Guest guest Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Tomorrow is Christmas Eve (julafton, in Swedish), but it is also known as "dopparedagen" (means: dipping day). And traditionally the countdown to Christmas can be done with the (when Christmas is far away exceedingly long...) phrase ending in "the day before the dipping-day". Hence, today is "the day before the dipping-day", yesterday was "the day before the day before the dipping day" and the day before that was "the day before the day before the day before the dipping day", and so on and forth, you get the picture I am sure...Anyhow, the name "dipping day" comes from the traditional Christmas lunch (on December 24), which consists of slices or pieces of bread that are dipped in meat stock (typically the stock from the cooking of the Christmas ham, or from the cooking of any of the other Christmas meat dishes, like sausages etc), and served with mustard. And in many families also served with something else on the side, in 's family it's served with sausages on the side. The tradition can be traced back to ritual sacrificial meals during the Viking age, but probably also has to do with practical reasons, such as the enormous amount of cooking already going on during that day (in preparation for the traditional Christmas dinner the same evening) could make fixing lunch a bit of a stretch (and probably even more so in the time before take-aways...), so you'd use what you had on the stove anyway (the stock) and combine it with something that didn't need cooking (the bread).love and Christmas greetings/Reb – who is looking forward to the dipping and getting hungry just writing this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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