Midsommarsdag at Tim and Beth's on Upper Lake St Croix Lake in NW Wisconsin was a Memorable Feast and more. It included of course many traditional Scandinavian foods like Swedish meatballs, gravlax - wild caught salmon quickly marinated in salt, brown sugar, dill, black pepper, elderberry juice and cider vinegar, as well as salt( important) - ready to eat in 20 minutes. Exceptional and melt in your mouth.
Cold Swedish meatballs were served w/ lingonberry sauce, but my preference was to eat them w/ a slice of pickled beets; the lingonberry sauce with the cold boiled red potatoes. A personal favorite.
Cloud like rice pudding and almond cookies;a layered strawberry and whipped cream cake that was pure heaven.
We drank Swedish ales, Aquavit, and danced around the "stang" ( pole garlanded w/ birch leaves and daisies) as we sang songs of loss and regret for the homeland in the native tongue., accompanied by Tim and Beth on the guitar and violin.
We played "Kub," a Swedish cross version of horseshoes and Bocce Ball and it is better than either. Sport, drama, strategy and you can win if you are 9 or 90.
All part of an ancient fertility rite and celebration of summer that continues to this day in Scandinavia and certain locations in America. It was great.
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