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Follow the snus or snoose and you will find the Swedes. This tobacco product made to perfection by generations of Swedes for centuries is still going strong with a big number of users in Sweden. Snus is made of grind tobacco, water and salt. Tobacco from all over the world is blended for different varieties of snus. This product can not be compared with either the US chewing tobacco or snuff as the Swedish snus is spit free and also, just like Swedish coffee, much stronger than its American relatives. First time users often get so dizzy they have to lie down and some have suggested it would even be called Swedish marijuana.

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Guinea hen mosaic, carrot variation with Gotland truffle,
and chanterelle duxelle with truffle mayonnaise

Turbot cupola stuffed with Norwegian lobster,
tartelette with lobster on a bed of cream cheese and spinach,
pointed cabbage terrine, lobster sauce and almond potato purée

Chocolate silhouette with nougat and sea buckthorn explosion

Wine

Champagne Gaston Chiquet Cuvée Tradition
Brut Premier Cru

Château l’Hospitalet La Reserve Rouge 2011
Coteaux du Languedoc la Clape

Nivole Moscato d’Asti 2012
Michele Chiarlo

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I fried frozen mini pancakes in butter and filled one Russian style with smoked salmon, sour cream and topped with black caviar from lumpfish. The second I filled with Southern food, sliced, boneless BBQ wings and BBQ sauce. The third is Swedish style, filled with mashed potatoes, one sliced meatball and topped with lingonberry jam. Surprisingly good pancakes!  

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Swedish comfort food at its best, perfect as a side for a fall dinner. Always a favorite among my American friends.

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This is a very tasty dish, easy to make and good enough to serve at a dinner party. I serve it with halved brussel sprouts.

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I made my gravlax adding a pinch of licorice powder to the salt and sugar. Made some nice roses by spreading a thin layer of cream cheese on slices of gravlax and rolling them up. The roses were served on sliced lemon. Very good finger food!

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Todays' 5: lunch is pork loin with oven roasted broccoli and green peas with a mustard-basil mayo.

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Here I got my best bagel ever!

First time I visited a food truck rally and actually bought food from a truck. Tried crepes and lox bagel. The bagel was the winner while the crepes were not near French street food. I wish next time a rally would be planned during the cooler time of the year, we almost melted away walking in the sun at 95 degrees. Anyways, fun to see this many trucks in one place and a lot of happy foodies.

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