Hej, grupper!
Greetings from Starbo, Dalarna, Sweden.
If I did this right you should be able to read this post. If not,
blame it on having to log on to Google Groups in Swedish, of which I
know approximately 5 words on a good day.
The weather has been very rainy, 28mm of rain since last Friday when
we arrived. (No, I DON'T know how many inches.)
The food and wine have been terrific. We celebrated Midsummer with
dear friends. Lots of schnapps and beer, home-cured salmon, many
kinds of herring, potatoes, and roast tenderloin followed by divine
strawberries and a compote of rhubarb and fladderblumen (elderberry
flowers). It was all yummy.
Not-quite-a-recipe: Two cups chopped rhubarb, six elderberry flower
clusters (young) and sugar to taste simmered in a half bottle of white
wine (Reisling) until the rhubarb is tender. Fish out the flower
clusters. Chill and serve with whipped cream. Add fresh, cut up
strawberries if you have good ones, and serve over angelfood or
poundcake if you can stand the calories.
Our hosts left us on our own here at the country house Monday and I
have cooked two dinners of flounder, one of salmon, and tonight we had
pitti-y-panna (beef hash from frozen), pickled b**ts, sliced tomatoes
with creme fraiche, lettuce "thinnings" from the garden, and those
wonderful strawberries for dessert.
Our only duty is to scare the hares out of the garden and, of course,
to host Lars when he comes to Denver a few times a year. These are
Good People.
I have been so happy to have found rfc on Google, and especially to
read about Mme Schaller's Ronald McDonald House dinner. I am proud to
know her.