Dansk Varm Kartoffelsalat (Warm Potato Salad)

I recently made The Baker’s Wife’s Potatoes, a recipe dressed in Roger Stowell’s beautiful photos at  Food, Photography and France . The potatoes are as splendid as his photography. I served them up with lamb chops brushed with thyme and garlic olive oil. But those potatoes reminded us of Denmark. Well sort of, because the…

Mr. Misk’s Danish Æbleflæsk

As apples continue to fall from the tree every time the wind blows, we continue to chop, cook, fry, chomp, chew and freeze apples. One of our favourite ways to use up a half dozen or so eating apples is to make Danish Æbleflæsk. This is Mr. Misk’s speciality, and I duck out of the…

Let’s Get Pickled! Asier – Danish Pickles

Let’s Get Pickled! Two Danish asier pickle recipes, plus the usual blethery nonsense,

Danish Cardonader – Breaded Minced Pork Patties

When we visit my mother-in-law in Denmark, she generously asks what each of us might like to eat for dinner on various evenings. She usually asks my husband first, which suits me fine as I usually need an extra minute or two to think. Then it’s my turn. I delight in the thought of eating…

Danish Cold Potato Salad — "Kold Dansk Kartoffelsalat"

My mother-in-law makes the dressing for this potato salad using a product called Ymer, or A-38, or A-Tykmælk. For info on Ymer, see What the heck is Ymer? None of those ingredients listed above are available for purchase beyond the highly vigilant Customs police who patrol Denmark’s border. I’m not kidding. The Danes have even…