Mang Tak for the many wonderful photos Muhler. The town looks so neat and tidy and picturesque. No wonder Fred and Mary like going there. The photo of the fish dinner made me feel hungry. Ha! For the locals watching two angry seas collide when weather conditions are right must be awesome.
Thankyou so much for the beautiful photo's. You are very lucky to live in such a lovely country. I was fortunate to visit for a week back in 2011. I was amazed at your beaches which are very similar to parts of Australia. It is no wonder Princess Mary feels so at home in Denmark.
My pleasure. ?
Yes, I imagine the beaches in DK and Tasmania may resemble each other? - That is sand and lots of dunes.
I hadn't thought that the scenery may remind Mary of Australia. I'm glad you pointed that out.
- I'm sure she must miss visiting Australia and family and friends there. It's been a long time now, and she may hardly be able to visit Australia this year either.
Two of M&F's children have all of a sudden grown up and become teens, since her relatives last saw them in person!
I can assure you, Tarlita, that there is not one single house in the entire town that is neglected.
Any house showing signs of the owners being unable or can't afford to maintain it will immediately be besieged by potential buyers willing to pay a very favorable price. - And then totally renovate the house.
With a holiday goes pastry and bread.
Pastry and bread is not just bread and cakes. It depends on the time of day.
Frederik will get up as the first one in the morning, (certainly before his teen-children!) put on some sandals and dog in leash stroll down to the nearest baker. There are several in Skagen.
Here he will buy assorted "rundstykker" = round buns. With real butter (that isn't fattening until next week...) and various cheese.
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Cut in halves and served either with only butter (my preference)
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Or with cheese, ham or peanut-butter/nutella:
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Frederik, like any other romantically inclined husband (it's part of the deal) will occasionally serve breakfast in bed for his wife.
Romantic, eh? - Until your children and dog decides they also want breakfast in bed. Your bed. And they all place themselves between you and your wife.
Oh well. After breakfast our CP-family is likely to go to the beach for a quick dive in the sea - after having waited for Isabella. Because like all teen-girls she has to look right for the beach...
On the way back to lunch in their house, they pass a baker and Frederik decides they need something for lunch. And what is better then freshly made white bread and a handful of snails?
Being health-conscious, they opt for bread with lots of seeds. Good for the digestion:
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With a fat layer of butter:
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For toppings, it's nothing special just a simple typical, traditional lunch
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Mary and Frederik will once more look in amazement at their teenage son wolfing down anything in sight. Where does it go?!?
The snails were really to be eaten at breakfast, but a healthy breakfast is important - so the snails can wait for lunch...
There are countless variations of them:
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But M&F decides to go traditional and pick the cinnamon-snails with white and chocolate glasing:
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After lunch the family strolls dog in leash through Skagen, occasionally yanking Isabella away from her phone and the shops with amber.
Before heading home. On the way the pass a Konditor = a pastry-shop. Where Frederik decides they need a light, fresh layered cake to go with the afternoon-coffee.
Nothing special, just a simple refreshment in the summer heat.
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Frederik picks one of these - for himself:
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Mary is concerned about her figure and opts for this:
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The twins want chocolate and cocoa:
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In the late afternoon, it's time for dinner. But it's hot and they've had a little to eat during the day, so the family decides to go light and healthy and what is better than rye-bread?
Frederik strolls dog in leash to another baker to get some assorted freshly baked rye-bread.
Good for the digestion and full of seeds.
There are countless variations of them:
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It so happens that the house comes equipped with a traditional rye-bread slicer:
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Enabling you to slice the bread in teenage-sized slices:
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(Traditionally such thick slices are referred to as "the horse's birthday" slices.)
Now with any kind of dark bread you need appropriate toppings. Nothing as fancy as the smorgasboards you get at restaurants, but something easy and simple.
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Fish and shrimps is of course a must, Skagen being a fishing town. - It's a must no matter what.
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After dinner the family strolls dog in leash down to the fishing boats at the harbor. It's so scenic to see the fishing boats and take in the small of the sea, fish, tar and not least hear the engines and the cries of the persistent gulls. Good for the digestion and fresh air is always healthy.
On the way back, Frederik feels a little peckish and suggest they get a "kringle" (something like "a twister") for the evening coffee. Fortunately there is another pastry store right there.
There are zillions of variations of them and they are - almost - non-fattening.
The scent of freshly made kringle and fresh coffee proves irresistible for everyone, and while the sun begin to set over Skagen, the CP-family sits on the patio enjoying a kringle or two.
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They are used a symbols by bakers and pastry-shops:
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But they are not necessarily twisted, some are straight, in which case they are also called a stick:
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Others are round, in which case they are usually called a cake:
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And this is how they look inside:
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This is archetypical Danish Pastry. What we call Wienerbrød = Viennese Bread. Strictly speaking this is not a kringle, but a specific kind of flat pastry in the form of a stick:
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By the time they are finished with their evening coffee the sun goes down and the clock shows: 21.40. (Today the 29th July in Skagen.)
But it will be past 23 before the sky is getting dark.
