with Anette Larsson
Now when it's Christmas time, I have to share another typical Christmas tradition we have in Scandinavia. To drink warm wine - mulled wine. We name it "Glögg". It's quite sweet but has a delicious taste of typical Christmas flavors such as cinnamon, ginger, orange and cloves. Since it's a strong drink, we serve it [...]
Something that has a long tradition during Christmas in Scandinavia is to eat rice pudding (also named Santa Claus' porridge). The tradition is from 19th century when egg, milk and butter were luxury ingredients. Nowadays, it's a small meal we in Sweden eat some days before or after Christmas and in Denmark often eaten as [...]
If you ever visit Scandinavia around Christmas time, you have to try saffron buns (Lussekatter / Lucia bullar). These buns have a long tradition and we eat a lot of them in December month. Today, December 13th, is the Lucia day which is celebrated with Lucia march with kids (or adults) singing Christmas songs. Since [...]
Scandinavian Simple Eating 