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Tiny tart red berries that are often made into jam and juice. Many Swedes have fond childhood memories of picking lingonberries in the forest. In researching lingonberries, I learned that Sweden has something called \u201cthe right of public access\u201d \u2013 allemansr\u00e4tten. <\/em>This means that everyone has the opportunity to roam freely and enjoy nature \u2013 you can camp anywhere and hike anywhere \u2013 forests are not private or crown land.<\/p>\n More about lingonberries<\/a><\/p>\n A favourite in the sm\u00f6rg\u00e5sbord (Swedish buffet). Pickling has played a role in Swedish life for hundreds of years. Swedes have been pickling since the Middle Ages, mainly as a way of preserving fish for storage and transportation to inland areas. Today, pickled herring comes in many flavours, such as garlic, mustard, onion, and dill. It is often eaten with boiled potatoes, cheese, sour cream, and crispbread. I will NOT be trying pickled herring, as I am a vegetarian and I don\u2019t eat fish.<\/p>\n Speaking of crispbread, I\u2019d never heard of it until I read about pickled herring! It\u2019s like a flat large cracker, and it is often served alongside meals. It was once considered \u201cpoor man\u2019s food,\u201d and people in Sweden have been baking it for over 500 years. It has an amazing shelf life \u2013 at least a year if stored properly \u2013 and you can top it with just about anything (some ideas: boiled eggs, caviar, ham and cheese, cucumber, and just plain butter). Apparently whole shelves in Swedish grocery stores are dedicated to crispbread!<\/p>\n More about crispbread and other Swedish foods: https:\/\/sweden.se\/culture\/food\/10-things-to-know-about-swedish-food<\/a><\/p>\n A bright green cake always topped with a pink rose made of sugar. Prinsesst\u00e5rta is made of layers of sponge cake, jam, vanilla custard, and whipped cream. The icing is actually a thin layer of green marzipan.<\/p>\n The name Prinsesst\u00e5rta can teach us something about Swedish history. The first princess cake was made in t(e 1920s by a Swedish woman named Jenny \u00c5kerstr\u00f6m. This was during the reign of King Gustav V. Jenny was actually a teacher \u2013 she taught Prince Carl Bernadotte\u2019s daughters, Astrid, M\u00e4rtha, and Margaretha. They tried the fake and loved it so much that they inspired its name.<\/p>\n Princess cake is a part of many celebrations in Sweden. Green and yellow is popular at Easter, red at Christmas, orange for Halloween, and white at weddings. Swedes often bake a princess cake to mark milestones in people\u2019s lives. My cousin Delaney just got engaged \u2013 maybe I should embrace this Swedish tradition and bake her and her fianc\u00e9 Chris a Prinsesst\u00e5rta!<\/p>\n Princess cake recipe: https:\/\/www.sprinklebakes.com\/2019\/01\/swedish-princess-cake-prinsesstarta.html<\/a><\/p>\n And that is all! I\u2019m saying my final hej d\u00e5! I have truly enjoyed inquiring into Swedish language and culture through EDCI 336 and keeping this blog updated.<\/p>\n Bye and vi ses!<\/p>\n Macy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hej! V\u00e4lkommen to my eighth and final inquiry blog about Sweden. You can learn a lot about a culture by looking the foods that people enjoy. So, that\u2019s what I\u2019ll do for my final post. I\u2019m hoping to gain familiarity… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Pickled herring<\/h2>\n
Crispbread (kn\u00e4ckebr\u00f6d<\/em>)<\/h2>\n
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Princess cake (Prinsesst\u00e5rta)<\/h2>\n
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