Vintage on line

I'm Swedish. I am also, Norwegian, Irish and German but I'm most intrigued by by Swedish heritage. This probably stems from the fact that my great-great grandmother was Swedish royalty. Of course she ditched it all to marry a commoner. Just the first of many women in my family to make poor choices in regards to men. Any who... a couple of weeks ago I discovered this bunch of Swedish molds including an original recipe for Sand Bakkels for $3 at a garage sale.

After racing home and then spending approximately 17 days cleaning all of those scallops and groves out I decided to try Martha's recipe for Lemon Madeleines in them. Yes, madeleines are french. Clearly I'm no purist. They were de-lish by the way. I have no idea if they tasted the way madeleines are supposed to since I've never had one. All I know is lemon+powdered sugar+pretty molds=yummy to the 3rd power. Or something like that. I'm no math major.

So next I'm going to try the recipe that came with them and then I'm ordering this book so I can surround myself with Swedish yummies. Then I can regale my family with tales of how I really should be royalty and explain to them that surely someone as important as me should not be doing dishes.


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By the way, you guys rock! I love all the advice, suggestions and suck-upery that you guys gave me on my last post. Especially the suck-upery! I have already started implementing some of the ideas. I have purchased and used the Boots No7 refining serum and the day and night eye treatment. I think they are working because Emma's new Brownie Troop Leader was shocked when I told her I have a 15 year old because I look about 12. Thanks? I'm really so thankful that you ladies are always willing to encourage me!