Benefits of Hårdbröd (knäckebröd) Posted by Katja on Apr 9, 2012 in Uncategorized
When somebody says bread, most people probably think of soft bread straight away, however after living in Sweden for a while you’ll know that you don’t only think of the loafs of bread, but even hard bread in it’s thin slices will occur to you. Hard bread actually has a lot of benefits, would you imagine that? Hard bread lasts a lot longer than normal bread Far lower on calories It actually fills you up more Contains more fiber Many people substitute soft bread for hard bread when trying to eat a healthier diet or lose weight. It’s cheaper too. Hard bread or Knäckebröd is always served in schools and in most restaurants too. Swedes very seldom eat soft bread with meals, neither is toast that common. Are the Scandinavian countries alone in liking hard bread or has it turned into a world success?
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Comments:
Nikki:
I actually just ate some Finn Crisp for breakfast! Most people in the UK eat Ryvita, Finn Crisp is quite hard to get hold of, but it’s pretty popular in the UK.
Carol D:
I’m married to a Swede and I can tell you we eat hard bread all the time… usually Siljans is our favorite but recently one of the grocery stores started carrying my husband’s VERY favorite… Finn Crisp Caraway. And now I’m totally addicted to it too!
Lee C.:
25 years ago I had to go to a shop or deli that specialized in importing food to buy knäckebröd in the US. Now I can buy Siljans and Finn Crisp in just about any large grocery store, and even the smaller ones have at least Wasa.
But I still have to go to the specialty shop to get that Finnish stuff whose name I can’t remember: the edges turn up and it’s even harder than the usual knäckebröd, but it’s wonderfully sour.
Dave S:
Your Swede May Vary. Mine mostly eats toast. We’ll get some knäckebröd every now and then and it will sit in the cupboard for a month or two before we finally finish it. Visiting her family, I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of them eating knäckebröd (although her parents usually have some in the back of a cupboard).
Oddly enough, I think I probably ate more knäckebröd before moving to Sweden than I do now that I’m here…
Linn Olsson:
I’m Swedish and I don’t even like knäckebröd. I think it’s too hard and dry (I tend to say that it assaults my mouth!), and the crumbs get stuck in the hole on my tongue (I have a tongue piercing), which hurts. So, basically, not a big fan of the knäckebröd. Although, I am considered to be strange for my opinion here in Sweden. I haven’t met anyone else who doesn’t like knäckebröd.
Manuel Carrillo:
I am from Venezuela (South America) and I must tell we buy often hard bread. It is produced here.
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patrick:
If you are located in north America you can buy swedish sample foods in IKEA
They have hard bread there