Christmas treats
I spent my yesterday real good I tell you. I made small Christmas treats. I made 'Lussekatter' (swedish saffron sweet-bread), Truffles with walnuts, orange and cointreau, and finally the calorie booster Fudge. The fudgy ingredients had either sugar or fat as its main component; white sugar, butter, syrup, and whole cream. Which of course means they are absolutely bloody delicious! I have spent my morning wrapping them in thick transparent plastic foil, tying them with brown ribbon. I will do the same for the Truffles as soon as I have bought more ribbon. Next, I will put a few Truffles and a few Fudges in a little giftbag, and distribute these to people I feel need a boost of Christmas spririt, fat, sugar, and/or appreciation. I made 60 Lussekatter (freely translated = Lucia cats; served around the traditional Lucia celebration on the 13th of December). 60 are quite a lot. I hope not to eat them all myself, but also try to friendly force these on people visiting me, or being visited by me. I love to cook and bake, but not for myself only. And anyways, I don't think it is wise for you to eat 50 Fudges, 50 Truffles, and 60 Lussekatter on your own. You would get severely sugar-shocked, and fat overloaded.
That's Christmas for you!
posted by Sister Sweden @ 14:06
4 Comments
4 Comments:
Sounds delicious. I love baking christmas cookies. Every year ,my older sister and I bake the gingerbread cookies. It's a nice little tradition we have.
Awwh, it is good with traditions, isn't it? They are often very random, but that doesn't matter. You can get away with anything (almost) as long as it is "a tradition". Like dancing around a fower-dressed wooden cross with huge hoops, like swedes do at midsummer, or eating obscene amounts of raw fish, like swedes do at all traditional occasions (christmas, easter, midsummer). Or the whole thing with our Lucia-celebrations, that I will blog about later today (13th december). Right now I must first be off to my psychiatrist, and then work a bit more!
I think I gained a pound or two from reading this post. Sounds totally scrumptuous! Merry Christmas!
Arlen, I will let you in on a secret. The best way for you yourself to lose weight, is to (with irresistable candy) force-feed your friends. Get right on it! And obviously a Merry Christmas to you too. Hope you are getting in to the good spirit of Christmas, and avoiding the annoyment-traps (crazy shopping, stressing, feeling obliged to meeting people you don't really want to see etc.).
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