Meals in Denmark
There are 3 traditional meals in Denmark, like the United States, and breakfast is called Morgenmad. Traditionally this meal is bread and butter, Danish sliced cheese and creamy cheese, strawberry jam and coffee. Often sliced cold cuts of meat are added to this fare. In modern Denmark, there is more variety, including cereal and yogurt. But a traditional breakfast sometimes still used by the elders and children of Denmark is a porridge of oatmeal and bread-and-beer soup!
Lunch, or as it’s called in Denmark, Frokost, is usually eaten at work by the Danes. The open sandwich, or smorrebrod, is the traditional lunch of choice, and still today. It’s usually a buttered piece of fresh rye bread with cold cuts of fresh meat, and cheese spreads. This is the base for the world famous Danish open sandwich!
Dinner, or Aftensmad, is similar to dinner in the Unites States, in that it’s the one time of day that the family comes together to have a meal. These are often elaborate meals with many courses of food and invited friends, who are greeted with a “Welcome Drink”, appetizers like shrimp cocktail, and for dinner, many kinds of fresh fish, pork, and game. Dessert can be ice cream, or a thin, crepe-style pancake! The people of Denmark know how to dine.