Comments on: SKOAL! http://cookingissues.wordpress.com The French Culinary Institute's Tech'N Stuff Blog Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:44:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-1657 John Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:27 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-1657 Great initiative! hahaha! Long live Max von Sydow! :) Skål på dig Nils! Great initiative! hahaha!

Long live Max von Sydow! :)

Skål på dig Nils!

]]> By: buzz http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-1492 buzz Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:34:28 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-1492 Great pics and I'll go along with Jennie. I first experienced this toasting on the island of Bornholm in 1983 with my Danish cousins. Our aquavit toasts after each of several courses--most of which were fish--was "Fisken skal svømme!" (Make the fish swim!) followed with a beer chaser. Since then, we celebrate "Fisken" the Friday after Thanksgiving with a traditional Danish meal. After dinner we enjoy more aquavit and do "Ja! Ja!s" after a nonsense rhyme my father taught us: Ja! Ja! Ja! Hvad skal du have? Tee Cent af lutefisk. Ja! Ja! Ja! Outside, at night, and at the top of our lungs. Repeat. Great pics and I’ll go along with Jennie.
I first experienced this toasting on the island of Bornholm in 1983 with my Danish cousins.
Our aquavit toasts after each of several courses–most of which were fish–was “Fisken skal svømme!” (Make the fish swim!) followed with a beer chaser.
Since then, we celebrate “Fisken” the Friday after Thanksgiving with a traditional Danish meal. After dinner we enjoy more aquavit and do “Ja! Ja!s” after a nonsense rhyme my father taught us:
Ja! Ja! Ja!
Hvad skal du have?
Tee Cent af lutefisk.
Ja! Ja! Ja!
Outside, at night, and at the top of our lungs.
Repeat.

]]> By: The Beautiful Kind http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-1181 The Beautiful Kind Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:50:27 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-1181 That was delightful! What a bunch of cuties! I would make a face for sure, I'm no stoic! I like the ones where the person has a wry look of amusement in the last image. CHEERS! That was delightful! What a bunch of cuties! I would make a face for sure, I’m no stoic! I like the ones where the person has a wry look of amusement in the last image. CHEERS!

]]> By: nilsnoren http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-1080 nilsnoren Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:35:22 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-1080 Skål Kalle! Skål Kalle!

]]> By: Magnus http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-1077 Magnus Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:56:46 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-1077 Nils! Skål! Nils!
Skål!

]]> By: karanewman http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-1058 karanewman Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:23:04 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-1058 Brilliant! If Tim Gunn isn't on your list, please do add him! Brilliant! If Tim Gunn isn’t on your list, please do add him!

]]> By: Chocolatesa http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-267 Chocolatesa Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:51:09 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-267 Heehee!! I'm definitely gonna start my own Skoal Project! Chocolatesa, half Swede Heehee!! I’m definitely gonna start my own Skoal Project!

Chocolatesa, half Swede

]]> By: Ken Forssen Sr http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-133 Ken Forssen Sr Wed, 27 May 2009 17:35:34 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-133 As I learned at a May Day military banquet at the Artilleriskotskolan, never, if there are more than six at the table, skal the hostess individually. This is to keep her upright at the table. Also, skal by descending rank of the spouse or companion of the woman. Ladies should return the skal. At a smaller smorgasbord on the commander's summer cabin for Kraftskiva, I thought I was to have a full glass with every crayfish head on the plate, and quickly learned Swedish and wound up marrying the Commander's daughter. Det kan vara farligt! As I learned at a May Day military banquet at the Artilleriskotskolan, never, if there are more than six at the table, skal the hostess individually. This is to keep her upright at the table. Also, skal by descending rank of the spouse or companion of the woman. Ladies should return the skal. At a smaller smorgasbord on the commander’s summer cabin for Kraftskiva, I thought I was to have a full glass with every crayfish head on the plate, and quickly learned Swedish and wound up marrying the Commander’s daughter. Det kan vara farligt!

]]> By: Jennie http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-130 Jennie Wed, 27 May 2009 10:12:56 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-130 Harold McGee - my hero! I'm so doing this. Fyi - I'm Danish. When someone says "skål" it goes like this: 1) Raise glass 2) Lean your head slightly to one side, and make eye contact with everyone at table, one after one, giving them a slight nod. 3) Drink. 4) Keeping glass raised, repeat step 2. 5) Place glass back on table and resume meal. Harold McGee – my hero!
I’m so doing this.

Fyi – I’m Danish. When someone says “skål” it goes like this:
1) Raise glass
2) Lean your head slightly to one side, and make eye contact with everyone at table, one after one, giving them a slight nod.
3) Drink.
4) Keeping glass raised, repeat step 2.
5) Place glass back on table and resume meal.

]]> By: sp http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/skoal/#comment-128 sp Tue, 26 May 2009 21:01:46 +0000 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/?page_id=432#comment-128 Sorry, but "restauranteur" is a barbarism. Just because millions of people and an ex-POTUS say "nukewlar" doesn't mean that pronunciation is correct either. Sorry, but “restauranteur” is a barbarism. Just because millions of people and an ex-POTUS say “nukewlar” doesn’t mean that pronunciation is correct either.

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