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They taste terrible. Yet, approximately 100 million Danish æbleskiver are sold.

We stuff ourselves with mediocre æbleskiver and cheap gløgg—why do we put up with it?

Ready-baked æbleskiver, bagged. Foto: Miriam Dalsgaard
Ready-baked æbleskiver, bagged. Foto: Miriam Dalsgaard
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Here comes December, and the annual month of forced eating is in full swing. Now we must cozy up, and everywhere we go, there’s food. December involves a myriad of events with æbleskiver (Danish pancake balls) as the recurring theme. Especially if you have children under 12, the calendar is packed with Christmas crafts, end-of-year parties, and gatherings at after-school programs, clubs, sports associations, and kindergartens. Everywhere, these greasy æbleskiver are served in a stench of cheap oils on a cardboard tray.

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