Posted on 12/26/2013 6:41:37 AM PST by mac_truck
The season's festivities in Denmark have been overshadowed by the prospect that it could be the last Danish Christmas before a European Union ban on their beloved kanelsnegler or cinnamon rolls.
The proposed ban followed plans by Denmark's food safety agency to implement EU regulations aimed at limiting the amount of coumarin, a naturally occurring toxic chemical found in the most commonly used type of cinnamon, cassia.
Under Danish interpretation of the EU legislation the amount of cinnamon in "everyday fine baked goods" will be limited to 15mg per kilo meaning a ban on Kanelsnegler pastries, a winter favourite in all Nordic countries, which take their name from their coiled snail shape.
The move has provoked a furious reaction from Danish bakers because neighbouring Sweden has decided to save their spicy pastries, known as kanenbullar in Swedish, by classing them as a traditional and seasonal dish with a permitted cinnamon level over three times higher, at 50mg per kilo.
"It's the end of the cinnamon roll as we know it," said Hardy Christensen, the head of the Danish Baker's Association.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
No Cinnebon at the airports...
Nanny State on Steroids PING!
“Pasties are a Welsh “sandwich” (somewhat like a meat and potato filled turnover) that miners took in their lunch bucket. They are popular lunch fare in Michigan and Wisconsin.”
Close, but I think pasties are more of a Cornish specialty than Welsh. At least the “Cornish pasty” is the one that I’m familiar with. The pastry is not a puff pastry, or a flaky pie-crust type, but something a little sturdier. And yes, made right they are a very satisfying meal.
I suspect the subject of this article should have referenced “pastries” rather than “pasties”.
Indeed!
Cornish.
And in fact, the title of the actual article (in the link) does say “pastries”, not “pasties”, I see now.
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