Today, people from France, Norway, Germany, and the UK got together with a small group of Americans in Denmark to celebrate American Independence Day in the most traditional of ways!
There were burgers, hot dogs, BBQ sauce, Heinz ketchup, Budweiser, lemonade, Ben & Jerry’s, and of course, S’mores…
This being Denmark, they were served smørrebrød-style (open faced). We used Marie biscuits instead of graham crackers and pålægschokolade, instead of Hershey’s big bars.
As a vegetarian, I generally opt out of marshsmallow eating, but curiosity got the better of me so I had a little taste and found them to be softer with much more vanilla flavor than I recall of American marshmallows.
It’s light here until around 11 PM and it’s a school night for expats, so alas, there were no fireworks, but it was nice to observe this summer tradition among friends from the other side of the pond.
smilingsurfer says
Sounds like a great get together. That Euro S’more looks tasty. I’ll bet the Marshmallows are made with better ingredients than the US version. Sometimes I splurge on quality Marshmallows at Whole Foods, otherwise I avoid them.
Our Fireworks start in about 4 hours. Last night we were on the Freeway around 9pm, and saw many Fireworks Displays while driving home.
Sage says
No corn syrup :)
I really missed the smell of fireworks, but I don’t think Opie seemed to mind…lol!
~ Sage
smilingsurfer says
lol, no doubt that Opie dearly misses his former home – but not the Fireworks!