They're all out for what they can get.
So says my mother, who, when I told her that upon researching our traditional Norwegian Christmas dessert (mentioned Thursday, the 20th), all I found online were references to the custom in Denmark, pointed out that Danes like to think they invented everything. And proceded to enumerate their dubious accomplishments, including Danish Modern furniture (which is really all of Scandinavia's contribution to sofa-dom), Danish butter cookies (like only Danes make butter cookies) and the ubiquitous Danish pastry (which she claims no one in Scandinavia eats, but apparently the Danes just wanted naming rights). She was, however, happy to concede Hamlet: "He's too wishy-washy to be a Norwegian."
(We are polite enough not to mention that until 1905, Norway hadn't been an independent nation for over 500 years.)
book: The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard. 1830, West Point and Poe in a truly twisted murder mystery story.
1 comment:
Just discovered your blog.
Enjoyed your Danish comments.
I feel the same about Swedish meatballs, etc., etc., being of Norwegian ancestors.
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