Traditions by the season: Danish carnival!

Happy Thursday! Do you celebrate Carnival in your part of the world? If you have Danish heritage you are probably getting ready for Fastelavn! This Sunday is Danish Carnival: celebrated seven weeks before Easter Sunday and, for small kids, it’s the highlight of the year (aside from Christmas). We eat delicous buns filled with cream,… Continue reading Traditions by the season: Danish carnival!

Fastelavn is coming! Eat buns!

Fastelavn is coming, fastelavn is coming!  Yep - thanks.  We know it's fastelavn on Sunday.  Because the first fastelavnsboller made their appearance in the bakers about a month ago! ;)So what's fastelavn?  Danish carnival.  Nothing to do with the one in Rio.  I mean, honestly, would you want to dance around the cobbled streets, half-naked, peely-wally white, often in… Continue reading Fastelavn is coming! Eat buns!