{"id":539,"date":"2006-02-24T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2006-02-24T16:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.tjerngren.net\/wp\/?p=539"},"modified":"2006-02-24T21:33:05","modified_gmt":"2006-02-24T19:33:05","slug":"ive-seen-the-future-and-its-made-of-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/?p=539","title":{"rendered":"I’ve seen the future and it’s made of chocolate.<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you may or may not have noticed, Fat Tuesday is fast approaching. Not being Catholic (nor, indeed, any other sort of Christian), and not living anywhere near New Orleans, I spent most of my life taking no notice whatever of its coming. Since moving to Sweden, however, I haven’t missed a single Mardi Gras … in fact, I generally spend the weeks leading up to it engaged in as much advance celebration as I can. There is a reason for this, of course, and I can sum it up in one word: semlor<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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For those who have lived in ignorance lo these many years, let me explain. Semlor<\/i> (singular: semla<\/i>)–sweet buns with almond-paste filling and whipped cream–are the traditional Fat Tuesday treat in Sweden, and starting around New Year’s they’re all over the place. All the local bakeries run ads touting their semlor<\/i> and the newspapers conduct taste tests, publishing the results so that everyone will know which semlor<\/i> to seek out and which to steer clear of. I’ll let you in on a little secret, though — this year’s best semlor<\/i> are at my house (for as long as they last, anyway).<\/p>\n

In the “Living” section of yesterday’s newspaper was yet another semlor<\/i> article, this time exploring some variations on the time-honored theme. Among the recipes listed was one that immediately caught my eye: Chocolate-Coffee Semlor, chocolate buns with a chocolate-coffee-almond filling and chocolate whipped cream. Be still, my heart. I know some might say that there’s no sense trying to improve on the original, but I assure you that they’re wrong. The classic is good–excellent, even–but it’s a well-known truth that everything is better with chocolate and coffee. Semlor<\/i> are no exception, and my entire family agrees. Next to these, the old standby just pales in comparison.<\/p>\n

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As you may or may not have noticed, Fat Tuesday is fast approaching. Not being Catholic (nor, indeed, any other sort of Christian), and not living anywhere near New Orleans, I spent most of my life taking no notice whatever of its coming. Since moving to Sweden, however, I haven’t missed a single Mardi Gras… Read More I’ve seen the future and it’s made of chocolate.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}