Americans Try Danish Easter Food

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

[@M_Oz_]

The ambassador is so polite. So nice of him to save it for someone else :D

[@DeffoNotToucan]

The staff all seem so nice and polite. Great people.

[@henrikbunkenborg6743]

I have teased you guys in the comments to another video. But all in good fun, and you are a good and brave bunch 👍

[@peterlarsen7779]

Guys 'n Gals! When served a Danish sandwich - i.e. a slice of rye bread with the cold cuts snd up to _one_ condiment on it - you may use your hands to eat it. When it's a proper piece of _smørrrbrød_ - the rye bread with two or more condiments on the cold cuts you should use cutlery when enjoying it. I _did_ however enjoy your tasting of a small selection of our specialties.

[@damlund1]

You eat smørrebrød and herring with fork and knife not with your fingers.

[@asbisi]

Yes! It´s crazy to see them eat it with their fingers. There were knives and forks by the plates. I wouldn´t want to touch the herring, makes your hands smelly, hard to wash off that smell.

[@kenboje971]

Thank you from the button of my hearth..it show's you do care about our country

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

Thanks for trying our frokost. What hits me is how you all had cutlery but everyone tried to eat it as if it's finger food... It's obviously possible, but most Danes would have used the cutlery. It's just easier for the more "liquid" pieces. Anyway, again, thanks for trying to embrace our weird traditions ❤

[@Zhiperser]

Eating something on a piece of bread with cutlery is weird for us.

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

@@Zhiperser that's probably why our (tall) open sandwiches get that much attention... if you don't use cutlery your fingers will smell for hours 😄 Nah, of course you can wash it off... but it's not supposed to be finger food. Anyway I'm still thankful that people try.

[@RaXXha]

Not to mention the pieces of herring are usially cut into smaller pieces. :D

[@HelleKurstein]

@@Zhiperser And for us it is not just weird but painful to watch it eaten US-style. Manners, decorum, respect for local culture etc should be part of diplomacy, no?

[@MrToppercharlie]

@@HelleKurstein to bad for the Danish ambassador in Japan, he is so skinny - eating with chopsticks 🙂

[@carstenesbensen450]

Hmm... In denmark we use the coutlery when we eat smørrebrød. Very odd to see them use their hands.

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

Why do you think you're given cutlery?

[@Drescher1984]

This is better than the former president embassador, to her the fact her driver wrote a bike to work, was a evidence that socialismen has run amok in Denmark. Even though Denmark is a free market capitalist social democracy

[@CrazyhorseDK]

agreed

[@SuperAzeone]

You guys are great.. Very funny video.. 👍🏻😂

[@mercedesaudivw]

Kan de ikke bruge kniv og gaffel???? - Det er jo ikke ligefrem fingermad- velbekomme

[@mattfrenden1000]

De havde et budget på 10kr og ham der stjal bestik blev fanget på vej ud af bilka :/

[@GodIsAfake]

No one eats fedtemad anymore..unless you’re over 90 and miss the war

[@user-calm_salty]

What are the two flags between the USA and Denmark? I love this channel btw I also love horseradish , pickled herring,and Danish rye bread ( which is a bit difficult to find here in California)

[@OdensColddry1]

Its the flag of Greenland and the Faroe Islands

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

Valid question, already answered. Anyway "Danish rye bread" isn't that difficult to bake yourself. But you will need a sourdough starter, as it doesn't use yeast or baking powder. My own favourite has a bunch of sunflower seeds, but if you bake yourself you can find a balance you prefer.

[@user-calm_salty]

@@OdensColddry1 Oh! thanks, that makes sense

[@CrazyhorseDK]

too Cool 😁 cheers from Aalborg

[@shiinaere]

Hope to see you guys try out more aspects of danish culture in the future, heck maybe invite some of the other embasies to join the good times :)

[@kroellestyre]

i laike the anyon, how he take the roestbeef at eat the all

[@nobodywithnonames]

I like to eat smorrebrod at home with my fingers like a little goblin person, but out in public or if being filmed, I would use fork and knife.

[@asbisi]

It is SO WEIRD seeing them eating smørrebrød with their fingers. Why do they do that? It is much easier (and prettier) to do it with knife and fork.

[@rosaolsen1949]

Tom’s skillapalller 😂😂😂 ps I’m danish

[@rosaolsen1949]

@ em ja jeg er fra Danmark jeg snakket om at Tom kom til at sige skillepaller

[@bogirrasmussen4883]

They should have been told that the smørrebrød are all eaten with a fork and knife. That is half of the joy of the food 😋 except the fedtemad, which is eaten by hand

[@Philzon]

Hej y´all got to try Tom´s skildpadde icecream, it is so good. :)

[@renehansen590]

Fork and knife.

[@mik290667]

So American ,they use their hands, and not the fork and knife. It's NOT Mcdonald!

[@krølle-1]

calm down. its just food.

[@Aoderic]

Although you started with pronouncing the D in "sild", which is either soft or silent. Your pronunciation improved, and I was nicely surprised by how you said fedtemad, I know the D in "mad" is especially troublesome for Danish learners. Anyway I hope you enjoyed, and I wish you a good stay here in Denmark ☺

[@danjohannesen8030]

ikke mere dansk mad ?

[@Tjaland-t6p]

Makes you seem a lot more civil, and trust me. That's a good thing in Denmark. Can you maybe do a collab with the Danish embassy in the US?

[@Mischief73]

U eat smørrebrød with a knife and fork 🤐

[@PrebenH.Andersen]

It looks so uncivilized to sit with your fingers directly in the food

[@PSimonsen]

Looks like they actually liked it. Or just being really polite. But you can't go wrong with smørrebrød. You can't beat danish ryebread.

[@secretbaguette]

Imagine my surprise when the algorithm finally brute force calculates it's way into reading my thoughts.

[@karstenjohansen6881]

Love the Lakridspiper at the end 😂😂 SO political incorrect 😂😂🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@19thomsen87]

As a Danish person i dont know anyone who eats "fedtemad". Its not good 🤢

[@vBDKv]

Older people like it a lot, with crispy fried onions. Thank God we are all different, or we'd eat the same every day :)

[@Darkenforcer]

@@vBDKv thank god that the old traditions still goes on... otherwise we will end up forgetting our heritage and all be fast food from around the world.... fedtemad med fedtegrever og rå løgringe.... muuums

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

It's actually impressive that it's still possible to buy lard all year round. There must be customers out there. But you're right there's probably not many that buy it to put on bread anymore. Anyway a sukkermad has also kinda disappeared, now that we can afford honey and jam. It's not something I'd buy myself, but neither is pickled herring. So if there's enough customers let it stay on the shelves.

[@JesperSandgreen]

yh, it´s an older thing, it was very common to eat 70+ years ago, fedtemadder med salt, and in the 60´s sukkermadder med smør became common too. Both came from the poor population.

[@peterlarsen7779]

It's good....but it ain't healthy.

[@Igodiefulwut]

It's beyond me how they have embassy in Dk and lack the bare minimum language capabilities. What are they even doing at their job 😂

[@danishcommander4dk]

Am I the only one who always believed that the ambassadors in a foreign country also would/ should speak the language of this foreign country, in which they are?

[@poulmadsen7969]

I felt sorry the staffers had to put up with it. Rye bread is good, licorice not so good

[@Gissedk]

Love rullepølse but not the "sky".

[@TainDK]

you did exactly what you where ment to do with that pipe - play =)

[@benjaminmarker]

Bye guy and happy new years... Sorry to see you go. It's goingt to be some 4 years indeed for Denmark, it seems.. Wow! It doesn't seem very ally-like what's going on now, trying to take over teritory from a fellow sovereign country.. Jeez.. Really, America? Stirring up an alliance is helping us?

[@kille-4B]

Do these people not know how to use a fork & knife?

[@traver1965]

Welcome to Denmark. Fedtemad were one of the cheapest food items before. Later it came with "pålæg" but we dont see it much more. Butter has replaced it but you can still buy it or you can make your own. For the rest. I dont know who chose the food but in Denmark we love bacon and pork and potatoes. With brown sauce. So I hope you get to taste more. Btw I allways throw out the "peberrod". The taste of that is so intense it destroyes all over flavours

[@krølle-1]

not the best selection they served. and eat it like you want to.

[@agffans5725]

Dane here, I absolutely hate horseradish, that is also not the traditional Danish topping for roastbeef (which would be the roasted onions and remulade), just as I hate raw onions that absolutely do not belong on top of rullepølse, because that would traditionally be iitaliensk salat (Italian salat) , which has noting to do with Italy btw.

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

Horse radish, roasted onions and remulade are the traditional toppings for roast beef.

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

Italian salad is for hamburgerryg. Horse radish goes on roastbeef... It's silly to try correct foreigners, if you don't know the traditions yourself. Edit: it's like claiming that a hotdog doesn't need strong mustard and raw onions because you always had the kid's version.

[@agffans5725]

@@klausolekristiansen2960 .. horseradish is a required taste much like salty black licorice, so yes and no, I think most Danes stay clear of horseradish, even if it's supposed to be a traditional topping.

[@kille-4B]

I’m a Dane and I ❤ horseraddish. Fortunately I also know how to use a fork and knife.

[@agffans5725]

@@kille-4B . Do most of your family also love horse radish? I seriously doubt it.