I've been having Traditional Danish sausage and cheese for lunch for days, since my sisters brought some with them. It's delish to a Dane, but man, I'd almost forgotten how fatty it is. I feel so heavy after eating.
But I guess most "traditional" foods are not exactly what people would call Health Food these days. I once had a "traditional English" lunch in a restaurant, lots of bacon and sausage, positively swimming in fat. I nearly couldn't stand up after that meal!
I suppose it's connected to most people having physical work in the olden days, whereas the most we lift these days is the computer mouse. If you work hard in the fields or such all day long, it's more desirable to get a 3,000-chalorie meal. But we still often want the heavy meals, 'cuz they kick off the ol' brain pleasure centers.
In addition to the hard work requiring the extra calories, don't forget the lack of/minimal about of heat in homes. Living "colder" 24/7 uses a lot of calories just to produce enough heat to keep you alive.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of cheese? Havarti? Gamle Ole? (my fave! :-) ??
ReplyDeleteGamle Ole is too smelly for me. I kinda like it, but damn, the whole home smells of it. I prefer a medium one. "Riberhus" medium is good.
ReplyDeleteWensleydale is the best.
ReplyDeleteEolake said...
ReplyDelete"Gamle Ole is too smelly for me. I kinda like it,"
Yeah...you can actually taste something w/that! :-D
"but damn, the whole home smells of it."
Funny...I've never had that problem! Do you refrigerated it tightly wrapped?
"I prefer a medium one. "Riberhus" medium is good."
I'll try that, next time I make an order. Thanks! :-)
Wallace said...
"Wensleydale is the best."
This is a British cheese, isn't it?
Yep, and Wallace is the plasticine guy who loves Wensleydale. With the dog named Gromit. I'm honored to have a celeb comment.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Gromit is related to that dog from Inspector Gadget.
ReplyDeleteJust finished watching my first-ever Danish movie. Bittersweet. Wish it coulda been a funny one! Quite weird to try to understand the Swedish, let alone keep up w/the fast Danish-speaking. :-/ Have you seen it?
ReplyDeleteNope.
ReplyDeleteTry Italian for Beginners. Funny.
And Flickering Lights.
And "The Bench". Outstanding acting, and often funny too.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if it's been published with subtitles.
Eolake said...
ReplyDelete"Try Italian for Beginners. Funny."
Thanks! Does look funny! :-D
"And "The Bench". Outstanding acting, and often funny too."
Sounds good; thanks! Forgot to mention same of the movie I just watched...along w/the "easy-on-the-eyes" girls/women that you like; I think you would really enjoy the daughter and wife. :-)
And...Mikkelsen is a "cutie," in a boyish sort of way. :-)
I loved the way they shot the movie, as well. Really good. I think that you'd enjoy that aspect of it. I enjoyed the home surroundings...except for the, um, "game" room! :-/
"Not sure if it's been published with subtitles."
I'm OK as long as it's not full of Swedish! I got kind of caught up in the subtitles just because of the Swede! He was very difficult to understand; like he was mumbling or talking w/marbles in his mouth! That was my only "irk" about the entire movie! Just wish they had picked someone else for the hubbers who was DANISH!!
Goody! 'Italian for Beginners' is at the library! :-D Imagine that; in a little "po-dunk" town of 50K in the middle of U.S. of A!! Go figure! I'm impressed! :-D
ReplyDelete(The other 2 aren't there. I wonder what caused them to have the first one, here! I'll see if I can suggest they get at least the last one you mentioned. :-) Lemme know if you happen to watch the other one that I watched. I'd like to hear what you thought of the filming. :-)
Yeah, that's pretty amazing.
ReplyDeleteI now realize I have seen After the Wedding, or most of it. It was really nicely made, for sure. But like most movies were a "human drama" is central in the appeal, it didn't hold me all the way.
ReplyDeleteEolake said...
ReplyDelete"But like most movies were a "human drama" is central in the appeal, it didn't hold me all the way."
Right. I figured that that was prob what had happened. It was even laid on a bit thick for me. As I said, a bit of a "downer" for me, as well. :-( The surroundings were beautiful, though (the home; the view out from the house (the pond?); the antelope(?)). It would be fun to imagine having such a spot w/no one around for miles but wide open spaces and nature. :-)
Dude Face got a little too emotional for me, toward the end. I'm still trying to figure out if I much even liked him! They wrote, in the summary, that he was Danish but...he wasn't and...as I said, before, he was very difficult to comprehend what with all his garbled lines. :-( The movie has had very high ratings, nonetheless, surprisingly.
Watched 'Italian...,' tonight. I wasn't sure, at first, if I was going to be able to get through the entire thing but...the hairdresser/Flinn combo really made me laugh! I kept wondering what else would get in the way of that haircut! ;-) ROFL re: the school desk scene! (yeah, right! As if!) It got even funnier...in Italy! :-P
ReplyDeleteAnd, of course, who could keep a straight face at the proposal!! ROFLMAO!
Dang-near looked like a home movie, the style of shooting done! And...I just discovered how distracting subtitles are! Admittedly, I probably would have missed a LOT had I not had the subtitles but...in the future, IF the option is there, I think I'll just give it a run-through sans subtitles just for the fun of it and...to see how much of it I get, when I go back through, again, w/the subtitles back on! :-)