Fun! In my Grandmother's Swedish kitchen, almost no cooking was done on Christmas Eve (that's when we celebrated). Days before the sylta, kruppkakor, meatballs, sill, and sugared rolls were prepared. everything had to sit in cold storage for 3 days at least. The sylta (cold pork) would be sliced, the kruppkakor (potato dumplings with spiced pork scraps inside) would be sliced and fried and the meatballs heated up just before we ate. My Grandmother always put the big platter of the kruppkakor between my cousin Bill and me....and we would have a contest to see how many we could eat.
I'm in the process of counting the days myself, as I plan when I will start the cooking. When my grandmother died, I took over the Swedish traditions, and now my kids and grandkids anticipate the wonderful food.
My card reflects the days to count and cook.
P.S. The spatters represent the pieces of sugar on top of the sweet rolls!
Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 GMT Views: 344
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