Sweden 瑞典－親愛的日記小姐Dear Diary

由於這學期結交許多瑞典朋友, 因此吸收了許多北歐文化.

其中之一, 就是我今年的聖誕節會很"瑞典"!
很期待明天的IKEA之旅, 我和我朋友明天要去採購食材, 我也邀請Magnus來當文化導遊來教我們正確的Scadinavian文化.

因為太過期待, 且不想讀書, 所以剛剛googled一下 "Swedish Christmas Meal"
結果如下:

Julbord^[25] - Christmas smorgasbord ("Christmas table"), a catch-all term for all the dishes served during Christmas Eve:
- köttbullar - Swedish meatballs
- Julskinka - Christmas ham
- dopp i grytan ("dipping in the kettle") - dipping bread slices in the ham broth after boiling the Christmas ham. ^[26]
- prinskorv - small hot dog sausages
- fläskkorv - pork sausage
- isterband - smoked fresh pork sausage
- revbensspjäll - spare ribs
- inlagd sill - pickled herring (usually of different types)
- gravad lax - lox
- Janssons frestelse ("Jansson's Temptation") - warm scalloped potato casserole with anchovies
- vörtlimpa - Swedish rye bread with grated orange peel made for Christmas
- knäckebröd - dry crisp bread
- rödkål - sweet and sour red cabbage, as a side dish
- grönkål - sweet and sour kale as a side dish
- rödbetor - sliced beet root
- an array of cheeses - bondost, herrgårdsost, prästost, Getost (hard goat milk cheese)
lutefisk^[27] - Lye-fish (whitefish) that has been boiled served with white gravy

Julmust - a traditional, very sweet, stout-like, Christmas soft drink, originally intended as an alternative to alcohol
glögg - mulled wine
knäck - Christmas toffee
pepparkakor (Gingerbread) - brown cookies flavoured with a variety of traditional Christmas spices
Julost - Christmas cheese
Julgröt - Christmas rice pudding with an almond hidden inside
lussekatter - Saint Lucy saffron buns