It was strange, about a month or two ago Giuliana and I were talking and neither of us could remember what a kringle was called. It was bothering me so much, that I emailed Nancy to ask her. And then I realized how long it’d been since I’d had one. I hadn’t even realized I missed them or that they’re something you mostly only can get in Wisconsin. Back when I lived there, people brought kringle in to work to share all the time. Or brought them to parties or got them for breakfast or whatever. It was no big thing. But now, it had been probably 6 years since I’d had a slice.
So, Nancy, knowing it was on my mind recently, sent me a 2 Racine Danish Kringles my birthday. The cherry cheese one I shared with my coworkers and the bavarian creme I took home. Dallas had never even heard of it before, so I wanted him to try it. At work there are a few people from Wisconsin and a few others who knew what it was and had it before, but there was also a lot of “Kringle? Huh?” I put the kringle in the kitchen and then sent an email out for everyone to help themselves. Eric went and had a slice, came out and said “Wow! This is delicious.” Just like THAT all the guys got up from their seats and the kringle disappeared in 20 seconds. That’s what happens when you work with 20 hungry men, I guess! I’m glad they all enjoyed it and thankful to Nancy for sending it down!
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Crissy // Sep 17, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Hmmm . . . So is it pretty much a danish in a ring shape? That’s pretty cool. I wonder why they wouldn’t have that everywhere!
2 Jessica // Sep 17, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Being originally from WI myself, I am very familiar with Kringle. We usually only had it on Christmas or Easter. Now that I live in MN, noone even knows what it is, or has ever tried it. My mother lives in WI and brings it with her for Christmas every year, and let me tell you, I really look forward to it! Cherry cheescake is my favorite! Now I’m really craving it, dang. Christmas is too far away! = P
3 JP // Sep 17, 2006 at 7:07 pm
Are there different variations of it? There was a company that sold it in grocery stores in Iowa and they were more like individual cookies - that tasted sweet and buttery - kind of like sugar cookies - no icing, etc.
4 Nan // Sep 18, 2006 at 8:24 am
Yum! I remember sending you one in San Diego when you lived there too.
The Bavarian Creme is my favorite! Glad you liked it! Happy Birthday!
5 Mertz // Sep 19, 2006 at 1:53 pm
Being a dane I’m on the verge of being offended by this “kringle”. That, however, stops when I remind myself what you americans did to the baguette and the croissant! We danes got of easy
Funny how different contries interpret international specialities.
Rachelle, remind me to send you a photo of a real kringle some time soon!
6 Richard // Sep 20, 2006 at 12:19 pm
From Wikipedia:
“In the United States, kringles are chiefly produced in Racine, Wisconsin, the North American city with the largest population of Danes behind Greenland. The Ballard area of Seattle, Washington is another place to find kringle in the U.S.”
7 Megan // Dec 27, 2006 at 10:34 am
Today, I went shopping at Kroger here in Cincinnati. As I walked through the bakery section, lo and behold, what do I see but a special display table covered with boxes of kringles? I bought two, raspberry and pecan. Mmmmmm.
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