If you don’t already know, hot dogs are kind of a big deal in Scandinavia. I found out about this when I was on my way there this past Summer and I knew that I needed to try them for multiple reasons; 1.) I enjoy a good hot dog, but most importantly, 2.) Scandinavia is effing expensive! Seriously, it’s ridiculously expensive in Scandinavian countries so if you’re like me and like to save a buck…or 50, then checking out hot dogs was high on my priority list. To put it quite shortly, I was not disappointed. A typical danish hot dog is a long, slender sausage, very similar to American franks, a shorter wheat bun, crispy fried onions, pickled red onions and cucumber and heft amount of ground mustard and Bearnaise sauce. Mmmm…
Pairings: coffee! Yeah, I know, super weird but they always came with a free cup of coffee. But they did have some really delicious peach iced tea which I thought went quite well as a pairing on the hot summer day!