Saturday, 20 June 2009

Midsummer fest;=)




Good morning!

And sorry for the abscense yesterday, but I started off so early travelling with car 2 hours and then flying 1.5 hour and then by train for 1 hour, so I wasn´t home until 16.00 in the afternoon. Then I had to take a quick shower, go buy my mum some midsummer flowers and hurry to her home to celebrate midsummer with the family.

Mum had made new picked potatoes, herring, chive, sourcream, bread and cheese, which are the typical midsummer things to eat. For me, as the vegetarian, she had made a super good pie filled with angle pod and spinach. It was delicious!
To drink, the tradition is to have a "snaps" and to take them with a snapsvisa, which is a song to sing before saying: Skål!
Since I was the driver, I said Skål in sparkling water. It works equally good;=)

For dessert, we ate strawberries, which also are very typical midsummer food and to that whipped cream and coffee.

It was a great evening and when we came home we had some strawberries dipped in white chocolate and then it was time for watching some Two and a half men before sleeping.

19 comments:

  1. Oh I'm glad you had a nice day =)

    Oh yeah Two and a half men <3 ;)

    Hope you will celebrate your birthday tomorrow =)

    I♥u<3

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  2. Mmmm, very nice.

    That pie sounds interesting, and you can never go wrong with Strawberries & cream.

    Sounds like you enjoyed that, have a nice day Anette.
    Best wishes, Ryan.

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  3. Sounds DELICIOUS!!
    Have a great midsummerfest (or week...). I don't know how you celebrate that in Sweden. We don't know a midsummerfest in Belgium..
    And already a Happy Birthday for 2morrow! ;)

    Bye**Daphne

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  4. Hiya, wanted to give you this now.

    http://i42.tinypic.com/35b9f1k.jpg

    for tomorow :)

    hope you like.

    Lisa x

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  5. That sounds so fun! And what evening isn't perfect without Two and a half men?!! That show is hilarious!!

    And in case I'm not around to say it tomorrow,
    Happy Birthday!! Have a wonderful day and hope you get lots more shoes and awesome presents!! :-P

    Take care
    Holly xxx

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  6. I'm glad you had a nice time Anette! =)
    Have a nice weekend.

    Hugs

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  7. Good morning :-)

    sounds like you had a very nice day. I hope the weather was fine. Here in Germnay we also celebrate anything like that Midsummer fest. We make big fires and then we have lots of fun. Another custom of the solstice is the beating disc. While these burnt disc roll down the hillside much like a shooting star, the person making the cut has to rhyme something about somebody who is away. And then we drink a lot of snaps and beer :-)
    And today the weather is brilliant. Hope in Sweden too.

    So have a nice day. CU

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  8. I am happy that you had a nice time!!
    Have a great week!

    Love

    Ena

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  9. Wow yummii i want to taste that food :=P

    beautiful light in that home ^_^

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  10. Hi there! ^^
    "strawberries dipped in white chocolate " hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! i love it!
    About this midsummer fest, is it a swedish tradition? or something like that?
    Thanks to share it so more with us :)
    Have a nice day, take care <3

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  11. Sounds like a nice day! :D But also a busy one :S I never heard of this fest but it really sounds nice! :) Also the food :D
    Have a nice day!
    ~Night*Star~

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  12. Jag älskar midsommar:D
    Speciellt maten...Nypotatis och sen jordgubbar med grädde och florsocker:P

    Ha det så bra!

    //Ellinor

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  13. Ha en god midsommar! Jag blev hungrig nu eftersom du berättade om maten...:D

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  14. :S I never heard of this fest but it really sounds nice! :) Also the food :D
    big bisous!

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  15. oooooooooooooooohh!!!!
    cornflowers!! Soo sweet... I love them!!

    And, what about your favorite flowers?
    Do you prefer wild flowers or cultivated flowers?=)))

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  16. Hoho, so many goodies!

    Have a nice day, Anette!

    Greetings from a fan from Brazil.
    Take care.
    Fábio

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  17. Thank you for sharing your traditions with us! I love hearing about the customs of Sweden. It sounds like a really lovely day. Glad Midsommar! (I hope that's right!)

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  18. Sounds great!:))
    We don't have any mipsummer parties here in ukraine, but i think my friends and i could do it just for ourselves:))

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