For New Year’s Eve 2013 we had planned on making a luscious chocolate pudding dump cake and pairing it with vanilla ice cream. The vanilla ice cream got made, but when the time came to make the chocolate pudding dump cake, a couple of hours before midnight, we were all so full that we couldn’t… Continue reading Homemade vanilla ice cream
Category: Other bits
Cheesy bits
The first part of our New Year’s Eve menu were these cheesy bits from The French revolution. They’re really dead easy – puff pastry, shredded cheese (we went for Jarlsberg), and a bit of spice. Add the spice and the shredded cheese on top of the puff pastry. Bake them up according to the instructions… Continue reading Cheesy bits
Princess Madeleine to give birth in the US
The Swedish court announced that Princess Madeleine would (after discussion with her husband and the King and Queen) give birth in the US. – Information regarding Princess Madeleine – Sveriges Kungahus. It raises some questions on citizenship, and right to the Swedish throne. Since Chris O’Neill did not take Swedish citizenship at the time of the… Continue reading Princess Madeleine to give birth in the US
Norwegian royal family and their national costumes (#20)
2014 is the bicentenary of the Norwegian constitution. For a short period of time, in 1814, the Norwegian people chose to liberate themselves from foreign powers, elected a king, wrote a constitution, and then promptly were put in an union with Sweden. Until 1905. When we did it all again. Over the coming year, since… Continue reading Norwegian royal family and their national costumes (#20)
Beef bourguignon with roasted potatoes
Part of our New Year 2013 meal – a variant of beef bourguignon with roasted potatoes. We ended up with more mushrooms than in the recipe, due to a small miscommunication between the sister who bought the mushrooms and the sister who chopped them. We also added a bit of beef stock to the recipe… Continue reading Beef bourguignon with roasted potatoes
Happy 3rd birthday to Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine
The twins are growing up. Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine turned three years to day. The Danish court released these pictures for the occasion. This lovely photo, with both of them, is probably my favorite. It feels a lot less airbrushed and more spontaneous than what we might normally see from the Danish court.
Mette-Marit and the royal dresses (#19)
Summer is traditionally the deadest period of Norwegian newspaper journalism. It is so dead that it is called cucumber season, because the stories of cucumber-growers (or other similar small pebbles of stories) suddenly become almost front page material. They therefore naturally all rejoice when something unexpected crops up. One of the big topics in the… Continue reading Mette-Marit and the royal dresses (#19)
A year with Estelle
How much has Estelle grown in a year? The Swedish royal court has released these quarterly pictures of Princess Estelle. But it wasn’t before I propped these photos in order, with the newest last that I noticed how much she has grown and developed. … Continue reading A year with Estelle
Princess Estelle celebrated Lucia day
This morning Estelle made an appearance with her mother on the SVT morning show, celebrating St. Lucia day. Estelle was wearing a santa-themed costume – and got to sit on the Shetland pony, Frossa. The pony was a wedding banns gift to her parents back in 2010. For screen shots check out this article from… Continue reading Princess Estelle celebrated Lucia day