Danish pork, with potatoes and parsley sauce. Wikimedia/Nillerdk. Creative commons.
Stories about meatballs and migrants are never isolated events. Recently, the city council of Randers approved with the relative majority of votes from the Liberals and the Danish People’s Party a decision that makes it mandatory for public institutions to serve pork.
Obviously, the resolution was not prompted by the dietary concerns of the city of Randers, which is a town in the Mid-Jutland peninsula with a population of about 60 thousand people, but based on a cultural explanation. According to the Randers city council, municipal institutions must provide - by law - that the daily menu at childcare centers safeguards what is seen as a principle of Danish food culture and tradition, by compulsory including pork on a daily basis.
