Friday, August 24, 2007

Cray Fish Premier & Potluck

Last night all the husbands were to attend a Cray fish Festival.The crayfish festival occurs in August.Before the turn of the last century hardly any traditions were attached to the eating of crayfish, but when crayfish fishing seasons and a "season premier" or opening date were established, the feasting took on the air of a festival.

The evening of the premiere or some evening during the weeks following, friends gather on terraces and balconies all around Sweden under gaily colored paper lanterns to feast on the little delicacies...Accompaniments to crayfish, boiled in salt-water and seasoned with flowering dill, are simply bread and cheese, beer and perhaps aquavit. There is a wide variety of songs to accompany the feasting.This is a very Swedish festivity ;) Cool isnt it, taking joys in the litte gifts of nature

Since the wives were not involved, we decided to have a little gathering of our own. We held a small potluck for ourselves at my residence. It sure felt good having guests over and time flew by in a jiffy.Before we knew it it was past 11pm and one by one their husbands came, picked their wives up and left...Jae brought Tiramisu and i cant express in one word how yummy it was. Serene brought grilled fish and Kimberly brought wanton and a fried chicken & cashew and a soup dish! though i am not a non veg food lover it tasted pretty good! Favier was here with her new born Kaden( i guess thats how its spelt) and i madeprawn veg briyani.Since only a little was left i guess it must have tasted good. It was nice getting to know the gals better. ;)