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Tiny Turtle · 12-26-2007, 04:47 PM

I want to explain to all you foreigners what's on our Christmas table here in Sweden, but I just keep on getting stuck in the translations...

The short version is that it's a two-part smörgåsbord (one of the few Swedish words incorporated into English) with fish dishes in the first and meat in the second. Pickled herring (with various flavours) and potatoes is an absolute must and also some sort of smoked salmon is pretty common. Various versions of red beet salad is also expected. For the second part a Christmas ham is central along with meatballs and the equivalence of cocktail weiners. Various patés and such (goes well with some Cumberland sauce) are also present.

After this we eat "Janssons Frestelse" (Jansson's temptation) which is a traditional anchovy and potato gratin dish. Depending on stomach capacity, some then manage to find room for some risgrynsgröt (a sweet rice porridge served with milk and cinnamon), but it's more common to eat this on the morning of the 25th.

12-26-2007, 04:47 PM	#30
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	I want to explain to all you foreigners what's on our Christmas table here in Sweden, but I just keep on getting stuck in the translations... The short version is that it's a two-part smörgåsbord (one of the few Swedish words incorporated into English) with fish dishes in the first and meat in the second. Pickled herring (with various flavours) and potatoes is an absolute must and also some sort of smoked salmon is pretty common. Various versions of red beet salad is also expected. For the second part a Christmas ham is central along with meatballs and the equivalence of cocktail weiners. Various patés and such (goes well with some Cumberland sauce) are also present. After this we eat "Janssons Frestelse" (Jansson's temptation) which is a traditional anchovy and potato gratin dish. Depending on stomach capacity, some then manage to find room for some risgrynsgröt (a sweet rice porridge served with milk and cinnamon), but it's more common to eat this on the morning of the 25th. Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.