Klenäter—Swedish deep-fried Christmas pastries
Klenäter are Swedish deep-fried Christmas pastries. To be honest, they’ve never been part of my Christmas tradition. Maybe that is because they are from another time—my father recalls them being considered old-fashioned when he was a boy. The slightly dry...
Swedish Christmas toffees—knäck
Browsing through old cookbooks can be an amusing pastime. Giggling at how offal pudding is on the page next to sweet apple pudding. Pondering recommendations for how to cook badger properly. Nodding at a children’s cookbook’s instructions for making toffee...
Soft and spicy Swedish gingerbread cake
Swedish gingerbread cake, or mjuk pepparkaka, is popular, especially around Christmas. But historically, it seems to have been eaten all around the year, as ads in Svenska Dagbladet in 1939 show by recommending it for the Easter coffee parties. The origins of...
Swedish gingerbread cookies — for your health
Do you need an excuse to need another Swedish gingerbread cookie? Then, let’s turn to Sundhetzens speghel from 1642 and use some nice, simple “marketing logic”. As you know, gingerbread cookies or pepparkakor generally contain ingredients such as...
Dammsugare—Swedish vacuum cleaners
Swedish “vacuum cleaners”, or dammsugare, are probably the best way to talk about cleaning equipment, ever. It is even popular enough to have it’s own celebratory day, on the 7th of March. To be fair, this sweet treat has more names than one....
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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.