H.A. Brendekilde, Danish
Ingrid Could Tell Her Husband Was Warming Up For a Joke About Her Cooking. So No, She Wouldn’t Be Putting Down This Pitcher of Steaming Hot Gravy. Not Quite Yet, Date Unknown
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/// In old Denmark, when sitting to eat,
men would toast with some strong akvavit.
Females (or a male child)
toasted with something mild.
Herbal tea was their most potent treat.
/// At the home of Hans Nielsen, the weaver,
Freja tells him that she has a fever,
and suggests alcohol
as the best drug of all,
but the truth is he doesn’t believe her.
/// Freja next claimed the gravy’s too thick.
She’d add water, which should do the trick.
But the taste made it clear
it was now mostly beer.
(Hans agrees now— the woman is sick.)