Americans Try Popular Holiday Treats From Denmark

Embassy staff from the U.S. Embassy to the Kingdom of Denmark in Copenhagen try different Danish foods for the first time.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

The guy getting shocked at 4 flødeboller in one sitting, and I'm like "You gotta bump up those numbers. Those are rookie numbers."

[@olemanden22]

Im more dissapointet that she uses the PC name flødeboller and not what we really call them :D

[@GrandmarGaming1969]

@@olemanden22 💀

[@VeaKrea]

My fosterbrother tried eating 24 flødeboller in an hour on a bet with my dad. He made it to 17...😅

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@VeaKrea That's so small an amount in such a large amount of time. 1 per 2 minutes. It's just two packs, too. Tsk, tsk ....

[@hellehansen4879]

@@olemanden22 Negerboller > Flødeboller

[@YourXavier]

"All these silent D's" The universal statement of every foreigner trying to learn Danish. Along with "why do all your words end in 'uh'?"

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

One of the "Ropetrotting" guys named that his Danish Teacher started with erasing half of the letters on the board, because they aren't pronounced!

[@jimmywayne983]

Hands down, this is probably the best "Americans try danish snacks" i have seen here on youtube. I feel like you actually give a genuine experience that Americans wanting to visit Denmark can use. I would like to see more of this 👍

[@brostenen]

Salte fisk are strong? Oh boy... Serve super piratos next. 😉

[@NukeRuZZia-tq6kq]

Ask a dane, and they will tell you that Salte Fisk is kinda weak. Even spunk is stronger, and more tasteful

[@brostenen]

@@NukeRuZZia-tq6kq Yup.... Salte fisk are just sweet licorice.

[@Zivilin]

@@NukeRuZZia-tq6kq yeah, they have sweetness to them underneath the saltiness.

[@TrineMortensen]

Salty fish are ok.. But Super Piratos are the best 😋 I just finished a bag the other day.. My heart was beating soo fast 🤣

[@brostenen]

@@TrineMortensen I feel like I have the flue, if I eat 150 to 200 gram Super Piratos in one go. As to why I keep to a couple of pices every time.

[@runeaanderaa6840]

It surprises me that nowhere in the world but in Scandinavia, people have even heard of salty liquorice.

[@bentalexranebundgaard4867]

One mistake, the porkrinds should have been the real ones, not those that was served.

[@thomasschafer7268]

Thats flæskesvær. And its out of real pig

[@kimjuul8866]

I agree. The Kim's Chips ones are processed. Many stores (SPAR, Coop etc.) have their own straight from the butcher (I think they're even called "Slagterens Flæskesvær - Butchers Pork rind or something). Crunchy skin and fat. However, either way they Will leave an aftertaste for quite some time lol

[@YourXavier]

Oh yes. Store-bought pork rinds are nothing like home made, christmassy flæskesvær. It's like the difference between freshly-made french fries and a bag of potato chips. There's no comparison, really.

[@oleandersen2228]

Totally agree.

[@brostenen]

Real? What is fake flæskesvær then?

[@Valjean666dk]

I my opinion the small bags of flæskesvær that look more like the svær on a flæskesteg are a lot better.

[@moms79]

Yea. Kim's. The "real" one

[@Darkenforcer]

these guys are so much more open to try new taste and embrace danish food. the Lakrids thing is a really aquired taste, but there are sooooo many versions of lakrids that if you try enough of them, you will find one you like... i know a lot of my american family did when they were in denmark i love the guy who knows about Æbleskiver, we want him here in denmark, he has the right attitude ;)

[@chrissddffs]

"more like yoghurt with cherrysauce" Who tf made that Ris'alamande....

[@MissMilly321]

i was thinking Ris à la Malta was a swedish thing :D Edit: Or maybe is 2 different things?

[@Keketin]

​@@MissMilly321 I think it's the same thing, but it's a Danish dish (if I'm not wrong). Denmark and Sweden share a lot of things culturally and such tho. :)

[@NukeRuZZia-tq6kq]

Funny that the english speakers actually pronounce the scandinavian letter Ø in words and names like: First, Burger, Burt, yoghurt, depending on where in the US they are from mixture do have the same pronunciation in the mixTURE etc. BUT when english speakers try to pronounce the Ø in danish words, its hard, i really find that weird, yes i know other than the Ø is hard, but the Ø. kina funny

[@iAmKoKash]

Wild name, but i agree with your comment.

[@Jonassoe]

Really depends on if you mean the Ø in øl, høne or ørn. And the vowel in 'burger' doesn't quite correspond to any of them.

[@molly9518]

@@Jonassoe well the Ø in høne, is like in burger....

[@MissVestergaard]

As a Dane, not liking chocolate and licorice together really makes one feel like an outsider 😂 but then I usually go “ The Bible says Adam and Eve, not chocolate, and licorice”

[@ModPhreak]

You are not alone in this 😉

[@jojobee42]

Omg, I watched this video and noticed all the people were a "certain style"... I thought to myself "Hmm, I wonder if they're embassy people" ~ then saw the channel name: US EMBASSY in Denmark!! Nailed it! lol They're such special breed. lol

[@kieranwhittemore1010]

Flødeboller: "Denmarks greatest contribution to the world"

[@applesonaplatewithpeas27]

That has to be the most american thing I have heard someone say in a very long time.

[@nicolachable]

Preface the sentiment with 'One of..' and it'll be spot on 😊

[@moms79]

Uhmm. Yes !!!

[@tekha1977]

Yeah, forget about Novo Nordisk, H. C. Andersen, LEGO and Niels Bohr. Flødeboller are no. 1

[@moms79]

@@tekha1977Totally agree. And Cocio. Don't forget Cocio..

[@Thomas-lk5cu]

The looks of confusion when they get chocolate covered in liquorice 😂

[@danielhalas5015]

Next time invite them over to try holiday foods instead of treats, i am sure they would love it :D. Maybe like some roast duck, stuff with gravy (maybe Persillesovs). And other traditional goodies.

[@MrBejstrup]

We had an American exchange student staying at the dorm I used to live in. We gave her an æbelskivepande as a goodbye present. Æbælskiver is apparently hard to come by in New York.

[@mlky60]

This was so much fun to watch, thanks for doing this.

[@macedk]

It is so nice to see what other cultures think of , what I take for granted. And thank you for being so nice about it :)

[@SirAser.F__k.you.Google]

They're diplomats...?!! ..kind of goes with the breed!

[@ChokyoDK]

Always love seeing people from other countries try Danish food. :)

[@The-Stitch]

Remember, it's a rule. If someone calls you on the phone, while you're having a class or conversation, everybody has to scream "FLØDEBOLLER!"

[@AskeEriksen]

Can we please have the one employee that called pebernødder "meeeh" not make any critical decisions about denmark. i dont trust her judgement ;)

[@Michael-dj6pd]

But they are kinda meh though, compared to the other christmas cookies we have.

[@Thomas-lk5cu]

Pebernødder are kinda shite tbh

[@Bitmongol]

Pebernødder are a stable and I eat them every year, but I never buy them myself.

[@Beannin]

That's cause they were served weak a** store bought ones. They need to try real homemade pebernødder with lots of butter and love! ❤

[@nielsfritidsbonde3414]

Very Christmassy - I think you should try frikadeller and Marinated hering next :-)

[@user-calm_salty]

I agree! Two of my favorites. My grandfather came here to the USA from Esberg ( spelling). He was a chef.

[@nielsfritidsbonde3414]

@@user-calm_salty Esbjerg :-)

[@moms79]

Those were not "Kim's" flæskesvær, which are the best. But I'm really in the mood for Christmas goodies now. lol

[@nils6837]

Salte Fisk are from Katjes, which is a German Brand. They are called "Salzige Heringe" over there.

[@krakke3188]

Only after did a realise this was from the US Embassy, haha good vid, keep at it, it binds us :)

[@mercipourlevenin3834]

Finally someone who like liquorice

[@SurroundeR22]

i had no idea Licorice was a denmark specific thing, i been here too long ._.

[@oleholm5601]

Homemade cookies and klejner are the best.

[@44Lisbeth]

one of the best thing getting a box from home, was the lakrids...i could have it all to my self🤣🤣the worse was the chocolate. Everyone wanted to eat that

[@pm71241]

"Wrapped in a pastry" ?!!?! ... that would be heresy.

[@Richternielsen1]

Lakrids skal læres, jeg er vokset op med. Spunk og piratos, mm. Alle rigtig voksne spiser stærk lakrids.

[@RuthBhmand]

Bülow chili lakrids! Hot salt mumsssss❤

[@brostenen]

Yeah.... Americans seem to "die" when they try salte fisk. They call it salty. And I am always wondering, why nobody give them super piratos.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

Danish Lakrids to my knowledge is very strong, and if eating more the a quarter of a kilo a week, it is unhealthy!

[@brostenen]

@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 Yeah.... We know not to eat 250 gram of super piratos a week. Sweet licorice are different. We have sweet black to super salty black. But we know not to eat that much salty, as it is a general knowledge in our culture. There were some stupid American, just gobbeling down the black stuff a kilo each day. He died.

[@applesonaplatewithpeas27]

Very nice video.

[@guld1999]

every time someone spoke behind the camera it sounded like they were actually behind me and it freaked me out lmao was funny to watch though

[@Gert-DK]

To all US-Americans in DK. "Finsk Sød Lakrids", I think everybody can eat it. Mild and Sweet. The tough one, is Piratos. It can be used as a "Hate gift", even for many Danes. It is very strong. Too strong for many.

[@brostenen]

Lakrids piber instead.

[@Gert-DK]

@@brostenen Yeah, it is also eatable for everyone.

[@inceneration]

Where do you find Non-Us Americans? xD I truely agree with that statement about Finsk sød lakrids Altho there is a lot of variants of them some better than others and the same with the company production line.

[@Gert-DK]

@@inceneration Remember, US-Americans are a very small minority in this world. 😁😀

[@brostenen]

@@inceneration It was a show about forensics, were someone fell dead on a construction site in NYC. He were a former heroin addict, that had tried to replace heroine with salty licorice. Some specific mineral or something, related to a vital body function were washed out and blocked by the licorice.

[@justtubbo]

Salty fish isn't holiday related. They're an all year treat :)

[@cypherdk85]

00:50 Black liquorice hiding in them? Are you giving them Lakrids by Bülow? 😂 Try the nr 3, that's what we call american liquorice at the factory (i work there 😅)

[@ThobyJukes]

flæskesvær with guacamole girl? ain't no way

[@Blockkshot]

they actually do eat pork rinds with guacamole in america lol

[@ThobyJukes]

@@Blockkshothahaha omg…🥲

[@danis8455]

this was sweet

[@voxveritas333]

When I was a kif we had only black licorice.

[@peterknutsen3070]

4:11 Those salty fish are from a German company, Katjes, but I’m sure they sell much better in Denmark than in most of Germany.

[@peterknutsen3070]

8:19 Those are snackified pork rinds, puffed up. You can also buy harder ones that are not puffed.

[@BigAndTall666]

Katjes is Dutch!!! 😂🇱🇺🇧🇪🇩🇰🍻✌️

[@Pflanze]

@@BigAndTall666 Katjes, the company, is German. But yes, the word Katjes is Dutch.

[@jhdix6731]

@@BigAndTall666 Well, yes and no. It a bit complicated. They originated from an chemical company in S'Heerenberg (Dutch, but very close to the German border), that started making licorice using a recipe they got from a Sizilian pharmacists. After the death of the founder the company was split up between the two sons, one of which moved his part of the production to the neighbouring german town of Emmerich (only about 6 kms/4 miles away). This part, the Katjes Fassin Gmbh, grew much larger than it's Durch counterpart (Royal Dutch Fassin B.V.). So the Katjes you know today are made by this German company, which has some Dutch roots and an originally Italian recipe...

[@tismon]

I cant tell if its weird mic placement or weird balancing in the mix, but the sound is all left or right, and alternating. please dont do that

[@Joliie]

From the start Salty fish, don't need to see anymore, that is the winner :D

[@brostenen]

Naaa.... Give them super piratos next.

[@BigAndTall666]

"Red licorice" is actually a winegum.... 😮

[@brostenen]

The word liquorice, have way different meaning around the globe. I bet the US name and perception of what it is are rooted in liqour. Exactly like we say vingummi. Vin and gummi. Were as in USA it is just named gummy. We say vingummi bamser, they say gummy bears. Winegum, are an English thing, and not American. And that is the cultural differences, in wich the things are percieved and bound. I other words. If you translate terms directly, the meaning are lost to translation.

[@inceneration]

@@brostenen You can take it with Chips also. What we call potato chips in Denmark is called Crisps in the UK but also called Chips in the US. Mainly the fundamentals of the snack is there but the word is just different :D

[@brostenen]

@@inceneration I know. Crisps in England, chips in USA. Chips in England, are french fries in USA. We call them pommes fritter. Actually why I laughed at the add, were they try and sell crisps with a fake british accent, and call it chips. Lots of footage from London though. 🙂

[@kennethluddi8929]

Its so funny 😂😂😂

[@BigAndTall666]

If you want proper pork scratcings/rinds: get them from your local butchers, those "puffed" ones are for kids and drunkards that need a salt trip!!! 😮

[@brostenen]

I am an adult, and I eat these puffed ones with the same delight, as when I eat the one on flæskesteg. All flæskesvær, equally awesomme, just different. Translated... I am not the picky eater.

[@Fisken3390]

try brunsviger :D then you gonna move to Denmark :D

[@ladythalia227]

Seeing them desecrate licorice like that 😭

[@BjornSeverinLarsen]

Hmm why give crappy pork rinds (Flæskesvær)? They where all airbubbles. Where all the christmas stuff homemade? Cos there is a huge difference between storebought and homemade

[@innominatum9906]

6:42 Brother looks like hes about to throw up 💀 I find them very tasty but in all honesty; If youre not used to the taste of "lakrids" - having a liquorice ball that is covered with chocoloate and liquorice dust on top is such a weird experience. Not for everyone

[@chlordk]

03:43 It is not sodium salt which is on the licorice/lakrids, it is Ammonium Chloride NH₄Cl. Eat a lot if you have a hard stomach it helps with loose stools. It contains no carbon so you don't get fat of it. It taste good. They were lucky that they didn't tasted Super Piratos. It is only for Danes.

[@Blockkshot]

me hungry now

[@JanThatsMe]

Det er en sjov nok video, men jeg har stadig smidt min stemmeseddel i skralderen. Tak for grinet, men nu ved jeg, hvad nogle af mine skatte-penge går til. Og det kunne være brugt bedre..

[@kimjuul8866]

Funny one :) You guys should do more videos. As for the chocolade liqorice, I also am questioning WHY?? And I'm a Dane (and normally like liqorice).

[@dyseskytten1]

Chocolate and licorice goes really well together. Especially salty licorice. Most caramel and chocolate combinations is salty caramel. In general salt is a very underutilized in dessert - in homes - not in restaurants where they understand flavor combinations.

[@inceneration]

@@dyseskytten1 Its an acquired taste. Not everyone likes it, i for one do not like it because of the weird salty combination. I can eat chocolate alone and liqurice alone, but if you mix them i will spit it out :( But everyone has a different taste bud :)

[@TheTacenAngel]

Flæskesvær it is a bit sad you get the boring ones. you need to get them from a butcher it is like from a another world :D

[@Keketin]

Lakrids er rimelig goated tho, men det er self smag og behag, haha

[@NocturnalPyro]

2:41 four is nothing, I could probably eat 10 in like the first 30 seconds and then maybe a few more afterwards.

[@rvda4601]

franskbrød med flødeboller

[@SIC647]

Just don't eat a citronvand afterwards.

[@motzibcek]

"This tastes more like youghurt". Yo, man... where do you get your youghurt??

[@lorabenz]

4 flødeboller in one sitting realy i eat 30 and a 1/2 liter of diet cola whit out make a cola volcano

[@bennygummisko]

I am Danish, and I dont like saltlakrids either

[@AMPProf]

Horray Lol ha

[@fixxfixx]

Chocolate and liqorice is not danish. As far as I know its from Iceland. They are called "Djupur" in Iceland and some have sugarcoating too. I ate them long before they were introduced and popularised in Denmark. LakridsBülow boosted the liqorice industry.

[@Toypra]

and bc of that its not a popular holiday snack in denmark??

[@its0KagemanxD]

Definately Bulow is inspired by Icelandic candy...tyen again: The grave of Tut Ank Amon had both cocoa and liquorice.. Lakrids has been here for literally ages. Its a Nordic treat, that has been in Denmark since before the nation state. The root, is as old as civilisation. Its in the graves of phararos and Chinese emporers. Roman troops chewed the roots, before Iceland was an ocean floor volcano.... Claiming heritage is hard in a world so deeply interconnected. We used to be one Kingdom, back when liquorice production started so does it even matter?

[@fixxfixx]

@@Toypra Not really... many other snacks that are much more popular.

[@fixxfixx]

@@its0KagemanxD Im talking liqorice and chocolate together. And no, it doesnt matter. Just pointed out that that particular snack isnt very danish or that common a snack here.

[@Cosmic_idea]

​@fixxfixx it is everywhere in Denmark and practically unavoidable at social events where snacks are provided

[@BigAndTall666]

"Chocolate" with licorice is actually only cocoa with licorice, false naming. 😮😂😂😂

[@pernillehansen12able]

It is chocolate 😅

[@inceneration]

Chocolate licorice is made with a coat of Chocolate around a layer of liqurice :D So it is completly true to the name :)

[@janmikkelsen3745]

Yes real rines should have fat on it, i know what you mean

[@ticandy8549]

ris a la mande taste like yoghurt? What the fuck type of sweetened sugary yoghurt does this guy eat? Or did they fuck up the ris a la mande?

[@Ashelar]

i like the the idea of the video and is a nice video, but really need to get diffrent microphones that does not pick up the chewing and the swallong sounds, that is not pleasent, and ruin the video for me.

[@its0KagemanxD]

American diplomacy has such a Grace to it. While our Danish embasies in places like Estonia make irrelevant quasi bragging of Danish cykling culture or Danish dishes or pictures of sports stars and what not. Things entirely irrelevant to the people they are supposed to represent us to - you sit here with this simple setup and actually consider your audience with something that is relevant and relatable to us Danish people: julemad.

[@aimfromt-rusbot4339]

afspil det i 1,25 hastighed, så snakker de faktisk normal hastighed hah

[@irtehdar2446]

Omg sometimes it just takes someone from a different culture to see the truth. Flæskesvær absolutely needs guacamole!

[@inceneration]

I was thinking that exact same thing when i heard it! Guacamolé can only make it better :D

[@LiquidBlackWolf]

Oh.. you got them the cheap boiled ones.. should have gotten them the real porkrindes

[@jimmymarcussen4976]

There are a big diffrence in flæskesvær. Those in the video are the worst edition.

[@WeileWorld]

Jeg spiser nok 10 kg lakrids om året

[@hansemannluchter643]

What, no "Jødekager"?

[@kennethhansen4240]

i stop righting becos of et wos to expensiv alvice to bring Flødeboller in

[@Henrikfwille]

Perhaps, you should have informed the muslim coworkers about the pork in "flæskesvær".

[@tejo29se]

They're Indian.

[@hansemannluchter643]

​@@tejo29sevegetarians..

[@yourtoygod4ever39]

🇩🇰AS A DANE LIVING IN DENMARK WHERE I WAS BORN.. SALTY FISH IS NOT ON OUR MENY.. PEPPERNUTS IS

[@TechnoMulen]

worst kind of Flæskesvær sadly :(

[@inceneration]

Sadly they spent the budget on the Flødeboller so they couldnt afford the good Flæskesvær :P :P :P :P

[@mememe733]

Support Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@_-martin-_]

Look at these nice Americans being challenged with Danish treats! Oh, and thank you for your work helping blow up our core European energy infrastructure!

[@099las]

Too bad they didn't get the cheap fødeboller from the supermarket, they taste so much better than these overpriced super sweet ones.....

[@KOlsen1976]

Are all of these Americans working for the US Embassy in Denmark? And they act as if the Danish language is the the most foreign language they've ever encountered. Shameful. Imagine Danish people working at the Danish embassy in the USA not speaking a word of English.

[@_-martin-_]

Don't be too hard on the Americans. They generally lack education and do not travel much.

[@voicessamples7396]

War criminals.

[@sarahhandberg5185]

The chewing sounds are truly the worst. Please no

[@SirAser.F__k.you.Google]

Point's for trying hard - and it's defiantly not all Danes. that loves Lakrids! - that varies just as much, as there's different variants of lakrids!! And real/good 'fried/popped porkskin' ..they need to be bought from the real butcher-shop - Don't eat that cheap industrial crap, you can find in the grocery stores ..they're just utterly bad!

[@inceneration]

Speak the truth brotha xD