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This is interesting. My impression from across the sound is that the Danes love their pigs and everything that comes from them. I must confess I've pointed out the svinefedt in a Danish store to a fellow countryman and we had a good chuckle about you guys...

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It's interesting because I've never seen or heard of anyone actually buying one of the packets of svinefedt (pig lard) - but I guess someone must be.

Come on, I must have been raised in another Denmark from a parallel universe then?

Fedtemadder (lard on bread) is an essential part of the danish smørebrødsbord (open sandwich table). It is common to use lard instead of butter on speciel occasions, like Christmas for example. And it tastes great :-P

I've only been living in Denmark for 4 years, but nearly every single julefrokost or påskefrokost I've been to used lard instead of butter as the initial layer for the smørrebrød.

I was referring mostly to cooking, but it is true that we are very fond of lard as a replacement for butter on bread, usually for special occasions.

Lard, aged cheese and mustard on a slice of rugbrød is still a favorite of mine.

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