A day in the life of Scotch

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Chicken mizore-ni 鶏肉のみぞれ煮

Pinga tried new recipe today. It's a chicken cooked with daikon. Pingu helped grating daikon. It was very tasty and they said that they'd make it again.

Pingu and Pinga were pleasantly surprised when the post delivery person came to the door with a packet around 8am. It was a month early birthday presents from Pinga's best friend in Tokyo. They are maternity clothes, Pinga's favourite food and Pingu's favourite snack! Very nice:)

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Carcassonne with Princess & Dragon

Pingu and Pinga were invited to their friends' for dinner and gaming. They had a nice salmon dinner and then played Carcassonne with princess and dragon expansion kit. Dragon moves sometimes and eat your player pieces! Pinga was happy winning and Pingu had the least points of four players.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Walking in town

After having afternoon tea at home, Pingu, Pingu dad and Pinga left for downtown Lund. They walked around a bit before Pingu's dad took a train. Town was nicely lit with Christmas illumination.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas day

Pingu's dad came to visit us on the Christmas day. They had Christmas dinner. Pingu's dad liked the meatballs Pinga has made. Mushroom sauce was tasty too.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas Eve!

Pingu and Pinga spent Christmas eve at a friend. They had turkey, meatballs and other very tasty food. They also watched plenty of Christmas movies. Pinga had received cute Christmas nail decorations from her sister so she put them on today.

Christmas cooking

Before going to their friend's place, Pingu and Pinga were cooking. Pingu was making prinskorv into octopus shape (Tako-chan sausage). I was curious and looking at him.

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Christmas present from Pingu's sister

Pingu brought home this cute cat as a Christmas present to Pinga and Pingu from Pingu's sister. The cat is made by Swedish artist Lisa Larsson. This cat design which exist in several colors is called MIA. Cute I think but what about me?

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Swedish Christmas dinner

There were so much food on the table. Pingu and Pinga's friends prepared traditional Swedish Christmas dishes such as meatballs, potato gratin, Christmas ham, and brunkål (brown cabbage that tastes a bit sweet). They always cook very tasty dishes and both Pingu and Pinga overate.

Christmas ham = Julskinka

Pingu and Pinga's friend was slicing a Christmas ham. This was special, wild boar meat. Pinga was a bit suspicious about wild meat but it tasted delicious.

ピングとピンガの友達がクリスマスハムを切っているところです。クリスマスハムは通常豚肉ですが、これは特別で猪でした。ピンガは猪と聞いてちょっと不安でしたが、とても美味しかったとのことです。

Christmas tree

Pingu and Pinga got invited to their friends' home for a Christmas dinner. They had a very nice Christmas tree and underneath the tree, there were many presents.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Christmas present at work

Just like last year, Pinga and her colleagues each received Christmas gift from their boss. They got different books and Pinga's one was called "I trygghetsnarkomanernas land" which is in English "In the land of safety addicted people. It's a bit too advanced reading for Pinga but she will try.