{"id":500,"date":"2008-08-10T01:08:16","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T08:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=500"},"modified":"2008-08-01T11:57:01","modified_gmt":"2008-08-01T18:57:01","slug":"real-danish-danishes-pastries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/real-danish-danishes-pastries\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Danish Danishes (pastries)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you&#8217;ve been reading this blog since the beginning you are probably wondering how I have gone through over forty blog entries on Denmark without mentioning Danishes (as in the pastries). Well, we\u00a0didn&#8217;t ignore them even if I haven&#8217;t brought them up yet. In fact, we\u00a0probably had almost one a day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5439trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-522\" title=\"outside danish display in frederiksberg denmark\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5439trim-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"wienerbrod danish pastries copenhagen\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5439trim-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5439trim-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5439trim.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What we in the states refer to as &#8220;Danishes&#8221; is called &#8220;<em>wienerbrod<\/em>&#8221; here. I had one before each class on campus at the Copenhagen Business School canteen that was simply divine. I never got tired of &#8220;my Danish&#8221; or tried a different variety. It was simply perfect in every way. This Danish of mine didn&#8217;t necessarily look any different from those in the states, but it tasted much better. The croissant-like edges melted in my mouth and the jam was unlike anything I&#8217;ve had before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5440trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-523\" title=\"kids look in awe at danish cookies\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5440trim-799x700.jpg\" alt=\"cookie shop in frederiksberg denmark\" width=\"799\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5440trim-799x700.jpg 799w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5440trim-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5440trim.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The above photograph is of my kids in the pastry shop just around the corner from our Frederiksberg apartment. They enjoyed the cookies as well as the pastries, and, as you can see, could become quite transfixed by the sight of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5442trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-521\" title=\"authentic danish bakery in frederiksberg denmark\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5442trim-800x696.jpg\" alt=\"wienerbrod danish bread treats desserts\" width=\"800\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5442trim-800x696.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5442trim-150x130.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5442trim.jpg 1206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The shop owner, above,\u00a0assembled our choices as our mouths watered in anticipation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I miss Denmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been reading this blog since the beginning you are probably wondering how I have gone through over forty blog entries on Denmark without mentioning Danishes (as in the pastries). Well, we\u00a0didn&#8217;t ignore them even if I haven&#8217;t brought them up yet. In fact, we\u00a0probably had almost one a day. 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