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OK here are some good Viking recipes as requested by block: Swedish Meat Balls- Meat Mixture: 1lb. ground beef Gravy: 1/4 lb. ground pork 1/2 cup fine bread crumbs 2 Tbsp. margarine or butter 1 cup milk 1 cup of half & half or beef stock 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. cornstarch 1/4 tsp. white pepper 2 Tbsp. cold water 1 egg 2 Tbsp. finely chopped onions Combine meat mixture ingredients; beat with a fork and shape into meatballs (small ones about 40 or 50) Heat margarine in large skillet over moderate heat. Brown meat balls on one side about 2 minutes; turn and brown on the other. Reduce heat to low and cover pan. Simmer for about 15 minutes. Remove meatballs, pour off fat. Add half & half or beef stock. Blend constarch and water. Add to pan. Stir over moderate heat until mixture comes to a boil. Taste and if necessary, add salt and pepper. Serve gravy with meatballs. You can serve these over noodles for a traditional meal, or as an appetizer, coat the meatballs in the gravy and then put a toothpick in each meatball and serve on a platter.

Chocolate Balls 1 and 1/4 c. oatmeal 1 tsp. vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp. sugar and a dash of vanilla will do) 1/2 c. sugar 2 Tbs instant coffee 3/4 stick butter 3 Tbs. cocoa Colored sprinkles of your choice Melt butter. Mix all other ingredients into the melted butter and let cool. Roll into walnut sized balls, then roll in sprinkles.

VP86's Pepparkakor- Scandinavian Christmas ginger cookies, traditionally cut into heart shapes Ingredients 1/2 c molasses 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 c sugar 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 c butter 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 egg, well beaten 1/2 tsp ginger 2 1/2 c sifted all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp cloves Instructions Heat molasses in small saucepan to boiling point. Then boil 1 minute. Add sugar and butter and stir until butter is melted. Cool completely. Beat in egg. Sift together flour, salt, soda and spices. Add to first mixture and mix thoroughly. Cover bowl tightly and chill for an hour or so. Roll out a portion of the dough at a time on lightly floured pastry cloth. Roll out thin. Cut into desired shapes. Bake at 350 for 6 to 8 minutes. Yield: 10 dozen cookies The flavor will ripen after a few days when kept in an air-tight container. You can decorate with designs of white icing, piped on with a small decorator's tip. Served with the pepparkakor at Christmas: Gl