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7 maj 2010

Vår mat

Photohunt Half,
you can only see half the blake.




Fredagsfärg Svart och vitt.
Undra om det är rasistsikt av de andra fåren och gömma det svarta, eller var det bara så att den lilla svarta var mer blyg för kameran?


The meat of a lamb is taken from the animal between one month and one year old, with a carcase weight of between 5.5 and 30 kilograms (12 and 65 lbs). This meat generally is more tender than that from older sheep and appears more often on tables in some Western countries.

Hogget and mutton have a stronger flavour than lamb because they contain a higher concentration of species-characteristic fatty acids and are preferred by some.Mutton and hogget also tend to be tougher than lamb (because of connective tissue maturation) and are therefore better suited to casserole-style cooking.

The rib chops include a rib bone; the loin chops include only a chine bone. Shoulder chops are usually considered inferior to loin chops; both kinds of chop are usually grilled. Breast of lamb (baby chops) can be cooked in an oven.

Leg of lamb is a whole leg; saddle of lamb is the two loins with the hip. Leg and saddle are usually roasted, though the leg is sometimes boiled. Roasted leg and saddle may be served anywhere from rare to well-done.

Forequarter meat of sheep, as of other mammals, includes more connective tissue than some other cuts, and, if not from a young lamb, is best cooked slowly using either a moist method, such as braising or stewing, or by slow roasting or American barbecuing.

Some people here in Sweden eat lamb for Easter.
I did get some help from Wikipidia!

Foodie Friday

23 apr. 2010

Antipasta




Antipasto (plural antipasti), means "before the meal" and is the traditional first course of a formal Italian meal. Traditional antipasto includes cured meats, olives, roasted garlic, pepperoncini, mushrooms, anchovies, artichoke hearts, various cheeses (such as provolone or mozzarella) and peperone (marinated small green bell peppers, not to be confused with pepperoni). The antipasto is usually topped off with olive oil.

Many compare antipasto to hors d'oeuvre, but antipasto is served at the table and signifies the official beginning of the Italian meal. It may be referred to as a starter, or an entrée outside the United States and English Canada.
The term "antipasti" has appeared on U.S. restaurant menus since 1911.



Foodie Friday



Antipasto (plural antipasti), är italienska och betyder i direktöversättning "före måltiden", en mer korrekt svensk översättning är förrätt.

Antipasti har en självklar plats i det italienska köket, där de inleder måltiden som en aptitretare. Populära rätter är

prosciutto e melone - parmaskinka med melon
bresaola - lufttorkat nötkött
carpaccio - tunna skivor marinerat rått oxkött med olivolja, basilika och kryddor

caprese - mozzarellaost med tomater och färsk basilika
mozarella med soltorkade tomater
peperonata - kokta paprikaremsor marinerade i olivolja, citron och vitlök

bruschetta - rostat vitt bröd med hackad tomat, vitlök och basilika


Tack till Wikipedia!

2 apr. 2010

Black table scrape

Simple black table -



- but with FOOD on it makes is so good and colorful!
A easter table maybe next week after we have had the Easter- dinner.



Do not forget the vegetables!


Color Carnival


Put salt and butter on top!

Foodie Friday
Table scrap

19 mars 2010

Bullfest



This time I did buy it all from the shop.
But was thinking how to put it on the plate.

Ett glas med hemgjord rödvinbärssaft och så har vi BULLFEST!

Foodie Friday

5 mars 2010

Choklade muffins




100 gram margarin eller smör
2½ dl socker
2 ägg
3 tsk vaniljsocker
4 msk kakao
2 dl vetemjöl
½ tsk bakpulver
Tillagning

Smält matfettet och låt det svalna en stund.
Vispa ägg och socker ordentligt.
Tillsätt de övriga ingredienserna, matfettet sist.
Fördela smeten i muffinsformarna du har ställt på en plåt.
Grädda i mitten av ugnen i 200°C (varmluft 175°C) i cirka 10 minuter.



Chocolate Muffins:

1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups flour
2/3 cup cocoa powder
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 teaspoon bakingpowder


To make them more fun have
Chocolate Fudge Frosting,
(powdered or icing) sugar

Here I did not have time before the kids was eating them!

Head over to
Foodie fridayand see a cake made for the people from Ireland.

http://stopnsmellthechocolates.blogspot.com/

26 feb. 2010

Easy cooking!



Turnip
Potatoes
Onion (red)
Gralic
and
Celeriac Apium graveolens rapaceum
is also known as 'celery root,' 'turnip-rooted celery' or 'knob celery'.

From Wikipidia;

It is a kind of celery, grown as a root vegetable for its large and bulbous hypocotyl rather than for its stem and leaves. The swollen hypocotyl is typically used when it is about 10–12 cm in diameter; about the size of a large potato. Unlike other root vegetables, which store a large amount of starch, celery root is only about 5-6% starch by weight.

Celeriac may be used raw or cooked. It has a tough, furrowed, outer surface which is usually sliced off before use because it is too rough to peel. Celeriac has a celery flavour, and is often used as a flavouring in soups and stews; it can also be used on its own, usually mashed, or used in casseroles, gratins and baked dishes.

The hollow stalk of the upper plant is sometimes cut into drinking straw lengths, rinsed, and used in the serving of tomato-based drinks such as the Bloody Mary cocktail. The tomato juice is lightly flavoured with celery as it passes through the stalk.
Celeriac is not as widely used as some other root vegetables, perhaps because it is harder to prepare and clean.

There are a number of cultivars available, especially in Europe. Among them are 'Prinz', 'Diamant', 'Ibis', and 'Kojak', which all received Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit designation in the trial in 2000.
Celeriac normally keeps well and should last three to four months if stored between 0°C (32 degrees Fahrenheit) and 5°C (41 degrees Fahrenheit) and not allowed to dry out.


Just chop it up and in the oven with some salt and oil!
This is what we hade for dinner today, when my youngest dotter came back from the hospital. She is 4 years old and had a lot of fever but now it is good again.

Foodie Friday
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19 feb. 2010

No chocolate cake

My kids did try to make a chocolate cake...


... but most did end up here.


So We had the coffee with only suger.


Since I missed the cake here, have a look at Desings by Gollum, Foodie friday she has wounderful photos and some recipes for you!

PhotoStory Friday
Hosted by Cecily and Lolli



I post a photo every day HERE!

http://stopnsmellthechocolates.blogspot.com/ - Chocolate posts!

22 jan. 2010

Hot chocolate

This has been a part of my week, Photo story friday




Ingredienser - Varm riktig choklad
75 g finhackad choklad (välj din favoritchoklad)
3 dl mjölk
0.5 st vaniljstång
1 msk socker

Gör så här
1. Värm upp mjölken, vaniljstången (hel) och sockret i en kastrull.
2. Ta upp vaniljstången och slå över den finhackade chokladen. Blanda gärna med stavmixer så att chokladen blir len. Servera omgående (eller i termos och ta med till skidbacken).

Sorry I only have the recipe in Swedeish, sorry.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hot chocolate (also known as hot cocoa, drinking chocolate, or just cocoa) is a heated beverage that typically consists of shaved chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water, and sugar. While hot chocolate is generally thought of as a drink consumed for pleasure, recent[when?] studies[who?] have suggested that hot chocolate possesses health benefits due to antioxidants that can be found in cocoa solids[citation needed]. Until the 19th century, hot chocolate was even used medicinally to treat ailments such as stomach diseases.

The first chocolate beverage is believed to have been created by the Mayan peoples around 2000 years ago, and a cocoa beverage was an essential part of Aztec culture by 1400 A.D. The beverage became popular in Europe after being introduced from Mexico in the New World, and has undergone multiple changes since then. Today, hot chocolate is consumed throughout the world and comes in multiple variations including the very thick cioccolata densa served in Italy, and the thinner hot cocoa that is typically consumed in the United States.


Aphrodisiac
Romantic lore commonly identifies chocolate as an aphrodisiac. The reputed aphrodisiac qualities of chocolate are most often associated with the simple sensual pleasure of its consumption. Although there is no proof that chocolate is indeed an aphrodisiac, a gift of chocolate is a familiar courtship ritual.


Chocolate has been the center of several successful book and film adaptations. In 1964, Roald Dahl published a children's novel titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The novel centers around a poor boy named Charlie Bucket who takes a tour through the greatest chocolate factory in the world, owned by Willy Wonka. Two film adaptations of the novel were produced. The first was Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, a 1971 film which later became a cult classic. Thirty-four years later, a second film adaptation was produced, titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The 2005 film was very well received by critics.

Chocolat is a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris. It tells the story of Vianne Rocher, a young mother, whose confections change the lives of the townspeople through magic. The 2000 film adaptation, Chocolat, also proved successful, grossing over US$150,000,000 worldwide


Foodie Friday

9 jan. 2010

Home made ham

You boil the ham in water , salt and maybe some spice, and the it is time to put it in the owen.


But fist you have to put a mixture of, mustard, egg and salt on top of it. Then bred crumbs.


Into the owen and let it get some color on top.
Cut it,


Eat it - enjoy!


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2 jan. 2010

Gott, mycket gott 2010

Please start to look HERE at the table settings!

This is a long shot... for Photo Hunt, the meme is lick... but I do promise you will like yourself around the mouth after reading this post, LOL.

New and new recipes and new ideas, here is the dinner we had last night!

Butter-dough with many different fillings.


Cheese, cream with fillet (the best part from the cow - do not have the name), Garlic and a few different kind of herds - delicious! And very easy to make and only took 20 minutes.


And of course it has to sparkle when it was new years evening.


I found this interesting on another blog

'Havreflarn' are Swedish oat biscuits (sometimes referred to as 'oat crisps') which are truly delicious. Strangely enough, I got a packet of these from Ikea in Southampton, and I have no recollection of the price - I've tried looking them up on the net, but the only Ikea website that actually claims it sells Havreflarn is the Chinese one - so an 125kg box of these little beauties costs 10.50 Yuan!


The biscuits themselves are round (but not perfectly formed), thin, and extremely crunchy. On first bite, I thought they were merely 'OK', but it's the sort of taste that really grows on you, and before long you realise that the word 'moreish' is perfectly suited to these Swedish wonders. Actually, my presumption that they are Swedish comes solely from the fact that they are sold in Ikea - so they may well be from somewhere else - although I can't research that either as Wikipedia has no mention of Havreflarn - they really are mystery biscuits.

The taste is sweet, but not sickly, and is actually reminiscent of toffee popcorn - which is never a bad thing. The consistency is very crunchy, but due to their thin nature, they don't fall into the category of 'teeth-breakers'.

On the downside, Havreflarn aren't very absorbent, so dipping them in a cup of tea (as I usually enjoy doing with my biscuits) is not best suited to these particularly tasty morsels.

If you ever find yourself in Ikea, look out for these biscuits, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed. Due to their delicious taste and crunchy nature, they really are worth investing in - although going all the way to China to buy them may be a little extreme :)



Or try to make them your self like we did.

75 g butter
3/4 cup syrup
3/4 cup (stora) Oat
3/4 cup flour
¼ small tablespoon baking-powder
1 ½ tablespoon milk
1 ½ tablespoon syrup

200 degrees celsius in 5 minutes.


But not all the kids wanted what we had...



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I wish you all a Good, very good 2010.

21 dec. 2009

God, mycket GOD jul - Merry Christams

You will find it in English in the end of this post.
But first I give you frozen water outside.
Outdoor Wednesday
Watery Wednesday
Sky Watch
Har valt att göra ett STORT inlägg, för att sedan ta jullov.


Tisdags Tema

Nej in och pyssla lite i stället,


Vår nya pepparkaksform för i år (samlar på den). Men om ni vill pyssla själv prova det här nedan.

FredagsfärgBlå, rosa och guld. Detta är ett gyllene tillfälle att prova dina pusselfärdgiheter. Jag klarade det på 1, 21 min.
Click to Mix and Solve


GOTT nytt år!
Ett tips på mat inför nyår.

Tatateller med gravad lax, gurkbitar och Hovmästarsås.


Boeuf bourgignon Recept här!


Vaniljglas på björnbärsbädd - Ta frysta björnbär koka upp md lite socker sirap och vanillin.




"Tänk ett ljus och låt det brinna låt aldrig hoppet försvinna det är mörk nu men det blir ljusare igen..."
Låt dessa rader få följa er genom hela 2010 vid det tillfälle ni stöter på problem och det ser mörkt ut för dig - det kommer en ljusare framtid.
Det finns ett Musiktema koplat till en bild, besök Rajson





Det blev i alla fall ett intressant foto.... " Alway look on the bright side of life..."



GOD JUL och GOTT NYTT ÅR!!!


Torsdags reflektion hos Sinneskatten kan du skriva dina funderingar om den gångna veckan.


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Hi, my friends all over the world!

On the top of this post I show
Foodie Friday and if you look for Boeuf bourgignon on google you will find the recipe in English.
It is really good and I had it for my birthday and we will have it for new year - maybe something for you.
When i looked at the other that posted for Foodie Friday I found Mary with the blog "A perfect bite" a lovely lady and interesting text and perfect recipe, if you have not visit her please do.

Here is my birthday party table.

Table Scrap

In Weekend Memoarie you can post you link and tell the hole world what is going on with you.


In Sweden we do not have a special Christmas pudding like in England but we do make a lot of cakes with Santa on.

Pink Saturday
If you feel very girlish and want PINK, PINK and PINK do go and look at this Meme.


If you have Facebook try this one; http://apps.facebook.com/santa_yourself/?santa=602879214

19 dec. 2009

Christmas Traditions

We were asked to show a special Holliday memory in Pink Saturday and for me it is this!
Every Chkistmaseve, 24 th of december for my hole life (exept the Christmas of 2000 when I was working in New Zealand) I have been in front of the TV and looked at Donald Ducks Christmas.




We eat: "Lussekatter" (literally "Lucy cat", after Saint Lucy) or lussebulle -
A saffron bun is a rich yeast dough bun that is flavoured with saffron and cinnamon or nutmeg and contains currants. In Sweden, no cinnamon or nutmeg is used in the bun, and raisins are used instead of currants. The buns are baked into many traditional shapes, of which the simplest is a reversed S-shape. They are traditionally eaten during Advent, and especially on Saint Lucy's Day, December 13. In my house we eat it all Christmas.




Most commercially available saffron buns and cakes availablel today contain food dyes that enhance the natural yellow provided by saffron. The very high cost (it is the world's most expensive spice by weight makes the inclusion of sufficient saffron to produce a rich colour an uneconomical option. The addition of food colouring in Cornish saffron buns was already common by the end of the First World War when the scarcity of saffron forced bakers to find other ways to colour their products. Larger versions of the saffron bun baked in a loaf tin are known as saffron cake.

Ingredients

½ tsp. crushed saffron threads (¼ tsp. powder)
¾ c. (180ml) half and half, lukewarm...., half and half refers to a mixture of 50% milk and 50% cream.
two pkgs. yeast (4½ tsp.) dissolved in ¼ c. very warm (edit lukewarm) water
½ c. (120g) melted butter
two eggs, beaten
¾ c. (180g) sugar
one tsp. salt
4-5 c. sifted flour
Raisins to decorate


Procedure

Mix saffron in warm half and half and let stand while dissolving yeast in the water.
Mix half of flour with other ingredients and beat until well blended.
Add flour until dough is smooth but not too firm. Knead on floured surface for ten minutes.
Place dough in buttered bowl and let rise until double (1½ hours).
Roll seven-inch-long sticks and form S-shaped buns with their ends curled in. Place a raisin in each curl.
Place buns on buttered sheet, cover and let rise 45 minutes. Brush with beaten egg and bake at 375-400°F (190-200°C) for 10-15 minutes.

This are for
Pink Saturday
Foodie Friday

http://ourweekendmemoirs.blogspot.com/

17 dec. 2009

Julbord

Julbord - that is what we are eating for Christmas here in Sweden!
I took some help from Wikipedia for translating Julbord.

Julbord is the standard Christmas dinner in Scandinavian countries. Julbord is a word consisting of the elements jul, meaning Yule (today synonymous with Christmas) and bord, literally table. The classic Swedish julbord is the highlight of Swedish cuisine.

The traditional julbord is typically eaten in three courses. The dishes includes local and family specialties. The first course would typically be a variety of fish, particularly pickled herring and lox (gravlax). It is customary to eat particular foods together; herring is typically eaten with boiled potatoes and hard-boiled eggs and is frequently accompanied by strong spirits like snaps, brännvin or akvavit with or without spices. Other traditional dishes would be (smoked) eel, rollmops, herring salad, baked herring, smoked salmon and crab canapés, accompanied by sauces and dips.




The second course is often a selection of cold sliced meats, the most important cold cut being the Christmas ham (julskinka) with mustard. Other traditional cuts include homemade sausages, leverpastej and several types of brawn. It is also common to serve the cold meats with sliced cheese, pickled cucumbers and soft and crisp breads.




The third course would be warm dishes. Include Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), small fried hot dog sausages (prinskorv), roasted pork ribs (revbenspjäll), and warm potato casserole, matchstick potatoes layered with cream, onion and sprats called Janssons frestelse (literally "Jansson's Temptation").
Other dishes are pork sausages (fläskkorv), smoked pork and potato sausages (isterband), cabbage rolls (kåldolmar), baked beans, omelette with shrimps or mushrooms covered with bechamel sauce. Side dishes include beetroot salad in mayonnaise and warm stewed red, green or brown cabbage.




Lutfisk, lyed fish made of stockfish (dried ling or cod) served with boiled potato, thick white sauce) and green peas that can be served with the warm dishes or as a separate fourth course. Lutfisk is often served as dinner the second day after the traditional Christmas Yule-table dinner. - I do not like it so we do not have it here at my home.

Julbord desserts include rice porridge (risgrynsgröt), sprinkled with cinnamon powder.photo Traditionally, an almond is hidden in the bowl of rice porridge and whoever finds it receives a small prize or is recognized for having good luck - we say will be married next year!



We here always have a "Gottebord" - Candy table late in the evening, with lots of homemade candy.


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11 dec. 2009

Glögg

Glögg is the term for mulled wine in the Nordic countries in,Swedish "Glögg", Norwegian and Danish: Gløgg,

Non-alcoholic glögg can be bought ready-made or prepared with fruit juices instead of wine. The main classic ingredients are (usually) red wine, sugar or syrup, spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves and bitter orange, and optionally also stronger spirits such as vodka, akvavit or brandy.



In Sweden, glögg spice extract can be purchased at the chemist. To prepare glögg, spices and/or spice extract are mixed into the wine, which is then heated to 60°-70° Celsius (140°-158° Fahrenheit). The temperature should not be allowed to rise above 78.4° Celsius (173.12° Fahrenheit) in order to avoid evaporation of the alcohol.

When preparing home-made glögg using spices, the hot mixture is allowed to infuse for at least an hour, often longer, and then reheated before serving. In Sweden ready-made wine glögg is normally sold ready to heat and serve and not in concentrate or extract form. Glögg is generally served with raisins, blanched almonds and gingerbread, and is a popular hot drink during the Christmas season.

All over Scandinavia 'glögg parties' are often held during the month before Christmas. In Sweden, ginger bread and lussebullar (also called lussekatter), a type of sweet bun with saffron and raisins, are typically served. It is also traditionally served at Julbord, the Christmas buffet. In Denmark, gløgg parties or Julefrokoster typically include æbleskiver sprinkled with powdered sugar and accompanied with strawberry marmalade. In Norway gløgg parties with gløgg and rice pudding (Norwegian: risengrynsgraut (nynorsk)/ risengrynsgrøt (bokmål)) are common.


Glögg recipes vary widely; variations with white wine or sweet wines such as madeira, or spirits such as brandy are also popular. Glögg can also be made alcohol-free by replacing the wine with fruit or berry juices (often blackcurrant) or by boiling the glögg for a few minutes to evaporate the alcohol. Glögg is very similar in taste to mulled cider.



Do not drink to much!

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26 nov. 2009

Jordgubbstårta - Strawberry cake

Min kära dotter fyller år om ett par dagar och därför väljer jag att visa denna tårta som hon önskade sig på sin 6 års dag. Hon ville ha en jordgubbstårta. Ni som känner till Svenska tarditioner vet att en gräddtårta med färska jordgubbar servera ofta på midsommar och andra festliga sammanhang under sommaren. Men nu fyller hon är i slutet på november och inte kunde jag få fatt i några färska jordgubbar så det blev denna lösningen med marsipan och glasy.
Hoppas det smakar.
Jag önskar er en härlig 1:a adevnt.



My dear daughter's birthday in a few days and therefore I choose to show this cake which she wanted for her 6 years birth day. She wanted a strawberry cake. You who know the Swedish tarditioner know that CREAM-Sponge cake with fresh strawberries is often served during the summer. But now she has the birthday in the end of November and I could not get hold of fresh strawberries, soI did it with marzipan and glasy.
Hope it tastes.

ABC norska J - Jordgubbe!

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Kan inte låta bli att länka till ännu en var ett så slående tema!
FredagsfotoNjutbart

20 nov. 2009

Princess cake

A princess makes a Princess cake - for you to taste.

Make a sponge cake (use hot water and mix the sugar and egg for a long time, 10 minutes). Put strawberry jam in between.




Mix the cream.


Put the cream on, look close and you will see we did a heart also.


And put a top on made of "marsipan",


Icing sugar on top.



Here you are!



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Ps. Would you like to change/swap Christams present with me let me know!