{"id":132,"date":"2008-12-24T09:57:08","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T13:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=132"},"modified":"2008-12-24T09:57:08","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T13:57:08","slug":"julafton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/julafton\/","title":{"rendered":"Julafton!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s <strong>julafton<\/strong> (Christmas eve) and in Sweden it means many things, but the most important of them all will start at 3PM on SVT1. <strong>Kalle Anka<\/strong>!!! The sacred Swedish Christmas tradition!<\/p>\n<p>How did Donald Duck become a staple of Swedish Christmas cheer, I am not really sure. Nobody is. But the fact is, it\u2019s not really a proper Swedish Christmas without <strong>Kalle Anka<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not really Christmas without a fully loaded <strong>julbord<\/strong>, either. Because we are picky eaters, we have a modified <strong>julbord<\/strong> \u2013 we\u2019re not fans of <strong>lutefisk<\/strong> in this house.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/12\/julbord.jpg\" aria-label=\"Julbord\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-133\"  alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"165\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/12\/julbord.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/12\/julbord.jpg 410w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/12\/julbord-350x141.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But a traditional <strong>julbord<\/strong> should include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>julskinka<\/strong> (Christmas ham)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>julkorv<\/strong> (Christmas sausage)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>sylta<\/strong> (a very odd thing, which I actually quite like, known in English either as \u201chead cheese\u201d or \u201cbrawn\u201d but it\u2019s not cheese, and the head in question belonged either to a calf or pig, OK?)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>k\u00f6ttbullar<\/strong> (meatballs)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>prinskorv<\/strong> (more sausage, this one is normally fried)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>inlagd sill<\/strong> (pickled herring)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>str\u00f6mming<\/strong> (more herring)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>lax<\/strong> (salmon)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>lutefisk<\/strong> (eh, that thing, which is fish cured in lye)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>r\u00f6dbetssallad<\/strong> (red beet salad) and other mostly pickled veggies<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>potatis<\/strong>, boiled, dilled, or a as a salad.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and of course <strong>risgrynsgr\u00f6t<\/strong> (rice pudding). My friend\u2019s grandma makes the best <strong>risgrynsgr\u00f6t<\/strong> ever, and since I normally don\u2019t eat dairy products, coming from me, this is a huge compliment, indeed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even though Sweden is a relatively small country (when compares to the US, for example), different regions have their own regional varieties of <strong>julbord<\/strong> food, too. In <strong>Norrland<\/strong>, it\u2019s not uncommon to find moose or reindeer meat dishes amongst all the fish and pork and beef.<\/p>\n<p>And now, if you excuse me, <strong>det \u00e4r dags f\u00f6r Kalle Anka och hans v\u00e4nner<\/strong>. And presents, because in Sweden we give Christmas presents on the 24th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>God Jul till alla mina l\u00e4sare!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll see you here again on December 27th!<\/p>\n<p><em>image: Wikipedia, because I&#8217;m not that ambitious as a cook. <\/em>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/12\/julbord-350x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/12\/julbord-350x141.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/12\/julbord.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>It\u2019s julafton (Christmas eve) and in Sweden it means many things, but the most important of them all will start at 3PM on SVT1. Kalle Anka!!! The sacred Swedish Christmas tradition! How did Donald Duck become a staple of Swedish Christmas cheer, I am not really sure. Nobody is. 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