Swedish cuisine

Swedish cuisine, like that in the other Scandinavian countries (Denmark and Norway), is traditionally rich in fat. Due to long winters, the ability to store food for a long time was important, which explains the lack of fresh vegetables in many traditional recipes. Various turnips were common in older cooking, but these were largely supplanted by the potato when it was introduced in the 18th century. To add some vitamins and make the rather heavy food more enjoyable a jam made from lingonberries is often used.

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Scandinavia - Denmark - Norway - Fat - Vegetable - Turnip - Potato - Jam - Lingonberries

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Fish and meat play a prominent role in any traditional Swedish dish, vegetarianism being historically non-existent. There are long traditions of hunting and fishing in Sweden, depending on the distance to the coast or forests. Hunters mainly focus on deer and moose, which make natural additions to the Swedish cuisine. A boar does not make a very good meal and there are no traditions of eating them.

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Fish - Meat - Swedish - Vegetarianism - Hunting - Fishing - Deer - Moose - Boar

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