Semmel fan: Therefore the pastry is best when it is old – and therefore it was better in the past
Fatty Day, also called Semmeldag, Semlan’s Day and Still Day, always falls 47 days before Easter. Since Easter is late this year, Semmeldag will only occur on March 4.
About 50 million bran are eaten in Sweden during the season.
One who loves bran is the entrepreneur and music profile Bert Karlsson.
– I think bran is good. But there must not be any swinging bran, but they should be normal. Ideally, it should be a whole piece of almond paste in the middle – but not many people have it nowadays.
Tip: “Must be a day old”
There is a special way Bert Karlsson likes to eat his bran.
– When they are a day old so I can eat the bran with milk. I think that’s the best. It should be a whole piece of almond paste in, then it is delicious.
In 2004, Aftonbladet published an article that Bert Karlsson set a world record by eating 87 bran in one day – but it was only an April joke.
– But I got 1,100 bran from a radio channel once. I couldn’t eat that, so I handed it out to pensioners and everyone possible.
So far this year, Karlsson has eaten about ten bran – and he has not yet tired.
– But it must not be too much, you take someone every now and then.
Since Fettisdagen only falls on March 4, he will catch some more.
– Seven to eight maybe.
Was cheated: “I couldn’t eat it”
Bert Karlsson once again points out that he does not want anything other than an ordinary holiday.
– It’s totally useless. I was cheated on a vanilla twig the other day. I only saw it when I looked properly. I couldn’t eat it.
In addition to vanilla semester, there are today several other variants such as truffles, Red Velvet- and Nutellasemlor.
– Forget all those, he says.
Do you have any tips on how not to get tired of the bran?
– I think you should vary between eating them normally and with milk.
– I bought a holiday yesterday that I will actually go and eat with milk now, he concludes.