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Scandinavian Cooking
During the long, dark Scandinavian winter, the meals tend to be
hearty and substantial. In Sweden and western Finland, a traditional
Thursday lunch consists of a meal of pea soup and pancakes. A typical
winter dinner might include Danish crackling roast pork with sugar-browned
potatoes topped off with an irresistible ice cream cake. Christmastime
gatherings, in particular, are often a chance to celebrate with
a cup of hot glögg or Swedish punch. When
the winter is finally over, the seemingly endless summer days are
savored along with the fresh fruits and vegetables that are hard
to find after the short growing season. During the white nights
of Sweden and Norway, it is customary to serve a midnight supper
after a concert or the theater, while a special occasion such as
a baptism or anniversary might call for a feast of dill-stuffed
whole salmon followed by kransekake, a beautiful towering ring cake
of ground almonds.
Text from book Scandinavian Feasts
Scandinavian Recipes
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