Cinnamon & Cloves & Sugar Little Lemon and of course Wine..boil it and enjoy it!

I love it!

Fahej & Szegfuszeg & Cukor es egy kis citrom....es persze Bor...forrald fel es elvezd!

En imadom!

My new party gloves....Sarah have bought "tons" of rings. Look :)

Az uj party kesztyum...Sarah pedig millio gyurut vasarolt. Nezzd :)

My old compact camera have seen its last days... I can not even close it anymore (to much beachtrips and sand hihi) ..it has been with me everywhere and have given me 1000s of great memories. RIP my Canon :)

A regi fenykepezogepem utolso napjai...mar nem is mukodik,a homoktol nem tudom becsukni szegenyt. Darabjai hianyoznak :( Nagyon szerettem,tobb ezer kepet keszitett nekem, sok elmenyunk volt egyutt ... Nyugodj Bekeben Canon :-)

A new camera was on my wishinglist this Christmas...and Santa was good to me.

Egy uj kezi kamera rajta volt a karacsonyi kivansaglistamon...Jezuska hozott is nekem egyet

I take so much pictures...and for a long time I have been filling up my harddisk at least once a month hihi...so much work to burn and make place all the time. Santa helped me with that problem too...as he gave me an extra harddisk with 1.5 TerraByte place. (That is like 320 DVDs). Juhuu!!!

Love you Santa :)

Rengetek kepet keszitek....allandoan betelt a gepem a fotokkal....honapban egyszer tuti.... hihi...annyira sok munka kiirni oket, helyet csinalni. Jezuska ezen a problemamon is segitett....kaptam tolle egy harddisk-et 1.5 TerraByte hellyel!!Az olyan 320 DVD-nek felel meg! Juhuu!

Imadom a Jezuskat :)

Pappa..I want that one!!!

Today we bought our dinner for New Years Eve :-) We tried this last year too and it was a success, so no reason to not repeat something like that. Pictures from last year roasted pig are HERE.

This little pig is 5.4 kilo and it will be first time for Sarah and Adrian to taste roasted pig made in the oven...so I am looking forward to this. I hope I can make it to a new and exciting experience for them.

Have you ever roasted a pig in the oven before? Do you have any tip? What is your plan for NY food?

Ma megvettuk a szilveszteri vacsit :-) Tavaly is malacot csinaltunk Szilveszterre,es nagy sikere volt,igy gondoltuk meg kell ismetelni...hihi

Kepek a 2009 -es malaunkrol itt

Az idei Spanyol Malacunk 5.4 kg. Sarah & Adrian elosszor fognak sult malacot kostolni...kivancsi vagyok mit szolnak....az elkeszitese se piskota :)

Keszitettel mar sult malacot sutoben? Tip? Mi a szilvesztri menud?

Did we get snow for New Years Eve?? This picture is taken today in Santa Pola...just a short 15 mins drive from where we live...

Szilveszterre lesz ho?? Ezt a kepet ma csinaltam Santa Polan...15 percre onnan,ahol alkunk...

..NO Snow hihi.. Santa Pola has salt ponds and when you drive along the coast you can see several white mountains like this...and very often flamingos. See more here.

...NEEEM ho hehe...Santa Polanak tobb sos tava is van, es ha a part menten mesz autoval, biztos latsz jo par ilyen feher "so hegyet"...es gyakran flamingokat is! Itt

On our way into Alicante we stopped at a beautiful park called El Palmeral. Every time we have passed this place on the way to/from Alicante we have been talking about stopping. Today was that day!

Alicante fele megaltunk egy nagyon szep parkban,amit El Palmera- nak hivnak. Ahanyszor elmentunk mellette mostanaban,mindig meg akartuk nezni...ma vegre sikerult!

One thirsty Palm tree :)

Egy szomjas palmafa :)

Waterfall girls (Above/Under)

Vizeses

It is possible to rent a small rowing boat for this lake...maybe next time :))

Lehet kis hajot is berelni,es korbe menni a park korul :))

Frode and the kids!

Frode es a gyerekek!

Sarah and Adrian..at Alicante harbour. So many nice "boats" there!

Sarah es Adrian az alicantei kikotoben. Annyi sok szep hajo volt!

From the marina we went for a stroll on Alicante Explanada promenade. There we stopped for some food and shopping.

A kikotobol egy hosszu setara mentunk, ettunk es shoppingoltunk a setalo utcaban...

At the end of the promonade we went into Canalejas Park where they have these HUGE trees, and I could "play" a little hihihi. By the end of the day we drove to Elche (on the way home), so Sarah could do some shopping at Primark....

Canalejas Parkban csinaltunk par szuper kepet ezekrol az orias fakrol es gyokereirol vagy mi....hehe Nap vegen Elche-be mentunk ,hogy Sarah tudjon vasarolni a Primarkba....

I have made more cupcakes....yammie

Meg tobb Muffin....Yammie

Today we had really good weather, so we all had a relaxing time next to the pool...with some wine :-)

Ma nagyon szep ido volt, mindannyian a medence mellett napoztunk...egy kis borral :-)

Sometimes it is nice to order in food...today we had Chinese food.

Finomk Kinai vacsi volt ma..

Sean is ready for the evening

Sean keszen all az estere

Family Dinner. Turkey on the menu today!

Csaladi vacsora. Pulyka a mai menu!

Christmas Postcard 1

Kepeslap 1

Christmas Postcard 2

Kepselap 2

Christmas Postcard 3

Kepeslap 3

Christmas Postcard 4

Kepseslap 4

Christmas Postcard 5

Kepselap 5

We gave eachother gift on 25 Dec as well..since Sarah and Adrian just arrived this day...

December 25-en ajandekoztunk,mert aznap erkezett Sarah & Adrian...

...and Sean was busy all night playing with his new toys :-) Here he is calling Krisztian hihi

...Sean elvolt foglalva egesz este a jatekaival :-) Itt eppen a keresztpapat hivta fel hihi

It was pretty cold yesterday...like 10C...but Adrian really wanted to try our pool..so we let him do so. Hahahaha, he came up pretty fast. But it was very brave of him, I couldnt do it!

Nagyon hideg volt tegnap...10C...de Adrian kiakarta probalni a medencenket...eleg gyorsan kijott a vizbol.haha

Adrian, the Viking... Merry Christmas :))

Adrian ,a Viking....Boldog Kartacsonyt :))

Not easy to see on these pictures, but the Christmas tree is chocolate brown. First time I have seen a tree like that and it was a perfect fit with the colors in the house.

Nem konnyu latni a kepeken,de a karacsonyfa csokolade barna. Meg nem lattam eddig csokolade barna mufenyot, nagyon jol illik a hazba.

Sean got this "heisekran" from Farmor (Grandmother). He really loves cranes and he couldnt get a better toy. Thx Farmor Ruth!

Sean kapott egy darut karacsonyra a nagymamatol.Imadja!

My favorite spice - Natvigs Krydderblanding - (Norwegian Spice)

HOW TO MAKE RIBBE (LOIN RIB OF PORK)

Rub the loin with a generous amount of Natvigs Krydder (or salt and pepper which has been thoroughly mixed (twice as much salt as pepper)). Make sure that the bones are "cut" off / broken (inside/backside of the loin) and make square cuts on the rind. Let the pork stand in water for 24 hours faced down (In a cold place like fridge). Let the water level be a few cm up on the meat.

Preheat your oven to 250C . Take the ribbe out from the water, empty the pan and refill it with fresh water and spice the ribbe again. Place back the ribbe, still faced down. Take silver foil on, all over the ribbe and place the ribbe "low" in the oven. After 30 mins you take away the silver foil AND turn the ribbe, let it rest on an oven rack ontop on the pan..so the fat drips down to the water. Reduce the heat to 200C and let it stand for 1H-1.5H until it looks nice and brown. Once "done" turn on the grill so the rind becomes chrispy...these cracklings are really good. OBS it is very easy to "burn" the rind if you dont pay attention during this "grilling". It only takes a few minuts to make the rind chrispy. Let the food rest for 10-15 mins before you eat it.

The accompaniments served with ribbe vary. We like to have potatoes, brussels sprouts, sauerkraut, red kraut and tyttebær (lingon/cowberries) and the sauce we used is based on the water/fat that we had in the oven. To make enought..empty the water into a bowl 1 time during the session and add more water. That way you will for sure have enought sauce.

The final result - Ribbe is a very jucie and tasty dish...that I am sure will be on my menu every Christmas from now on.

Na ez az a posta, amit nem fogok leforditani magyarra :) Ha valaki meg is szeretne elkesziteni a Norveg Karacsonyi Vacsorat, szoljon...megeri,mert nagyon finom!