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Danish Lunch

While breakfast and dinner are eaten at home, most Danes eat lunch elsewhere. Generally lunch is a cold meal consisting of slices of rye bread buttered and covered with for instance various kinds of sausage, sliced boiled egg or liver paste, a baked mixture of chopped pig’s liver and lard of a spreadable consistency.

SAVING LUNCH

Somehow time had almost passed it over. The open sandwich tradition of Denmark –known as smørrebrød - was not a thing that ambitious chefs or fashionable restaurants would put on their menus.

FACTS ON DANISH LUNCH

Around the year 920 the Arab Ibn Fadlen describes the traveling diet of the Vikings who ate an early version of the dark bread sandwiches.

RECIPE: BAKING THAT DARK SOUR BREAD

This takes time and dedication, but once you’re hooked, you’re most likely going to keep baking.

	Facts of Lunch
	Recipes: Baking that dark, sour bread
	Saving Lunch

Edited June 23, 2011

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