THE WILD HEDGEHOG (A RATHER FORCED ALLUSION TO IBSEN'S THE WILD DUCK - IBSEN WAS NORWEGIAN, RIGHT?)

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Image from Norwegian Bakers website.

Every Saturday at Manningtree market there’s a stall from the Norwegian Bakers, who in some sense hale from Wivenhoe, who sell enticing looking and fairly expensive bread and pastries.  But you know, you’re only old once, so we bought a hedgehog loaf which looks like this:

 

The outside is coated with olive oil and chunky grains of salt, and it  tastes great.  The resemblance to a hedgehog is visual rather than taste, but then I don’t really know what a hedgehog tastes like.  

 

The only slight problem is a visual one.  The moment you cut a slice from the loaf, it looks a very great deal less like a hedgehog and becomes something far more quirkily sculptural.  The Norwegians may have a word for that.

If you go to the Norwegian Bakers website you can learn actual Norwegian words such as ‘Matglede,’ and this is how you use it in a sentence. ‘At Norwegian Bakers, we embody “matglede” by delivering the joy of food through our cakes, buns and breads, all lovingly crafted for your enjoyment.’

 

There’s also ‘Helgekos’ meaning ‘weekend cosiness.’  Why not?