My dad was 100% Swedish and my Grandmother (I never knew her) brought over her recipe for Potatis Korv from Sweden and every year after Thanksgiving and before Christmas, Dad and I would make it. It is potato sausage with ground round, ground pork, potatoes, onions and ground up allspice. Mom always cleaned the casings and then we would stuff them. When they were cooking it smelled up the whole house. Talk about dinner from heaven. Coleslaw, bread or Lefse and Potatis Korv.
Then for Christmas Eve Mom (100% German)would make Stollen. (That recipe came from Germany) OMG that was the flakiest with nuts and candied fruit. Mom is almost 94 now and doesn't have the strength in her legs to stand or arms to knead, so I have taken over the job. So we still have the Stollen and Potatis Korv for the holidays. It is our responsibility to pass on the family recipes that our families before us brought over from their birth country. And God bless us for passing it on to our children. My daughter in law and I have made potatis korv and it was fun - memories came swarming back like you wouldn't believe. Even though it isn't 100% American food, if you look in the grocery stores, they sell Lefse (which my sister makes from scratch) and Potato Sausage and Stollen. Doesn't taste as good, but with all the Swedes and Germans around here, it is becoming a traditional food during the holidays. Edie