On Christmas Eve we were invited to Peter's niece Dessi and her husband Lasse, who live on Blidö in the Stockholm archipelago, for a fantastic homemade Christmas dinner. Dessi is very interested in cooking and incredibly good at organising luxurious festive dinners for many.
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The night before last it was time for Christmas dinner with my (Helena's) colleagues. Usually my colleagues don't want traditional Christmas food, and also three out of eight are vegetarians, so this year it was Lebanese Christmas dinner. Not against me if you say so!
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Oh how many late nights there have been now! The night before last it was travel blog meeting and last night we had a seafood dinner with our good friends Peter and Eva. It's been two great evenings, but I have to admit that I'm really, really tired now as I write (at 01:30 Tuesday night).
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When I met Peter, he showed me how to eat whole crab, and I've been hooked ever since. It is the absolute tastiest thing I know! I've realised that I wasn't alone in not knowing how to do it, so here's a tutorial for those who want to try it too.
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Last night there was a spontaneous shellfish party on the houseboat. Peter's son Robin came over in the afternoon and we wanted to enjoy the last summer on deck. And then we got hungry ... and then accidentally we go and buy seafood.
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The Stora Nolia fair in Piteå has an entire hall dedicated to food and drink. We found it yesterday and it was impossible to leave empty-handed, so to speak.
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Yesterday we celebrated Midsummer Eve for the first time at home in the houseboat. Our good friends Lennart and Beata came to visit and there was both herring lunch and dinner on deck, with a test of a slightly new midsummer menu ...
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Finally it was time for the barbecue premiere! A few days ago we inaugurated our barbecue here on the deck of the houseboat. It was the first time we grilled this year, and also the first time we tried our grill at all. A bit funny perhaps, considering that we bought the grill a year and a half ago. But then we left on our 1-year-long motorhome trip and rented out the houseboat ...
A good hotel breakfast is an essential part of the hotel experience for many Swedes, and Ticket has found out what is all most important for us Swedes in the morning. Do you agree? And what do you think is most important at the hotel breakfast?
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Yesterday we had guests on the houseboat for lunch, and what could be nicer and simpler than a lunch party with some takeaway food? It's still a bit too cold to sit out on the deck, but we sat inside the kitchen with the windows open and munched on pick-up food while being entertained by the boat traffic outside.
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