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The art of the Scandinavian Hot Dog
You may think that the hot dog is a NY phenomenon, but no, in Scandinavia, we take it one step further. We LOVE Hot dogs. As in luuuuurve. The Scandinavian hot dogs are widely considered to be some of the best in the whole world. Or niverse. Or something.
In Denmark, we love the red skinned hot dog:
soft bun, Red sausage, remoulade, ketchup,mustard, crispy and raw onions, pickled cucumber
In Sweden,we love the wienerkorv, warmed and put in a soft bun.
In some parts of Sweden, they like to add mashed potato on top. Or prawn salad. No, we don't understand the prawn salad either but apparently, it is a amazing.
Swedish guilty secret: with mash AND Prawn salad. Greedy.
In Norway hot dogs are sometimes wrapped in potato pancakes called Lomper. Very nice.
In Iceland, they are really clever and put the condiments in the bun before adding the sausages (why didn't we think of that?)
This week (starting 13th July 2011) we have a super special deal on to celebrate the summer and to generally celebrate the wonders of the Scandi hot dog: 2 packs of Wienerkorv for the price of 1. It's a BOGOF indeed.
Wienerkorv from Sweden is a versatile brown hot dog sausage. Heat in hot water for a few minutes and it's ready. Some of us like to grill it gently. All of us like to eat it. Top with ketchup, Scandinavian mustard, Bostongurka or pickled cucumbers (no substitutions will do - got to be the Scandi kind) and remoulade (it's a must if you're Danish). Finish off with crispy onions.
Pop by and stock upon wienerkorv and condiments and make your own hotties in the back garden. Like a native Scandi.
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Only thing I'd need now is the damn Lompe! Faen jeg savner lomper! :P. I dig you guys/gals! I miss so many nordic products and finally I found somewhere I can buy some of my favourite products here in the UK! I will definatly take a trip to London one day too just to visit your shop/café. I will probably make a nice sized order from you sometime in the near future!
Best regards from one happy Norwegian,
Peder Johnsen.
Posted by: Peder Johnsen | July 22, 2011 at 09:59 AM
I forgot to say, prawn salad is also widely used in Norway for our "hotdogs". We tend to have both a bun then a lompe wrapped around on top. This keeps everything covered up! :). Same with crispy and raw onions too! (At least the part of Norway I come from!)
Posted by: Peder Johnsen | July 22, 2011 at 10:12 AM