How We Celebrate Winter Solstice in Northern Sweden

[@KalleFlodin]

Wishing you all a very Happy Winter Solstice ❤ Thank you so much for watching our videos from here in the north-we truly appreciate you taking the time 🥰

[@AnnaKa1302]

You can put the dough on paper, then put it in a mold (then the paper won't press) and then slice it.

[@melaniesunshine1951]

I am also trying to learn the way of the sourdough. This lady seems to be the sourdough queen. She uses it everyday for all kinds of things. Her website has tons and tons of free recipes. youtube.com/@farmhouseonboone?si=S2sqZJiUyIMJxoFo

[@mjmomo541]

Your videos are some of the only ones I manage to watch without feeling the need to be "productive on the side", because - as much as I hate to admit it - my attention span grows shorter and shorter each week. To me, they provide genuine entertainment and I always feel like I want to honor the skill and love that you put into your videos. A very happy Christmas time to you, Christine, August, Tuss and Nala! xx

[@KalleFlodin]

That's like the best review ever 🥰 thank you so much for saying that ❤️

[@MiriamLove366]

I feel the same. I usually listen to vlogs while crocheting, but I always watch these.

[@KalleFlodin]

@@MiriamLove366 That makes me really happy! 🥰❤

[@ilzitek2419]

The ice baths have always fascinated me. I admire people who can do it. You baking the bread is so precious. ❤❤❤

[@MGCMG980]

You must be completely healthy to take a eis bath, no high pressure, or hearth problems.

[@hilltopvt]

When Christine's parents see this video, and how hard you tried to make a perfect loaf of bread for them, they will love you even more than they already do. It looked delicious! Happy holidays to you and yours - I can't believe August is already 8 months - beautiful boy!

[@minnamae25]

When you take your bread out of the bowl, put it right on your parchment paper. Then cut out your design, grab parchment paper and place down in your pot. You baked a beautiful sourdough bread for your first time. When i first started making it I struggled. It's because i was trying too hard. Now sourdough is so easy that I make all our breads as a sourdough. Buns, rolls, bread, and anything that involves flour, I put sourdough in it. ❤ Great video. I tried taking a cold bath once because i was desperate to bring down a fever that was causing so much pain and inflammation. It was like torture and I never done it again. 😂😂😂😂

[@gabriellagalvez.illustration]

That’s a really great first loaf!👏🏼It’s wild how different they can turn out with just tiny changes. Using the parchment paper to transfer the loaf will make that last step way easier! Happy solstice to you guys! ❄️✨

[@rlofgren6787]

The bread turned out great and looked yummy. Happy Holidays to you, Christine, and August.

[@thomashubbell8612]

Nothing is better than making your own bread after grinding your own flour; the natural flavors, and the aroma, and knowing there is nothing in the bread that you don’t want. Happy Holiday and a great New Year to you and your family.

[@PatrickDiel]

I totally get what you said about the value of physical work outside for the body and mind, even if it is as (mentally) "simple" as snow shoveling. There's more and more scientific knowledge around the whole topic of how our brain's wiring requires us to be more outdoors, more in nature, more physically active and more uncomfortable in order to stay mentally stable and happy. It'd surely be an interesting topic to discuss on one of your next Cabin Talks. Literature I found very interesting around this includes: Nature Fix by Florence Williams, Grounded by Ruth Allen, Losing Eden by Lucy Jones, At Home in Nature by Rob Wood, and Adventure Revolution by Belinda Kirk. Merry Christmas & a happy winter solstice!

[@KalleFlodin]

That's actually a great topic to dive into! 🥰 Thank you for the recommendations! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁❤️

[@killjoyredux8361]

Merry Christmas guys. Have a glögi for me! Best wishes from a warm, bright and summery New Zealand.

[@EverythingGreenish]

Happy Hollidays for you all! 25:13 I bake a lot of sourdough bread and experiments have taught me that everybody does it a little bit differently and just by trying and doing you find your own way. That is what I like about it! It looks great for a first time bread. 😊 When you live in a house where the temperature is not that high you can also proof the bread in the oven. Just warm it to +/- 40 degrees Celsius and put the bowl with cover inside and turn the oven off. After the fold you can warm the oven up again.

[@SolsticeOnAnOdyssey]

I'm so enjoying you learning how to make sour dough bread and making mistakes. Happy Mid Vinter Kalle

[@Dessi101]

Your bread seems to have turned out so beautiful Kalle! God Jul!

[@hiddenhollowcottage-xx]

Your bread is beautiful! Merry Yule to you and Christine and August. I usually put the parchment into the bowl for the second rise then lift it out by the parchment into the pot. It's just practice, but you're already doing so well.

[@Catalina58601]

I am 67 and way back in high school four of us girls would bring snacks to share together. One day a girl brought the best sough dough bread in the world and I had brought fresh crisp green bell peppers. It was the best snack I have ever had. We continued that tradition for years. Your bread looked delightful! Thanks for the memories!

[@MikeBalkansky]

Merry Christmas & a happy winter solstice & new year!

[@KalleFlodin]

❤❤❤

[@NextwithNikki]

Happy Winter Solstice. Have a Blessed year end as well. Ciao from Italy - Nikki

[@lizdemers7660]

Looks Beautiful! Perfect!

[@sonjaanderson5998]

Wishing you all Blessings from Heaven this Christmas 🎄from 🇨🇦 North

[@Infinitepossibilitiesat56plus]

Well done with the bread and I like how you celebrate winter solstice

[@NancyVanEvera]

Always enjoy your videos! Merry Christmas to you, Christine, and August!🎄

[@Ammiisa]

I checked the map and we live a little bit northern in Finland than you are located in Sweden. Our day is 3 hours and 41 minutes long today, 23th of December 🙂 sun goes up at 10:27 and down 14:08. But now it starts to get longer. Happy Christmas time for you and your family! 🎄

[@jamestrontvet2809]

❤Happy Holidays. From Minnesota USA

[@kristiecox7350]

Nice! Good job on the bread. I think we all would have issues with our firsts And thanks for being Real! ❤ Merry Christmas

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

The bread looks delicious and very professional ❤🍞

[@AudreyORourke-e1u]

Happy winter solitaire.🎄

[@karinbreidel7957]

Omg, I laughed so hard when you made the dough and it got later and later 😂😂 - that's exactly what I did the other day, only difference, I got so tired that I just left the dough to prove outside & what shall I say: the birds loved it 😂😂😂 (so I'm in the midst of sour dough struggles as well)

[@mariekebootsma4346]

Merry Christmas and the best wishes for the New Year.

[@solmagnuslaggar2394]

Kalle, when you have sawed out the ice block, just push it down a bit and let it slide underneath the other ice, that way you don’t have to split it or take it out of the water. Thanks for another great video!

[@Sasquatchflow]

Wim Hof 👍🏻 this is very healthy for you. Have a wonderful holiday ✌🏻🇨🇦

[@Houseontwobitstreet]

Good job on your first loaf of sourdough!!!

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you 🥰

[@Nicole-ld1zy]

I had to laugh when you were stressing about making bread, I feel like bread is pretty forgivable when making it. I was the same way when I started making it and then it always seemed to turn out good. Happy Winter Solstice to you all!

[@Theonewhoroamstherealms]

Happy Yule Guys ❄️

[@VonL1963]

Seasons greetings to you all, Kalle. I hope you have a wonderful time with your family. 🎄

[@KalleFlodin]

And we wish the same for you 🥰❤

[@FrantisekSchejbal]

Dear Kalle, wish you and your beloved ones (on two 👨‍👩‍👦and four legs🐾) a delightful solstice/midwinter season and party. The bread looks good. I think with training you'll be a master breadbaker and impress us all😉. Med ❤lig hälsning från Värmland/Andrea

[@miamolin]

Happy holidays to you Kalle and you'r family ❤

[@KalleFlodin]

Happy holidays Mia ❤

[@sustewart-c3c]

Happy Solstice Kalle and family! As always I absolutely love your videos, living in Devon so different to here., thank you so much. Your sour dough episode makes me smile, I have been making it every week or so for the last 4 years and remember so well how complicated it seemed….as far as I can tell, as long as you have the starter and right ingredients and leave it to rise over night it just works, I don’t worry I about kneeling in a machine; just fold it a few times if and when I remember then in the morning cut it into desired shapes with scissors and bake…makes great rolls too, perfect for breakfast…great to add seeds or fruit or rosemary and garlic; no recipe; just have fun with it. Bizarre , but handling the dough with wet hands makes it much more manageable so I have given up working it with flour, much easier. Enjoy

[@angielogue2071]

Hello!!! I bake sourdough alot! My helpful hint is to place your parchment paper on top of your dough, to flip it on the counter on top of the parchment. Then do your slits on it. Be sure to have a long enough piece of parchment paper to hold on two sides to lower it into your Dutch oven. I hope that makes sense to you.

[@paulad6728]

Your videos are so interesting to me. I am 35% or so of Swedish heritage- both immigrants were Peterson families but from different regions. I have found one Swedish cousin through DNA testing - we are Facebook friends. 4th cousins! I have always wondered about the darkness in winter. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us!

[@aleksanderjaksa5263]

Hi Kalle! Didn't catch how many degrees have water? Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your beautiful family! Greetings from Slovenia, Aleksander

[@shunawestern9153]

Your bread looked amazing, I would have been very happy if I had done that. Sourdough bread is something I would like to make, but it seems so complicated that I backed off and have never given it a try, so good for you for giving it a go and producing a fine 🍞😋. Don't know how you could plunge yourself into the freezing cold water though, that is something I didn't want to do 🤣. I've said this before but I'm gonna say it again, your baby is so adorable, and your fur baby is gorgeous too. Enjoyed watching, see you soon, take care.....🥰🇬🇧🐾🐾🏡🎄❄️🎀💕🍞👍

[@mrx-pi1qw]

Merry Christmas to you! Enjoy the nice winter weather. Regarding ice bathing: did you try to push the loose ice under the rest of the ice instead of pulling it out? We always did it that way and it seams to be easier - and you can do the whole thing in one part. Now we live in a warmer country... no ice bathing, so kind of really miss it looking at your incredible film. Enjoy :)

[@mississippi7224]

perfect bread

[@mustbeweird]

Happy holidays and great Midwinter from Finnish Lapland to you!

[@KalleFlodin]

Happy midvinter! ❤

[@lindasimson7790]

Happy Midwinter to you,🧡❤️💙

[@Infinitepossibilitiesat56plus]

I would put the bread on top of the parchment paper and then lower the bread into the pot by holding the paper .

[@megantorri1711]

The ice pictures are amazing! And your bread is beautiful, I home it was delicious.❤

[@MichelleKach]

Such a beautiful video. Thanks so much for sharing. Merry Christmas and happy new year 🫶🫶🫶⭐️⭐️⭐️😊😊😊😘😘😘🎄🎄🎄🎄🎅🎅🎅 we’re empty nesters. We’re so excited to share the holidays with our daughters & son in law. We’ve been preparing & enjoying every moment. God bless you and your beautiful family 🫶🫶🫶

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you so much 🥰 merry Christmas 🎁🎄❤️

[@Ashitaba82]

God jul, Kalle. Fantastiskt jobb med brödet, surdeg är inte det lättaste i början men å så gott 😊

[@KalleFlodin]

Va snällt sagt, jag har fortfarande otroligt mycket att lära dock 🙈 God jul ❤

[@TsubasaYurei]

Happy Holiday and Happy Winter Solstice Kalle!

[@samuelancelotti478]

Loved everything about this one :) Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@KalleFlodin]

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@kathybaker1478]

Happy Holidays! I just wanted to give you the name of my favourite sourdough resource.. check out " The Perfect Loaf" online. When I did my first dive into sourdough baking, that was my " go to " Back resource. Also, when you tip your dough out of the rising basket, tip it out onto a big piece of baking paper, on top of a baking sheet or flat surface. Then, to lower it into your hot Dutch oven, all you have to do is lower the unbaked dough into the pot using the paper. Much less stressful! Oh, and when you do your stretch and folds, keep your hands and tools wet. Then the dough doesn't stick! Merry Christmas from Canada, btw! 😀

[@BettyKoehler-zg5sv]

Christina and August are so beautiful, Kalle. He is such a contented little one, and Christina just beams in motherhood. Yikes, you submerging yourself in that ice water took my breath away! It is amazing the human body can take that! I totally appreciate folks who do it! Wow! Your bread turned out beautiful! I love your surprised reaction when you took the lid off the kettle!! Wishing you, Christine, August, and your families a wonderful holiday! Love from Pennsylvania, USA💕🌷🐻

[@yvonnebirch6026]

Merry Christmas and a great New Year. Thank you for this lovely image of your precious little family in your beautiful cabin ❤❤❤

[@deborahplyler6528]

Hello, Your bread looks beautiful, Love your prints so pretty , wow you must be use to the ice bath to be able to stay in there. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

[@jamesbell6203]

I've not experienced the short winter days you have in Sweden, but it comes across as peaceful and inspiring introspection. I supposed as long as one is living an intentional life, this can be the advantage. Your home is so beautiful with the white lights in the ice blue darkness.

[@KalleFlodin]

Yes to me it's very peaceful and calming. But I can admit I was quite scared of the dark in the beginning, but now I've learned to live with it 😊 Thank you ❤

[@lenaengell8528]

I am so happy and pleased that you have swedish names on your beautiful prints :). Wishing you and your family a very good and peaceful christmas.

[@KalleFlodin]

I'm happy you like that idea! 🥰 Merry Christmas 🎁🎄❤️

[@eduardovanzini2470]

Your submerging in the iced water remind me a pic my grandma Catalina showed me with a bit more daylight but entering in the hole with a bkack swim suit. Thank you for make me remember this precious memories. I believe she was in Rumania in that time.

[@debbiemaclean4232]

Merry Christmas.

[@KalleFlodin]

Merry Christmas ❤

[@Pethyr.Vandrar]

So glad you are uploading regularly again Kalle! :D The snow shoveling definitely looks like a fun and good workout! Also you supplement with Vitamin D during this dark days?

[@kerryhatch1736]

Happy Solstice! Your bread looks DIVINE! Do give us a report next time and let us know how it tasted! Enjoy all the blessings of the season with your family.

[@KalleFlodin]

We just tasted it this morning: Success! 🎉😍

[@marjorieroman9591]

Hey Kalle, very nice video, as usual, and so cosy! Concerning the dough, in the wintertime, i use my electric oven which starts at 35°C to replace the warmth of the summer sun ...It helps growing better and way faster...(in a bowl covered with some wet cloth) 😉 So funny this fear and pressure of complete failure (at 27:45 🤣 ) when we, as grown-up persons, learn something new , trying our best, but nothing goes "right"... Some mistakes are yet great successes, as it seems to be with your bread... It looks very nice, and hopefully tastes nice too! Let us know... Merry Christmas to you and yout little family, from France...

[@legendarytwins-777]

Happy Winter Solstice from Estonia!

[@KalleFlodin]

Happy Winter Solstice ❤

[@jencarter6785]

This is so beautiful Kalle!

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you, I'm happy you like it 🥰

[@eduardovanzini2470]

Thank you for this emotional moment (for me) i woke up very grateful emotional this morning. Watching how fast August is growing up and seeing you manifest the snow you desire makes me more grateful, content and at peace. Thank you Kalle. I think i am one of your first followers so this means a lot for me. ❤❤❤

[@KalleFlodin]

I'm so happy you liked the video 🥰 Thank you for taking the time to watch it ❤

[@eduardovanzini2470]

It really makes my week when you post a video. I wish soon to get my land and move away from the city. Not for me anymore❤. Keep inspiring us. Thank you

[@TomVERDONCK]

Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year. May all your dreams come true. Season greetings from Jämtland.

[@madeleinefinn9256]

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤

[@wheresrobbie]

That bread looks tasty to me and hope it went down well. Love to you all and Merry Christmas 🎄 xxx

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you 🥰 It was a success! ❤ Hugs from us Rob 🥰

[@christinebarone2151]

Happy healthy to you all! August is absolutely beautiful, God bless him. Thank you for sharing your life in Sweden with us all. I live in North Carolina in the USA.. we don’t get the cold and snow like you do . Enjoy.

[@chiarabaroncelli4520]

Per il pane...forse dovresti rovesciarlo sulla carta da forno,fare i decori e poi aiutandoti con la carta mettere il pane nella ghisa

[@robertmdaniels]

Wishing you and everyone all the best of everything!

[@susanmiller5852]

I love watching your content. It is inspiring! You have a beautiful family and your son is so precious🥰 Wow I am impressed how you can take an ice bath but the best part of it is getting into the sauna and finally coming to room temperature. Lol. I thought you did a good job with the sourdough bread. It turned out beautiful. I hope Christina and her parents and you enjoyed the bread at breakfast. And spending that quality time with family is so important. Have a blessed Christmas & Happy New Year 🥳🎉 With love from Pennsylvania ♥️

[@anniewalden9697]

Wow - That sauna and cold plunge was epic! The bread looked wonderful! Well done!

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you Annie 🥰

[@ganzw-erde-n4784]

Happy holidays and christmas for you, christine and august!🥰 My little nephew will be a year old in january. Time flies!🎄🎇✨️

[@QuesttoFIRE]

A suggestion for letting the sourdough rise at an “even” temperature- if your oven has a light inside it, you could put the bowl in there with the light on to provide a bit of warmth and consistency with the temperature. 😊

[@dexterisabo3137]

Yeah, I like thermal shock, but you're on your own in that ice bath 🥶

[@mxb_se]

You have a lovely family! I always enjoy watching your videos... I end up thinking about how my relatives from Sweden lived in such a beautiful snowy wilderness. Greetings from SC, USA.

[@marinka001mandarinka]

Wow, I like you new prints with ice, especially the first one. And your bread looks very beautiful, and I think tasty too. I did bread before but not so long and not so beautiful, and I guess not so tasty 🤣

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you so much 🥰 haha, maybe try again? 😅

[@marinka001mandarinka]

​@@KalleFlodinMaybe. I need to find a good recipe first, I think 🤔

[@yvonneh1457]

Hi Kalle!! And Christine!!!👋I loved this video! The fact that you like shoveling snow to keep your mind sharp and to keep your body in shape... that's so great! ... and as for the sourdough bread... it looked really good!🍽I am NO good at doing anything with homemade dough, but I have been following a Ukraine KZbin channel for a while now that follows several different Ukrainian people/families, but my favorite is Maria! She does everything with such purpose and her cooking skills are very admirable! Even though they don't really say what ingredients she uses in her recipes it's easy to tell what most of it is and those videos have me wanting to make everything she cooks!!! LOL! Might be worth checking out. The KZbin channel name is "Food Around the World". Anyway, I hope you and Christine, and little August have a wonderful Yule, Christmas, and a Happy New Year! Sending love and hugs from South, MS, USA!!! 🥰🤗

[@nane5159]

Kalle, the bread looked great! You're still just starting out and the most important thing is that it tastes good. But yes, I know you're a perfectionist. 😉 Jag önskar dig, Christine och August en god jul ❤

[@KalleFlodin]

Haha oh yes, baking bread as a perfectionist is not that easy 😅 God jul från oss ❤

[@carrolbrown7671]

Merry Christmas

[@marydonofrio8116]

Amazing bread! You did very well! Blessed Yule! Gledileg Jol!!

[@KalleFlodin]

That's sweet of you to say, thank you 🥰 God jul ❤

[@andreasahman5596]

Just found you again after not watching for a while, great video, brought me peace of mind

[@KalleFlodin]

Happy you found your way back here then 😊 Thank you Andreas ❤

[@Martipenny]

Your bread looks amazing!! I wish my bread looked that good!!!

[@ChrisC-Pi]

Love seeing the snow everywhere, so magical, that looks like hard work having to clear the drive way, but I get how that can be a good chance to clear the mind, funny how we feel most happy when we are not thinking about anything and just being and experiencing a moment, what ever it may be that we are doing at the time, wishing you a happy xmas and new year 😀... also not sure why my name isn't showing on KZbin, I did update it, it's Chris in case you forget again 😀

[@KalleFlodin]

Right? I love that something so simple can lead to happiness 🥰 happy christmas and new year to you too! ❤ Haha now I know, but yes I remembered you changed it during the live stream?

[@ChrisC-Pi]

@@KalleFlodin Yes, that is great! the simple things can make all the difference. 😄 Yeah, I changed my name during your last live stream, I think I needed to update my handle too, I just updated that as well, thanks for remembering 😀 best wishes to you. ☺

[@happy6e]

Hi Kalle. Good content. I watch your videos to relax. It's calming. Slow and enjoyable life is something my mom who is now 62 has been taking about and i get to witness it in your videos. Can I ask if you can put a month/ year stamp on your videos.. they help as we can understand the climate in northern Sweden. Thanks and keep up the good work. Happy holidays to you and your family.

[@positivevibes33333]

Happy Winter Solstice❤️🌲❄️🌞 Hope you can invest in truck with plow maybe? ❤️ The BREAD! SOOO beautiful! Well done❤️

[@elizabethbarberis9058]

I sub'd in for 'Is this normal' and now, here we are with commonality. Mid Winter Blessings to you all and all those in your hearts. (I'd add, "Be careful what you wish for!" ~ but that snow is very beautiful and does add that 'something special' to your first seasonal festivities with your son. A dab of Peace filled magic...) As I type I'm enjoying the feeling of change now that my days have begun to grow again, here in Yorkshire, uk.

[@sixgunsue8]

Hmmm, seems like a complicated version. We literally just put our flour water and salt w the starter , mix, cover and let sit over night or all day in a warm place and then shape on a parchment paper, plop it in a heated dutch oven and bake.

[@sixgunsue8]

Definitely put bread on Parchment THEN put in dutch oven. You did fantastic though!!

[@jamesonh889]

Hello Kalle and Happy Midwinter. I was wondering what you are wearing for your winter trousers? are they ski pants or something else?

[@sixgunsue8]

I'm still totally in love with your mixer and on a quest to find my own used Electrolux mixer!

[@TeresaHayes-tk7fc]

My favorite day of the year…Happy Solstice! A time of renewal, with the circle of life a promise of what is to come. As an American living in Michigan I have to make this observation…you need either a proper snow shovel (ergonomic of course), or a SNOW BLOWER!!! Wishing you and your family Blessings of the Season!

[@bjoy02]

Hi, Kalle. Happy holidays to you and Christine! Have you ever considered producing ASMR videos of your dogs blissfully sleeping by the fireplace? They make for very serene winter viewing.

[@KalleFlodin]

Yes maybe that could be an idea for the future 🥰

[@Hanna-fu1gb]

Kalle I just loved your baking with sourdough, my god I was laughing but in a good way because I am in this sourdoughworld- nerd space aswell and yes it takes time and alot of patience and MISTAKES to learn how to do it properly, a tip is to put the bread from the basket directly on a paper and cut on the paper then its very easy to put the bread on the paper in the dutchoven. It went fantastic to be the first time, good work ,be proud!!🎉🎉

[@Relevant-Cars]

god jul kalle

[@KalleFlodin]

God jul 🥰

[@arlenefmm]

Congrats on trying something new. I too am really wanting to make sourdough but where I live there are so few ingredients. I hear you need sourdough starter...but where I am thus does not exist. Anyone got tips. Merry Christmas to you and Christine and August. Thus will be one uo remember...the first as a family of 3. Happy 4u.

[@KalleFlodin]

I got the starter from Nicole, you can see that in the last clip from when I'm visiting her 😊 But there are tons of guides of there! So just search here on KZbin 😊 Merry Christmas ❤

[@patw6158]

Amazon

[@annelisjogren]

Kalle the Viking baker!! :D I hope you all enjoyed the bread! God Jul! 🌲

[@KalleFlodin]

Haha 😂 thank you, yes it was very appreciated 🥰 god jul ❤️

[@ivanposlon4528]

Hey Kalle... you should share (sell) the sourdough recipe

[@KalleFlodin]

Let me practice some months first 😉

[@dorisgodinez9303]

Very fine!

[@Daisymae55]

Beautiful Bread! Wish I could do that.

[@KalleFlodin]

Of course you can! ❤️💪

[@marygee3981]

🎉Beautiful prints. 😊

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you ❤️