Comments on: Danish Sugar-browned Potatoes (Brunede Kartofler) http://chowtimes.com/2008/12/22/danish-sugar-browned-potatoes-brunede-kartofler/ Suanne and Ben's Food and Travel Adventures from Vancouver, BC Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:01:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: KimHo http://chowtimes.com/2008/12/22/danish-sugar-browned-potatoes-brunede-kartofler/comment-page-1/#comment-28047 KimHo Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:07:36 +0000 http://chowtimes.com/?p=6131#comment-28047 Hey Z, I will take your word for it but, unfortunately, sources like Dictionary.com and Wikipedia list "Danish" (<-- caveat, uppercase!) as "something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark". Of course, lowercase and it will be the pastry. Don't get me wrong, I am sure most of us will appreciate you clear that for us; just that the misconception has been so widespread... As for Chinese, I have stories of my own. The most "interesting one" is that in a lot of places in Latin America, they will call any East-Asian person "Chino"/"China" (Spanish for "Chinese") even if he/she might be from Japan or Korea. Go figure! Hey Z,

I will take your word for it but, unfortunately, sources like Dictionary.com and Wikipedia list “Danish” (<– caveat, uppercase!) as “something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark”. Of course, lowercase and it will be the pastry. Don’t get me wrong, I am sure most of us will appreciate you clear that for us; just that the misconception has been so widespread…

As for Chinese, I have stories of my own. The most “interesting one” is that in a lot of places in Latin America, they will call any East-Asian person “Chino”/”China” (Spanish for “Chinese”) even if he/she might be from Japan or Korea. Go figure!

]]> By: Z http://chowtimes.com/2008/12/22/danish-sugar-browned-potatoes-brunede-kartofler/comment-page-1/#comment-28016 Z Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:59:06 +0000 http://chowtimes.com/?p=6131#comment-28016 Interesting recipe! Btw, "Dane" is the proper demonym for a person from Denmark, not 'a Danish', which would refer to the pastry. It's from the distant past -- Denmark was called "Daneland" in English during the time of the Vikings. Denmark, the modern name of the country, is probably from Den (Dane) + mark (territory, border-land). Weird, I know. Especially when you consider that "a Chinese" is an old, acceptable way (though nowadays "a Chinese person" would be used) to refer to a person from China. Thanks for the Danish recipes though! I will be looking into making these and/or that coffee cake soon! And sorry if this came across as nagging, wasn't meant to be. :P Interesting recipe! Btw, “Dane” is the proper demonym for a person from Denmark, not ‘a Danish’, which would refer to the pastry. It’s from the distant past — Denmark was called “Daneland” in English during the time of the Vikings. Denmark, the modern name of the country, is probably from Den (Dane) + mark (territory, border-land). Weird, I know. Especially when you consider that “a Chinese” is an old, acceptable way (though nowadays “a Chinese person” would be used) to refer to a person from China. Thanks for the Danish recipes though! I will be looking into making these and/or that coffee cake soon! And sorry if this came across as nagging, wasn’t meant to be. :P

]]>