Marché de Noël 2022 - Suedoise

 

Swedish red fish candies (I was addicted to these for years on a daily basis until the dentist suggested otherwise) were about the only Scandinavian contact I had before moving to Paris. How about you? 

Last night Swedish Solli and I went to the annual Noël marché at the Swedish church in the 17th arrondissement. 

It’s been missing for a few years because of Covid 

In the courtyard they were serving traditional Swedish hot dogs, glog (spiced hot wine) of course, Swedish pancakes topped with whipped creme and strawberry jam. Also Swedish dried pea soup, known as Ärtsoppa, an immensely gratifying, warming soup traditionally made from dried yellow peas. 

Inside you could take your pick of hard-to-find Swedish food products. I forgot to shoot or buy the heart-shaped gingerbread cookies..I was so busy munching samples. 

I did not forget to buy a jar of Felix Lingonberries, not as sweet as cranberry. Yum!

The cold, smoked salmon looked very tempting.

Inside they also have Swedish Christmas crafts. I flirted with an all-wool blanket. It would definitely add warmth with the chill in mon petit garret.

Plus calendars and cards.

Inside the church they were serving light, delicious dinners served on lingonberry tablecloths. We got the salad of tiny shrimp with dill, a hard boiled egg on top of Swedish flat bread. And I got a piece of authentic gingerbread cake👏

A BIG TACK (thank you in Swedish) for sharing Swedish Noël with me.The marché is on all weekend.

And Big Merci to Bonnelle & Rob for surprising me with the most glorious Advent Calendar ! Inside are so many boxes hiding so many chocolates. 

Bear 🐻 and coccinelle 🐞 have been secretly inspecting the little boxes while I’m 💤 . I decided Advent Calendars are the ‘Thanksgiving’ of France. They are everywhere all through November and generate so much excitement and anticipation. Plus the restraint required of eating just 1 goodie per day leading up to the 25th of December. I failed the test 😊 royally. One year I even did an Avent calendar letter. This year’s Paris Opera Advent letter is still available in my shop. Bonne Saturday PBers !

PS the truth about SWEDISH FISH! Funny, I never believed Swedish people actually ate those red ‘Swedish’ fish… I thought it was just marketing. They are NOT Cherry flavored. But what are they?

In Sweden they are called pastellfiskar, which means pale colored fish. And they have a flavor – Salmiak – that you won't find in the U.S.. It's their wildly popular salted, ammoniated black licorice flavor.
According to the Candy Blog, the original flavor of Swedish Fish is lingonberry—a European berry. *Instead of gelatin, Mondelez uses corn syrup, modified corn starch, and carnauba wax to achieve that gummy texture, which means Swedish Fish are vegan friendly. Et voila❤️