Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Rødgrød med fløde

Rødgrød med fløde is a Danish desert made with red berries and cream - it is also a tongue twister which I've gone some way to mastering, much to the hilarity of David and Alec who dare me to ask waiters and waitresses if it is on their menu. Last night I asked our waitress, and she didn't bat an eyelid when she said they didn't have it on the menu. Still, it continues to amuse, and the Danes apparently don't expect foreigners to be able to pronounce it correctly. Jeanette was the waitress at Raadhuskælderen beneath Roskilde's old city hall. She even did a great performance of the expression for my video!

Earlier today, Alec was lucky enough to find some workmen who let us into Gl. Vor Frue Kirke, Church of our Lady, Fruegade. Normally it is open only from June to August. During the Middle Ages it belonged to the Cistercian Convent, and at the end of the 11th century a mausoleum was added to honour Margaret of Højelse.

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