My WB #2

I have one word for you, and I bet most of you have never heard it before. The word: Aebleskiver. What is it, you ask? In short, an aebleskiver is a Danish breakfast food that could be considered a pancake ball. (For a detailed explanation with photographs, visit the Solvang Restaurant's homepage. A short explanation: Solvang, CA, is a town 3 miles from where I grew up...it's the self-proclaimed Danish Capital of America founded by Danes in 1911, and the shops and restaurants reflect this heritage.)

This meal says several things. First, this is a dish you have to go to a very specific location to get. That indicates that it's a special dish, something eaten on not-so-ordinary occasions. It's also sweet. Like I said, the aebleskivers themselves are similar to pancakes in consistency and flavor, but they're also topped with raspberry jam and powdered sugar. This triple-sweetness indicates a certain palette in the eater...in my case, it's a blatant indication of my out-of-control sweet tooth. But wait, there's more: it's also a breakfast food. That means that a person who enjoys aebleskivers is a "breakfast person" as well. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean they're an early bird (although in my case that's true) since one can always have breakfast for any meal of the day, but since aebleskivers are breakfast food, it is logical to assume that the eater likes breakfast.

Aebleskivers are also definitively Danish. Of course, you can't assume that everyone who eats them is Danish (I'm not). However, this is a good indication that the eater is either Danish (or knows someone who is) or that they enjoy international cuisine. Since aebleskivers are usually served with medisterpolse (Danish sausage) and Danish mustard, the absence of these accouterments tells you that the eater doesn't eat a lot of meat (or in my case, none at all).

The misleading factor here is that the aebleskivers are not made or served with vegetables. I think it's unfair to assume that this lack of produce indicates anything about the eater. While the dish is fairly heavy, it is sweet and therefore not entirely compatible with vegetables. It does have a fruit (the raspberry jam), and that might be enough to indicate that the eater is not entirely unhealthy.

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