Today may as well be Christmas instead of Thanksgiving with the snow still coming down. I’ve never hoped for a white Turkey Day but bam, that’s what we’ve got. Snow is early even for Stockholm but it’s messing with gathering my Thanksgiving Day fixings (we’re feasting tomorrow, today’s a work day.)
On the other hand, I have to say I’m grateful for the improved availability of some of the “must haves” of Thanksgiving, cranberry sauce for instance.
Word on the cyber street of Stockholm is that cranberry sauce in a can and fresh cranberries are available in a number of local supermarkets. I managed to get a few boxes of frozen cranberries yesterday (though no fresh and no cans.) What a departure from the original Stockholm I moved to 17 years ago when even the Swedish word for cranberry, tranbär, only produced blank stares when I asked for it as a juice in bars (cranberry juice was THE mixer of the early 90s back in Boston.) Yesterday, the very helpful staff of a few supermarkets were conferring back and forth using “cranberry sauce” as the name food item interspersed in their Swedish in a surreal Swenglish dialog. Cranberry has come a long way.
And pumpkin pie no longer needs black magic. Pumpkin-in-a-can (the easy route) is still a prized commodity, but the elusive evaporated milk (to mix with the filling –even if made from pumpkin scratch) no longer requires a reconnaissance mission. The local Willy’s is my supplier.
Last year the lovely folks at Taylor & Jones delivered our bird to the doorstep. This year I decided to take The Local’s offer on a 10% discount buying from Ingelsta Kalkon, our original supplier. Looking out at the snow falling I’m thinking the smarter choice would have been T&J’s. Next year. (No snow please)
Happy Thanksgiving (how many shopping days ’till Christmas?)
Tags: cranberry sauce, ingelsta kalkon, pumpkin pie, stockholm, taylor and jones, thanksgiving, tranbär
Interesting article summarizing all the past years research on vitamin C, go cranberries.
http://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/2010/11/vitamin-c-past-years-research-part-iv.html
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Your picture brings back happy memories. We just came back from Mississippi Inn on Söder and enjoyed their Thanksgiving turkey special. Only one complaint – no leftovers However, plenty of Ocean Spray juice and vodka on hand.
Oh, and btw – I really enjoyed reading the article about your evening in the Blue Hall. Its one thing to see it on a tour and another, I bet, to actually dine and dance there!
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@Monark. I am glad you had a lovely Thanksgiving. Perhaps it’s a blessing to not have the leftovers?;) The Blue/Golden Hall evening was like fairy-tale.
Oh, and I found cranberry sauces at Östermalmshallen and at Ingelsta Kalkon (who also sold pumpkin in a can and Stove Top Stuffing!)
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I always loved my Ingelsta kalkon. mmmmmmmmmmmmm
There used to be a great recipe for homemade yeasty rolls floating around Amerikanska. Wonder who has it….
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@Lisa. The Ingelsta bird was good and they even gave me a 10% discount for mentioning The Local (plus they had cranberry sauce and even boxes of Stove Top stuffing –didn’t buy). A repatriated American (once a fellow-Stockholmer) on FB gave me a ribbing for my half-effort at brining and I took her advice to add a few more ingredients.
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