This flat but scenic landscape of smørrebrød is too vast for the tiny seamen's church, where Danish crafts, gifts, and delicacies crowd into narrow rooms and the ad hoc backyard café might generously be described as snug. Through the good graces of the church's Brooklyn Heights neighbors, however, the fair expands to the capacious hall of another place of worship nearby.
Shown below, from the roster of open-faced sandwiches: roast beef; fish filet; pork liver pâté with beets and bacon; shrimp; and dyrlægens natmad (Dyoo-eh-lanes Nak-mahl — really!), a "veterinarian's night meal" of pâté, salted meat, aspic, shredded horseradish, and onion.
Also shown, from multiple editions of the festival: frikadeller, pan-fried flattened meatballs, in this case made from minced turkey; a hot dog fully kitted out with ketchup, mustard, remoulade, toasted onion, and pickles; æbleskiver, spherical puffs waiting to be swabbed in strawberry jam and powdered sugar; and assorted pastries. The little kransekage was chock full of marzipan.
Danish Seamen's Church Christmas Fair
Danish Seamen's Church, 102 Willow St. (at Clark St.), Brooklyn Heights
Also at the nearby Plymouth Church, 57 Orange St. (Henry-Hicks Sts.)
www.DSKNY.org/page/3363/danish-christmas-fair
(The 2017 fair was held on November 18)
