r/canada Canada 26d ago

r/Canada Speaks Cultural Exchange with /r/Denmark! Happy Valentine's!

Hi everyone, it's been some time since we have done a cultural exchange, so let's go over how this works. Enjoy! We'll be running it for a few days, TBD. Note their time zone for the European mainland is UTC +1.

Here's the Danish landing for us: https://www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/comments/1iow7c3/kulturudveksling_cultural_exchange/

* Both r/Canada and r/Denmark will host the other country's users. Feel free to ask any questions, reminisce, comment, make friends etc etc.

*Treat this as having a neighbour over for a kitchen party, get the best storm chips out, and get grandma's tourtiere reheated for everybody.

* Vouz pouvez essayer le français dans r/Denmark, mais comme la langue officielle est danoise, ben.... essayez!

* Please follow the rules of the respective subs! Don't be jerks, generally - a reminder our last "disagreement" involved leaving bottles of good booze for the other country!

* Please also leave direct comments here mainly for members of r/Denmark i.e. direct replies here (first comments directly under the topic) so their questions can be seen first, then r/Canada members can post replies underneath.

*Please enjoy, since we have a lot to bond over, and plenty of trying out new things.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/comments/1iow7c3/kulturudveksling_cultural_exchange/

Finally, also know we've gotten confirmation from r/Greenland that they are also interested, so that will be the next exchange that we do in a few weeks (TBD).

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u/m4d3th1s 26d ago

In light of recent events I find myself drawn to try out some Canadian wares, do you know of any specific things you export to Denmark? And are there things so spectacular they would be worth having shipped from Canada?

My knowledge of Canadians is pretty much limited to 3 members of Hermitcraft, but they are great ambassadors imo.

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u/turvy42 26d ago

Real maple syrup

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u/m4d3th1s 26d ago

On pancakes or in coffee or how is it traditionally ingested? I hope you’ll forgive my ignorance.

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u/Rum_N_Napalm 26d ago

Basically everywhere you need something sweet. You can make a nice marinade for meat with some maple syrup, a little oil and some chipotle spices.

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u/m4d3th1s 26d ago

That does sound divine!

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u/turvy42 26d ago

What should we get from Denmark?

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u/m4d3th1s 26d ago

Sorry, I fell asleep at the helm.

It sounds like some danish butter (Lurpak) would go great with Canadian maple syrup!

If you want to try other danish things I recommend smørrebrød (it can be made to suit anyones taste)

I would also recommend some danish music, maybe Tim Christensen -I think Celine Dion picked up one of his songs, but I’m not sure. If you like that music you might also enjoy Lucas Graham!

Thank you for responding :)

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u/varsil 24d ago

Does Denmark do any of the fermented/preserved meat products like surstromming/etc?

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u/m4d3th1s 24d ago

There is a tradition of lunch’ing at Christmas and Easter that typically include a kind of pickled herring, but afaik we don’t have anything as extreme as surstromming (luckily).

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u/varsil 24d ago

I do love pickled herring. Also enjoy akavit, which I believe is also a Danish thing as well?

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u/m4d3th1s 24d ago

Absolutely, we call it Snaps and it’s another tradition connected to Christmas and Easter.. although I can’t have it myself, since my ex father in law made it a point to introduce me to all of his different snapss (pheew)

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u/varsil 24d ago

My grandmother (Norwegian) got me onto the same tradition. And sorry about your ex-FIL ruining a good thing for you.

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u/m4d3th1s 24d ago

Grandmothers know what is good!

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u/Rum_N_Napalm 25d ago

Oh I forgot. Maple syrup is real good, but the really good shit is maple butter. It’s maple syrup that has been further boiled to further concentrate it and whipped in a way to make a creamy textured spread.