Originally Posted by Fornebufox

Ah, a New World Swede. Similarly, my mother, who was from France, would thin the last of the Sunday pancake batter to make crepes. But in France I've never seen crepes served for breakfast.

Were your grandmother's pancakes flat, or puffy and eggy? What you describe sounds like Danish ebbelskiver (sp?).

Anyway BACK on topic, the IKEA crayfish party was just great. Lots of Swedes but twice as many Asian guests, all skilled and enthusiastic crayfish eaters who took full advantage of all-you-can-eat. Lining up to enter we were almost run over by a pair of very eager Swedish (by way of Bay Ridge) grannies who weren't going to let anything get in the way of their kraftor--with at least 200 lbs of crayfish (plus boiled shrimps, meatballs, etc.) that wasn't an issue. People went back for seconds, thirds, fourths...At each place there were kraftor-themed napkins, bibs, party hats, and a booklet of snapsvisor (drinking songs). Two accordionists played Swedish and American traditional music. The food was good and the atmosphere was very fun. All this for $10!

I'm looking forward to the Julbord (Christmas smorgasboard) scheduled for December 10.