March 17, 2004
Potato Cravings
or
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
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(photo courtesy of my long suffering Mother)
Here's a photo of my favorite Irishman, my Great Grandfather, William
Taylor. My Great Grandmother, Ruby Taylor, is in the
background. One of the luckiest things ever to happen to me
was being born in time to have known both of them.
Today,
in observance of the holiday, I'm temporarily shelving my Norwegian
last name (which is my most precious treasure) and adopting my Great
Grandfather's surname: Taylor. One of my beautiful twin sons
has "Taylor" for a middle name. I encourage everyone, even the
teetotalers, to swallow a little Jamesons today in honor of my
Great Grandfather. And if you don't? Well, that's OK.
We still love you. Just a little less. <grin>
It's a
day to break out the vinyl, all of those Clancy Brother albums (with
Tommy Makem, naturally), play "Finnigan's Wake" or "A Jug
of Punch", and revel in your Irish heritage.
Below,
a lone deer walks in front of the official Webcam of Au Train Lake.
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A
favorite for most Swedish kids is mashed
potatoes. A logical
extension of this is the 'tunnbrödsrulle'.
This is one (or two) hot dogs
(usually boiled) together with a big amount of mashed
potatoes, all wrapped up in a
thin round bread. This is the
thing to eat if you are really
hungry, since there is a lot of mashed
potatoes.
Swedes have developed a great art, the one of eating hot dogs
with as much as possible in the way
of topping. Together with the
craving for mashed potatoes this
has resulted in the different kinds of
'specials' available.
This is usually a hot dog with
bread, with two huge scoops of mashed
potatoes on top. Believe
me, these things are not easy to
eat.
Lennart
Regebro
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