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!

Summer moments - Beautiful Crete/Maroulas #3

Da vi var på Kreta boede vi som sagt i en lille landsby lidt udenfor Rethymnon. Landsbyen hedder Maroulas og jeg synes altså, at den fortjener et lille indlæg for sig selv med stemningsbilleder. Vi er lidt oppe i bjergene her, så der kunne af og til være lidt svært at komme op i bil, men stemningen var skøn, menneskene var søde og udsigten var fantastisk. Jeg synes i hvert fald det var rart at komme lidt udenfor turistområderne og huset, vi boede i var fantastisk - en gammel olivenoliemølle med tonsvis af charme. Landsbyen havde også gode tavernaer - vi besøgte to af dem. Den ene havde søde dyr, vidunderligt værtskab og blå møbler, den anden havde fantastisk udsigt over solnedgangen og Rethymnon. 

When we were in Crete we lived in a small village just outside Rethymnon. The village is called Maroulas and I think it deserves a post on it's own. It's a bit op in the mountains, so it wasn't always easy to get the car up there, but the atmosphere was wonderful, the people were nice and the view was beautiful. It was really nice to get away from the tourists areas and the house we lived in was amazing - and old olive mill with so much charm. The village had a few tavernas too and we visited two of them. One of them had cute animals, great hosts and blue furniture, the other had a great view over the sunset and Rethymnon.

Last days of summer - another white dress

I dag har jeg været på Food Festival og har suget alle solens sidste sommerstråler til mig. Vejret i dag har været fuldstændig fantastisk og jeg har endnu engang nydt at gå rundt i lys kjole og bare ben - i dag så jeg faktisk sådan her ud igen. Jeg er kunne virkelig godt tænke mig, at sommeren gad blive her lidt længere. Jeg har egentlig ikke noget imod efterår, som sådan og da det regnede den anden dag, hyggede jeg mig da også gevaldigt under et tæppe. Men jeg savner nærmest allerede sommeren - og så er der altså lang tid til at solen kommer tilbage for alvor! 

I sidste uge havde jeg den her kjole på en dag, hvor jeg mødtes med mine læsegruppeveninder til brunch. Jeg fik kjolen i gave af min søde kæreste. Jeg plejer gerne at sige, at hvidt tøj også betyder at der er ketchup i nærheden - og at man spilder! Men i år har jeg taget chancen. Og det er faktisk gået godt. Bortset fra, at min veninde er så dårlig til hvidt tøj, at hun ikke engang kunne styre at sidde ved siden af én i hvidt uden at plette på det. Men det er heldigvis gået af i vask! 

Today I went to a Food Festival in my city and I sucked up every single sunbeam, before summer will leave for good. The weather was lovely today and I really enjoyed walking around in a white dress with bare legs - today I wore this again. I'd really wish that summer would stay longer. It's not that I don't like fall - it was raining so much the other day and it was really nice to sit under a blanket listening to the rain. But I kinda miss summer already and it'll be a long while before the sun will come back. 

Last week I wore this dress when I met up with my old study group for brunch. My sweet boyfriend gave the dress to me. I usually say that when you wear a white dress there'll be ketchup somewhere near and you will drop it. Well.. This year I took a chance and I haven't had any accidents including ketchup or anything like it yet. Except.. My friend is so bad at wearing white clothing - she can't even sit next to one wearing white without spilling. Luckily I was able to wash it off. 

Dress - Asos Curve

Hvordan har du det med at have hvidt på?

How do you feel about wearing white?

Summer moments: Beautiful Crete #2

Hvis det er gået nogens næse forbi, så er jeg jo næsten lige hjemvendt fra en vidunderlig ferie på Kreta - og jeg vil så gerne dele nogle af de skønne øjeblikke, jeg har haft med jer. Så jeg håber I har tålmodighed til at læse lidt med. Jeg har tonsvis af billeder og jeg har jo også allerede lavet et indlæg, som I kan se her. Jeg deler indlæggene en del op, så de ikke bliver kilometerlange og skrive om noget andet ind imellem, men det betyder sikkert også, at I kommer til at læse om min tur i en del tid. Det håber jeg er okay med jer. 

Vi boede i en lille landsby lidt udenfor Rethymnon, så vi tilbragte egentlig en del tid inde i Rethymnon, som vel er en slags storby. I hvert fald var der masser af trafik, der var masser(!) af turistbutikker og tavernaer og frozen yoghurt (for en jyde som mig, er det altså en delvis definition af en ægte storby - for man kan da ikke få det i Århus, kan man vel?!). Her er lidt stemningsbilleder af byen, som jeg virkelig holdt af. Der var tilpas meget bystemning derinde, men uden tiggere og folk man mistænkte for at være tricksælgere/-tyve. 

In case you've missed it I almost just got home from a wonderful vacation in Crete - and I really want to share some of the wonderful moments I had with you. I hope you want to and have the patience to read along. I've got a ton of pictures and I already did one post (you can read it here if you want). I'm going to split the posts up, so they wont get too long (most will probably be pictures, but anyway...) and I'm planning to write about other things as well along the way. This means you're going to read about my Crete adventures for a while - I hope that's okay. 

We stayed in a small village just outside the larger town Rethymnon and we spent some time there. I guess you can call it a "big city". At least there's a lot of trafic, a lot(!) of shops directed at tourists and taverns and frozen yoghurt (which for me is part of a definition of a truly big city - I'm quite sure you can't get that here in Aarhus, right?!). Here's a few pictures of Rethymnon - I really liked this city. It had just enough city vibes to it, but without the beggars and people who would trick you to buy things (or even trick you to steal from you - luckily we didn't meet any of those). 

Har du været nogle spændende steder denne sommer?

Did you go anywhere this summer?