| | Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:27 am | | | | Comments: 1 Views: 40 |
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December 24, Christmas Eve. Today, is Christmas in my mind. Christmas Eve is the ultimate day during December that all days lead up to – The Dipping Day. That expression refers to how on Christmas Eve you cook ham and then dip bread in the liquid the ham cooked in. December 23 is The Day Before The Dipping Day, and December 22 is The Day Before The Day Before The Dipping Day. That goes on quite far (the day before the day before the day etc..) and can get quite psycho. Nevermind, Today is The Dipping Day - Christmas Eve.
Again, we do not have any snow which is unfortunate but not surprising. We will have to get the atmosphere going with lots of candles, music and of course food and gifts! So far, we have already been through The First Phase: hot chocolate in front of the tree and a small gift opening (not so small actually…) and later on today more phases await with traditional food as well as more Christmas presents.
This year we are making a Christmas ham (in my mind you can’t forego that!), Swedish meatballs, Jansson’s Temptation (potato dish), creamy red beet salad, herring (which only I enjoy) and ris a la malta (rice dessert) among other dishes.
I baked the vört bread yesterday and it came out quite nice and somewhat mild actually – I had expected more of a pronounced flavor since it contains julmust (strong dark soda), porter beer, cinnamon, ginger, cloves etc… Anyhow, it had a good, dense texture and went really well with some strong cheese (I also made a flavorful fig and date compote with glögg which was a nice addition).
Apart from drinking more glögg, I think we also might enjoy some port wine as well as Amaretto later which I’m looking forward to.
So Merry Christmas (God Jul)! Hopefully this year will feature good company, good thoughts and relaxing times!
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