@@viggo9454 You're right, that's Surströmming. As a Swede, I've never eaten it and never will. That kind of food is from a time of famine, and shouldn't need to be experienced again! Ever. 😆😆😆
Must say you ate and drank like a champ. I imagine most foreigners wouldn’t appreciate foods like pickled herring and drinks like Gammeldansk. When I was younger I absolutely hated julbord but it really grows on you, now I love most of it. Big ups for your open mindset!
Mind you that the original number of courses used to be at least 7. First it started with Glögg/Dopp i grytan (mulled wine and dipping bread in hot ham broth).. Then came Herring and cold fish platter which in modern times is served with boiled potatoes. .Then Fish (Lutefisk, hot salmon).. The cold meats, aspics and patés.. Then Hot meats and casseroles (Here it becomes wild if you have a mixed Swedish and Finnish household).. Then usually the cheese/marmelade/fruit/bread platter... Then candy/desserts.
3:01 NOT fermented, sill is preserved herring! Big difference! Fermented herring is called Surströmming or sour herring and yes some people it that in Sweden, but not during Christmas and usually not indoors. It’s more of a summer thing for those who it it. 🇸🇪
The song was a birthdaysong for some one at the christmasparty 😅 not everybody like singing at the julbord sometimes only snapsvisa...Will Ferell do know his snapsvisor 😂
Kudos for trying so many different dishes. The Swedish julbord is fantastic when made right. I have several American friends that have visted me and they loved all of the things they tried. Especially the seafood blew them away. And yes, the snapps will knock you out if you are not careful. I think you might have Scandinavian ancestors because you handled it like a true Viking. God jul!
Though kind of sharing the name, the Swedish "ansjovis" is actually not to be confused with "anchovies". It's a common source of confusion, though. Ansjovis is a specific fish in the herring family ("Skarpsill", also known as "European sprat") that is prepared with different spices, such as cinnamon, black pepper, allspice, bay leaves, cloves, cardamom and sandalwood. Anchovies, on the other hand, is called "sardell" in Swedish. Translating food-related stuff can be a real pain. 🙂
@@CBDuRietz thank you so much! Yes my fiancé and I go back and forth with how we translate things all the time. I find it so interesting. I want to get this all correct so thank you so much!
2:53 These are pickled herring, not fermented herring (which exists, but is something else). We have so many kinds of pickled herring, it is very common. It is made with water, vinegar, sugar and a variety of additives such as onion, dill, mustard, pepper, other spices, carrots, horseradish, bay leaves, and much more. It is very delicious and is always found on smorgasbords etc. I have just eaten it.
A lot of Swedish families (lika mine) prepare and eat a Julbord at home on Christmas Eve lunch or dinner! Maybe not ALL of the dishes as at a restaurant, but quite close! If you like to cook, you can prepare most of them yourself, and buy the rest in the store😊 I seldome cook food like this (or at all😉) but at Christmas I will try to make an effort and make honemade meetballs (old style recipie) pickel herring and cook/grill the ham etc. Good Luck❣️🎄🧑🏻🎄
@@elisabetholsson9194 we actually got back from food shopping ICA (so much more organized then the US I have to say). And we will be making the Christmas ham!
Two years ago when we were in Stockholm, we went to Skansen's Christmas market. As far as I remember, several Swedish delicacies were sold, among other things.
Amazing experience for you! I felt like I was right there with you! 😆 ❤ We will have to make it a point to spend Christmas there sometime in the near future! 🎄
The Swedish Christmas table often last for about a week becase its all pickled salted cooked and so on and wont go bad. In the end most ppl are so tired of Christmas food that it nowadays is a traditional pizza and Kebab some days after.😂
The swedish Julbord is a buffe, but it still suposed to be eaten as a fine dinner, exept that one pick ones own food! The rule is that one start with the sill and salmons, as starters.. in fancy resturantes one cant take one of them all one chose ones favorits.. otherwise one would be full at this stage! Next stage is meat, could cuts of meat and the christmas ham, ox tounge, liver pate, others and Vörtbröd.. and or doppigrytan! Be patient in this face becuse there is more coming, its hot dishes like meatballs, prinskorv and Janson, its the main hot courses! Next is desserts, Risalamalta or plaine ris porrige with butter youlk and a lot of cinnanmon! Then comes the cheese table and crakers! After that its mostly candy and coffe with cinnamon buns! Soo at a better/expencive resturante/hotell.. you are not even able to taste every item.. becuse they are to many, everyone chose there favos, and more like tasting portions of them to survive a whole julbord!
Many people don't know the difference between fermented and pickled herring, if that was fermented herring it would have smell shit in that restaurant and you would have fled outside...
So glad that someone finally uploaded a more accurate representation of the Julbord.. And how old the tradition is and the proper way to eat it.
Sill is pickled herring, not fermented
Yes, that will forever be drilled in my head now :)
@@iamparkerphoenix yeah you realy don't want the fermented one indoors or at all to be honest
@@viggo9454 You're right, that's Surströmming. As a Swede, I've never eaten it and never will. That kind of food is from a time of famine, and shouldn't need to be experienced again! Ever.
😆😆😆
With Tomatos and Onions, that good.
Must say you ate and drank like a champ. I imagine most foreigners wouldn’t appreciate foods like pickled herring and drinks like Gammeldansk. When I was younger I absolutely hated julbord but it really grows on you, now I love most of it. Big ups for your open mindset!
@@calle9368 aw thank you I really appreciate this comment❤️❤️❤️
Nice! Jansson's is my favorite too, of the julbord courses. And meatballs of course.
This might be a strange compliment but I just want to say that you have such a pleasant speaking voice. I could listen to you talk all day.
@@sofieo4851 not strange at all, thank you ❤️
So interesting to have your american perspective on swedish gasttonomy. As a swedish citizen you tend to forget what is available.
Mind you that the original number of courses used to be at least 7. First it started with Glögg/Dopp i grytan (mulled wine and dipping bread in hot ham broth).. Then came Herring and cold fish platter which in modern times is served with boiled potatoes. .Then Fish (Lutefisk, hot salmon).. The cold meats, aspics and patés.. Then Hot meats and casseroles (Here it becomes wild if you have a mixed Swedish and Finnish household).. Then usually the cheese/marmelade/fruit/bread platter... Then candy/desserts.
3:01 NOT fermented, sill is preserved herring! Big difference! Fermented herring is called Surströmming or sour herring and yes some people it that in Sweden, but not during Christmas and usually not indoors. It’s more of a summer thing for those who it it. 🇸🇪
@@giajensen1689 I wasn’t entirely sure and I didn’t want to cheat asking my fiancé 👍🏾
The song was a birthdaysong for some one at the christmasparty 😅 not everybody like singing at the julbord sometimes only snapsvisa...Will Ferell do know his snapsvisor 😂
Nice. My favorite schnapps is the lightly myrtle flavored one (pors in swedish).
@@marcofsw we got a variety pack for Christmas so I’ll will look out for this one to try! ❤️
You really went all in and nailed your first julbord! The setting looked very cozy and the food looked great, nice video! 🙂👍🎄
@@Airbuzz thank you!
@iamparkerphoenix Merry Christmas, God Jul! 😊
Kudos for trying so many different dishes. The Swedish julbord is fantastic when made right. I have several American friends that have visted me and they loved all of the things they tried. Especially the seafood blew them away.
And yes, the snapps will knock you out if you are not careful. I think you might have Scandinavian ancestors because you handled it like a true Viking. God jul!
@@MatsEriksson-o6m thank you!❤️
4:59 They are singing the Swedish version of ”Happy Birthday”. 🇸🇪
@@giajensen1689 this was the only singing I managed to record, too many 🍷🙈🤷🏾♀️
The others was probably snapsvisor. You sing a little song and then have a sip or the whole thing :)
Janssons frestelse is underrated :) Iam lucky that I saw this vlog on YT, need to buy some snaps to Christmas, thanks !
@@hanslindvall7530 Yes! I’ll be having more of that this week! Enjoy!
Love this! Looks amazing
@@marisantos1480 thank you! ❤️🎄
Though kind of sharing the name, the Swedish "ansjovis" is actually not to be confused with "anchovies". It's a common source of confusion, though. Ansjovis is a specific fish in the herring family ("Skarpsill", also known as "European sprat") that is prepared with different spices, such as cinnamon, black pepper, allspice, bay leaves, cloves, cardamom and sandalwood.
Anchovies, on the other hand, is called "sardell" in Swedish.
Translating food-related stuff can be a real pain. 🙂
@@CBDuRietz thank you so much! Yes my fiancé and I go back and forth with how we translate things all the time. I find it so interesting. I want to get this all correct so thank you so much!
😮 I did not know that and I'm Swedish.
2:53 These are pickled herring, not fermented herring (which exists, but is something else). We have so many kinds of pickled herring, it is very common. It is made with water, vinegar, sugar and a variety of additives such as onion, dill, mustard, pepper, other spices, carrots, horseradish, bay leaves, and much more. It is very delicious and is always found on smorgasbords etc. I have just eaten it.
@@svergurd3873 yes! I’m still learning. we just ate some pickled herring. 3 diff kinds, alll so good!
A lot of Swedish families (lika mine) prepare and eat a Julbord at home on Christmas Eve lunch or dinner! Maybe not ALL of the dishes as at a restaurant, but quite close! If you like to cook, you can prepare most of them yourself, and buy the rest in the store😊
I seldome cook food like this (or at all😉) but at Christmas I will try to make an effort and make honemade meetballs (old style recipie) pickel herring and cook/grill the ham etc. Good Luck❣️🎄🧑🏻🎄
@@elisabetholsson9194 we actually got back from food shopping ICA (so much more organized then the US I have to say). And we will be making the Christmas ham!
Very nice julbord. You got a nice experience ❤
@@JohnHallberg-v4o thank you!
Jansons temtation ..you can make as potatis gratäng…so delisious and eat it with a stake and red wine…but not on christmas..
I hope you gad some spare ribs. My favorite on the table. And smoked eel, but its black listed evey other year.
@@andersmalmgren6528 We are actually making the ribs dinner for Christmas Day ❤️ I’ll look into the eel though!
Pickled herring is delicious. All of the julbord is very tasty i must say 😋
@@samonitus it was all very satisfying! 🤗
Two years ago when we were in Stockholm, we went to Skansen's Christmas market. As far as I remember, several Swedish delicacies were sold, among other things.
@@tommynyberg2122 I went to the market as well! Loved the handmade goods!
Amazing experience for you! I felt like I was right there with you! 😆 ❤ We will have to make it a point to spend Christmas there sometime in the near future! 🎄
@@EvelynLong-c1m yes! We will make a trip out of it for sure!
the singing was a birthday celebration song
@@claesdahl5632 this was the only singing I managed to record, too many 🍷🙈🤷🏾♀️
The Swedish Christmas table often last for about a week becase its all pickled salted cooked and so on and wont go bad.
In the end most ppl are so tired of Christmas food that it nowadays is a traditional pizza and Kebab some days after.😂
@@gmm5550 that’s exactly what my fiancé told me 😂
@@iamparkerphoenix Well then u must try kebabPizza.. i had blown many American minds 😂
@ adding to my list!
The swedish Julbord is a buffe, but it still suposed to be eaten as a fine dinner, exept that one pick ones own food!
The rule is that one start with the sill and salmons, as starters.. in fancy resturantes one cant take one of them all one chose ones favorits.. otherwise one would be full at this stage!
Next stage is meat, could cuts of meat and the christmas ham, ox tounge, liver pate, others and Vörtbröd.. and or doppigrytan!
Be patient in this face becuse there is more coming, its hot dishes like meatballs, prinskorv and Janson, its the main hot courses! Next is desserts, Risalamalta or plaine ris porrige with butter youlk and a lot of cinnanmon! Then comes the cheese table and crakers! After that its mostly candy and coffe with cinnamon buns!
Soo at a better/expencive resturante/hotell.. you are not even able to taste every item.. becuse they are to many, everyone chose there favos, and more like tasting portions of them to survive a whole julbord!
I was overwhelmed but in the best way!
Intresting to se an american Wiev on swedish julbord….have you seen the tv-show allt för Sverige?
@@rogermagnusson115 yes I just started watching it 🤗.
Yes, you will need some schnapps to handle all that food 😊🎉
Personally, I have never understood the combination of eating while getting drunk. One thing at a time, please.
I'm swedish and I did not know we ate fermented herring at Christmas... and indoors 😮
yes it pickled, got my words/meaning mixed up. i will not make this mistake again lol :)
Because we don´t. Most english speakers confuse pickled with fermented though.
Everyone is talking exactly like all our fish delicacies that we should be damn proud of are like "surströming", Stop with the bullshit.
Janssons is the sh*t 👍
@@Söderlund11 🙌🏾❤️
Many people don't know the difference between fermented and pickled herring, if that was fermented herring it would have smell shit in that restaurant and you would have fled outside...
@@JohnCederdahl clearly I had no clue lol
I never make it to the desert... :)
@@carls8286 it requires a whole strategy to really eat everything! 😂
Pickled herring not fermented!
@@tommynordlander5874 I wasn’t entirely sure and I didn’t want to cheat asking my fiancé 👍🏾
You cut out two plates. The baked Christmas ham and rice porridge.
@@johankaewberg8162 I did take some ham but not the porridge. Just because of personal preference, that’s all.
@ The porridge forms a hermetic seal, preventing you from vomiting from over eating :-)
@ wow good to know! Thank you!
My god, besides being a remarkably good reviewer, you are an exceptionally beautiful woman! Just sayin'
And I most certainly agree with your julbord prefence. Janssons frestelse for the win!
@@tommyd777 thank you!
@@tommyd777 I could eat that all day!
What a beautiful skin-color you have. Not too black, not too white= prefect.
Why are you so weird?
Wtf is too black or too white?
all skin color is beautiful
Thats a weird comment