Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas Traditions- Family Breakfast

Hey,
Generally Norwegian families will have a sit down family breakfast during weekends, and more frequently during Christmas. Bread is an important part of the Norwegian diet, and we grow up having bread for breakfast, lunch and what we call Norwegian supper. For this reason Norway has a wide range of toppings to put on their bread, such as shrimp salad, liver pate and brown cheese to name a few.During Christmas we also have a few seasonal toppings that we 'only' eat during Christmas, such as a particluar type of herring, 'julesylte' (pressed pork) and 'syltelabb' (boiled pigs feet) . There is nothing better than having a big breakfast spread, sitting around the table with your family and eating breakfast together. Hence I decided to share a roll recipe today, and show you how Christmas breakfast is served in Norway. We were so lucky we had lots of snow that fell overnight, hence it really put us in the festive season listening to Christmas carols whilst looking at the snowy landscape from the breakfast table.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Christmas Traditions - Lussekatter

Hey, 
I am so sorry that my blog has been so quiet the past three weeks, I have been busy at work preparing for a long holiday, and just arrived back in Norway last Friday. It's been great to be back home with family and friends, and there is nothing like a cold Norwegian winter to get in the Christmas spirit. Like any country Norway has its unique Christmas traditions, and the 13th of December is no exception, as we celebrate Saint Lucia Day. It is a big thing when you are a kid, and across all schools and kindergardens in Norway it is celebrated through some form of procession with children dressed in white clothes, and the procession is headed by one girl wearing a crown of candles (or lights) whilst others hold only one single candle each. Needless to say that every young girl in Norway wants to be selected to wear the crown, and I am still disappointed that I was never picked:)