March 01, 2006

Tasty treats

One thing that definitely characterizes life in Sweden is eating! Sharing a kitchen with 12 other people who cook all sorts of different foods, fikas, and midnight snacks ensure that food is always accessible. So, accordingly, this blog is devoted to all of the tasty treats I've been consuming!


Kanelbullar - Tradition swedish cinnamon buns - one of my favorite fika foods! Recently, Johanna treated all of us Ekeby kids with homemade kanelbullars. I sugared them (even though she scrapes the sugar off... which is like eating a giant soft pretzel and taking the salt off)!

Doughy goodness, before the oven

Fresh from the oven

Beautifully displayed kanelbullars

And, the lovely ladies who ate 5 in one sitting!

Our Saturday night smörgåsbord (which is a Swedish word, by the way!)

Why does it seem like Nefeli and I are always the first to the table?

Waiting to eat! (Me, Sam, Maria, Zurine's friend, Zurine, Belen, George)

George, Josh, Anne, Nefeli, Me

Remember semlor from a previous post? Well, a semla is another traditional Swedish fika food... made with cream and marzipan. We've also made our own in Ekeby: see them here! They are typically eaten only in February, particularly on Tuesdays. So, we enjoyed a semla fika at home to celebrate the last Tuesday of February. I just hope that it wasn't really my last semla...

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

i never thought i'd actually admit to this, but you look a lot like me in the last picture.

maybe it's because you're eating so much and you've rounded your face out to my size. maybe, just maybe.

anyway, yeah, you're one GRAND VASH!!

and that's "big cow," in case you've forgotten your french with all the swedish you've learned.

kidding =)

adios sister!

2:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

aaah! seeing those kanelbullars really makes me want one...that or an auntie anne's pretzel, ha. Still lovin the pics. Hope all is well :)

7:18 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

so what if it's vache.
you're still the cow, i'm just incapable of spelling correctly.
i go to warren, that's no big.

10:28 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was here again G love you and I will talk to you longer next time you dad let me know that I don't stay on very long lol

10:45 PM  

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