Today let me talk about the biscuits: Yum! So charming!

10 April 2013 at 13:29 Queenie my mouth was watering as I looked at your biscuits, interesting reading about tea and coffee in Sweden

10 April 2013 at 15:01 Elizabeth Braun said...

Sounds fascinating, I look forward to seeing more on this. You've got a lot done already.=)

So, Kafferep is the Swedish for Kaffee und Kuchen in German. I understand.=)

10 April 2013 at 16:31 Good thing this piece is not hanging near my computer, it is just too tempting. (Of course one needs to take a bite of each just to test it...and then eat the rest so it won't go to waste).

10 April 2013 at 18:13 Liz Eph said...

these look delicious, especially the strasbourg biscuit. love the fabric for the heart

10 April 2013 at 20:07 Yummy!!!!! Very creative! Thank you for giving the names and details of the biscuits. Looking forward more of these kinds Queenie.

10 April 2013 at 22:13 Lins Artyblobs said...

The biscuits look tasty - I could eat them but I don't think I could pronounce their names.

11 April 2013 at 03:28 Ha, ha! Well, at a 'Kafferep' you simply stretch out your hand and load the plate, so there is no need to know the names.

11 April 2013 at 14:46 All over the world there is some kind of 'tea time' with things that are eaten between, or instead of, meals. What would there be at your 'tea party'?

11 April 2013 at 14:48 Thank you. The vanilla heat biscuit has a dusting of powder sugar but I could not find a suitable fabric so I chose the golden swirls instead. The Strassburgare (notice the Swedish spelling!!) IS delicious!

11 April 2013 at 14:51 Yes, Julie that is the problem with REAL edible sweets and cookies, it is too easy to overeat for the sake of not wasting them. Cotton cookies, however, will never go to waste, nor will they go to your waist, either!

11 April 2013 at 14:56 The quilt has several blocks with various items from the Kafferep tradition, and I will feature a block at a time.
I am not sure what the German 'Kaffee und Kuchen' actually means, is it just the 'tea break', 'afternoon snack' or is it a planned tea PARTY (obviously with coffee)?
'Rep' in the Swedish expression Kafferep could refer to two words:
repa = to tear, it is possible that old fabric was brought and torn into strips for rugmaking during these parties or
repartisera = share, which would suggest that every guest brought something (a cake, buns, rusks or biscuits)
the origin is unknown, I'm afraid, but my guess is the latter explanation

11 April 2013 at 15:33 Sweden supposedly has the world's second largest consumption of coffee, Finland being the world leader. Cold countries = cravings for hot drinks?

11 April 2013 at 15:41 Thank you. This quilt is a 'Lesson in Swedish Coffee Culture'!

11 April 2013 at 15:43 I would right away bite into them - they are lovely and it is so similar to German "Kaffeeklatsch" which melans that ladies come together to relate all news about neighbours and other "important" things and of course cakes are important, too.

11 April 2013 at 18:11 Your cookies looks delicious, love the ruched one!

12 April 2013 at 00:51 Your quilt looks lovely and the biscuits good enough to eat!

13 April 2013 at 18:59 Hopscotch said...

Very clever translation into fabric!
My coffee break would be a large frothy, milky coffee with a fancy iced slice, filled with creamy confectioners custard!
How to make it calorie-free???

15 April 2013 at 15:17 Spot on! This is Swedish Kaffeeklatsch. Another important part of the gathering was exchanging recipes, and maybe 'checking' each others' skill at baking.

15 April 2013 at 15:55 The 'real' ruched cookie IS delicious!

15 April 2013 at 15:56 Thank you. More edibles will appear in future blog post.

15 April 2013 at 15:57 That's a good question, Barbara! How about this: skimmed milk for the coffee drink, a thin layer of icing and skip the custard? No, that wouldn't be any fun. The best way is maybe to make this a once-a-week-only coffee break and then have herb tea and rusks for the rest of the time!

15 April 2013 at 16:02
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