Vort Bread Recipe from Swedan

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The Swedish household seems to specialize in fancy breads for Christmas-saffron bread, Vortlimpor, fennel bread, cara­way bread. One loaf is to be shaped like a boar's head, deco­rated, and allowed to remain on the dining room table throughout the holiday. This is regarded as a prayer for next year's harvest. The vort bread seems the most important of these many varieties.

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