European Fast Food

1. Polx
   February 12th, 2009 at 11:15 am

   Sweden has a lot more than simply horv. I go fairly regularly to the Karlshamn baltic festival in Sweden to get amazingly bladdered with me Swedlish amigos and the fast food is pretty high in the mix as you'd imagine.

   Lots of Tundbrodrolle with crayfish, Vild Svin, smoked herring Fisk and Langos. I know Langos are Hungarian but then Hot Dogs are everywhere too.

   But you can not whack the Crayfish party Kraftskiva.

   It is also the only place I've ever been where Donner Kebab is eaten in daylight and total sobriety.

   God I love Sweden.

2. Polx
   February 12th, 2009 at 11:17 am

   Frakadille in Denmark.

   spelling....I dunno ?

3. Black Jack Shellac
   February 12th, 2009 at 11:35 am

   Lots of people eat fries with mayo or mustard or vinegar. Give me a good euro sausage any day over an american hot dog.

4. Lars
   February 12th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

   @Polx

   Frikadelle: and it's a kind of meatball. Usually eaten with potatoes and vegetables, potato salad or on bread.

   For some reason it's under germany in the list..

5. Jake
   February 12th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

   "A peculiarly British form of fast food is the sandwich"

   what now?

   that's all it says no explanation. is it implying that it isnt normal to eat a sandwich?

6. Polx
   February 12th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

   @ Jake

   Well it was invented in England, named after the Earl of Sandwich who had meat between bread brought to him at the gaming tables so that he didn't have to step away and lose any opportunity to throw away the family fortune.

   SO it is English. Not British, English.

7. jenjen
   February 12th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

   When I was in England I was happily amazed by the variety and quality of take-away packaged sandwiches. They're everywhere, the fillings are interesting, fresh, and delicious and they're packaged well enough to stuff in your bag for eating later. And not expensive. Really great and practical fast food.

8. lir
   February 12th, 2009 at 7:15 pm

   Every day I was in Paris, I'd start the day going to a fast crepe place and got either a nutella or sugar crepe to eat as I went with my parents on our merry way.

   Those things were damn tasty, and I dare say better as a fast thing in France then at any restaurant in Chicago.

9. silverbullitt
   February 12th, 2009 at 7:35 pm

   "In most of Europe, fast food means sausage."

   if only it were the case,i read today in the newspaper that in birmingham a pizza hut outlet has stopped serving pork products to greater serve the local muslim community, no ham , no sausage , no salami, no pepperoni
   wtf!!!
   they have removed the whole essence of pizza
   what do we want??? real pizza ,
   when do we want it ??? now

10. jimbo
    February 12th, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    My favorite in Denmark is the sausage wrapped in bacon which is put into a hollowed-out bagette that has a shot of spicy mustard in it - unbelievable! In London there is nothing better than the foot-long carts on the street around 11pm that serve these dogs with grilled onion and hot mustard.

11. Noelegy
    February 12th, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    Khlav Kalash!

12. ThomasH
    February 13th, 2009 at 2:31 am

    You might want to note that the Danish "røde pølser" (red sausages) are only a variety. Equally common are regular "sausage coloured" sausages.

    You can usually get some four or five different kinds of sausage at a stand - reds, browns, foot longs, in a blanket, with relish, fried onions, ketchup, mustard... oh god I'm going out to lunch.

13. Smack
    February 13th, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Words can not describe the appropriate awesomeness Dutch frites are with mayo. And that mayo - god in heaven, it's so good and flavorful. I would kill for some frites right now.

14. Polx
    February 14th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    Mmmmm love them Danish polser.

    With the crisp fried onions...and a bottle of tuborg gron.

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