Although moroszka raspberry (Rubus chamaemorus) grows mainly in the northern hemisphere (between 78 and 55 parallel), occasionally it can be found in Scotland, Wales, in the U.S. states of Minnesota and Maine, on Long Island, in Germany on the Weser and Elbe.
Intriguing and exotic sound of its name in different languages: Hungarian - läpi Málna, Czech - Ostružník moruška, Italian - camemoro, Catalan - romegueró de torbera, Portuguese - Amora-branca-silvestre, Swedish - hjortron, Norwegian - multe, English - cloudberry , Russian - moroszka. People of the North, żywiący the meat and fish, vitamin deficiencies have long supplemented fruits of the forest, picking blueberries, cranberries and moroszka.
Raspberry is inconspicuous shrub reaching a height of 26 cm. It grows in swamps and tundra, producing only one fruit. Matured since the first days of August, when the berry after the change in color from red to amber becomes soft, sticky and juicy. Rich in vitamin C, the original sweet-sour taste, is also a natural preservative that allows for long storage.
Shrub can withstand temperatures below -40 deg C, but is sensitive to the effects of salt and a protracted drought. Its larvae feed on the leaves of certain butterflies and hymenopterous, sometimes causing loss of the harvest. Once a year in Norway fail to collections, it was necessary to bring almost 300 tonnes of fruit from Finland. With long does the preserves, jams, juices, liqueurs, liquors and wines, excellent filling for tarts, cheesecake and fried Swedish camembert cheese. Ice cream parfait with have traditionally served as dessert during the annual gala in honor of Nobel Prize winners in Stockholm. The deli large cities in Europe, the Asian part of Russia, Canada and the United States you can buy frozen raspberries fruits of this (35-dag a jar of jam - about 60 SEK).
In the countries of the North are a popular fruit-based liqueur raspberries. At the forefront of the Finns - their 21-percent. Lakka has a strong smell, strong flavor and is very sweet. For centuries, juice learn to aquavit, vodka traditional Norwegians and Swedes. The famous American brewery in Milton, Delaware produces strong beer but called the Arctic. Rodriguez's Wine Bar in Newfoundland specializes in producing wines fruit ripening on the Labrador. Chicoutai is a brand of traditional liqueur from Quebec - the name refers to the determination of autochthonous raspberries best gather yourself, as I did last year on the wetland areas Tiomila Skogen, a province lying near the northern ends of Lake Vänern, Sweden's biggest. Amber just a handful of fruit cool slightly, sprinkle with powdered sugar and cover with plenty of whipped cream. Finns traditionally eat it local species of cheese, as well as sour cream and sugar. In Sweden, the jam lubricates the pancakes and waffles, jam added to vanilla ice cream. Norwegians love with whipped cream and plenty of sugar, of cookies. In folk medicine, Scandinavian raspberry leaf used to make infusions to help in the treatment of diseases of the urinary tract.
Canadians add moroszka to produce a local type of beer. In Alaska, the berries raspberries mixed with fat, caribou and seal, oil, and make known. Eskimo ice cream. These fruits have become so popular that sales in Sweden alone, more than thousand tons per year! For decades, the collection helps the Poles - in buying a kilo of fruit you can get up to 16 euros. Leaves and fruit of the cloudberry appear on the coat of arms of Norwegian municipalities Nesseby in the northern province of Finnmark, and the Finns put it on a coin with a value of 2 euros.
Christmas in Swedish
• Swedish przystrajają homes with candles, leprechauns, angels, gingerbread, and on the front door wreaths hanging from branches of pine or blueberries
• Do not observe fasting. On the Christmas table, but herring, smoked salmon, cod ryżanki and ługowanego there is also a ham, liver pate and pork jelly
• The word "julklappar" that sets out the gifts, means "knocking". Historically, the Christmas Eve stalked from donor gifts to the door, knocking on i. .. fled
• Once the gifts roznosił Koziołek, a hundred years makes this brownie Jultomten. According to the beliefs he lived under the floor and during public holidays in return for food and keep household pets
• The Swedes do not know the midnight mass, and go to church in the morning the first day of the holidays. I once held a church sleigh races - winning was to bring a rich harvest in the coming year
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