\ude42
\nDon\u2019t despair \u2013 Danish isn\u2019t at all that hard, just offbeat. Let\u2019s pass through this together:<\/p>\n

\u2022 fl\u00f8de<\/strong> \u2013 the \u00f8 is pronounced like \u00f6 in German or eu in French. Saying the word \u201dfletch\u201d with pouted lips will give you an idea. The final e should be pronounced weakly, like the e in \u201dthe moon\u201d
\n\u2022 med fl\u00f8de<\/strong> \u2013 pronounce the d\u2019s like the \u2019th\u2019 in \u201dmother\u201d, but further back in the mouth and more relaxed
\n\u2022 r\u00f8dgr\u00f8d<\/a> med fl\u00f8de<\/strong> \u2013 the r\u2019s are in the throat like most German r\u2019s, but weaker; imagine you whisper the Scottish ch <\/em>sound in\u00a0Loch Ness<\/em>. Furthermore, the Danish r\u2019s tend to open up the neighbouring vowels, so the \u00f8\u2019s of r\u00f8dgr\u00f8d<\/em> sound very much like the i in Sir<\/em>.
\nNow take a strawberry!<\/p>\n

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Sommer (summer) has come, and it is strawberry season in Denmark! Although some people take pride in growing their own strawberries in their haver (garden lots), most jordb\u00e6r are gathered in special fields in the countryside. The island of Sams\u00f8, situated between the peninsula Jutland and the main island Zealand, has a particularly rich soil…<\/p>\n

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