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Great Prayers Day ~ Store Bededag ~ Hveder

Friday, 8. May 2009, 04:56:40

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Today is a statutory holiday in Denmark, it is The Great Prayer Day. It is a collection of minor Christian holy days consolidated into one day. The day was introduced in the Danish Church in 1686 by King Christian V as a consolidation of several minor (or local) Roman Catholic holidays which the Church observed that had survived since the Reformation.

Some sources date this day of prayer more recently to the time of Christian VII, when his Prime Minister, Count Johann Friedrich von Struensee, decided upon one great day of prayer. The day was introduced as a more efficient alternative to individually celebrating a number of holidays honoring various minor saints in the Spring. In Danish we call it "Store Bededag".

Since the bakers weren't allowed to work on Great Prayer Day either, it has become custom that Danes eat "varme hveder", a traditional bread that is baked the day before and then warmed up in the oven.

ZRS (Zaphira's Recipe Service) proudly brings you the recipe for Danish Hveder:

4 dl milk (13.526 Oz.)
50 g yeast (1.756 Ounces)
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 ½ eggs
1.5 teaspoon cardamom
775 g flour (1.7 lbs)

For glazing:
½ egg


Warm the milk untill it's luke warm. Dissolve the yeast in the milk. Mix the salt, the cardamom, the egg and the sugar into the milk. Ad the flour little by little and stirr with a ladle until the dough is smooth. Then cover it with a towel and let it rise for about half an hour.


Pour some flour on the table and pour the dough onto the table. Knead it thoroughly.
Shape the dough into 15 buns, and put them close together on a baking plate.



Let them rise again for about 20 minutes. Glaze the buns with the egg and bake them in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 Degrees Celcius (392F).
Let them cool off and split them into halves before you toast them on a toaster or in the oven.



Bon Appetit - or as we say in Danish: Velbekomme. :heart:

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Comments

flamingo-rinse 8. May 2009, 04:58

They look delicious - thanks - can I have one for tea, please?? :smile:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 05:02

Thank you, they really are delicious. And yes, of course, I think I'll have one too now, for my breakfast. :smile:

Hermitess 8. May 2009, 05:04

mmmmmmmmmmm *drooling*

Those look VERY Good!!

Moesring 8. May 2009, 05:07

That recipe looks familiar. :sherlock:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 05:15

@ Hermitess ~ And they are indeed.
Happy birthday! :hat: I hope you're enjoying it! :happy:

@ Moe ~ It's very familiar. You should try it. :wink:

Moesring 8. May 2009, 05:25

You should try it.

I don't know if it sounds like something I'd like - I don't remember seeing any Minstrels in the recipe. awww

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 05:26

Split them in halves, toast them and spread Minstrels over them. :yum:


Hey! I thought you had left Minstrels?? :left:

Moesring 8. May 2009, 05:30

Split them in halves, toast them and spread Minstrels over them.

Minstrels are not a spread, as you know. The whole point of the sugar shell is to keep them from melting. :rolleyes:

Hey! I thought you had left Minstrels?? :left:

I'll accept that there was a Minstrels-falling-out incident, hence the reason I wasn't using the Minstrels theme for a short while.

When I started using the Minstrels theme again, that was because all had been forgiven - and Moesring and Minstrels became an inseparable pair once more. :happy::Minstrels:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 05:33

*giggles*

I know Minstrels are not a spread, but what do you call it when you put them on a piece of bread then, if you don't spread them???

Well, I'm glad you're back together, and hope it was a one-time-incident! :D

Hermitess 8. May 2009, 05:36

Thank you Zaphira!
It's actually midnight here and the 8th is just beginning! Weeee! :hat:

Moesring 8. May 2009, 05:36

I know Minstrels are not a spread, but what do you call it when you put them on a piece of bread then

Personally, I'd describe it as tainting the Minstrels. :cry:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 05:39

@ Hermitess ~ Oh, I forgot about the time difference. :D
- And weeeeee indeed! Remember that you're supposed to be pampered. (<- show that to Hermit if he doesn't agree!) :lol:

@ Moe ~ Not on my bread. awww

Hermitess 8. May 2009, 05:42

I will I will!! :up: :lol:

I need to go to bed. getting loopy! :D

Moesring 8. May 2009, 05:45

Not on my bread. awww

Of course not - but Minstrels would definitely be tainted by lesser breads.

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 05:45

Yeah... sleep tight Hermitess! :smile:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 05:46

Originally posted by Moe:

Minstrels would definitely be tainted by lesser breads


Which is why I like to bake my own bread. :happy:

Dacotah 8. May 2009, 06:48

Hmmmmmmm, I can smell the yummy Danish Hveder. Velbekomme
Great post Zaphira.

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 06:50

Thank you Carol. I've just finished one.
It's funny because we only eat them around this holiday, and I sometimes think that we should eat them more often throughout the year, but somehow that's wrong. Hveder belongs to Great Prayers Day. :smile:

Dacotah 8. May 2009, 06:53

You are welcome Zaphira.
I see, to bad you can't eat them on other days.
They look like buns we have here. :smile:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 06:54

:smile:

The special thing about hveder is the cardamom taste they've got. :yum:

Dacotah 8. May 2009, 06:57

:smile:
Never had cardamon. What is it?

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 07:00

It's a herb, with a very special, kind of strong taste. Not "hot", but it tingles the taste buds in a way that I like.

Dacotah 8. May 2009, 07:01

I see.
:smile:

AlpoFish 8. May 2009, 07:41

Good lord, those look divine! I'm just gonna take one :whistle:

rose-marie 8. May 2009, 08:41

Good looking buns you have there, Kitty flirt.

I love cardamom and wouldn't mind tasting one of your buns now :drool: :D.

AnitaMargita 8. May 2009, 09:09

Mmm... yummy, may i have one too, Zaphira? :wink: You are an excellent :chef:!

Spaggyj 8. May 2009, 09:20

Ooh, I remember these! And I still need to try one :chef:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 10:07

@ Alpo ~ Be my guest, please. :smile:

@ Rose ~ Ooh.. :swoon:
Ahem... :o:
Thank you - and please - come have one. flirt

@ Ana ~ Thank you, and sure you may. Practising makes good, you know. :smile:

@ Kimmie ~ I wanted to bring them with me over here from my old place. :happy:


Spaggyj 8. May 2009, 10:47

And they're not even stale, even after all this time! You're magic :eek:

Dacotah 8. May 2009, 10:49

:lol:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 10:50

It's not the same, I baked some new ones. :D

(I eateded the last oneses... awww )

Aqualion 8. May 2009, 11:14

Jeg fik lige de sidste to fra i går her til morgen: lige en tur på brødristeren, smør og Nutella. Yessir!

AnitaMargita 8. May 2009, 11:19

Thank you Zaphira! :smile: It is true, indeed :smile:

Spaggyj 8. May 2009, 11:24

Oh... So, you're not magic? awww

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 11:32

@ Lion ~ Ej hvor sjovt - jeg tog også Nutella på min ene halvdel i morges. Det var fandme guf!

@ Kimmie ~ Well... I can be... :left:

Spaggyj 8. May 2009, 12:15

:left: :right: :sst: How? :left:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 12:24

Magic is secret - only the initiates can know for sure. :left:

:wizard:

rose-marie 8. May 2009, 12:57

Guf? I always thought that was a bad thing! :lol:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 12:58

Really?? OOh... I wonder what kind of guf that would be. :wink:

rose-marie 8. May 2009, 13:29

Me too! :eyes:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 13:32

Hahahahah Rose, you're so cool! *Cracks up* :lol:

Furie 8. May 2009, 14:36

No initiating my girl with your buns. :mad:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 14:37

She will decide that herself! :mad:

rose-marie 8. May 2009, 15:14

:o: :love:

Not only will she decide, but she will get hooked too! :wizard:

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 15:24

Ummm yeah, we'll get to that later! flirt

AlpoFish 8. May 2009, 15:32

@Lion: :lol: Nutella, Yessir! That's all I understand but it was enough :yes: I love nutella

Furie 8. May 2009, 16:16

No hooks in my babe. :mad: She's not a fish.

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 16:19

@ Alpo ~ I absolutely love Nutella too! :yes:

@ Mik ~ That's right, she's not. She's a babe. flirt

Furie 8. May 2009, 16:41

Yeah, mine!!!

Zaphira 8. May 2009, 16:55

I hear you.

I'm not listening, but I hear you. :whistle:

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