Swedish Food Used in Traditional Cooking
Blog Post #3
15 April 2015
Isabella Zanzucchi
Swedish meat balls are very popular to Swedish people. Usually every mom is Sweden has a their own version of a delicious Swedish recipe. So there is not one set and stone meatball because they are mostly all different. In Southern Sweden people prefer to use ground meat because it has more fast on it. The more north you go, you will find less pork in the meatballs and use bread crumbs as a substitute. Goose is another popular item in Sweden. they even have a holiday specifically for the goose! It is called Martins Day or "Marten Gas". My moms side of the family is known to hunt animals and goose is something that we eat every Christmas time. Goose is very good to eat. During a traditional "goose dinner" they use all parts of the goose in every meal. It is a very filling meal. Prepare yourself this sounds gross...the first meal of the nigh is bowl of "black soup" which is made with goose blood and goose broth. This is boiled with spirits and spices like clove and ginger. The goose itself is stuffed with apples and prunes and is posted slowly while basting in its own fat. The reason why they use goose as his symbol is because he did not want to be ordained. And in the midst of trying to run away he hid in a goose pen in which they preceded to make loud noises and made him get caught. This was pronounced the day for
the killing of the geese.
https://sweden.se/collection/celebrating-the-swedish-way/article/st-martins-day-−-or-marten-gas/
https://sweden.se/collection/classic-swedish-food/article/classic-swedish-food-meatballs/
I enjoyed this post because I had no idea goose was such a popular food in Sweden. It was interesting when you talked about a couple of the dishes that had goose in it, like the meatballs or the black soup. Even though the black soup sounded gross, the fact that people in Sweden eat every part of the goose in a goose dinner is fascinating. It would be a great experience to go to Sweden and experience this dinner or even just try one goose meatball. Celebrating Christmas dinner with a goose dinner reminded me of the sausage rolls that Tita made every year in Like Water for Chocolate. They are similar in the sense that they both are a part of Christmas traditions. Traditions like these and the goose dinner are why I find this interesting.
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