Week 5: Denmark

Yay February! The month of my birth! Since I am so awesome and the world is a better place because I live here, I am commemorating this month by cooking food from the places where my ancestors came from. For the first week, I did Denmark! I love Denmark! My grandma loves to make us aebleskivers, a sphere-shaped apple-filled pancake-thing. But other than that, I've never really eaten the food of my people.

Pardon my French, but Denmark is badass. The way it got its name, so legend tells, is that when King Dan conquered the Roman Emperor Augustus (yes, THAT Augustus), the people named the country after him. The Danes were also. . . VIKINGS!!!!! I love vikings!!!!! They are so cool and they discovered America, for real unlike that impostor we shall only call Chris. A cool little family fact, there was this great viking called Canute the Great. I don't know if that is who he is named after, but my cousin's name is Knute, and I know his name is Scandinavian. So that's awesome.

Denmark is a super green country. Green in the environmentally friendly sense, although it is green in the landscape sense as well. There is a monarchy similar to England. Their Queen's name is Margarethe II and their Prime Minister is Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Way cool name!

Alright, the food.

I made Dansk Bøf med Løg served Smørrebrød style. Haha! I love this language! This is basically a rare open faced hamburger with a fried egg on top. SO GOOD!!!! I loved it! The rare meat was a little scary, especially for Justin. Don't get me wrong, I love rare steak, but somehow ground meat is different. But it tasted Oh My Gosh so good!

For a side I made Kålstuvning or hot slaw. The sauce, made with white pepper and dried mustard, was quite tasty. But cabbage is disgusting. At least the one I made was. Eww gross!

For dessert I made Kirsebærkugler, the most delicious almond flavored cherry filled cookies you will ever eat! They were gone in one sitting. Oh gosh, I loved them. I will definitely be making them again!

Ok, what have we learned? Denmark is way cool, especially because I am from there. Hamburgers with egg on top is the only way to eat hamburgers. Cabbage is disgusting. And maraschino cherries and cookies are a magical combination! Yum!