There is
nothing that warms the soul around the holidays more than family traditions,
especially if those family traditions involve grain alcohol and small
explosions. My father’s side of the family is mostly Swedish and during the
holiday season they had several traditions. They would always get together and
make Swedish potato sausage, my grandmother would bake cookies, and, of course,
there was always a little lutefisk. One of the traditions that intrigued me the
most was Glug, this strange drink that only the adults could have. Whenever a
bottle of Glug was brought out, it instantly became the center of the
conversation. The recipe had apparently been passed down through the
generations, and there were always stories about how it was made and rumors of
relatives who had accidents while making it. Whenever Glug was brought out,
everyone enjoyed it and was excited to have some, unlike the lutefisk.
