Bj?rn Steensrud > wrote:
: Evelyn wrote:
: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:58:59 -0800, "Julie Bove"
: > > wrote:
: >
: >>
: >>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
: >>news
: >>> On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:24:35 +0100, Bj?rn Steensrud
: >>> > wrote:
: >>>
: >>>>Tiger Lily wrote:
: >>>>
: >>>>> On 1/12/2012 12:40 PM, KROM wrote:
: >>>>>> I have eaten the same meatballs many times they were a new product
: >>>>>> and as usual were made with real ingredient etc to hook you and now
: >>>>>> have gone cheap using fillers and delivering a barely meat ..meatball
: >>>>>> with the same label..and I am sure if called on it would be forced to
: >>>>>> change the label.
: >>>>>
: >>>>> tip: Ikea
: >>>>
: >>>>Aha - there's a warning out in the EU: IKEA has started to use soy in
: >>>>their
: >>>>meatballs without labelling them "contains soy protein". An unlucky soy
: >>>>allergic person discovered it. (our local supplier says they don't, but
: >>>>we make ours from scratch anyway - Norwegian style, not Swedish style.)
: >>>
: >>>
: >>> How do Norwegian meatballs differ from Swedish?
: >>
: >>I just looked up some recipes.
: >>
: >>Norwegian:
: >>
: >>
http://www.sofn.com/norwegian_cultur...Meatballs.html
: >>
: >> 5 pounds ground meat ( beef, veal, pork; ground three times)
: >> 2 medium onions, finely ground (save juice)
: >> 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
: >> 1/2 tsp. allspice
: >> 1 T. salt
: >> 1/2 tsp. pepper
: >> 2 eggs, beaten
: >> 1/2 cup half & half
: >> 1/2 cup cracker meal or matzo meal
: >> 4-5 beef bouillon cubes or 4-5 tsp. instant beef bouillon
: >> 2 tsp. Kitchen Bouquet Flour
: >>
: >>
: >>
: >>Swedish:
: >>
: >>
http://southernfood.about.com/od/swe...r/bl30129q.htm
: >>
: >> a.. 1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs, about 3 slices bread
: >> b.. 1 tablespoon dried minced onion or 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
: >> c.. 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
: >> d.. 1/4 teaspoon pepper
: >> e.. 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
: >> f.. 3/4 cup milk
: >> g.. 2 pounds ground beef
: >> h.. 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
: >> i.. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
: >> j.. 2 tablespoons flour
: >> k.. 1 can (10 1/2 ounces) condensed beef broth
: >> l.. 1 cup half-and-half or light cream
: >>Looks like the Swedish have a lot mroe filler.
: >>
: >
: >
: > The Norwegian ones seem like the ones I make but I call them Swedish!
: > Of course that is a very large recipe, too.
: >
: > Evelyn
: That's a huge recipe - I normally use 1/2 kg of ground meat, skip the
: onions, might use the bouillon to make the roux sauce.
: Oh - and serve with a stew made from dried (and soaked) green peas.
And then there is Lutefisk(sp?):-)
Wendy