Weekend moments: Food Festival 2013 #2

Som sagt blev vi "nødt" til at tage afsted til Food Festival søndag også. Det var årets sidste sommerdag og vi sørgede for at nyde den med masser af lækre smagsprøver - og en halvdyr hotdog. Der var DM i hotdog og skønhederne som I ser ovenfor kostede en 50'er stykket - men så gik overskuddet også til velgørenhed og de smagte virkelig godt. Jeg fik en, som var produceret af søde mennesker fra Esbjerg. Det kunne jo ikke være anderledes og jeg fik lidt hjemve, når jeg tænkte på at brødet var bagt i Nørregade i den bager, som min farmor købte brød hos.

As I told you we "had" to go to the Food Festival again on Sunday. It was probably the last day of summer and we enjoyed it outside with a lot of great tastings - and quite expensive hotdogs. The Food Festival hosted the Danish Championship in hotdog making and the profits was given to charity. They were really nice and mine was made by people and with products from the area I grew up in and I was quite homesick when I ate it - the bread came from the baker my grandmother used to buy bread from. 

Vi fik vildt mange gode smagsprøver - i den store skål er muslinger kogt i æblomost. I de to små er der
røgede muslinger, marineret i henholdsvis mango/chili og øl.
We had so many great tastings - the big portion were mussels boiled with apple juice. The little
ones were smoked mussels marinated in chili/mango and beer.

Der var også DM i hø om søndagen - her er der blandt andet lam med hø, hø-mayo, kartoffel kogt i vand med hø,
hø-ost og hø-is. Jeg var ikke vildt glad for isen (det var min kæreste til gengæld), men bortset fra den smagte det dejligt.
Sunday was also the day for the national championsship in hay. Here we have lamb with hay, hay-mayo,
potato boiled in water with hay in it, hay-cheese and hay-icecream. I wasn't a fan of the icecram (but my
boyfriend was), but the rest was good! 

Sønderjysk tapas med blodpølse, æble, lokale oste, chokolade og "gode råd".
Tapas inspired by southern Jutland - black pudding, apple, local cheese, chocolate and the cake called
"good advices".

Vi smagte også på en masse gode danske drikke - her er æble-cider.
We tasted a lot of nice Danish drinks - here's apple cider.

En af mine favoritter på festivallen var denne softice lavet på skyr med rødbedemarengs på toppen. Den smagte
simpelthen så dejligt!
One of my favourite things at the festival was this softice made from "Skyr" with beetroot meringue on top.
It was so good!

Vi følte os inspirerede og glade (og mætte), da vi gik fra festivallen. Og vi glæder os allerede til næste år. Hvad har I lavet i weekenden?

We felt inspired and happy (and full) when we went home. And we're already looking forward to next year. What did you do this weekend?

Weekend moments: Food Festival 2013 #1

De af jer som kommer fra Aarhus-området ved nok, at der lige har været afholdt festuge i byen. Og i forbindelse med festugen blev der ved Tangkrogen afholdt Food Festival, hvor der var fokus på gode danske, økologiske råvarer og nordisk mad generelt. Det var første år jeg tog med til festivallen og det var en vildt dejlig oplevelse - lige min type festival, for jeg er altså ikke meget til at sove i telt og ikke have nem adgang til bad i længere tid. Der manglede måske lidt musik, selvom der faktisk også var folk der optrådte derude, men der var til gengæld masser af lækker mad over det hele. Hvis man gik sulten rundt, var det i hvert fald ens egen skyld. Vi tog derud i fredags i strålende solskin og kunne ikke lade være med at tage derud igen igår for at nyde årets måske sidste sommerdag. Derfor bliver dette indlæg også lige delt op i to, for hvem kan ikke lide billeder af lækker mad?

If you're living in my area you might know that Aarhus just had a Festival week. Just because. And part of  that was the Food Festival. It was all about great taste and Danish mainly organic products. This was my first year at the Food Festival and it was a great experience - just my type of festival, since I'm not into sleeping in tents and not being able to get a shower easily. There might have been a lack of good music, but there were actually a few people performing too, but there was nice food all over the place. If you were walking around hungry you only had yourself to blame! We went Friday and the weather was perfect. And we went again yesterday to enjoy the (propably) last day of summer. So I'm going to split this post into two, because I have so many pictures - and who doesn't like pictures of nice food?

Her spiser vi hel-grillet svin marineret i lakrids med tilbehør - lækkert!
Here's grilled pork marinated in liqourice - delicious!

Hvor smukke er de her blomkål ikke lige?
How beautiful are these cauliflowers?

Her er smuk og lækker saft af rabarber
Beautiful and delicious lemonade from rhubarbs

Flot honning med smag af blandt andet chili, lakrids, ingefær og kanel
Pretty honey with taste of chili, liqourice, ginger and cinnamon

Og i solen skulle vi da også lige nyde vand og lækker økologisk hvidvin fra Løgismose
The sun was shining and we had water and nice organic white wine

Muligvis jordens bedste chokolademælk!
Maybe the best chocolate milk in the world!

Der var så mange gode smagsprøver rundt på pladsen - her fik vi gratis jomfruhummer. Så lækkert!
There was so many tastings on the Festival - we had free langoustines. So good!

Mums! Økologisk svin og bulgursalat.
Yum - organic pork with bulgur salad. 

Vi afsluttede dag et med at spise sådan en pille dér. Dem fik vi udleveret hos antropologerne, som var igang med at undersøge begrebet smag - er smag forbeholdt vores mund, eller kan vi også smage med de andre sanser? Kan vi føle, se eller høre, hvordan maden smager? Hvordan smager bestemte ord? Og kan vi altid stole på vores sanser? Pillen her skulle tygges godt igennem og så vendte den rundt på vores smagssanser. Pludselig smagte rabarber af halvsøde æbler og citroner smagte af solmodne appelsiner. Det var så mærkeligt og vildt skægt at prøve. 

We ended day one with one of those pills. We got them by the anthropologists who looked into the concept of "taste". Is taste all in our mouths or do we taste with our other senses too? Can we feel, see or hear how food tastes? How does specific words taste? And can we trust our senses at all times? We chewed this pill waited a while and our tastebuds turned upside down. The rhubarbs tasted like apples and lemons tasted like sweet oranges. It was so weird and funny!

What's cooking?

My boyfriend and I fired our smokey joe up sunday evening. My mum gave me a pizza stone for my birthday and it was time to try it out! I'll (almost) let the pictures speak for them selves - but I have to add; it was good! I can't wait to do it again.

Warming up the stone / Making the crust
Pizza pepperoni before / And after baking

We made Italian buns with the dough left overs / Pizza with zuchinni, red pepper, sundried tomatoes and parmesan
Pizza with parma ham and parmesan / Buns after baking