Let's start our Danish food exploration with a Danish pastry.
Danish pastry or Danishes are known the world over as a breakfast bread or a sweet treat with a coffee or tea. However, the name is very misleading! These pastries should probably be called Austrians. In 1850 there was a bakers strike. Bakers from abroad, mostly Austrians were hired by the bakery owners. They brought with them their own recipes and when the striking bakers returned to work, they continued to use these recipes.
Danish pastry or Danishes are known the world over as a breakfast bread or a sweet treat with a coffee or tea. However, the name is very misleading! These pastries should probably be called Austrians. In 1850 there was a bakers strike. Bakers from abroad, mostly Austrians were hired by the bakery owners. They brought with them their own recipes and when the striking bakers returned to work, they continued to use these recipes.
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Look at Ms Treacy's smile! She is smiling because she's about to eat another tasty Risted hotdog.
The Danish hot dog stand is one of the Denmark traditional icons and is also a major tourist attraction. On our Free Walking Tour our guide listed eating a Risted hot dog as one of the essential things to do in Copenhagen.
So what exactly is a Risted hotdog? It is a long sausage in a short bun, dressed with pickles, fried onion, fresh onion, mustard and ketchup. Yum!
The Danish hot dog stand is one of the Denmark traditional icons and is also a major tourist attraction. On our Free Walking Tour our guide listed eating a Risted hot dog as one of the essential things to do in Copenhagen.
So what exactly is a Risted hotdog? It is a long sausage in a short bun, dressed with pickles, fried onion, fresh onion, mustard and ketchup. Yum!
The Danish Open Sandwich is a lunch time favourite. It has your favourite toppings on a dark Rye bread. Rye bread is darker than our brown bread and heavier in texture. We can buy Rye bread in many supermarkets in Ireland.
In the picture above I chose a chicken salad on the left and a potato/onion salad on the right. Delicious!
In the picture above I chose a chicken salad on the left and a potato/onion salad on the right. Delicious!
We will finish this food article with some dessert. Or some Guf to be precise!
Ice-cream is very popular in Copenhagen with ice-cream parlours on most street corners. The ice-cream is the same as at home, you choose your flavour or flavours and you get a scoop or two on your cone. But the added extra you can ask for in Denmark is some Guf. I thought that this would be a little teaspoon perched on the top-oh no! The lady in the ice-cream parlour piled on the Guf until I begged her to stop. Guf is made of beaten egg whites and has a sticky soft texture. It seems to be pink in every shop and it tasted to me like bubble gum.
It seems to be a uniquely Danish topping for ice-cream. I would advise not to ask for some Guf with your ice-cream here in Ireland as we use the word Guff for a totally different meaning!
Ice-cream is very popular in Copenhagen with ice-cream parlours on most street corners. The ice-cream is the same as at home, you choose your flavour or flavours and you get a scoop or two on your cone. But the added extra you can ask for in Denmark is some Guf. I thought that this would be a little teaspoon perched on the top-oh no! The lady in the ice-cream parlour piled on the Guf until I begged her to stop. Guf is made of beaten egg whites and has a sticky soft texture. It seems to be pink in every shop and it tasted to me like bubble gum.
It seems to be a uniquely Danish topping for ice-cream. I would advise not to ask for some Guf with your ice-cream here in Ireland as we use the word Guff for a totally different meaning!
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