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| 2016: Nordic Food Culture (Designer - Jakob Monefeldt) |
The Nordic countries stamp theme in 2016 was food culture and Denmark chose two of their fish specialties. I wonder if these open faced sandwiches are the sort of things to be eaten near a fish quay?
The stamp on the left shows Sol over Gudhjem (sunshine over Gudhjem) consisting of smoked herring, a raw egg yoke, chives and rye bread. The dish originated on the Island of
Bornholm (known as the Sunshine Island) and the newspaper shown in the background includes a description of this lunch dish in Danish and in the island's local dialect. A plaice appears on the stamp on the right - the dish Stjerneskud translates as shooting star. Some of the ingredients are drawn on the stamp but the menu lists them all. I wonder if it is like pizza options when one can pick and choose
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| 1992: The National Museum (Design - Carl Van Petersen; Engraver - Arne Kühlmann) |
Lets imagine this bowl contains the vegetarian option of our dinner. The PHQ card shows an earthenware bowl dated about 3200 BC from Skarpsalling (Jutland). The ornate Skarpsalling bowl which I imagine is a national treasure also features on the Danish 50 krone note.
The prepaid card has a rather nice spiral cancel echoing the ancient decorative nature of the bowl.
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| 1980: Old Applied 19th Century Art (Design - Achton Friis; Engraver - Arne Kühlmann) |
Ready for something to drink? How about some foaming beer from a silver tankard or possibly the Bishop's bowl might be more interesting because it is a faience punch bowl shaped in the form of a mitre. The alcoholic drink served from the bowl was know as 'bishop' after the purple of bishops robes. The mix was red wine, orange and sugar. Rum was sometimes added for taste and a preserver. My observation of alcoholic punch is that 1) can be quite lethal and 2) no need of a preserver as there is never any left
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| Afternoon Picnic by the Danish artist Harald Slott Møller |
The Sunday Stamps II prompt this week is the Letter D - for Denmark, dining and dish - dash over to -
See It On A Postcard
4 comments:
Excellent double D for today.
Now that I read the explanation about the first stamps, I think they are even more interesting!
What an excellent presentation for these stamps and for the theme "D". Thoroughly enjoyed this post!
Having spent much time in Denmark I can remember food like this.
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