First, we enjoyed something called "Ferieboller" at work today which I believe literally translates to "Holiday buns" or holiday rolls. And no, it has nothing to do with Christmas as I initially thought. They mean "holiday" in terms of "vacation". Someone in my lab is going to be gone all next week so she brought in the ferieboller. I failed in my online search of this term, so maybe it is a novo nordisk thing and not a danish thing, after all.
Second, in addition to the normal cheeses Danes usually have with bread, and in addition to quite an interesting and tasty-looking array of marmalades, lemon curds, and jams my department also has on hand for bread breaks, I learned today that Danes like to smear their bread with a little bit of butter (that seemed to vary person to person though) and then top with thin pieces of dark chocolate...not a chocolate spread like nutella but actual wafer thin chocolates. It's quite a nice combination.
And as long as I am talking about chocolate, this is a picture of a candy bar we found in our local grocery store. The Yankie bar -- original. Since 1946. Apparently the Danish company, Toms, was commissioned to make these for American troops in Germany just at the end of WWII. It's like a Mars bar.
Typically people bring something back from where they vacationed. Am I reading this right that your coworker brought in bread as a bon voyage before going on holiday?
ReplyDeleteThe chocolate on top (lightly) buttered bread sounds delicious.
Yes, they also bring things back when they are on vacation but you are correct, this was bread brought in PRIOR to going away
ReplyDeleteand the chocolate on the bread IS quite delicious. it helps having great bread though. Their bread is so good it is never toasted either, just fresh