Midsummer's Eve 2011
I was a bit late posting this, as I just realised I'd left the post as a draft. This was actually on the 24th of June!
A tad homesick today I have to admit. Knowing it's Midsummer's Eve in Sweden and everyone is celebrating! Here in the UK it's business as usual and nobody cares about the parties going on over there. Well nobody except us Swedes, that is. So true to form, today involved flower wreaths, baby new potatoes boiled with dill, herring (matjes), sour cream and chives, meatballs and cream for the kids, snaps (shots), strawberries with sugar and cream, kopparbergs cider, RAIN (it always rains on midsummer's eve) and the kids got to stay up. We did miss out on the dancing around the midsummer pole, mostly because we didn't have one..but at least the Swedish flag got to decorate the table.
Baby new potatoes boiled with dill, matjes herring and sour cream with chives
Strawberries and cream is an absolute MUST on Midsummer Eve. Served with sugar and cream.
The kids with their flower wreaths
Strawberries and cream proved popular
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