Santa, Me, Lizette, Emily, and Lotte
Well, it's already Friday, again. I can't believe how fast time goes by, it feels as if it has magically sped up and I can barely keep up with the weeks, let alone days. I have had some very Danish, Danish, Danish, Danish experiences this past week. (just ask Frank)
Last Saturday we went to Malerkemmen, an old house in the forest about 30 minutes from here. As we drove up to a cozy cottage sitting amongst the trees we felt like we were going back in time. When we walked in the door we were greeted with a warm smell of yummy Danish pastries. We walked through the house and admired the old Danish decor and classic Danish Christmas decorations. They have converted this Danish house into a restaurant, it is known for aebleskiver and varm kakao, aka hot chocolate and ball shaped apple pastries. (see above pictures) They had many different desserts, yummy pancakes and aeblekage (another yummy apple dessert) just to name a few. I chose to stick with the famous and was not disappointed, the aebleskiver and varm kakao was delicious!
After enjoying every bite and every drop of the Danish yumminess, I found out there was more. They have horse and buggy rides that take you to a cabin just down the road that has turned into a shop. We were too late for the ride but we were just as pleased to walk to the cabin. It was another cabin situated amonst the trees with a fire pit outside surrounded by people and an outside vender selling sweets and warm drinks. As we went into the cabin it was crowded with Danish teas, sweets, and Christmassy treasures. It was filled, we had to go through single file to see everything. I found some neat cooking pans and was a bit surprised to find in this Danish, Danish, Danish experience that they were from Minneaplis, Minnesota...HAHA! A jolly good time was had by all!
On another note, Anders, one of our housemates, is a gospel choir director and Emily and Lizette, two more housemates are part of his choir. We had the privelege of attending their concert. It was amazing! First of all they sounded GREAT and it was fun to see Anders working, he really gets into it. By the second song he had everyone in the place standing up, clapping their hands, swaying and singing in parts! It was quite impressive, especially in this reserved Danish society.
Last Saturday we went to Malerkemmen, an old house in the forest about 30 minutes from here. As we drove up to a cozy cottage sitting amongst the trees we felt like we were going back in time. When we walked in the door we were greeted with a warm smell of yummy Danish pastries. We walked through the house and admired the old Danish decor and classic Danish Christmas decorations. They have converted this Danish house into a restaurant, it is known for aebleskiver and varm kakao, aka hot chocolate and ball shaped apple pastries. (see above pictures) They had many different desserts, yummy pancakes and aeblekage (another yummy apple dessert) just to name a few. I chose to stick with the famous and was not disappointed, the aebleskiver and varm kakao was delicious!
After enjoying every bite and every drop of the Danish yumminess, I found out there was more. They have horse and buggy rides that take you to a cabin just down the road that has turned into a shop. We were too late for the ride but we were just as pleased to walk to the cabin. It was another cabin situated amonst the trees with a fire pit outside surrounded by people and an outside vender selling sweets and warm drinks. As we went into the cabin it was crowded with Danish teas, sweets, and Christmassy treasures. It was filled, we had to go through single file to see everything. I found some neat cooking pans and was a bit surprised to find in this Danish, Danish, Danish experience that they were from Minneaplis, Minnesota...HAHA! A jolly good time was had by all!
On another note, Anders, one of our housemates, is a gospel choir director and Emily and Lizette, two more housemates are part of his choir. We had the privelege of attending their concert. It was amazing! First of all they sounded GREAT and it was fun to see Anders working, he really gets into it. By the second song he had everyone in the place standing up, clapping their hands, swaying and singing in parts! It was quite impressive, especially in this reserved Danish society.
Awesome! The desserts sound and look amazing! Can't wait to go! I have to admit that I thought of the fairy tale hansel and gretel when I was reading this. I house deep in the woods that smelled of pastries! I am sorry I love fairy tales. I am happy you made it out alive. Sounds like a nice Danish experience-bu it looks like you can not get away from the USA though, it seems to be following you whereever you go. love and miss you!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun, I just love quaint little holes to hang out in - especially with great friends!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the danish lessons. I now know that aeble = apple, and that gets combined with other danish words (and ingredients) to make delicious apple desserts; varm = warm (why they couldn't just go with a 'w' is beyond me); and kakao = cocoa, which seems quite obvious once you know. Hope the language is catching on for you too. ;) Love the documentary video. Frank is funny, and you are cheesing! Thanks for the update.
ReplyDeleteEllen!
ReplyDeleteWilliams Sonoma has a ebelskiver pan, cookbook, & pancake mix. You think I should have Aunt Connie get one? They don't spell with an a on the front so it may not be authentic.
You should check it out on line.
Love you, mom
Thanks for the lovely commentary and the great pictures. Miss you. Love you. Glad things are going well.
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