Worst Thing You Ate in Denmark?

Depending on your taste, a platter of assorted herring. Some people would think this was awful, but we loved it.

For grandchildren one of the most important foods in Denmark is Danish softice.
It tastes really creamy and depending on the topping you will have a great sweet experience.
For experts: you can taste different producers of this ice cream and find out your favorite.

For adults "rødgrød med fløde" is a beloved desert. Fascinating that German Hamburg and Northern Germany have it as well as regional special desert (called Rote Grütze) whereas in other parts pf Germany it is rarely known.

By the way: Danish food - even standardized ones in closed packages - taste differently depending on where you eat them because taste is more or less flavored air or fluid and this is very different close to salty-air North Sea compared to Copenhagen. A good example for this is simple Appelsin Yoghurt from Kløver.

The famous Danish hotdog has also a lot of variant sausages and toppings which are worth to explore.

A learning for grandchildren is the responsible use of resources: the famous golden smoked herring of Bornholm is totally over-fished.

Also very special is the story of alcohol drink Akvavit, especially Linie-Akvavit.

In my experience of 3 trips to the Scandinavians it would be pretty hard to find anything off-putting about their food.

I mean, hey, if you don't eat Herring at home it isn't any better over there so don't bother. Personally, I'm all in on Herring.

We loved the different flavored herring.

Nothing in the “worst” category. I don’t like Herring but my son can eat it like potato chips. Smorgasbord restaurants in Copenhagen are a treat beyond description. 7-11 is a big chain in a number of countries including Denmark. Years ago we were with our then teenagers in Copenhagen who made a beeline for a 7-11 to get a slurpee!

Denmark is fascinating….