• @Strakh@lemmy.world
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    133 months ago

    Their plant based meatballs are good too. I pan fry them then toss them into a slow cooker with some bachans barbecue sauce, green onion, and sesame seeds for parties and potlucks.

  • @FrChazzz@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    The nearest IKEA to me is about 5,000 2500 miles away. This picture makes me feel all of them.

    Edit: I failed to search the actual mileage between my home and the nearest IKEA before posting.

      • @FrChazzz@lemm.ee
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        13 months ago

        Nah. Hawai’i. But I didn’t search the correct mileage before I posted. It’s half that. (But feels like 5k when I think about that lingonberry sauce.)

    • @Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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      53 months ago

      U been living under a rock or something? Fuck yes you can. They even have vegan (maybe vegetarian) ones too, and chicken Strips for kids and a few other things. Their restaurant is not bad, sometimes I’ll take the kids there to get something I could easily grab at Walmart/ target just to get some swedish meatballs.

  • @gnygnygny@lemm.ee
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    33 months ago

    Anglais Ikea has marketed fecal-contaminated horse meatballs and chocolate pies. Bon appétit!

  • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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    113 months ago

    They got the vegan option too. If you don’t want to think about the poor horse that gave his life for you, go eat vegan stuff. Often times vegan options are just a bridge. There are other ways to eating healthy nutritious foods.

    • @viking@infosec.pub
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      103 months ago

      The vegan alternative tastes terrible.

      And the meatballs are a blend of beef and pork in most countries. In Muslim places it’s beef with chicken, in Sweden you sometimes get moose variants for special occasions.

      Horse is not typically used for meatballs since the meat is too lean, you need fat as a binding agent and to prevent it from drying out.

      • @GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        43 months ago

        The horse joke was a reference to the massive recall a decade ago, when they found horse meat in their balls and sausages.

        Also, as a non vegan, I find the veg balls to be as good as their meat ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ As long as one doesn’t expect it to taste anything like meat…

      • @Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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        83 months ago

        I disagree - I thought the vegan ones were fine! Cheapest meal out I’d had in a long time. They also had a lots of beds in their restaurant, so I could relax and let my food go down on-site.

  • ssillyssadass
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    123 months ago

    Then you need to make proper Swedish meatballs. IKEA’s stuff doesn’t compare.

      • @waldwesen@feddit.org
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        13 months ago

        I improved the taste of my version a lot by making my own Piffi Allkrydda mixture fur the sauce. Its a spice mixture that goes really well with the taste of the berries!

      • @EtherCityRule@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Niklas Ekstedt’s recipe is authentic, Swedish, and tasty AF. If you can’t find venison, beef will do.

        EDIT: I imagine this is one of those things where there are 1,000’s of different “proper” recipes. I shared this one as the guy who wrote it is Swedish, so I thought there must be some authenticity there, and I’ve made it, so can testify that it’s good. Not saying it’s the best or the most authentic, so slightly confused by the commenters saying it’s somehow wrong?

        • ssillyssadass
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          13 months ago

          I’ve never done mine with juniper berries though. I think you can skip that.

        • @Minnels@lemm.ee
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          53 months ago

          Proper Swedish meatballs are easy to make. Wtf is this fancy stuff? Nah man… Source: I’m Swedish.

        • @snowst0mper@lemm.ee
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          53 months ago

          Beeing Swedish I can confirm that a recipe by Ekstedt’s is not only authentic but probably really really good as well. He’s gotten a few Michelin stars over the years.

        • guy
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          23 months ago

          Well you took a treasured national meal and linked a recipe more advanced and different than the basic one most Swedes eat/do at home and said this is what meatballs is. That’s set up for comments 😄