December 15, 2005: Dream hamper

gingerbread houseThe picture shows the Hansel and Gretel house made by Mia and Gwen from a kit bought by Anne in Germany; the gingerbread house.

A couple of days ago we took delivery of a hamper from the Chadwicks full of goodies from the UK. As we unpacked its many wonders we started musing what we would put in a Danish hamper. The list is as follows:

Lots of soused herring (curry, madiera, herb and plain vinegar flavours)

Liver postej (a sort of hot liver paste)

Dark rye bread

Danish cookies

real Danish pastry (not like the stuff you get in the UK)

liquorice

salty liquorice

typical sweets such as baby’s nappy, duck weed, ear poo and cigar butts

Various flavoured aquavits

Reisen caramels (probably not Danish but I don’t think you get them in the UK)

Please form an orderly queue!