Skol

[supervman]

Allright.
Here goes.
Some folks have asked me what SKOL means.
Kinda weird for me as I have heard relatives do and say this my entire life.
Since the age of 3 - Yes THREE - I have LOVED pickled herring.

Scandinavians use SKOL as a "Cheers", "Prosit", or "Na Zdrovia" thing.

It's said, that in the days when Vikings were TRUE Viking Warriors that the morning after a successful battle the Viktors went on to the field of battle, drew their swords and lopped off the head of some poor soul they "did in" they day before.

THEN, they would take these heads and put them into a boiling cauldron. The skulls would boil clean with lower jaw dropping away.

The Viktors would then take the clean boiled head by the crown, turn it upside down, and fill it with Ale or Mead and clank the Skulls together and Say SKOL! Meaning, SKULL, and then drink to celebrate their victory.

Some deny this story, but it has been handed down for multitudes of generations and no one can come up with a better derivation of the word SKOL !

 

[erain]

SKOL dude!!!!

 

[ronp]

Na Zdrovia"

I Know that one, My dad always said that, bless his soul.

Then you would follow with Pesbougum. SP? I have no idea .

 

[erain]

ron u have to be kiddin!!! that was very common when i was a kid, means to your health i think.

 

[ronp]

That could be but I have NO idea on the spelling. I was raised In Chicago. A lot of Poles and Bohemian and Italians. The food was unreal!!

 

[lcruzen]

Just a pinch between your cheek and gum.

 

[teeotee]

That's a word i haven't heard in a while. In England there is a lager called Skol. It is made by Carlsberg, a Danish based brewery and i remember thier ad campaign featured cartoon vikings. Had often wondered about the origin.

Memories huh !!!

 

[1894]

Interesting Vman

Tried little to look up my genetic geneology ( was adopted at birth) But , didn't get too far , but ,found my famillys were among the border rievers in scotland (100 %) and were decended from the vikings that had settled there and helped keep Britan on thier side of the island for a few generations

or more like

 

[gooose53]

Right nasty little buggers wern't them vikings?

 

[vlap]

My kind of men!

 

[supervman]

This is kinda fun and I guess I should have titled it TOASTS
That'd be a good thread.

Ron P - I have no idea what P****************** means.
NEVER heard that one before and I"M SHOCKED !

SKOL ! :)
V

 

[erain]

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definetly polish, all my grandparents spoke polish, my parents spoke both polish and english, when they spoke it at home it was discussing something they didnt want us kids to know. i picked up a little but over time forgotten most. thks ron, brings back some okd memories!!! i remember my dad saying that when they started school they knew no english and werew taught, then whe they went home they taught there parents to read and write. a little different than these days!!!!

 

[travcoman45]

An yall think us hillbillys is different eh?!

 

[bbq enthusiast]

thats cool I learned something new today.

 

[supervman]

Yeah, I'm Bohemian - MY GRANDPA COULD REALLY pick Mushrooms -
and I've never heard it before.

 

[ronp]

Ahhh, how about knedlicky qnd zeli. Is that Bohemium or polish.

Not sure of THAT spelling either. I want to say it was Roast Pork, saurkraut and dumplings.

How about those kolashki. I know that is spelled wrong. I was married to a Pole and lived in a Bohemian neighborhood, am I am Italian, German and French, that's why I'm

.

 

[supervman]

Kenedlicky (or whatever) were the dumplings as I remember.

Kolatchkes - ARE TO DIE FOR - Breakfast things mostly filled with prunes, Poppy seeds, Cheesy type Custard, and fruit fillings. AWESOME !

As far as the Sauerkraut, Pork and dumplings, yeah - you can hardly beat it - little caraway seeds and a hearty beer DANG MAN !

How bout jeternitze (blood sausage), spaetzel and kraut?

Nother good one.

V

 

[shortrib]

Skol Vikings !!!

 

[northwet smoker]

SKOL Hawks!! Interesting post V-man.