Weekly News 21st Dec: Ho ho ho

Eh, we forgot to say a few things…

In all the crazy Christmas Madness we totally forgot to tell you all about the winners of Pimp My Gingerbread House 2011.

Thanks to all of you guys who entered, commented and generally made the whole competition so much fun.

The winners are:  (cue drumroll…da da da daaaaa)

Grown-Up category:  Ellen Delbourgo for her house 'Santa Vs. Monsterpus'

Kids category:  Thomas (aged 5) for his Star Wars Lego Gingerbread House (with Chewbacca guarding the Christmas Eggs)

The winners have been notified and we’re packing up their treat hampers as we speak.   You can read more about the judging right here http://z6.co.uk/z2

Julmust, glogg and pepparkaksdeg and stuff…

We’ve been good and ordered extra.  You can pop by the store on Great Titchfield Street and secure your Xmas stash if you haven’t been organised and done it already.  LAST DAY OPEN IS THE 23RD DEC so don’t delay, pop by today (wow, that’s a bit catchy, eh?)

In the news

It’s been a fruitful week in Scandinavia.  Snow is falling (saving the Christmas skiing season in Sweden), Norway gave €7 billion to the euro Crisis, Oslo has been voted the most expensive city in the world and in Rebekka’s village, a bush caught fire http://z6.co.uk/z3. It’s all big news.

Oh, and the butter crisis is still not solved:  this week, Swedes were arrested for butter smuggling http://z6.co.uk/z4

New Year’s Resolutions

The year ahead promises great things.  Not only are we all going to go Olympic mad, but we’re also all going to become better people, thinner people, happier people and generally, improve  the world around us.  Sebastian’s resolution is to go to the gym, Rebekka wants to stop swearing like the chef she is, Moa wants to learn Danish, Mari wants to stop snus’ing and Anna wants to teach Emilia to appreciate red wine.  Jonas is going to learn to sing and Bronte will finish writing at least one book. What’s your resolution? 

2012 at Scandi Kitchen will start with a bit of a less-big-bum focus:  in January we’ll have exciting new Nordic Diet inspired salads and open sandwiches, perfect for getting that good-for-you start to the year.  

We look forward to sharing with you.

In the bottom of the stocking…Ideas for last minute presents and other stuff

•    We’re loving the Royal Teabags http://z6.co.uk/z5
•    How about as shot of… http://z6.co.uk/z6
•    We’re loving this photo today http://z6.co.uk/z7

See you in the kitchen before 19:00 on Friday 23rd – or if not before then, we hope to see you back on 3rd

January, full of energy for the year ahead.

Bye for now and God Jul,

The Kitchen People

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WINNERS of Pimp my Gingerbread House 2011

It was a really, really tough call.  We're glad we didn't have to do the judging.  Actually, we couldn't do it - we felt it would be fair if we totally outsourced the judging instead.

Two lovely ladies, Theresa and Barbaba, voluntered to be independent judges and were shown all photos of all entires.  Being in opposite ends of the country, the two ladies never met and still came to the same conclusions for the winners.  Which is lucky, because that saves up from getting a headache and feeling bad about stuff.

The grown up house winner is ELLEN with her "Santa Versus Monsterpus".  The sheer attention to detail as well as the whole concept is just brilliant.

The winner of the children's category is Thomas with his "StarWars Lego Gingerbread House - Chewbacca guarding the Christmas Eggs".  Thomas is 5 and got help from him mummy to decorate it, but the concept is his own and for that, the judges felt it was a worthy winner. 

You can see all the entries right here

Thank you so much to all of you who entered the competition.  We can't wait to do this again next year on a massive scale. 

Big love

The kitchen People

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How to catch a Norwegian...

Thanks @Kajacass for this tweet

Last minutes present ideas? A shot of...

Yeps.  Spunk vodka.

Actually, you can't get this anymore as they stopped making it, but we just like the idea.

Instead, pop by the shop and stock up on the sweetie version that we have - both salty and fruity flavours.

Eh, yum?

Last minutes present ideas? Royal Tea bags

We love these tea bags