You can find some gorgeous Scandinavian recipes here, though. Kage 'Comma' Slamet (2001-2012) was a friend of Atomic Fan aka Papa Louie Fan on Flipline Forum. Are there specific foods that make up fika?ДЇika has its own traditions, especially in Sweden where it started. ItвЂ™s about connecting with people and yourself. ItвЂ™s hard not to draw the comparison with hygge in Denmark: another cosy concept.ДЇriendship is a key part of it but fika can take place with your family, colleagues, strangers or on your own.

ItвЂ™s genuinely to treat yourself to something cosy, something in moderation, something that your body deserves. The cinnamon and cake element doesnвЂ™t try to squash down the bad feelings. This holiday bread is more like a cake than a. It is particularly popular in Norway and Denmark, and some American families make it as well to celebrate the Christmas season. Julekage is a rich, flavorful bread which is traditionally served at Christmas in many Scandinavian countries. It doesnвЂ™t have to include coffee (although it often does.) The big difference between fika in Sweden and coffee breaks in, say, America is the intent behind the whole thing.ДЄ rushed coffee break tries to вЂњtrickвЂќ the body into carrying on and working harder.ДЇika is about genuinely slowing down, getting back in touch with your body and the people around you, and recharging on a deeper level. Julekage typically contains raisins or other dried fruit. Recommended reading: 27 Ways Food and Travel Go Together (Not just for вЂњFoodiesвЂќ) So is fika just a coffee break? (According to Google translate at leastвЂ¦) Tack sГҐ mycket Sverige вЂ“ Jag ser fram emot att fГҐ veta mer.

In Ystad, my first fika involved custard-based Princess Cake and a cup of hot Sweet Love. Pronounced fee-ka, the best explanation IвЂ™ve heard so far is that fika is a kind of вЂњafternoon teaвЂќ half-remembered with a touch of romantic indulgence from England in the 1950s.ДЄpparently fika can be both a noun (letвЂ™s have some fika) and a verb (letвЂ™s fika nowвЂ¦) but like those other delicious letters in the Swedish alphabet (an Г¶, anВ ГҐ and an Г¤ for example) sometimes a hint of mystery can still be a good thing.ДЇika often involves tea or coffee, with a cinnamon flavoured cake thrown in to melt away the cold outside. What is fika? A rare treat that shouldnвЂ™t be rare. Related: 7 Things You DidnвЂ™t Know About Sweden My second best guess was that fika involved some kind of furniture shop with utensils made from see-though lime green plastic.ДЇika, as it turned out, is something of a social institution in Sweden. The word fika, I decided, had all the hallmarks of a potent local spirit, the sort that could stand in for paint stripper on an identity parade and would give you a headache as soon as look at you. It was not yet four in the afternoon and I began to brace myself.

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