Swedish style sandwich layer cake..delicious

A home made sandwich layer- cake  made of liver pate,egg,shrimp and black roe. My colleague decorated it with sliced cucumber then a spread of  mayonnaise line on the top.

Another type of sandwich layer -cake with cold cuts(ham)ingredients inside with cheese with olive+green grape,egg,shrimp. Both taste superb delicious it was served during my baby shower party.

This kind of cake become a modern tradition here in Sweden during family occasion like wedding,birthday,confirmation,and graduation day. Even popular during Swedish National day  celebration. Best drinks with sandwich cake is white wine,beer or snaps.

smoking is dangerous to your health

Why lot of young adults here like to smoke? The smoke of cigarette is dangerous to our health but yet lot of smokers ignore the fact. Still they continue their bad habit besides it cost money. I  never see cigarette advertisement in all tv station here which I think is good.

This year health department worry about because smoking among young adults in Gothenburg increasing specially young boys. An alarming sign  for parents,but how could we stop them since young adults have freedom here. I don't know I am just afraid of the future until when they distroy their rights of freedom.

If you asked them why they started smoking their simple reason is because of friends. Most of them believe that smoking is one way to spend time with their friends and be in the group. Smoking is like a fashion trend here,it's common to boys and girls both young and adults.A frightening increase in the number of our society today. Teachers in school find hard to stop their student not to smoke. Their student is not afraid with teachers opposite in my country (teachers pen is powerful) unfortunately not here.

Smoking is a very important question on how to stop them.

Swedish politic

We are lucky to have a little sun in this weekend! I am using summer dress again to try if it still ok. Windy inspite but quite warm sometimes. MOre warmer if we talk about politics here,because election day is soon happen in Sweden. By Sept 19 we need to choice who will be our next Minister,and other members of the parliament.

Their way of campaign is not bloody as I could compare to some country. But I am amaze  during political debatei n tv, talking right ahead straight to the point face to face. Politicians are brave, I don't know if they have what we called guilty conscience about things they promise that never  accomplished.  

Even though Sweden country is already established but still politicians here facing a tough time under their government. We have many people who become unemployed due to the world economic crisis,that some candidates focus the issue.

Green environment,tax issue(higher tax or lower tax) and even refugee problem are some examples of each politicians agenda. I don't like to have high tax again?since we already paid more than 30% tax per month. Of course I understand that tax is needed but paying more than 30% is quite enough. I am hoping that the government will  stop the unnecessary allowance,because some people make excuses so that they don't need to work.  

Swedish politicians thinking ahead for the future,yet they are not 100% succeed. I now understand no matter what politics is,still a wide wide range of year to be perfect. Change is not easy to define.

lost in the neighborhood

Is this an autumn storm?  Is the autumn here?questions of every body after the warm summer and suddenly confronted with rain,cold and the wind rose.

I've done 30 minutes walking to the centrum just to have time the last day sale. I'm not bother about the bad weather,because I need to have a walk anyway. On my way home I was thinking to passed in the other way (neighborhood) that I never been before. Although the area is quite near I live but sounds strange that I am a stranger in that area. After walking 30 minutes I wonder why I never been out . I was walking just the circle with in the housing area. I got lost in my own neighborhood,feel ashame of myself.

The wind blows hard that I almost lose control of my body. I am holding my 2 bags content some items that I had bought. I asked resque that thanks God my hubby come and pick me up. The weather seems getting better  still windy a little bit.

But not the entire Sweden experience this weather situation it depends where do you live in. Here in Gothenburg everybody start using  long pants,but in Skåne they can still used skirt and short pants until 1st week of October.

it could be candy from the garden

Sunday morning,it's been raining in the night straight 2 weeks now. Sometimes the sun shining but typically not today. Obviously I don't mind if  summer is ended life goes on anyway. I'm not against of changing season because too much warm makes people complained.Autumn season is one of my favorite season of the year. It offers a fantastic views and bring another meaning of life. Well, I saw lot of families still going swimming but I think for me the sea water this time is getting cold (17 degree).

Summer was just end that lefted the nice panorama in every garden.Soon is the season for harvest both apple and plum.

 The day I took a walked in the forest I saw a lot of wild apple trees. I know picking wild fruit is not illegal here.

I asked my hubby if he could follow me today. This is not the right season of picking apple but I am curious enough to compare the taste from the supermarket.

I took one and taste it(half green and little red) I doubt the taste at the start,sour but I think I like it. Eating sour fruits is not new for me  since I've been eating green mango in my country and it reminds me a little just the sourness. I am not hesitate to pick some of it then bring at home with me.

Afterwards I fix upon that time to go home,I am contented of our free harvest. On way home in the otherside of the road my hubby saw currant bushes bear a lot of fruits. We stop and pick not some but more than 2 kilos.

I  enjoy picking redcurrans with my pleasure thinking that both of the fruits are my favorite. This remind me how nice that we have summer. We could make a healthy candy out from the garden or from the forest. I freeze  half of it for my plan to make jam or pie out of it.

Mushroom

Picking of mushrooms become more and more popular not only in my home country but even here in Sweden. But they have a lot of kinds of mushrooms here than in Philippines. Different colors,shape could make us confused of which kind can be eaten or not.

Lot of them are poisonous mushroom, like in the picture besides this one looks similar of what I tasted in my country. My husband told me it's not edible fungi.

Just like in the 2nd picture(left) first we thought that it's"Laccaria amethystina"because of the color. Quite similar but we are not 100%sure so we never touch it and we leave it alone.

We have mushroom book guide at home but we forgot to bring it. Besides it's not easy to pick up the right kind,we both afraid.

We decided that we just pick up chanterelle instead for 100% sure safe.

Which do you prefer,potato,pasta or rice

Today's blog of mine is about the basic carbohydrates we eat everyday. We all know that most people who live in Asia eat more rice than the people from Western Europe. For instance in my country we have rice or corn as our basic food that serve everyday in the table. Here in the country I am now living, most potato or pasta.

I heard often that people discussed about what they prefer,potato or pasta and not rice in their meals. Rice with fish?they came and laughed about what kind of food combination. Sometimes people easily judge the situation without thinking the main reason why. This made me sad and tired of keep hearing it. They don't even know how poverty means to them because of course here they have a better lives compare to other country.

Even rice is a common food that we could buy  in supermarket here and my favorite(jasmine thai rice). Still you could hear their different comments. Some Swedish people started to accept and eat rice. I was thankful that "Thai"restaurant"made a great success here and their kind of cooking give a postive result about Asian food. I still wish that we have "Filipino restaurant"here as well but anyway I am satisfied that finally rice eater could not only we who came from Asia but Swedish people too.

My husband used to say a joke at me (everyday is a rice day). Well he loves rice too but not like to eat every meal. I do explain to every person I meet why we eat rice instead of potato or pasta. Rice is one of the main product in Asia not potato. Lot of people will not understand inspite that they know the fact.

I put myself as them then tried to remember all the food I ate when I first arrived here. I have the same comments as them for the first time I saw potato serve in the table and not rice. I am not used to Swedish food simple factual explanation. I arrive my own solution about this situation. Now I understand them because they are not me and I am not them.