Let me introduce you to my party people
2025-01-20 permalink
As you may or may not have gathered, I am back in LA. I’ve mostly been going to Ikea and Target and stumbling over moving boxes. The world is overwhelmingly ordinary and it’s COLD. Hawaii really has ruined my tolerance :(
Being in Sweden was more fun than expected (but I don’t think I’ll visit in December again, ugh -.-). Maybe I’ll convert to sporting a cute Scandi style and learn to sail or whatever Scandi girls do.
Like always when about to leave somewhere for a long time, I spent the last few days of the trip making sure to eat all my favorite foods that I won’t be able to have.
Let me introduce semla. It’s a pastry that’s everywhere around January-March. It has its own day in like February, which sometimes falls on my birthday. It’s something you enjoy as darkness finally begins to move towards light and spring. You start seeing them in stores and cafes and know that the worst of winter is over. I had one last week for the first time in yearsss.
Typical ones are just a bun, whipped cream, and some type of almond goo. But I saw a lot of new variations this year. I tried a pistachio variation (the one in the picture above), and it was incredible.
Next, cinnamon buns. Can’t leave Sweden without having real cinnamon buns, obviously.
This next one isn’t like a traditional food or anything as far as I know, but it’s the best food in the history of ever and you can’t change my mind. I call it oreganoklet.
It is:
Rice
Whatever protein you want (my go to is quorn which is kind of a vegetarian chicken-esque thing, but chicken or tofu or something like that works too)
In a sauce made from:
Cooking cream (I like to use Oatley’s cooking cream but I haven’t seen it anywhere here D: )
Vegetable bouillon
A little bit of balsamic vinegar (like a couple table spoons)
A bunch of dried oregano (Maybe like a cup? Idk I always just eye it)
Just fry your quorn/chicken/tofu/whatever with salt and black peppar until it’s nice, then put it in the sauce, mix it all together, and boil on low heat with a lid on for 3 minutes :D
I submitted oreganoklet to a cooking contest in high school once and didn’t win anything. Clearly they have no class nor style -__-