As you may know I’m not a foodie or even into food a little bit. I did receive some requests to see what our Christmas spread looked like though so by popular demand I give you what we ate for Christmas.
There were only four people at the table (Wille, Martin, Cecilia and I) so we knew not to serve a ton of food and we skipped a lot of the traditional Christmas foods that we know no one eats anyway and stayed with what we really like.
I don’t know how much you know about our Swedish “julbord” (=Christmas table) tradition but it’s basically a smörgåsbord of traditional fish, meat, vegetables + bread and cheese. We picked our favorites which are smoked salmon with dill, four varieties of pickled herring + sour cream and chives + potatoes and eggs (my substitute for the potatoes). There was also Janssons Frestelse, a bit of cooked ham and smoked lamb shank. To top it off we had four different cheeses with crisp bread and after a bunch of sweets like saffron cake and chocolates like home made Mozart Kugelns.
Oh, and as for drinks we served Glögg on arrival, beer with the fish and wine throughout the evening + “julmust” which is a traditional Swedish Christmas soft drink. And that was it.
Ps. I'm taking the day off blogging tomorrow, so I'll see you again on Monday. Happy weekend!
Everything looks so lovely, I love your serving dishes! Have a nice weekend!
Posted by: Natalia | January 03, 2013 at 08:38 AM
We also eat a variety of herring dishes on Christmas Eve. Love your serving dishes.
Trevlig helg!
Posted by: Zosia | January 03, 2013 at 08:47 AM
We skipped the Christmas food entirely, and had funnel chanterelles on toast, reindeer fillet and chocolate toffee pie. But only serving what you actually like to eat is a good thing, although my smörgåsbord would be quite small since I don't eat fish...
Posted by: Älvan | January 03, 2013 at 09:12 AM
Vilka fina uppläggsskålar och fat! Ser ut att ha en alldeles lagom storlek och jag gillar den kvadratiska formen.
Posted by: Ett stenkast från Fyndet | January 03, 2013 at 09:44 AM
i just love the simple styling of your christmas table! are those CB2 (http://www.cb2.com/ceramic-spoon/s268747) white ceramic spoons? i've just treated myself to a batch as crate and barrel now ship to the UK and i don't like how plain old teaspoons look in my white condiment bowls ;)
(p.s. i loved your christmas trees under the glass dome idea too - i presented table favour gift boxes under a glass dome in the middle of my table this year too. but now i'm on the hunt for cute mini christmas trees for next year. thanks for the inspiration!!)
x
Posted by: @byebyebirdieuk | January 03, 2013 at 10:04 AM
I found the spoons in a grocery store in Canton, China, but they do look like te ones from CB2!
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | January 03, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Home made Mozart Kugeln? Wow! Do you have a receipe?
Posted by: Marianne | January 03, 2013 at 11:49 AM
So simple, just roll nougat into little balls, roll almond paste into little balls which you flatten out and wrap around the nougat and then dip in dark melted chocolate. I don't know if there's normally liqor in them but we don't like that anyway :).
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | January 03, 2013 at 12:09 PM
Looks pretty nice and yummie!
Posted by: Annika | January 03, 2013 at 02:31 PM
Four kinds of herring? I'm in love/jealous! Our ethnic background is German and we love pickled herring. Unfortunately, we can only get a couple types in our local stores here in the US.
Posted by: Renee | January 03, 2013 at 05:04 PM
I love your serving dishes. Everything looks great!
Posted by: Lily O. | January 03, 2013 at 06:49 PM
What a lovely feast!. I too like pickeled herring for Christmas Eve.
Posted by: Loretta | January 03, 2013 at 08:42 PM
Great food, but beer and fish?
Happy new year dear Benita!
Posted by: jja | January 04, 2013 at 11:37 AM
oh yum! I am a BIG fan of pickled herring. Thankfully we have IKEA nearby and can get a lot of different ones, although they now just carry the IKEA brand. We do a big midsummer feast with some Swedish friends and that is our spread! I love those serving dishes too :-)
Posted by: Dana from CT | January 04, 2013 at 12:57 PM
quite lovely....and this reminds me of what my parents served in Fargo, ND--home of many Scandinavians. Am liking the idea, possibly off the mark, but perhaps the fish cancels out the ham?
Now I have to go find some pickled herring. That'll be a good substitute for sardines, which lack the zip of pickled herring.
Next time I'm in NYC, I'll go down to Canal St to Pearl Paints and then go across the street to the Pearl department store and see if they have those lovely little spoons! Or here...DC has a Chinatown of sorts.
Happy New Year!!
Posted by: M.E. | January 04, 2013 at 03:52 PM
looks yummy! :)
Posted by: katka | January 08, 2013 at 07:46 AM
Har nu, sedan jag såg dina fat, letat med ljus och lykta efter kvadratiska och rektangulära uppläggningsfat, men för det första knappt hittat några, och för det andra definitivt inte några som tilltalar (prismässigt..). Får jag fråga varifrån de kommer?
Posted by: Ett stenkast från Fyndet | January 21, 2013 at 01:44 PM
Mina är ett hopplock av gammalt och nytt, bl a gamla Arabia. Jag tycker jag ser dem lite här och där men kan förstås inte komma på var just nu... Granit har dock dessa men de är lite mer rundade i hörnen: http://granit.com/?id=6570 Det är ett sånt skinkan ligger på :.)Jag hojtar till om jag ser andra ute på stan!
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | January 21, 2013 at 01:50 PM
Tack Benita!! Granit har jag inte tänkt att kolla på. Arabia ska jag kolla på Tradera.
Och du får hemskt gärna hojta om du ser liknande!!!
Posted by: Ett stenkast från Fyndet | January 21, 2013 at 03:04 PM