The Swedish CrayFish tradition

The Swedish CrayFish tradition

As far as I remember, and certainly from my early university days in Uppsala, early1980’s, I have attended and organized CrayFish’ parties. During those student years wewere a happy bunch, looking forward to seeing each other after summer, and enjoyingbeing outside in...
Sauteed Herring / Fermented Herring Surströmming

Sauteed Herring / Fermented Herring Surströmming

The story of how Sweden came to cherish and love Surströmming is not just one but several. However, the base seems the same: POVERTY. You see, we were not always wealthy and one reason of course was our climate and our geographical deposition, with cold, and hot...
Henrik’s power drink

Henrik’s power drink

Power drink – Nutritionally friendly – has it all A few years back I was watching the British chef Jamie Oliver when he showed what he was drinking throughout the program, and the recipe came up. Later, I looked through the internetto see I had all the right...