Ahhh! Christmas! I just love watching the kids open their gifts. This year we had some good friends over, and ate a lot of good food.....way too much. I cooked for two days leading up to it, but it was all worth it. I tried making some traditional Norwegian "julemat", so i salted lamb, made rutabago-stew (kålrotstappe), and made a traditional "riskrem" (ricecream directly translated). I think I stirred the rice (cooked in milk) for about three hours, from midnight to 3 am the night before, and then i mixed it with whipped cream. In Norway you buy the "porridge mix" in a bag, and it's done in about 15 minutes, but lacking that here, I did it the old fashioned way. You can also buy the raspberry sauce to go with it in a carton in Norway....I did my own. I mixed a Minute Maid frozen raspberry juice with some potatoe flour, and used only half the water. It actually tastes exactly the same as the "real thing". Delicious! I made a whole lot of other things too....Chocolate pudding with vanilla sauce, a pot roast, rosemary baked potatoes and steamed carrots, yellow split pea soup....Now I don't have to cook a thing for three days I think! :)
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