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Originally posted by Noitall:
I made a chocolate marble nutcracker the other day (the nutcracker part is frangelico) and put a whole room of people into sugar shock. Good times.

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Think I gotta' go and buy me one, mmmmmm, it's very tasty.

But of course I'm sure it's very good, since our scandinavian friends crave it!

Noitall, your cheesecake thing seems to be the kind of dessert that gives hallucinations. I want a piece of that!

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Originally posted by Maldoror:
I'm suspicious when I see food that has the syllables "kaka" in their name ("caca" means "poopoo" in french you know).........

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I can assure you there is no "poopoo".. .. in this cake. Sometimes language can make things very funny.

Ask Vroom what we swedes tihnk when somebody can have a name like "Mr Pitt"..

Now I'm hungry! Just got to have a "ostkaka".

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Originally posted by GarbageDay:
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2 cups (500 ml) fresh cranberries
3 tablespoons (45 ml) cognac (you could substitute brandy)
1 cup (250 ml) light brown sugar
1/4 c (50 ml) fresh orange juice
3 whole allspice berries
2 whole cloves
4 black peppercorns
1/2 tsp (2 ml)crusehd red-pepper flakes
1 cinammon stick

Holiday Yoda Cookies

Ingredients

1/3 cup margarine or butter
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 dash salt
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

Beat margarine or buter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat till combined. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla till combined.

Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon. Divide dough in half. Cover; chill for 3 hours.

Roll one portion of the dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut into Yoda shapes with cookie cutters. Place Yodas on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 6 to 8 minutes or until Yoda's edges are firm and his bottoms are very lightly browned. Cool Yodas on a rack. Makes 36-48 Yodas.

Yoda Cookie Icing:
Ingredients:

3 tablespoons meringue powder
4 cups confectioner's sugar
6 tablespoons warm water
food coloring

Directions

In a mixing bowl, mix sugar and meringue powder, slowly add water while mixing at a medium to high speed. Beat until peaks form (about 8-10 minutes). Add flavor and food coloring if desired. NOTE: Icing dries quickly.

Divide into two bowls and add food colorings to desired intensity. Apply icing with a small spatula.

HOLIDAY RUM CAKE

1 or 2 Quarts Rum
1 TSP Sugar
1 Cup Dried Fruit
1 TSP Baking Powder
1 TSP Baking Soda
1 Cup Butter
1 TSP Lemon Juice
2 Large Eggs
Nuts
Brown Sugar

Before you start, sample the rum to check for quality. Good, isn't it?

Now go ahead. Select a large mixing bowl, measuring cup, etc. Check rum again. It must be just right. To be sure the rum is of the highest quality, pour one level cup of rum into a glass and drink it as fast as you can. Repeat.

With an electric mixer, beat 1 cup butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of thugar and beat again.

Meanwhile, it's important to make sure the rum is of the finest quality - try another cup. Open the second quart of rum, if necessary.

Add two arge leggs, two cups of fried druit and beat until high. If the druit gets stuck in the beaters, just pry it loose with a drewscriver.

Sample the rum again, checking for tonscisticity. Next, sift free cups of pepper or salt (it really doesn't matter).

Sample the bum again.

Sift one pine of lemon juice. Add one babblespoon of brown thugar, or whatever color you can find. Mix mell. Grease oven and turn cake pan to 350 gredees. Now pour the whole mess into the coven and ake.

Check the thum again and go to bed.

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I'll start with a simple one:

1 Kinder chocolate Easter egg
1 cup of hot black coffee

Eat in the morning before going to work/school/back to bed/wherever.

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5-6 medium potatoes
2 large yellow onions
15-20 anchovie fillets
2 T butter
3/4 C heavy cream
bread crumbs
freshly ground black pepper

Peel and grate the potatoes, then place them in cold water (so they don't turn color, and so that the starch washes out). Slice the onions thinly. Grease a casserole, about 9x12 inches. Layer the grated potatoes, onion and anchovies in the dish, starting with potatoes. Pour the cream, then sliced butter, bread crumbs and pepper evenly over the mix. Bake in a 400° oven for 40-50 minutes. Serve with Swedish rye bread, salad, and beer.

A simple but irresistable Swedish temptation...

I gotta tell you folks, this is one of my fave recipes too. Serve with a large glass of cold lager and some bread with butter on it...Mmmmm!!

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Originally posted by Väinämöinen:
Janssonin kiusausta! Jättebra, min svensk vän, jättebra!......!

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Moi "Väinä".
Kiitos minun suomalainen ystävä!

Here's a bread Väinämöinen could have alongside.

Onion Herb Batter Bread
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 teaspoons butter
1/2 cup warm water
1 package dry yeast
2 1/4 cups flour (sifted)
1 tablespoon dried minced onion
1/2 teaspoon dill (seed or weed...I use dill weed, I like the little green specks in the bread)
melted butter
salt

Scald milk (heat it until it just barely starts to boil) and remove from heat. Stir in sugar, salt and butter until dissolved. Cool to lukewarm (if you can touch your hand to the bottom of the pan without discomfort, it's cool enough). In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add cooled milk mixture. Stir in half the flour. Stir in the minced onion and dill (I never actually measure it, I just toss in as much as I want - probably about double the recommended amount, or more ). Add the rest of the flour, stir until well blended. Cover and let rise in a warm place until tripled in bulk - about 1 hour. Stir down about 1/2 minute. Turn into a pie pan (this is a round loaf) and bake at 350 degrees for about an hour. Brush top with butter and sprinkle with salt. If you have the willpower, let it cool before you eat it....it never lasts long enough to get cold in my family though.

Goes great with vegetable soup or stew or with cheese...and my dad likes to put honey on it, odd as that may sound for a savory bread.

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Deviled Eggs

hard-boiled eggs (however many you want, the more the merrier!)
mayonnaise (for those who know what it is, you could use Miracle Whip salad dressing instead, if you like the "tangy zip" hehe)
vinegar
salt and pepper
paprika (optional)

PEEL THE EGGS!

Slice eggs in half lengthwise, remove the yolks and set white part aside.

Mash up the yolks with a fork. Blend in mayonnaise (as much as you want, this is all to taste, but you want to use enough to make the mixture fairly creamy).

Add a leetle bit of vinegar (about 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. depending on how many eggs you used, for a dozen eggs I generally use about a capful which is approx. 1/2 tsp....again, it's all a matter of taste).

Salt and pepper to taste. (dash of salt, pinch of pepper probably enough)

Spoon filling into the hollows of the egg whites. Dust lightly with paprika.

Enjoy!

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You will need:
2 slices of bread
1 toaster
1 clean plate
1 butter knife
1 small portion of butter

Put the slices of bread in the toaster, push the toaster handle down. Wait a few short minutes (you could get the butter ready in the meantime). The now toasted and crusty bread will pop out of the toaster by itself.
Put bread on plate. Apply butter (using the butter knife) on the slices of bread.

Skul, I'm gonna try it but your recepie seems a little difficult and advanced......