This coming Tuesday 8 March 2011, we should all have a Semla. Our family and friends in Sweden will certainly have one. Don't know how to make them? Charlotte, who made them for last years AGM, has kindly shared her recipe with us on our Recipe blog, just click on this link: http://senzfood.blogspot.com/2010/03/charlottes-semlor.htmlFettisdagen (Fat Tuesday) is the Tuesday after the Quinquagesima and the last day before the Christian feast; the day between Shrove Monday, and Ash Wednesday. Because it is the last day before the Easter Feast, it has created a tradition to eat buns, so called "fastlagsbullar", "fettisdagsbullar" (Fat Tuesday Buns) or "semla". The day is also called "White Tuesday" since the buns were made out of white flour.
The day is called "Mardi Gras" in France. The day is called "fettisdag" in Sweden and Finland.
So go on, do some baking today - and enjoy on Tuesday!
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