American Danish can be doughy, heavy, sticky, tasting of prunes and is usually wrapped in cellophane. Danish Danish is light, crisp, buttery and often tastes of marzipan or raisins; it is seldom wrapped in anything but loving care.
Source: The Danish Worth an Ocean Voyage NY Times, 22 Nov 1978.
-- R W Apple, Jr, (Nov 20 1934-2006), US journalist; He was the Washington. DC. bureau chief of the NY Times, 1993-; author of Europe: An Uncommon Guide, 1986.