Swedish Squeeze Food

It’s Swedish. It’s squeezable. It’s food in tubes. The convenient containers of comestables are also popular in Norway, Finland, Germany, and the Netherlands, but Swedish supermarkets have vast arrays of tube food. You can even get tubes of cod roe paste from Ikea in the US. Some Americans get their tomato paste, pesto, or anchovies from tubes, but squeeze food is much more popular in Sweden.

More:

“Food in Tubes: A very Swedish way to package food,” Äteriet

“The Über Efficient Food Tubes That Are Beloved in Sweden,” Rose Heichelbech, 12 Tomatoes

“The Wonderful World of Tube Food,” Adventure Foodie

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Ikea, Sweden’s National Brand

“How Ikea became Sweden’s National brand,” a PolyMatter video by Evan Edinger.

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World’s smallest McDonald’s. It’s for bees.

There’s a McDonald’s restaurant in Sweden that serves thousands every day — thousands of bees. The tiny apian eater, designed and built by award winning set designer Nicklas Nilsson, was purchased by a McD franchisee in Sweden at a charity auction. Several Swedish McDonald’s restaurants have rooftop beehives and bee-friendly landscaping.

More:

“McDonald’s just opened a tiny restaurant for bees — here’s what it’s like inside,” Meredith Cash, Business Insider

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Happy New Year

“Happy New Year,” from ABBA in 1980. written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

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“Happy New Year,” from ABBA in 1980. written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

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For What It’s Worth

 

“For What It’s Worth,” written by Nina Persson and Peter Svensson and performed by them with their group The Cardigans.  Not to be confused with the Buffalo Springfield tune.

The Cardigans website.

More:

“Cult heroes: the Cardigans – a platinum-selling anomaly,” Daniel Martin, The Guardian

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Changes

“Changes,” performed by The Cardigans. The song was written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, who recorded it as Black Sabbath in 1972.

The Cardigans website.

More:

“Cult heroes: the Cardigans – a platinum-selling anomaly,” Daniel Martin, The Guardian

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Ikea Meatballs — Now With Horsemeat!

Sweden-based Ikea has 332 stores in 38 countries. Primarily known for assemble-yourself furniture, the firm also sells food products. Swedish Meatballs (köttbullar) are pretty famous, and IKEA’s are too, now that some were discovered to contain horsemeat.

Ikea’s equine meatballs were made in Sweden but first detected in the Czech Republic. The firm has reined in sales in 21 European countries.

Related: New catalog!

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Image (“Swedish Dala Horse Meatballs“) by Mike Licht. Download a copy here. Creative Commons license; credit Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com

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