Tinker's photos

Mona's house

a hint of car

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One of the ex-cars in the yard, now disappearing under the snow

it's a reindeer!!

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On my first day - it was nibbling hay from the neighbours' horses. All reindeer run wild, but all belong to Sami reindeer herders

it's a reindeer!!

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the horse seems totally unimpressed with this ("it's eating my dinner!")

it's a reindeer!!

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the horse seems totally unimpressed with this ("it's eating my dinner!")

my first try at making mjukstut

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success! (my second one was not as good)

my first try at making mjukstut

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watching carefully with Birit so it does not burn - it only bakes for about a minute

my first try at making mjukstut

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then you have to flip it off the big round thingy onto the oven surface. Apparently this is a skill not everyone has, but I has it!! Mona was impressed - she has been making this bread with her mother for years and still cannot do this bit

my first try at making mjukstut

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you lift the thin dough with a flat stick and get it onto the big round thingy to put in the oven

my first try at making mjukstut

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you roll the dough out very thinly, into a round, then use a nobbly rolling pin (nagg)

fast bread baking

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It only takes about a minute to bake

some Jämtland dialect

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on the wall in Berit's bakehouse

cute candleholder

Berit's bakehouse

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the wood fired oven, which uses birch wood

Berit's bakehouse

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Berit makes traditional Jämtland thin bread, known as mjukstutar or mjukpikkebrö or commonly as tunnbröd

Berit's bakehouse

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the table for rolling out - covered with cloth

Birit's bakehouse

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Birit makes traditional Jämtland thin bread, known as mjukstut or mjukpikkebrö or commonly as tunnbröd

Berit's bakehouse

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Berit lives next door to Mona, and is married to Mona's father's cousin Johan (got that?)

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