Do you remember this picture? I took it to show you how crazy-looking I can be, but forgot to tell you a bit more about what I am eating in the picture…
Some of you recognized the ‘rågkakor’ straight away. “Polar bread!” you cried in joy.
‘Rågkaka’ means rye cake, but actually these babies are round bits of soft rye and wheat bread with a few spices thrown in. They are still made in the traditional way up in the north of Sweden – way up north where the polar circle can be found.. hence the name: polar bread.
People used to bake these unleavened bread rounds in stone ovens once upon a time and they are still used in Sweden to make sandwiches.
Personally, I eat them toasted for breakfast with the drizzled honey melting on the slightly crispy bread.
If that is too tame, then you can go wild and use them as pizza bases, top them with mozzarella, mango and rucola (that’s rocket or arugula for some of you) or play frisbee with them. And if you toast them over a candle, then they’ll catch fire!
They are nothing if not versatile.
For more versatility, then visit: That’s my world!
Lady Fi 
That looks yummy…. you got me hungry now!
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I could eat some right now!
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Those look tasty! Ok time to make brekkie!! :))
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Hmmn. I’m intrigued but rye has a very strong flavor.
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Sounds delicious!
Better go get some breakfast now!
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Stop, you’re making me hungry. Polar bread? It looks really yummy. And, no, you don’t look crazy – that would be normal in Vegas.
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Boy I’m sure glad we have that fire extinguisher in the kitchen 😉
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It looked more like biscuit than bread. 🙂 I wondered how it tasted like.
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hihi, första gången jag deltar i den här så hälsar en svensk polarkaka på 🙂
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You can get sandwiches made from those at our local supermarket – it’s just called Swedish bread. I do like them but then I am a bread fanatic
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To echo French Fancy, I sometimes buy “Swedish sandwiches” from boulangeries. Very tasy too.
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Or even:
Very tasty too.
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I’ve never seen that before, but any sort of bread product is okay by me! Is the “toasting over a candle” thing from personal experience, or does it say that on the package?
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Hi Ladyfi, I also wondered about the “toasting over a candle” ? Sounds student-related, ha! I’ve read through many of your posts and LOVE your blog. Well done on speaking Swedish. Thanks for visitin my blog today
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never ever seen them before, do polar bears eat it too?
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🙂
I am tempted.
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My kids LOVE them and brought two big packs home with them.
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MmmmmmMmmmm … those look very yummy … especially drizzled with honey !!
So did you try toasting them over a candle flame ?? 🙂
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I think that we had something similar out here. But minus the spices, and good stuff.
Looks yummy.
Jen
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I have never even heard of these, but they do sound delicious.
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Looks good!
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Oh I love polar bread and we can buy it here also but not in the big bags you have in Sweden. However, if the Captain comes home this week we are planning to go to Sweden (Charlottenberg) and do some “harry shopping” and polar bread will be on my list!!! :-))
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The way you have them for breakfast sounds yummy, indeed. I’d imagine the possibilities are endless.
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Those sound fantastic!
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I love anything rye and these sound wonderful, I can smell the honey on them now!
http://aguthrieimages.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-world-tuesdaya-little-bit-of-tujunga/
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I was thinking they look way too healthy, but your breakfast sounds alright!
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Well, Lady Fi, I see from the picture you certainly have an abundance of scissors.
Wonder if we can get this polar bread in the states?
And thanks for clearing up the ricola mystery. I was thinking it was Ricoloh (that sore throat lozenge) and couldn’t picture it on bread.
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The bread looks tasty and you don’t look very crazed at all. 🙂
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You really mentioned some “versatile” uses for this bread! 🙂 Looks yummy. Wish I could try it, but I bet it´s illegal to send bread in the mail…. huh? 🙂
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FIRE BREAD! My FAVORITE!
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That was an interesting and unusual post for My World. I’d give it a try if I could.
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For being a person who does not cook, your blog has more food in it than an actual cooks blog…I’m starting to get a little bit scared 😉
What’s next…a cook book?
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polar bread sounds yummy
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LOL!! I just love that you know toasting them over a candle sets them on fire….Hmmm, I wonder how you know that!!! *grins*
They do sound delicious!!
C x
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Mmm – it does look good. I wish I was wheat intolerant, but I’m not.
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You have so many interesting types food over there! I think I could get hooked on that stuff, much like my craze for Cheeze Itz, Ranch Doritos, Triscuit crackers.
Love the name, Polar Bread. Sounds like a seasonal type.
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I also thought the name polar bread was very interesting, I could not even begin to pronounce that Swedish word..
Thank you Lady Fi, for enlightening us on use of candles to warm this bread with..I imagine they use that technique up near the Artic Circle..little did they know of your ability to try anything once..and then blog about it too! 🙂
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Hello all,
Polar bread is indeed the best! can somebody help me to find more lunch recepies with Polar bread ? plzz 😀 😀
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