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You are. Like Yggdrasil.
(The Tree of Life. The S
You are. Like Yggdrasil. (The Tree of Life. The Source of the Nine Worlds.) According to Norse Legend it is the mighty tree that rises at the center of the geographic and spiritual cosmos. As a part of the Nine Worlds, one of the main roots is Miðgard. The space of humans. These 30 year old trees have a way to go, but for me, they are majestic. And more, to me at every age and stage, you are even more magnificent. I am so thankful for you. Even more than the trees. You are beautiful, appreciated and loved everyday. I am so thankful for you in my life. #thanksgiving #canada #yggdrasil #norsemythology #thenineworlds #midgard #human #spiritualbeings #givingthanks #vinarterta #pioneers #baking #cakedelivery #handmadefood #foodculture #localfood #icelander #icelandic #westernicelander #iloveyousomuch #youare #anincrediblehuman #loveyoumorethantrees

Happy National Day of Iceland! "Celebrated to comm
Happy National Day of Iceland! "Celebrated to commemorate the foundation of the Republic of Iceland on June 17, 1944. Jón Sigurðsson (1811-1879), the leader of Iceland’s independence movement in the 19 th century was born June 17, and it was in his honour that this day was chosen to be country’s National Day. This year’s celebrations are marked by the special circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Monday, a maximum of 500 people are allowed to gather in Iceland. Normally, there would be major festivities and a parade in downtown Reykjavík, but this year, celebrations are limited to pop-up events all around the city, some of which include brass bands." - https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/ @mblfrettir #icelandnationalday #icelandindependenceday #iceland #jónsigurðsson #vinarterta #icelandiccake #traditions #vikings Photo from Danshópurinn Sporið visit to Toronto in 2016. - Arden Jackson

Cake. It’s not now.
Cake. It’s not now.

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What do Margréts and Vínarterta have in common
What do Margréts and Vínarterta have in common? I had a remarkable experience leading an amazing group of women who came together to support a friend by making and serving food for a reception of 350 people. (Pre COVID ...sigh.) What struck me was how both individually and together as a team these women simply qualified as particularily stunning in their ability to give effectively and with generosity. A predominant number of these women were either Margrets, Margarets or Maggas by first or second name, or had mothers, or grandmothers with the name. Of course, most were of Icelandic descent. We decided amongst us that there was a particular energy occurring which could be quantified as ‘Margreting’. Margret became an action verb that day. I have a mother named Margret, and that day she was demonstrating the verb of Margreting in action by doing what it took to help with serving all those people and wash up after them with no less effort than anyone else. I knew where I learned it from, and was continuing to learn more. I looked around me and embraced the respectful care and love that was being generated by those women and decided I would not forget. I would ask myself each day from that point forward, how have I ‘Margreted’ today? What have I done effectively, with generosity and caring? Happy Mother’s Day! @vikingimmigrants @vinarterta #vinarterta #mothersday #margreting #icelandiccake #vikingimmigrants #vjkings #handmade #cakedelivery #mothernamedmargret #lovemymother

Kryddbrauð Spice Bread
You can have this ready f
Kryddbrauð Spice Bread You can have this ready for kaffitimi in less than an hour. It’s a quick bread like a muffin but looks like it took all day when you make it in a loaf pan. A bowl, spoon, ingredients and loaf pan are all you need. And oh the fragrance! 2 cups all purpose flour 2 cups quick cooking oatmeal 1/2‪ cup sugar‬ 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon of ground cardamom 1/2 teaspoon ginger 2 Cups Milk 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl and mix together with a wooden spoon. Add the milk and stir until all ingredients are incorporated. Add the pumpkin seeds and stir lightly. Grease 1 or 2 loaf pans and add batter. Bake at 350* for 35-40 minutes. Verði þér að góðu! Enjoy! ardenjackson.com vinarterta.ca #kryddbraud #spicebread #quickbread #kaffitimi #coffeetime #homebaking #isolationfood #pandemicpantry #viking #icelandic #canada #usa

Getting cosy with food is a favourite past time in
Getting cosy with food is a favourite past time in the so-called quarantine kitchens with emerging bread makers and home chefs cooking up the contents of their pandemic pantries with ideas and techniques learned from prolific new sources and live events streamed on their mobile devices. How about trying Lovise Beate Augustine Friedel’s Wienertærte recipe from 1795? L.K. Bertram’s new book ‘Viking Immigrants Icelanders in North America’ shares this early Vinarterta recipe, and more as well as 40 pages on the history of Vinarterta plus, notes and historical references. And it’s more than that. Laurie brilliantly shares the visible and tangible evolutionary history of Icelandic culture in North America over 150 years. She provides access to the not so visible connecting fibres that have informed how and who we are today through stories of clothing, epidemic, coffee, politics, war, ghost stories and the 'Icelandic cake fight' that is Vinarterta. Timely, grounded and creative storytelling allows access to a way deeper understanding of where we have come from than you ever thought before. The research is excellent and the tales are real and entertaining. Laurie channels the Icelander in all of us for whom a ticket to happiness is a properly made cup of strong coffee, curling up with a good book and a bit of argumentative cake. It will be no surprise when ‘The Viking Immigrants’ becomes a NY Times Best Seller because every curious history buff, Viking descendant and Icelandophile will own one, read it intently and affectionately, while at once critically as they do, with many good cups of coffee and a maybe a slice of Vinarterta. Check out our @thevikingimmigrants + Vinarterta Special at: ardenjackson.com #vinarterta #icelandiccake #cakedelivery #vikings #vikingimmigrants #iceland #canada #usa

Just think about the dynamic proliferation of our
Just think about the dynamic proliferation of our people and culture over the last 150 years! (Not just the Icelanders!) In 1944 Halldór (Dori) Guðjón Jónsson Eastman's family celebrated his 70th Birthday in Riverton, Manitoba and they could barely fit everyone in the picture. Dori was a toddler when he arrived in Canada. In the centre of the picture is my 15 year old Mom looking to her right, her eight sisters and brothers are scattered throughout, and in the top left is her Mom at 39. Laurie Bertram's fascinating new book @thevikingimmigrants ‘The Viking Immigrants Icelandic North Americans' shares the context in which individual dreams and communities unfolded from the 1870s. Our ancestors' story is not about being a hero. It’s about asking the question ‘What good can I deliver today?’ L.K. Bertram’s new book ‘The Viking Immigrants Icelandic North Americans’ has arrived at the perfect time. It’s is a great story about people showing up in ordinary and extraordinary ways and taking simple steps every day that add up to unfathomable miracles. There are many lessons to be learned but for me it’s about impactful action, not about heroic gestures. Maybe we’ll be able to see the great things we are doing now in retrospect but what is for sure is that the little choices we individually make and the actions we take right now are very important. Our ancestors weren’t concerned about legacy over and above the survival and happiness of their family. They asked themselves each day what good they could deliver towards that purpose. It really doesn’t matter how well you are remembered. (Of course we will all remember you!). What mostly counts is how magnificently you are showing up for yourself and others right now. That's where the miracles are. Thank you for the little things you do. ardenjackson.com The Viking Immigrants Vinarterta Special Link in profile.

“And this our life exempt from public haunt, fin
“And this our life exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brook, sermons in stones, and good in everything”. - Shakespeare, ‘As You Like It’ Act 2 Scene 1 Forest of Arden I’m at home surrounded by forest. It’s a quiet and beautiful place to be. Yet even town streets are eerily silent and there too is found a sense of unusual quasi peace and solitude. It's an illusion really that we are contented being alone because we need each other more than ever. Others need us to be present for them, to help, to chat, to check in, to connect with and provide essential services, and, most importantly, to be carriers of and deliver joy. Others want to know when you need them too. Sharing, giving and receiving can have amazing long term, even unexpected generational consequences. If you’re like me you’re looking for ways to contribute but feel a profound sense of distraction, or are just simply sidetracked most of the time. There's a paradox in our separation and how our oneness is showing up big time. Discovering surprising interconnectedness is a miraculous part of being human. While walking in my forest today I remembered a faith restoring coincidence. #TBT On May 19, 1915 a married twenty-five-year-old Icelandic immigrant’s daughter, Laura Goodman Salverson, wrote the quote from the Forest of Arden in ‘As you like it’ in the autograph book of her twenty-one-year-old unmarried boarder, and son of Irish immigrants, my-to-be grandfather George Alexander Jackson. Cool Coincidence? ardenjackson.com vinarterta.ca

'If you wake up and the day feels broken just lean
'If you wake up and the day feels broken just lean into the crack' - Björk We’re in a different world right now and what we need for ourselves, and others are for us to lean in. We’re not going back. That thing-that-shall-not-be-named has ushered in a massive evolution calling for reset and balance. We’re looking for security during this time of ...? Pandemonium? Chaos? Mayhem? Nothing-like-this-global-hubbub? We’re feeling heightened emotion and there is only one subject on our minds. We’re sensing the broken day needs us. Is it asking us to align with our inherited indomitable doer? Fixer? Healer? Grit? Drive? Tenacity? Creativity? Haltu áfram! Keep going! (We say to our inner doubter when we think it's just too much.) We’re moving forward when we decide to lean in and focus on helping people, we say. We need the transformation, we say. We need a kinder, gentler path, we say. We are hungry for leadership, hungry for reassurance, and hungry for solutions, aren't we? We are seeing the crack in the invisible thing that’s happening, acknowledging it. We are hearing the voice that says that we are the change we wish to be in our lives, and totally get it. And so for ourselves, and others we shift. And although a little bit panicked we know everything is going to be ok. It really is. And we remember it’s Easter and Passover, and we recognize the brokenness. And think about our beloved ones and cultural traditions and customs that have our back when we want them to. And they seem even more important when what’s unfolding otherwise makes no sense. And so we just lean in and show ourselves, family, friends and the world our good, vital and undefeatable selves. And focus on what we can create from this opportunity. And know we are not alone and we can change the outcome, together. And maybe create new traditions. (Just because we don’t know how in this minute doesn’t mean we can’t do it.) Happy Easter! Happy Passover! To unbroken happy days coming soon. Sending lots of love.

Love Our Customers!
Sending love to everyone toda
Love Our Customers! Sending love to everyone today and always. ardenjackson.com vinarterta.ca

Calla Lilies Dessert Recipe
These are easy to make
Calla Lilies Dessert Recipe These are easy to make sweet little elegant indulgences from Nýja Ísland í Kanada. (New Iceland in Canada). I can’t remember an Easter without these lovely treats. Calla Lily flowers are loaded with meaning and commonly used in Easter services and Funerals to represent resurrection and rebirth. Used at weddings they invoke marital bliss and true devotion. What I know for sure is that mastering these edible beauties just might raise you to goddess status amongst family and friends. Ingredients: 3 Eggs 1 Tbsp. (14.8 mL) Hot Water 1 Cup (200 g) Sugar 1 Tsp. (4.9 mL) Vanilla 1 Cup (128 g) All Purpose Flour 1 Tsp. (4 g) Baking Powder Pinch of Salt Filling: ½ Cup (120 ML) Cold Whipping or Heavy Cream 1 ½ Tbsp. (11.7 g) Icing Sugar or Granulated Sugar 1/2 Tsp.(2.5 mL) Vanilla Method: Batter: Beat eggs well. Add hot water and continue to beat until frothy. Beat in sugar gradually until light coloured and thick. Add vanilla. Gradually stir in flour, baking powder, and salt beating to create a thin batter. Drip tablespoons of batter in small circles on parchment paper-lined cookie sheets. Bake no more than 6 at a time in preheated 375 degree F (190.6 C) oven for 6-7 minutes until light brown. Remove from oven and quickly shape cookies while hot. With your fingers pinch one end or roll to form a Calla Lily shape. Adjust the oven if needed, and repeat with the rest of the batter. Let cool. Serve the same day or freeze layered with parchment paper. Filling: For best results chill mixing bowl in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or freezer for 15 minutes. Whip cold cream, sugar, and vanilla together on medium speed watching carefully until the cream is billowy, smooth and stands in soft peaks when you raise the beater or whisk out of the bowl. 3-4 minutes. It can be made up to 24 hours in advance, wrapped tightly and chilled in the refrigerator. To Serve: Fill Calla Lilies with Whipped Cream just before serving so the cookies do not soften. Garnish with a piece of Mandarin Orange. Enjoy! Let us know how it goes for you! https://ardenjackson.com/calla-lilies-dessert-recipe/

Our home places are the world now.
It’s a very
Our home places are the world now. It’s a very strange time. Enforced closing of activity, of gathering and businesses, sends us home. How do we navigate this? If we are fearful of getting sick, of keeping our loved ones healthy, of losing money, livelihood, and the effects of so many things lost and closed what do we do? Something needs to be done in our home places (which are the world). Where do we begin? Everyone is coming home. We are being asked to relearn how to be there, how we connect with others and to perform a rebalancing act. With what seems like a freaky-enforced-fear-based social experiment our homes have become our world. How do we shift from fear and anxiety to understanding and happiness? The cool thing is that we are doing it when we are focusing on home and when we are caring for family, others and ourselves with greater emphasis on essential action. We are shifting from self-worry when we are naturally working together to love and heal each other. We have a great opportunity to accomplish things that otherwise have been shut to us. Emerging on a high and global scale is an unstoppable creative demand for a new way of doing. The abilities of so many are being pushed down and yet pulled up and summoned forth at the same time. A mental stretch is required of us, and it hurts. The more uncomfortable we are the more inventive we are as humans. And that’s a good thing. If we choose to we can be inspired by being sent home, and break temporarily from hard goal-oriented linear thinking, skies filled with airplanes and holiday destinations so that we can build new structures within and around us that heal, connect and transform us. Love, respect, and responsibility for self with a focus on a home that allows a natural radiating effect on the world where we are all connected, is a way. Hello, spirit! Appreciation of what we have from where we are, of trust, faith, kindness, consideration, intuition, and yes love, for self and others, is a way. Hello, happiness! How do we walk together now? By inspiring the something that needs to be done in our home places (which are the world). And we’re doing it.

Vinarterta Tribe Tactic: Bake

Here’s our tradit
Vinarterta Tribe Tactic: Bake Here’s our traditional family recipe for Icelandic Brown Bread. Brúnt Brauð has a special sweetness, lightness and density. I love to make it entirely by hand and enjoy the process! This is a bread that connects directly with the heart of Icelanders in North America. A must have, lightly buttered, (divine toasted) with coffee, or with Smoked Lamb (or Ham), or Rolled Spiced Cured Rúllupylsa. Ingredients: 3 Cups (675 ml) Warm Water 9 Tsp (24 g) Yeast 3/4 Cup (170 ml) Molasses 6 Tsp (30 ml) Oil 3/4 Cup (165 g) Brown Sugar 3 Tsp (18 g) Salt 6 1/2 Cups (750 g) All Purpose Flour (Plus 1/4 -1/2 C for kneading) 3 Cups (360g) Whole Wheat Flour Method: Fast method: Measure yeast, molasses and sugar in the warm water. Let set in a covered bowl until frothy. (Approx 20 minutes). Measure and add dry ingredients to a large bowl. Add the liquid ingredients and the oil all at once. Knead well and place in a greased bowl. Let rise until double in bulk. Shape into 5-6 medium sized loaves and place in well-greased pans. Allow to rise until double in bulk. Brush lightly with milk. Bake at 350 degrees F for 50-60 minutes. Slower method for better yeast activation: Add yeast to 1 ½ Cups Warm Water. Let sit for 20 minutes or until frothy. Add 1 Cup of Flour and stir until lightly mixed. Let sit for 10 minutes more. Add Molasses and Sugar to 1 ½ cups Warm Water in a measuring cup or bowl. Then the recipe method is as above: Measure and add dry ingredients to a large bowl. Add the liquid ingredients and oil all at once. Knead well and place in a greased bowl. Let rise until double in bulk. Shape into 5-6 medium sized loaves and place in well-greased pans. Allow to rise until double in bulk. Brush lightly with milk. Bake at 350 degrees F for 50-60 minutes. For bakers in Dryer or Higher Altitudes than Ontario, try starting with 1 Cup less Flour and increase Oil to 1/4 Cup. Vínarterta.ca ardenjackson.com


Stay Home., said the world.

Bake., said the me wh
Stay Home., said the world. Bake., said the me who calms me. Brúnt Brauð?, said the Amma who guides me. Já. Yes., said I. It was a soul restoring, sweet day. It was the whole experience of making and connecting that was needed, just for me. And of course, the benefits expand to others. Ahhhhhhh!, said us all together over warm buttered bread. Staying home doesn’t mean being stranded., said I. Let’s stay home more., said my dear ones. Vínarterta.ca ardenjackson.com


A New Moon is coming!

Stay bubbly. Stay bright. S
A New Moon is coming! Stay bubbly. Stay bright. Stay strong and flexible. Fresh, new, fragrant and sweet things are on their way to you. Even in the darkness of the Waning Moon, and even because of it, amazing and wonderous health, love, wealth and community are yours. Happy Solstice. With you and for you. Vinarterta.ca ardenjackson.com


Two make an army against one.
– Icelandic Proverb

Two make an army against one. - Icelandic Proverb Together, regardless of where we are and how distant, we can do this. We are fighting together. We are asked to stay safe, healthy, to protect and help others through isolation. Paradoxically none of us are alone. This will end. We don’t know when. What will we do between now and then? We are all in a most unexpected war against the same invisible enemy. Together with collaborative, wise, and practical action we are all armed in a shared battle. Even from our cozy kitchens. Two make an army against one. Sending love and appreciation to our front line teams in hospitals, healthcare, eldercare, essential services, police officers, fire protection, postal and delivery services, grocery stores, farmers, food service, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, science and testing labs, and more. Vínarterta.ca ardenjackson.com

Tertavaccine, n.: – a cake designed to detect fear
Tertavaccine, n.: - a cake designed to detect fears of viruses and inactivate them. vinarterta.ca ardenjackson.com #vinarterta #delicious #cake #handmade #tradition #icelandic #icelandiccake #cakedelivery #shipstoyou #ontario #canada #usa #fakeword #nofear #fearless #vaccine #hereforyou #keepsmiling #betterthantoiletpaper #survivalfood

There are no Squirrels in Iceland.
So the joke of
There are no Squirrels in Iceland. So the joke of startling someone, usually a pet, into action (by saying ‘squirrel’) when a squirrel appears may not work there. It definitely works at our house. There's still lots of snow on the ground and there are lots of squirrels under the bird feeders. Happy March! Here's some good news for those of you experiencing Vinarterta withdrawal. (Are you like me? I miss you!) Our Online Store is Open for a Limited Time. I’m hungry for Spring. (I think the squirrels are too.) And you? Double click to agree. To order click on link in bio. ardenjackson.com

Will let you know when I wake up…. We’re movin
Will let you know when I wake up.... We’re moving. Of course we always love to make your cake. Email us for orders for Vínarterta as our online store is currently closed. ardenjackson.com


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