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Elderlyoung – Grandma’s Cinnamon Buns!

If I would have to choose one pastry that I could not live without it would definitely be the Swedish cinnamon buns – I just love them! My grandma did not have a microwave but whenever I knocked on her door the first thing she did was to put on the oven so that she could preheat some buns since she knew how much I loved them. Her secret was to add more cardamom and a lot of butter. And really when making these do not bother if you have a fear of butter cause these pastries demands a lot of butter!

 Dough

50 grams of fresh yeast 1½ cup of butter 2 cups of milk ½ tsp of salt ½ cup of sugar 5 -5 ½ cups of flour 3 tsp cardamom

 Filling

Butter (the more the better!) Sugar Cinnamon

  Melt the butter and mix it with the milk in a pot.  Using a thermometer heat it until approx. 37 C and then pour it into a bowl. Add sugar and salt, stir. Mix the flour and the yeast together before pouring into the bowl and mix it with the rest. Work the dough until it is smooth.  Put it aside and let it rise under cover in the bowl for 40 min.

After it has doubled in size roll out until it is 1/4″ thick. Try to make it fairly square. Brush dough with the butter. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on top of the butter to your taste. Roll up into a cylinder shape and cut each cylinder crosswise into 10-12 pieces. Put each piece into a muffin cup and place them in a warm place and let it rise again under cover for about 30 minutes. Brush the buns with an egg wash and then sprinkle with pearl-sugar. Bake the buns in the middle of the oven for 7-10 minutes 225 C. Eat them hot from the oven with a glass of milk!

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"He’s wonderful in bed."

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Our new friends Emely & Gun!

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"It takes a hell of a lot of pills to keep me going."

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Elderlyoung- Happy Fat Tuesday!!

The Swedish “semla” consists of a cardamom-spiced wheat bun, which has its top cut off, and is then filled with a mix of milk and almond paste, topped with whipped cream. The cut-off top serves as a lid and is dusted with powdered sugar. Each Swede consumes on average five bakery-produced semlor each year, in addition to all those that are homemade, (and the homemade are the best ones!!) Here is my Grandmas recipe! And take the time to make your own almond-paste – it makes all the difference and I promise you it so worth the extra time!

  Recipe

6 tbsp butter 1cup milk 50g of fresh yeast 1 pinch salt 3 tbsp sugar 3 cups wheat flour 1 tsp cardamom 2 eggs, beaten (one for brushing)

Filling: 10 oz. almond paste (recipe below) 2 cup whipping cream confection sugar

Almond paste: 3/4 cups almonds 1/2 cup milk 1/2 sugar

Directions:

Melt the butter in a saucepan, pour in the milk and warm until lukewarm (99° F). Pour the yeast in a bowl and stir in a little of the warm butter-milk mixture until the yeast is completely dissolved. Add the rest of the butter/milk mixture, 1 egg, salt, sugar, cardamom and most of the flour. Work the dough. It should loosen from the edges of the bowl. Allow the dough to rise under a towel for 40 minutes. Sprinkle flour on the counter and place the dough there and kneed a few minutes.  Divide the dough into 16-20 pieces. Make each piece into a round ball and put them on a baking sheet with parchment paper and let them rise for additional 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 225° C.

Brush the buns with the beaten egg and bake them for about 10 minutes in the middle of the oven or until golden brown. Let them cool on an oven rack under a towel.

Once cooled cut off the top of each bun. Take out part of the insides and put it in a bowl.

To make the almond paste, heat the milk and then pour the milk, the almonds, sugar, and the insides of the roll into a food processor until a nice smooth paste. Put this filling back into the buns. Whip the cream and put a large dollop in every bun. Put the tops back on and sift some confectioners’ sugar over the buns. Happy Fat Tuesday!!!

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5th of March, 116 years celebration for Mrs Okawa!

Congratulations Misao Okawa, soon about to turn 116 years old! She will then be the recorded as the longest living person alive. Mrs Okawa was born in 1898 and has thus, been living during three centuries. 

Misao Okawa and her older sister in the beginning of 1900.

She will celebrate with a big cake on Wednesday, together with family, friends and journalists from all over the world. “But we will only be having three candles, one for each figure of her 116 years, because that many candles could be dangerous”. 

Her advice to live a long life is good sleep at night and sushi. Research has declared people with a strong will, are outgoing and a sense of curiosity live longer than average. 

When Telegraph interviewed her, she recalls her marriage in 1919 to Yukio Okawa and the birth of their three children to be her happiest moments in life. Her saddest time during her life appeared 83 years ago, when her husband died in 1931. 

Happy birthday!

Source: here  

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Elderlyoung – Creative Director at age 81

Karl Lagerfeld was born 10th of September 1933 (which means that he’s a bit over 80!). He is a German fashion designer, artist, and photographer based in Paris. He is currently the head designer and creative director of the fashion house Chanel as well as the Italian house Fendi and his own label fashion house.  His trademark is his white hair, black glasses, and cool attitude!

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"I remember how we danced to Alice Babs and had great fun" Dagmar (89)

We asked all our elderly friends about their favorite music and collected them in this playlist. Enjoy!

"Right now I like the old dudes Mozart and Chopin, but best music of all time is of course Jussi Björling" Einar (88)

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"I’m not too emotional of a guy. People say I have a good heart, but they’re wrong. I have principles. The heart is a fickle thing. There’s no way I can love everybody. So I’m not even going to try. But I can respect everyone whether I love them or not. And that I try to do."

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Elderlyoung - Sunday Inspiration

This is an amazing story about Misao, a Japanese woman that found a stray cat and decided to keep her in her home. She took care of the cat and named her Fukumaru. Since they met they have been inseparatable, just look at the lovely pictures.

 “When I see the way my grandmother is living her life, I really feel that she has a kind of strength that my generation simply can’t match. She gets up with the sun, and goes to bed when it sets. She loves her cat and the vegetables in her field like her own children. If her vegetables come out well, she’s happy. She doesn’t have to worry about questions like ’what is the point of my work?’ Her way of life fills me with admiration and a sort of envy.” The photographer and grand daughter to Misao. 

Thank you Eva for sharing this story with us!

Source: http://www.viralforest.com/misao-fukumaru/

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Elderlyoung likes Äldrekontakt!

Yesterday we met Äldrekontakt, an organization with an aim to let isolated older people to meet regularly with others in the same situation. We had a nice chat with Maj-Britt, Aino, Claudia among others! If you want to be an volunteer or know anyone that would be interested, check out http://aldrekontakt.se/ !  

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Elderlyoung - Friday Fashion from Goldstein

James Goldstein is a mysterious older gent that frequently visits fashion shows all over the world. Whether it's Paris Fashion Week or New York Fashion Week, you will surely notice him as he is easy to pick out of a crowd. He is famous for his interesting choice of clothing and styling. The cowboy hat is a must in a Goldstein-ish wardrobe. "I have no fear of trying something new and different, I don't worry about following clothing rules. I make my own rules".

  Goldstein's two main passions in life are fashion and basketball, though the prior seems to be most important at the moment. He recently launched his own womenswear line, and this year he plans to expand further and launch a menswear line.  "My style has evolved over the years. I like to add accessories such as hats, scarves, boots, etc. to achieve a complete ensemble look and at the same time an individualized look". 

Sources: http://fashionista.com/2013/08/james-goldstein-fashions-most-mysterious-super-fan-on-launching-his-own-line/ , http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/james-goldstein/#_

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Elderlyoung - Take a look at this amazing video – it will make your DAY!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGt0udeqyxg

 Happy Friday guys!! :D

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Elderlyoung - Thursday Health Inspiration

Meet Winifred Pristell, a.k.a "Heavy Metal". This amazing woman is 75 years old and holds 2 world records in Powerlifting. She first became interested in fitness and weight lifting as her daugheter encouraged her to change her sedentary lifestyle. At the age of 48, an obese Winifred was determined to change her unhealthy way of living. By the age of 60 she started to compete in weight lifting and now she holds 2 world records. 

"Find something that you love and keep on doing it, be consistent and never give up", we totally agree with Winifred!

Source: http://winifredpristell.com/

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Elderlyoung - Oldest person

Can you even imagine the age of 116? 

Meet the oldest man in recorded history, the Japanese guy Jiroemon Kimura. He was born in 1897 and therefore he holds the Guinness World Record for the first man verified to have reached 116 years of age. He recently passed away in June 2013 and Kimura's living descendants included 5 children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. 

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"I need to get to Vegas. That’s the place to be!" “What would you do in Vegas?” “Don’t know. Never been.”

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This amazing couple has been married for 62 years and they are still going strong. At the age of 90 they act as if they are in their 20s. This great video shows when they one day entered the lobby of the of the Mayo Clinic for a checkup and spotted a piano. 

Certainly, we are only as old as we feel, it’s all about your attitude towards life. Enjoy their performance!