Holidays

[dickens]

A friend of my mom's hosts a St Urho's day party every year on Mar 16, it's really all about the Finnish food. There was fish stew (kala moijakka, I know I'm spelling that wrong...) flat bread and much salmon and dill, sometimes together. There were the star shaped tarts/cookies, but they had dates rather than prunes so my brother and I once again had the conversation that goes "We really need to make these ourselves sometime."

A friend of ours decided to throw together a St Patrick's day party yesterday. St Patrick's day always reminds me of my sister-in-law's threat/plan to make green buffalo wings some year. (Green tabasco rather than red etc.)

And today is kind-of a personal holiday. I don't do anything to celebrate Mar 18, in fact, it usually passes by unnoticed. But back when I was a shy and awkward pre-teen, it was a Mar 18th, I don't remember the year, that I first looked into a mirror and decided I really liked who I saw. I've always liked the me I inhabit, but it was a new thing to see myself in the mirror uncritically.

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

That is a good holiday.

Not that I have anything against salmon and dill, either, mind you. Salmon! And dill! How can this be bad?

[the-overqual.livejournal.com]

Hear Hear!

[hypatia-j.livejournal.com]

A few years ago I got a Finnish beer at Bryant Lake Bowl. It would have been perfect with salmon and dill on rye crisp, or with reindeer meat. Unfortunately, BLB does not serve these things and it didn't go so well with the guacamole and chips I had instead.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Wait -- so are you saying that guacamole isn't Finnish?

My Gran used to go into Taco John's and order Potato Oles. She would pronounce "Oles" about like you'd expect.