{"id":877,"date":"2013-02-10T23:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=877"},"modified":"2013-02-11T00:33:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T00:33:50","slug":"buns-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2013\/02\/10\/buns-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Buns Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fastelavn,<\/a>It\u2019s\u00a0fastelavn<\/strong>\u00a0[fast-eh-LAOON]! Last year I told you about this fun tradition<\/a>, where children all over Denmark\u00a0kl\u00e6der sig ud<\/strong>\u00a0(dress up) and pound a hanging barrel with a bat until the\u00a0slik<\/strong>\u00a0(candy) comes out. (This is called\u00a0at sl\u00e5 katten af t\u00f8nden<\/strong>, which roughly means \u201dbeating the cat out of the barrel\u201d. People say that many years ago, there used to be a living cat in the barrel\u2026)<\/p>\n

Some children bring their\u00a0kostumer<\/strong>\u00a0to the street, and go\u00a0fra d\u00f8r til d\u00f8r\u00a0<\/strong>(from door to door) asking for sweets or\u00a0penge<\/strong>\u00a0(money). Sometimes they sing\u00a0Fastelavnsangen<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the Fastelavn song. The whole text runs like this:<\/p>\n

Fastelavn<\/strong><\/p>\n

er mit navn,<\/strong><\/p>\n

boller vil jeg have,<\/strong><\/p>\n

hvis jeg ingen boller f\u00e5r,<\/strong><\/p>\n

s\u00e5 laver jeg ballade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Boller op<\/strong><\/p>\n

og boller ned,<\/strong><\/p>\n

boller i min mave,<\/strong><\/p>\n

hvis jeg ingen boller f\u00e5r,<\/strong><\/p>\n

s\u00e5 laver jeg ballade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fastelavn<\/p>\n

is my name,<\/p>\n

buns I want,<\/p>\n

if I don\u2019t get any buns,<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll make\u00a0ballade<\/strong>\u00a0(trouble).<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Buns up<\/p>\n

and buns down,<\/p>\n

buns in my stomach,<\/p>\n

if I don\u2019t get any buns,<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll make\u00a0ballade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sure,\u00a0danskere er vilde med at kl\u00e6de sig ud<\/strong>\u00a0(Danes love dressing up). If you study in Denmark you are guaranteed to be invited to a lot oftemafester<\/strong>\u00a0(theme parties) with\u00a0udkl\u00e6dning<\/strong>\u00a0(dressing-up)! But I guess the bun part of the song is what most adults are looking forward to in connection with\u00a0fastelavn<\/strong>! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The\u00a0fastelavnsboller<\/strong>\u00a0(Fastelavn buns) is a Danish speciality. You take a\u00a0bolle<\/strong>\u00a0made out of\u00a0lyst mel<\/strong>\u00a0(light flour, that means: a British or French kind of bun, not the Danish\u00a0grovboller<\/strong>\u00a0or coarse buns!) Then you\u00a0fl\u00e6kker<\/strong>\u00a0(split it with a knife) it in two halves. Whip some\u00a0fl\u00f8deskum<\/strong>\u00a0(whipped cream), and put it between the two bun parts (like a hamburger). Put some\u00a0flormelis\u00a0<\/strong>(icing sugar) on the top. Mmm\u2026<\/p>\n

Many people also add\u00a0syltet\u00f8j<\/strong>\u00a0(jam) or\u00a0marcipan<\/strong>\u00a0to the cream. And if you really want\u00a0at g\u00e5 amok<\/strong>\u00a0(to run amuck) in\u00a0fastelavnsboller<\/strong>, just visit a Danish\u00a0bager<\/strong>\u00a0(baker). You\u2019ll find some real\u00a0kaloriebomber<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201dcalorie bombs\u201d) there, with cream and chocolate and sugar and berries and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

It\u2019s\u00a0fastelavn\u00a0[fast-eh-LAOON]! Last year I told you about this fun tradition, where children all over Denmark\u00a0kl\u00e6der sig ud\u00a0(dress up) and pound a hanging barrel with a bat until the\u00a0slik\u00a0(candy) comes out. (This is called\u00a0at sl\u00e5 katten af t\u00f8nden, which roughly means \u201dbeating the cat out of the barrel\u201d. People say that many years ago, there used…<\/p>\n

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