2018 Life Logs, Day 19—Swedish Dinner with Friends
Date: Friday, January 19, 2018
Weather: Another Sunny Day; High 34, Low 30 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Studio, Falmouth, MA
Our Newcomers Dining In group met tonight at the home of Karen and Peter Baranowski.
Karen inherited her Swedish cooking expertise from her grandmother and we were the lucky recipients of a wonderful dinner tonight. We started with appetizers provided by Bruce and Jane Woodin and Terry and Olivia White. Bruce and Jane brought a fabulous baked brie with blueberries in a golden crust. We pretended the blueberries were lingonberries to make it Swedish. Olivia and Terry brought baked cheddar cheese and olive balls, not Swedish but delicious. Then Karen and Peter served the main meal of koldomar (Swedish meat stuffed cabbage),
köttbullar (Swedish meatballs) in a wonderful yogurt and fresh chives cream,
raggmunk (Swedish potato pancakes) with more of the yogurt and chives cream, and fresh applesauce brought by Midge and Bill Frieswyk. The dinner was spectacular. I provided the Swedish Tea Ring as dessert.
I think we all left stuffed and happy. We won’t meet again until late March, but I will look forward to the friendship and culinary delights.
