Kroppkakan (The Body Cake), March 9-11

Linus came over for a long week end. It was wonderful. Meeting up for lunch on Friday was luxurious. We had a lovely time, and unusually much of it AND managed to go to a ball as well. We went to ”Storaste Kroppkakan” (literally ”The Biggest Body Cake”) and had a great time. Kroppkakor is a dish made out of potatoes and sort of bacon (the bacon is in the middle of a ball of mashed potatoes which is boiled) served with lingonberries, cream and melted butter. I had never eaten any before but I must say the food agreed with me. I had 6.5 kroppkakor (each the size of tennis ball) – which was one half too much. It was pointed out to me that I could have entered in the eating competition and come in third. But I know myself better than to do something like that. With my instinct to compete it would have been a very bad idea. Knowing that there was a competition going on was enough to push me to eat a lot, almost too much. I danced and talked with some old friends and had drinks in both my old office and in another office. We tried a drink from one guys stay in Malta: ”Sniffer”? What you had to do was to light the fumes of Cointreau poured into a large glass that you then extinguished with your hand thus capturing the alcoholic vapour then and breath it in after which one breaths in some Cointreau through the other nostril and then drinks what's left of the Cointreau in the glass. It didn't work too well but we had a good time anyway. Kids, don't do this at home! Sunday was Pizza Time!