Plum Tarte Tatin

Today we went to M. en A. to fix their computer. They have a big plum tree and because they had about 4 kilos of plums and A. doesn't like plums at all, we took 2 kilos home with us. And because we had 2 kilos of plums I desided to try and make a lactose free plum tarte tatin.


First I cut the plums in half and removed the stones.

I made a bit of karamel, which didn't work out at all at first. Somehow, the butter (made of soy) and sugar turned into a thick paste. So I started over and the second time it did turn out quite good. I baked the plums in the karamel and after a few minutes they turned into some kind of marmelade :) (not quite sure if it is supposed to look like this :))


I poored this "soup" in a mould and I made a dough to cover it with. It had been in the oven for 30 minutes at 200 degrees Celcius.

After this it turned out to be soup after all... But I hope it will taste good anyway...

Ubuntu cola

Back again from Norway, with a stop in Sweden and a stop in Danmark, so time to pick up where I left off. By the way, G&A are married and it was a beautiful wedding! Also a great stay in Norway.

Wednesday the 29th we were in Sweden still, and we decided to make a trip to two nearby islands offshore, Tjörn and Orust, though they were both connected by bridges to the mainland. Like our travel guide mentioned, they didn't have anything special to visit, they were just nice places to drive or rest.

Now, the gas station where we refueled had these 0,5 L coke-bottles, which were named Ubuntu cola! Isn't that great? For those of you who don't know the other Ubuntu, it's quite a popular Linux distribution (computer operating system) and I guess the most renowned. It's free software. From their website:

Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'Humanity to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'

Unfortunately, the coke wasn't for free. However, it tasted like it should have been :). Which is to say, it didn't actually taste like coke (no, not even like Pepsi). I guess it was part of some sort of charity project, so I guess it's good for your karma at least.


At the local bakery at one of the villages on Orust, I got this funny little bread, which wasn't really anything special. Like the picture shows, it had some lettuce, hard-boiled egg slices, tomato and cucumber. On top of it was some pieces of pickled herring. All over Scandinavia they have these kinds of pickled herring. Where the Dutch pickled herring is either very salt or very sour, the Scandinavian type is subtly sweet with a hint of sour. I like it! It went well with the other ingredients on the bread and made for a nice snack.