#rhubarbstew

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Ranting and raving 'bout #RhubarbStew (at Vallican, British Columbia)

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Rød grød med fløde or Danish delight

I just had rød grød med fløde. With rhubarb. And strawberries. And cream. Massive amounts of cream. And whole milk. Sweet, fat, whole milk. This dish is basically a red berries stew, I just had the rhubarb version, with whole strawberries in. It is also the Danes' way of testing your Danish skills by inviting you to pronounce it.

It is why I have lived in Denmark for four years and only now I've tried the desert. Because I thought that it was only a way to make fun of foreigners who were trying to learn or speak Danish. "Nobody really eats that...You'd never need that phrase." Aaah...screw it, I thought! Who needs that stuff anyway? No I can tell all those who denied me the precious information about this wonderful desert...Yes, people do eat that! We had a four-way fight at dinner over leftovers of rhubarb stew and cream...Imagine four grown ups, university students, digging into a small bowl of leftovers for scraps of cream and hints of rhubarb... Because it's one of the best deserts on the planet.

So if you're a Dane and reading this, next time you REALLY want to make fun of a foreigner just put a bowl of rød grød med fløde in front of them and say "You can have it...if you can pronounce it correctly." They'll either nail it or die trying.