[Charles Henrickson]

Ping to the Swedish Ping List.

[muawiyah]

Locally the IKEA Julbord was $9.95 per person. We had a ball. Salmon 5 different ways, plus several other kinds of seafood. There was pate, ham, etc. They don't sell pigsfeet so no pigsfeet but I sure know what they are.

BTW, the WashDCMetropolitan area is remarkably devoid of anything like a smorgasbord, so IKEA is as close as it comes.

[Tucker39]

My spelling may not be precise, but what about lutefisk?

[Charles Henrickson]

On our julbord this year we will be having, among other things, inlagd sill (pickled herring) and skinka (ham). And we will be having glögg, a warm, mulled wine drink with fruit that is delicious!

My grandparents came from Bohuslän in western Sweden. They both were born in the 1880s, so they practiced Swedish customs that may be considered old-fashioned by now. Every Christmas Eve, Grandma Henrickson made a dinner that included inlagd sill (pickled herring), köttbullar (meatballs), boiled potatis (potatoes), lingon (lingonberries), knäckebröd (rye crisp), ost (cheese), limpa (bread), and risgröt (rice pudding). And the adults drank glögg. But the main course of the meal was always lutfisk, that lyed, gelatinous whitefish you either love or hate! And I loved it!

Lutfisk: The piece of cod that passes all understanding.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[smokingfrog]

No meatballs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_Yf4zz-yo

[Dixie Yooper]

My family always made pult. Ground potatoes and flour, mushed together into 3” balls and baked. When served, butter, sugar and salt pork to make it easier to swallow.

[anguish]

Meh, if they won't give me gravad lax (salmon cured in salt and sugar), I'll just look for another julbord! Maybe it's because I'm from the Höga Kusten (High Coast) area, where it's hard to find a julbord without several salmon dishes. We usually have lutfisk as well, but I refuse to eat it since I can't stand food that doesn't taste much (the white sause served with it is the only thing that brings any flavour to this horrible fish).

Gravad lax and Zeunert's julmust (preferably last years), and my jul is made :)

[Lurker]

A proper Swedish smorgasbord:

Merry Christmas.

L

[NYpeanut]

When we were kids, we ate the korv (Christmas sausage) to get to the pepparkakor (ginger cookies). Adults ate caviar, leverpastej (liver paste) and pickled herring and laughed at the kids who were gagging at the sight of gross food.

I still love bond ost, that caraway cheese, and our local import store has it all year.