Dictionary.com's Word of the Day for Tuesday December 13, 2005
carapace \KAIR-uh-pace\, noun: 1. The thick shell that covers the back of the turtle, the crab, and other animals. 2. Something likened to a shell that serves to protect or isolate from external influence.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 13
glogg \GLUG\ noun
: a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served in Scandinavian countries as a Christmas drink
Why did we always have lutefisk on Christmas Eve, and not glogg? I would like to try some glogg. Has anyone out there had the privilege?
Glogg is very tasty stuff indeed. Gotta watch it though, it is usually very strong
ReplyDeleteGlogg glogg glogg. Sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteStay away from anything that is supposed to taste like the Finnish "treat" Salmakke.
ReplyDeleteIn a country with no peanut butter, unusual things happen to the palate.
Clurg like sound of Glogg.
ReplyDeleteDo I hear the glug glug glug of the Glogg?
ReplyDeleteGlug glug glug glogg glogg glogg. Do you think glogg is supposed to be onomontopeic or however that is spelled?
ReplyDelete2 bottles Cabernet Sauvignon red wine
ReplyDelete1 3/4 liters vodka
20 cardamom pods
10 cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
1 piece orange peel
1 1/2 cups blanched whole almonds
1 1/2 cups raisins
10 dried figs
1 lb sugar
1. Pour the wine and vodka into a large pot. Add spices, fruit and nuts. Turn on the heat and bring the ingredients to a temperature just below the boil.
2. Now for the fun part. Invite all of your guests into the kitchen. Place the sugar cubes in a sieve (one that you don't mind sacrificing to the greater good). Don oven mitts and set the glogg on fire. Ladle the burning glogg over the sugar cubes until it has all melted.
3. When the sugar is melted, cover the pot to extinguish the flame. Ladle glogg, fruit and nuts into irish coffee cups and serve.
Serve in:
Irish Coffee Cup
From here.
I've had glogg too. My family usually has it Christmas Eve when we come in from the cold of a midnight Christmas Eve Service.
ReplyDeleteLutefisk isn't my favorite either. Doesn't taste like much of anything. Worse than lutefisk is headcheese, I won't go near that stuff.
kelly comes through again. I've never actually eaten lutefisk, mezzo, but I was threatened with it continually throughout my childhood.
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