Guys 'n Gals! When served a Danish sandwich - i.e. a slice of rye bread with the cold cuts snd up to _one_ condiment on it - you may use your hands to eat it. When it's a proper piece of _smørrrbrød_ - the rye bread with two or more condiments on the cold cuts you should use cutlery when enjoying it. I _did_ however enjoy your tasting of a small selection of our specialties.
Thanks for trying our frokost. What hits me is how you all had cutlery but everyone tried to eat it as if it's finger food... It's obviously possible, but most Danes would have used the cutlery. It's just easier for the more "liquid" pieces. Anyway, again, thanks for trying to embrace our weird traditions ❤
@@Zhiperser that's probably why our (tall) open sandwiches get that much attention... if you don't use cutlery your fingers will smell for hours 😄 Nah, of course you can wash it off... but it's not supposed to be finger food. Anyway I'm still thankful that people try.
@@Zhiperser And for us it is not just weird but painful to watch it eaten US-style. Manners, decorum, respect for local culture etc should be part of diplomacy, no?
Although you started with pronouncing the D in "sild", which is either soft or silent. Your pronunciation improved, and I was nicely surprised by how you said fedtemad, I know the D in "mad" is especially troublesome for Danish learners. Anyway I hope you enjoyed, and I wish you a good stay here in Denmark ☺
What are the two flags between the USA and Denmark? I love this channel btw I also love horseradish , pickled herring,and Danish rye bread ( which is a bit difficult to find here in California)
Valid question, already answered. Anyway "Danish rye bread" isn't that difficult to bake yourself. But you will need a sourdough starter, as it doesn't use yeast or baking powder. My own favourite has a bunch of sunflower seeds, but if you bake yourself you can find a balance you prefer.
This is better than the former president embassador, to her the fact her driver wrote a bike to work, was a evidence that socialismen has run amok in Denmark. Even though Denmark is a free market capitalist social democracy
Am I the only one who always believed that the ambassadors in a foreign country also would/ should speak the language of this foreign country, in which they are?
@@vBDKv thank god that the old traditions still goes on... otherwise we will end up forgetting our heritage and all be fast food from around the world.... fedtemad med fedtegrever og rå løgringe.... muuums
It's actually impressive that it's still possible to buy lard all year round. There must be customers out there. But you're right there's probably not many that buy it to put on bread anymore. Anyway a sukkermad has also kinda disappeared, now that we can afford honey and jam. It's not something I'd buy myself, but neither is pickled herring. So if there's enough customers let it stay on the shelves.
yh, it´s an older thing, it was very common to eat 70+ years ago, fedtemadder med salt, and in the 60´s sukkermadder med smør became common too. Both came from the poor population.
Welcome to Denmark. Fedtemad were one of the cheapest food items before. Later it came with "pålæg" but we dont see it much more. Butter has replaced it but you can still buy it or you can make your own. For the rest. I dont know who chose the food but in Denmark we love bacon and pork and potatoes. With brown sauce. So I hope you get to taste more. Btw I allways throw out the "peberrod". The taste of that is so intense it destroyes all over flavours
Dane here, I absolutely hate horseradish, that is also not the traditional Danish topping for roastbeef (which would be the roasted onions and remulade), just as I hate raw onions that absolutely do not belong on top of rullepølse, because that would traditionally be iitaliensk salat (Italian salat) , which has noting to do with Italy btw.
Italian salad is for hamburgerryg. Horse radish goes on roastbeef... It's silly to try correct foreigners, if you don't know the traditions yourself. Edit: it's like claiming that a hotdog doesn't need strong mustard and raw onions because you always had the kid's version.
@@klausolekristiansen2960 .. horseradish is a required taste much like salty black licorice, so yes and no, I think most Danes stay clear of horseradish, even if it's supposed to be a traditional topping.
