Crayfish

In mid-August, it's crayfish time in these parts. There is a festival in Malmö that is kicked off with a big crayfish festival. Eric from work organized a group to go and Chris and I joined in. Claiming the tables starts in the wee hours of the morning, but the festival doesn't start till 7 PM. Andrea was kind enough to go early and save a table for us. Seeing as how we didn't want to picnic all the makings of a crayfish party to Malmö, we had some friends over and ate before we went.

We had crayfish, Västerbotten pie (cheese pie), and cheesy mushroom toast.

 

Crayfish here are saltwater and bigger than what you'd expect from a typical New Orleans dish. They are also pickled in dill brine.

 

Keeping to Swedish weather, it was raining, but we went anyway. There were thousands of people there and country music was on the stage.

Above is Asier from Spain and Gareth from England. Below is Eric. He is very good to help all us expats integrate into Swedish life. It's always good to have friends.

It was a great party!

 

 

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