The RIGHT way to eat a Swedish meatball

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There Is A Right (And Wrong) Way To Eat Ikea’s Swedish Meatballs (msn.com)

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Surely the description of the best way to eat an IKEA meatball , is a description of how to eat any meal.

Or are there really cultures where folk would spear a piece of meat and eat that? Then spear a piece of broccoli (or whatever) and eat that; then some potato? Then more meat, etc? That just sounds so weird.

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Sez who? I don’t eat Ikea’s ultra-processed Swedish meatballs.

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Minnesota State Fair’s Hot Dish on a Stick. Skewered Swedish meatballs and tater tots, dipped in batter and deep fried. Then smothered in brown gravy. Maybe cheese curds on top.

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Sounds delish. But wouldnt it have more food “cachet”, if it was rebranded as meatball poutine? :grinning:

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Holy hell…I’d eat that.

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You know those children who don’t like any of the food on their plate touching? Some of those kids stay like well into adulthood.

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The Brit/European way of conveying food to the mouth via the back of the fork, food-placement-aided-by-the-knife, makes this easier than the American tines -up way, I think. I certainly follow these Swedish instructions for Thanksgiving dinner :joy: I cannot imagine spearing an entire meatball. Little cocktail meatballs on toothpick excepted, of course.

And now, apropos of exactly nothing I will sing:
:notes: I eat my peas with honey
I’ve done it all my life,
It makes my peas taste funny,
But it keeps ‘em on my knife. …

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Yes they do and should be avoided at buffets or dining out!

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My Finnish meatballs go over egg noodles. Ligonberry jam is optional, I prefer it with pülla.

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I realized you were talking about the jam with the pülla, as meatballs with pülla would be an interesting combination.

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Could be a bit like Thanksgiving on a roll, including the meatballs and lingonberry jam together on pulla, instead of turkey and cranberry sauce.

I think a Swedish meatball and lingonberry sandwich sounds great! (I bet someone has done this already online)

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A Boxing Day sandwich of leftover turkey, stuffing and mango chutney may be the best thing about Christmas.

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Same sandwich on Boxing Day but lime pickle instead of mango, plus pigs in blankets. Has to be on soft white barmcakes.

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Or, even better, oven bottom muffins. Slightly firmer to hold it all in.

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Lancashire oven bottoms. :smirk:

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Gotta be Sheldons.

And to keep it on topic, I reckon Swedish meatballs might happily get stuffed into one. I’m due a trip to our local IKEA in Ashton-under-Lyne. Might get soem of their meatballs and give it a try.

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I’ve eaten my fair share of Sheldon’s, normally with butter, crumbly Lancashire and homemade piccalilli.

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