These are bollur. This is the most common look but we also have some other kinds to with different fillings and toppings.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Here´s a picture of bollur
These are bollur. This is the most common look but we also have some other kinds to with different fillings and toppings.
3 fun icelandic days!
There are 3 fun days behind here in Iceland. Here you can read about them.
Bolludagur, Sprengidagur and Öskudagur
"Sadly overlooked by most visitors to Iceland, Bolludagur, Sprengidagur and Öskudagur are set up back to back, conveniently enough, on the last two days of February and the first day of March. Taken together, they afford you the opportunity to be a complete glutton, three days in a row.
On Bolludagur you eat puffed, filo dough rolls filled with jam and whipped cream and topped with chocolate. Lots of them. Traditionally, children are allowed to spank their parents with a stick while saying, “Bolla! Bolla! Bolla!” and are given one such roll for every “Bolla.” Due to recent concerns about obesity in children, most kids are given only a few rolls at a time, but we grown-ups can eat as many as we please.
On Sprengidagur, you eat salted meat and yellow peas. Lots of them. As the name of the holiday suggests (“bursting day”), overeating is not only expected; it’s required. Dig in!
On Öskudagur, we arrive at the Icelandic version of Halloween, without the pagan undertones. Children dress in costumes and walk from store to store, seeking candy. But rather than just being able to put their hands out and be given the candy, the beauty of Öskudagur is that children are expected to earn their candy by singing a song. By the end of the day, though, the bloom is off the rose and most kids will rush through a mumbled version of whatever song they’ve already sung dozens of times that day.
As these three holidays herald the month where spring begins, it’s sort of like celebrating the end of winter by pigging out. There are few better ways to celebrate an end of the darkness. Bon appetit!"
I know though for Sprenigdagur in the old days that you ate as much meat and pees as possible because the lent season would start on Ash Wed.where you´d not been allowed to eat meat until Easter I think, but no one is thinking of that these days.
It´s funny about Öskudagur that the word "ösku" (Ash) is almost like the word "öskur" (scream) so some kids think that this days name is Scream day! HAHAHAHHAHAAHH
When I was a kid we´d sew little bags before Ash Wed.and then we´d, on that day, hang them on the back of people without them knowing it. In the old days they where filled with ash. I miss this tradition.
David is screaming like a monster so I´d better go check on him!
Love you guys and happy weekend!
Bolludagur, Sprengidagur and Öskudagur
"Sadly overlooked by most visitors to Iceland, Bolludagur, Sprengidagur and Öskudagur are set up back to back, conveniently enough, on the last two days of February and the first day of March. Taken together, they afford you the opportunity to be a complete glutton, three days in a row.
On Bolludagur you eat puffed, filo dough rolls filled with jam and whipped cream and topped with chocolate. Lots of them. Traditionally, children are allowed to spank their parents with a stick while saying, “Bolla! Bolla! Bolla!” and are given one such roll for every “Bolla.” Due to recent concerns about obesity in children, most kids are given only a few rolls at a time, but we grown-ups can eat as many as we please.
On Sprengidagur, you eat salted meat and yellow peas. Lots of them. As the name of the holiday suggests (“bursting day”), overeating is not only expected; it’s required. Dig in!
On Öskudagur, we arrive at the Icelandic version of Halloween, without the pagan undertones. Children dress in costumes and walk from store to store, seeking candy. But rather than just being able to put their hands out and be given the candy, the beauty of Öskudagur is that children are expected to earn their candy by singing a song. By the end of the day, though, the bloom is off the rose and most kids will rush through a mumbled version of whatever song they’ve already sung dozens of times that day.
As these three holidays herald the month where spring begins, it’s sort of like celebrating the end of winter by pigging out. There are few better ways to celebrate an end of the darkness. Bon appetit!"
I know though for Sprenigdagur in the old days that you ate as much meat and pees as possible because the lent season would start on Ash Wed.where you´d not been allowed to eat meat until Easter I think, but no one is thinking of that these days.
It´s funny about Öskudagur that the word "ösku" (Ash) is almost like the word "öskur" (scream) so some kids think that this days name is Scream day! HAHAHAHHAHAAHH
When I was a kid we´d sew little bags before Ash Wed.and then we´d, on that day, hang them on the back of people without them knowing it. In the old days they where filled with ash. I miss this tradition.
David is screaming like a monster so I´d better go check on him!
Love you guys and happy weekend!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The party
Here are some of Margrét´s classmades
Margrét wanted to were the dress Ágúst gave her from Mexico
Mommy and the cakes
And here are the cakes ready, 4 girly purses! Every girl brought a purse and went home with some goodis in them
Margrét wanted to were the dress Ágúst gave her from Mexico
Mommy and the cakes
And here are the cakes ready, 4 girly purses! Every girl brought a purse and went home with some goodis in them
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Ooooooooooobama
We where watching Obama on the icelandic TV today and the kids where totally glued to the screen, waiting for the new president to appear. When I told Margrét the other day that Bush was leaving she became very sad because she thought Bush is a very handsome man.
-If only that would be enough for the president of the US to be succsessful in his work!-
While we where watching I suddenly remembered buying american candyflags for the kids which I was gonna give them the July 4th but never did, so I got them and gave to them, and they where so happy since it is not even candyday today! Then I got my Obama mints, with a picture of the president, which Ágúst gave me when he visited the US few days ago.
I told the kids also that David has the possibility of becoming the president of the US and Margrét thought that was pretty cool. She asked if she and John could also do that and when I said "nobb" she asked if we could live in the White house with David if he would become the president. So now she calls him "the little president" :o)
Let´s say this good for now, I´ve plenty of works to do and you probably too. Love you!
-If only that would be enough for the president of the US to be succsessful in his work!-
While we where watching I suddenly remembered buying american candyflags for the kids which I was gonna give them the July 4th but never did, so I got them and gave to them, and they where so happy since it is not even candyday today! Then I got my Obama mints, with a picture of the president, which Ágúst gave me when he visited the US few days ago.
I told the kids also that David has the possibility of becoming the president of the US and Margrét thought that was pretty cool. She asked if she and John could also do that and when I said "nobb" she asked if we could live in the White house with David if he would become the president. So now she calls him "the little president" :o)
Let´s say this good for now, I´ve plenty of works to do and you probably too. Love you!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
2009
Happy new year dear friends!
I´m still alive, sitting here in the south in my parents house, getting ready for bed with dental floss in my mouth.
I´m flying east, home, on Saturday and will be alone with the kids and Jesus and my neighbours......it doesn´t so much look like I´m alone at all!.........for next few days since Ágúst went to the US for a work trip. He´ll be staying in Virginia this time. Wish I could have went with him and the plane could have just dropped me in Mpls. :o)
Love you all and miss you!
I´m still alive, sitting here in the south in my parents house, getting ready for bed with dental floss in my mouth.
I´m flying east, home, on Saturday and will be alone with the kids and Jesus and my neighbours......it doesn´t so much look like I´m alone at all!.........for next few days since Ágúst went to the US for a work trip. He´ll be staying in Virginia this time. Wish I could have went with him and the plane could have just dropped me in Mpls. :o)
Love you all and miss you!
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