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A traditional Swedish, Finnish or Norwegian bread made from a dough with rye flour or combinations of flours such as wheat, barley, and potato and leavened with leavening agents.

A Scandinavian flat bread that is very thin and round. It is made from cooked potatoes, flour, cream, salt, butter and sometimes sugar is added.

A Scandinavian alcoholic beverage distilled from potatoes or at times, from grain, which is then flavored with spices.

A popular Scandinavian alcoholic beverage, served hot that is made with spiced wine (mulled wine), a variety of spices, and several varieties of alcohol.

A Scandinavian cheese made from cow's milk which has a soft spreadable texture providing a semi-sweet taste.

A Scandinavian cheese made from cow's milk that has a soft spreadable texture providing a semi-sweet taste.

A specialty cheese, common in Scandinavian countries, that is baked as it is produced. It develops a golden brown, baked surface that has an appearance similar to a baked crepe.

A small fish native to the far North Atlantic. It has a rusty brown-red skin and averages 1½ to 2 feet in length.

A small portion of food served before the main part of a meal in order to stimulate the appetite. In the United States, an appetizer plate or buffet may be served before the main meal.

A popular breakfast and tea bread, especially in Britain and the United States, which is usually made with a dough of bread flour or all-purpose flour.

A small, ruby colored Swedish berry that grows on a creeping evergreen plant that is common in woodland forests.

For many this term refers to a cooked breakfast cereal common in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland that is made from oats.

A French term for an alcoholic beverage that is distilled from fermented fruit to produce a clear brandy or liqueur.

A meat dish, originating in Europe, that uses meatballs combined with a sauce that is served as a main dish.

A plant from the ginger family that is grown in tropical regions. As the plant grows a pod or shell containing a strand of 15 to 20 tiny seeds begins to develop as it buds out.

A kitchen utensil that is made to evenly and easily cut the various shapes and textures of cheeses into individual slices.

A white powder made for use as a leavening agent which is added as an ingredient when preparing many different types of baked goods that will have thin shells or crusts such as puff pasteries, flat breads, crackers, and some cookies.

A common food dish of Norway, Sweden and parts of Finland, made from whitefish, usually cod, soaked in water and lye (caustic soda) prior to cooking, using a process referred to a "luting" which served to dry the filet so it could be preserved.