FOOD AND CULTURE IN EGYPT Sphinx, pyramids, pharaohs, and mummies all evoke vivid images of ancient Egypt. But so should a sip of cool frothy beer or a bite of warm crusty bread, because both are credited to the inventive genius of ancient Egyptians: an unnamed brewer and an equally ...
Danish Food Glossary and Food Terms
GLOSSARY OF FOODS AND FOOD TERMS Aebleskiver: a round dimpled skillet used especially for cooking puffed apple-filled cakes of the same name. Often served with a dusting of cinnamon or icing sugar. Aeggestand: baked custard of eggs and cream (usually in individual molds); the classic accompaniment to Smorrebrod fish or ...
Danish Meals and Customs
MEALS AND CUSTOMS OF DENMARK Although Danes adapt readily to new ideas, they still relish foods in season, like tiny shrimps, which they heap on buttered white bread; the first delicate straw-berries; new potatoes; fresh white asparagus. They still believe firmly that the best lunch is smorrebrod and that beer ...
Danish Special Occasions
SPECIAL OCCASIONS IN DENMARK Most Danes are Lutherans and the majority of those who aren’t are Roman Catholics. But festivities celebrated are not always of a religious nature. Birthdays, Midsummer Eve, even the start of the crayfish season are all celebrated as avidly as Christmas, Easter, weddings, and christenings. Drinking ...
Danish Domestic Life
DOMESTIC LIFE IN DENMARK The old Danish proverb “First flowers, then food on the table” explains the Danish delight in well-designed table appointments and cookware. These, together with a collection of candles and accessories that is present in most Danish homes, makes it difficult not to set an appealing table. ...
Danish Food
FOOD FROM DENMARK DAIRY PRODUCTS Milk, whey, or buttermilk are freely used often as refreshing beverages and also in soups and gravies. Cream is used generously in ice cream, whipped cream sauces (savory not sweet), as well as in desserts as sweetened whipped cream. In fact, plain cream, whipped cream, ...
Danish Food and Culture
Food and Culture in Denmark The mainland of Denmark, together with its surrounding islands, juts into the cold and stormy waters of the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, the North and Baltic Seas, yet within the hearts and the homes of the Danes there is a special warmth. The Danes have ...
Czechoslovakian Food Glossary
GLOSSARY OF FOODS AND FOOD TERMS Bramborove Knedliky: potato dumplings. Briosky: brioches. A rich light yeast bread or roll made with cream and egg yolks, shaped with the characteristic round knob on top. Bryndza: cheese made from sheep’s milk. Buchty: sweet yeast buns baked with Povidla (thick plum jam) or ...
Czechoslovakian Meals and Customs
MEALS AND CUSTOMS Traditionally, Czechs and Slovaks prefer all meals to be served hot. When a variety of food is not abundant, they are satisfied with coffee and breads for breakfast; a quick hot lunch may be based on sausages or a potato or vegetable dish; dinner may be a ...
Greek Food and Culture
FOOD AND CULTURE OF GREECE Pleasures drive out pain and excessive pain leads men to seek excessive pleasures… – Aristotle The above was spoken by a Greek, and more than twenty centuries later it is still the core truism of Greeks everywhere. No characteristic is more typically Greek than the ...