{"id":514,"date":"2023-02-20T15:53:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcargo.se\/?p=514"},"modified":"2023-03-08T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T13:20:41","slug":"happy-fat-tuesday-day-of-the-semla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstcargo.se\/sv\/2023\/02\/20\/happy-fat-tuesday-day-of-the-semla\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Fat Tuesday – day of the semla!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On February 21st 2023, we celebrate Fat Day in Sweden, and eat semla. And at First Cargo, we will feast on semla rolls that JTW Transport bring along – yummie!
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About 50 million of these rolls are consumed during the season in Sweden, about 6 million on Fat Tuesday! Most are made from wheat buns, whipped cream and almond pulp. A “hot wall” is a semla roll in hot milk. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fat Tuesday (Fasting Day) has been celebrated since the Middle Ages, and used to be the last chance to eat before the 40-day fast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fat Tuesday traditions in other countries:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In Norway and Denmark<\/strong>, semla rolls with jam and vanilla cream are preferred.
\nIn Finland<\/strong>, it is preferred to say fastlag bunle, because semla means roll there… <\/span>Southern Germany and Austria<\/strong> celebrate Faschingsdienstag with carnival and partying, and eat faschingskrapfen \u2013 buns filled with apricot jam. In Lithuania<\/strong>, they eat U\u017egav\u0117n\u0117s (pancakes) or spurgos (doughnuts). In France<\/strong>, the day is called Mardi Gras (which also means “Fat Tuesday”). In Great Britain<\/strong> the day is called Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, when you eat pancakes for dinner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Adolf<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is said that the Swedish king Adolf Fredrik died in 1771,
\ndue to overeating 14 semla-rolls in hot milk.
\nHowever, this is not the case – he died from stroke. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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