Member Since:
Jul. 2008
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Stir Frying, Asian, Italian, Southern, Nouvelle, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies:
Sewing, Biking, Walking, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing
I am 43 years old, presently live in a quite town in the south of Sweden with my husband and son. I have been living in several countries before I finally settled down in this lovely place.
My favorite things to cook
Sea food.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Christmas Swedish-Finish tradition. Starting with rice porridge for breakfast continue with Christmas dinner in the afternoon with cold-smoked salmon, smoked eel, pickle fishes and Christmas dark bread as starter; Christmas ham, meat balls, potato gratins, wiener sausage, mother-in-law special bake liver paté and carrot paté as main course and several Christmas cakes and bakes for dessert.
My cooking triumphs
My special beef roll, using many spices and baked in the clay.
My cooking tragedies
Swedish dish called 'Tjälknul'. It is a beef dish from old recipe. The beef should be baked for 10-12 hours in very low heat (from frozen) but somehow it became nearly 20 hours before it reach the right temperature. Something was wrong but it was done finally. Unfortunately our guests must eat pizza instead of the favorite menu.