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Huge Crowd Demonstrates in Oslo

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allegro7/25/2011 3:45:24 pm PDT

re: #601 JJ42

Ah. I guess that’s what we call “sursild” [sour herring]. Haven’t tried it, but I’m pretty sure I will. We also have a slightly notorious dish called “rakrret”/”rakfisk” [fermented trout] which is quite popular during Christmas. Haven’t tried that one either, mainly because it has never been a tradition in my family (same goes for lutefisk). But I will. Lots of people love it and “rakfisklag” [rakfisk parties] before Christmas is quite popular. Many people order table at the restaurant a year ahead for pre-Christmas “rakfisklag” because it’s so popular.

My family was invited to join Swedish friends one year for a traditional Swedish Christmas Eve. They removed the dining room chairs so we all stood around this table covered with wonderful and amazing fare… that I don’t remember. The tradition involved singing some song (sounded like Hee-long-gor), tossing back a shot of annise liqueur followed by a beer quickly chugged. After 4 or 5 rounds (more maybe?) of Hee-long-gor I was too shitfaced to know if I ate or not. Real fun party actually.