Köttbullar—reclaiming the Swedish meatballs
Are Swedish meatballs actually Turkish? After the official social media accounts of Sweden carelessly declared that Swedish meatballs really are Turkish, I wondered about the “facts” to which they referred. The claim isn’t absurd. Did meatballs came to Sweden with the...
Kåldolmar—Swedish cabbage rolls from the Ottoman empire
In Sweden, an array of baked goods and dishes have their own “theme days”. The most famous is, of course, cinnamon bun day on October 4th, but there are also mud cake day, vacuum cleaner day (the treat, not the cleaning equipment!), and sandwich cake day....
Ärtsoppa—Swedish yellow pea soup
Despite being a sought-after traditional dish, pea soup has a bit of an unfortunate association in Sweden: murder. After eight years of living imprisoned in his palace, King Erik XIV died in 1577. Some sources immediately claimed that Erik’s brothers had...
Pyttipanna—Swedish fry-up
The Great Battle of Pyttipanna was fought in 1974, and mostly on the pages of Dagens Nyheter. It started relatively innocently, with a letter from your everyday angry citizen. He complained about finding sausage (the horror!) in his pyttipanna at the bistro of...
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My name is Isabelle. Here at Swedish Spoon, you’ll find Swedish food history, tried-and-tested recipes, and a lot of obsessing over great butter. You can also expect some travel tips.