If you're sick and tired of winter you may want to avoid this week's episode - I chat with my friend Anne-Marie Dion about being Swedish AND French-Canadian.
In today's episode we discuss Swedish meatballs and their ubiquity at IKEA as well as at the Swedish dinner table. Anne-Marie regals us with tales of nordic bread and accoutremont including hard boiled eggs, pickled herring and Kalled Kaviar. She also tells us about the differences between american and Nordic dairy and Filmjolk, a Swedish breakfast table staple. We discuss her identity as someone of multiple nationalities, as well as her dual-citizenship in the US as well as Sweden, and some of the characteristics that have come to define Swedish society. I learn that all Swedish farm houses look identical. Continuing with key Swedish and Scandanavian foods we need to try when we visit including Smørrebrød - an open faced sandwich - and Smörgåstårta, a sandwich cake with bread and baby shrimp. A food I'm personally dying to try, Tunnbrodsrulle, which is some kind of hot dog with mashed potatoes and shrimp. We talk about Christmas and the tiny Swedish Santa, Princess Cake, and Mary Berry? I lament the state of the American kitchen, then we do some joint reminiscing on the food of Montreal. We end with a fun story from our glory days at Historic Matthews Arena.