Kanelbullar och Knytkalas

Yesterday was a really productive day. I bought a couple more books that I needed for class and headed over to SEB to open a Swedish bank account--finally! After all the paperwork I passed by this really well-known bakery called St. Jakobs. I decided to go in and order a cinnamon bun for lunch. Not the healthiest choice, I know, but I had limited options. And for some reason I decided to order in Swedish. So I successfully had my first conversational exchange in Swedish! It was quite an achievement for me and so eating the cinnamon bun for lunch was my reward, I think.

That afternoon I baked the Jiffy cornbread I picked up at The American Store and decided to make some honey butter to go with it since I didn't really want to eat the Lactose-free butter that I accidentally bought.

After a couple hours of studying and baking I biked over to the Ole's house to meet the rest of The Little Meatballs for the Knytkalas (AKA Potluck). We were all supposed to bring something from our home country so there was my cornbread, tortilla chips and homemade salsa, Swedish chocolate cake (four of them!), an almond cream cake, fresh baguettes and brie, a ham hock, chicken tikka masala, ratatouille, these german pancake things and a few other really fun dishes. I was incredibly amused by how seemingly exotic the cornbread and honey butter was to all the Europeans--but every single one of them loved it!


Now I am off to the gym to start my day!