We were lucky to have one holiday week in
the beginning of August when the temperature rose above 20, which, together
with sunshine, made it the best week of the year on the Kemiö (Kimito) island. The headcount at our house has
exceeded ten – including 4-5 children -
throughout the summer, and when the sun appeared, we escaped the
hullabaloo with JD and took our first boat ride this summer around the island.
The main island is some 50 km long, so there is program for the whole day to go round it. JD likes the speed with all motor vehicles, and with 50 knots speed it didn’t take so many hours… We started at Strömma, filled the tank in Förby and headed to Kasnäs. Then we followed the Western coast and passed Högsåra, Dragsfjärd and Karuna, and turned towards Angelniemi and Mathildedahl and back to Strömma. The sea is most beautiful when you see it all open towards Hanko, and on the West towards Gullkrona.
While we were boating, Hank had prepared a
surprise for us. He had agreed with Westankärr farm
to buy ram testicles when they next butchered
sheep. That day happened to be our boating day, and he got 4 kgs of ram balls,
which he cleaned, cooked first in a broth, sliced the balls, and battered the slices in egg and
bread crumbs. Last, he fried them on a griddle.
This delicacy (?) was served to us as dinner.
Oh my! I first thought that I can’t eat it, however, when I saw JD and Hank taste
and take some more, I tasted one. Very mild taste, not
bad, but not my favorite either. Even Emma (9 years) tasted the balls and she ate four! Lemon juice was a nice accompaniment to the balls, which in the USA they call Rocky Mountain Oysters.
Luckily we also had some grilled lamb chops in
garlic-rosemary marinade and Feta salad, and a bottle of very good wine. Don Melchor was strong and fullbodied with a nice finish.
There’s plenty of wild raspberries growing along country roads. Our splendid summer day ended with a bowl of wild raspberries and vanilla sauce.
The main island is some 50 km long, so there is program for the whole day to go round it. JD likes the speed with all motor vehicles, and with 50 knots speed it didn’t take so many hours… We started at Strömma, filled the tank in Förby and headed to Kasnäs. Then we followed the Western coast and passed Högsåra, Dragsfjärd and Karuna, and turned towards Angelniemi and Mathildedahl and back to Strömma. The sea is most beautiful when you see it all open towards Hanko, and on the West towards Gullkrona.
While we were boating, Hank had prepared a
surprise for us. He had agreed with Westankärr farm
to buy ram testicles when they next butchered
sheep. That day happened to be our boating day, and he got 4 kgs of ram balls,
which he cleaned, cooked first in a broth, sliced the balls, and battered the slices in egg and
bread crumbs. Last, he fried them on a griddle. 
This delicacy (?) was served to us as dinner.
Oh my! I first thought that I can’t eat it, however, when I saw JD and Hank taste
and take some more, I tasted one. Very mild taste, not
bad, but not my favorite either. Even Emma (9 years) tasted the balls and she ate four! Lemon juice was a nice accompaniment to the balls, which in the USA they call Rocky Mountain Oysters.
Luckily we also had some grilled lamb chops in
garlic-rosemary marinade and Feta salad, and a bottle of very good wine. Don Melchor was strong and fullbodied with a nice finish.There’s plenty of wild raspberries growing along country roads. Our splendid summer day ended with a bowl of wild raspberries and vanilla sauce.
Pizza day became favorite
Next day we made pizza in the Big GreenEgg. It was fun, all the kids and young men who are not used to baking liked it a lot. Everyone made their own pizza, rolled the dough and chose their ingredients.
It took a couple of hours to make altogether 12 pizzas, first to heat the Egg to 350
degrees C, and then each pizza took 5 minutes in the grill.
I didn’t expect that you can make
really crispy pizzas at home with a grill, but with a pizza stone they were perfect. The secret is
in the dough (we bought Fazer ready made frozen dough) and the heat! This was so successful that we made it already a second time, and for sure, many more times with kids.
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