We had a similar experience traveling through France with our first two
kids. We were there for Cathy's 3rd birthday and we let her pick her own
cake from a French bakery. The baker kept trying to tell us something, but
we spoke no French. It turned out to be a rum cake and we all got the
silly giggles. Pleasant memory, though!
The sausages look wonderful!
Tina
On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> >>
> >> > I flew to Copenhagen yesterday morning, spent a few hours there and
> then
> >> > took the train to Aarhus where I am now. When I arrived at
> Copenhagen’s
> >> > Central Station on the local train from the airport, my first priority
> >> > was to eat a Danish sausage/hot dog—they are simply the best. This is
> the
> >> > traditional fast food of Denmark. There used to be many more of these
> >> > sausage carts, but they have suffered somewhat from the arrival of the
> >> > burger troughs about 30-40 years ago. But there are still plenty
> around,
> >> > including ones selling organic and vegan sausages. These were neither,
> >> > but still delicious:
> >>
> >
>
> When we first arrived in Paris at the Gare du Nord in 1960, I was
> amazed at my first experience with French food. A hotdog vendor outisde
> the station took a piece of baguette and jammed it on a spike. He then
> asked what you wanted on it. He removed the piece of baguette, spooned the
> condiments into the hole, then slid the sausage into it. I was amazed! A
> hotdog that would not fall apart in your hands.
>
> Immdeiately after that I had another amazing experience with French
> culture: A ride in a Citroen DS19 taxi. Just one arm on the steering
> wheel, and no sense of road bumps.
>
> A week later I had my first Petits Fours. We didn't understand that
> the rum sauce inside was real rum, so I ended up being drunk for the first
> time at the age of nine.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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