Why did a united Scandinavia not form?

[MikeH]

he's been shot like 8 times.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Oerdin


You've never seen the Swedish Chef on the show "New Scandinavian Cooking". PBS carries the show in the US and it is a cross between adventure travel (she always gathers the ingredients in each show which means diving for oysters, hunting wild pigs, helping herd reindeer, picking berries, etc...) and then goes through how to cook everything. Pretty good and tasty food though several of the specialty local ingredients would be damn near impossible to find outside of Scandinavia (reindeer cheese, fresh picked linden berries, or cold pressed rapeseed oil from Gotland).

Basically the show goes over new takes on traditional foods from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Greenland. They mix in exotic imports like mangos, Korean soy, Portuguese wine, Indian curry to create interesting a new combinations. I have to admit the roasted wild pig stuffed with rice, saffron, & coriander sounded good especially when they injected it with a sauce made from honey and Madeira wine.

http://www.scandcook.com/

I love that show! I thought the chef was Norwegian though?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn
Ikea has 50 cent hotdogs.

are they also made of cheap fibreboard?

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by shawnmmcc
One simple answer. Scandanavian cooking.

I just don't trust any food made by this guy:

[SpencerH]

The world likes to poke fun at english cooking but in my experience (8 years living there and married to a swede) everyday swedish food is worse.

Back to on topic

The answer is simple, the other scandinaveans couldnt put up with the arrogance of the swedes.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by SpencerH
The answer is simple, the other scandinaveans couldnt put up with the arrogance of the swedes.

Well, the Danish sure wasn't much better. They were the ones to lead Scandinavia in the first place.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by OzzyKP


I just don't trust any food made by this guy:

Agreed. People looking so much like frenchies as that guy sure can't be any good.

[SpencerH]

I love to point out to my brother in-law (who's big on vikings) that the 'real' vikings were the danes and norwegians. He then splutters for a while and then starts a lecture about the swedish vikings and their travels down the rivers of Russia.

[ahasverus]

Well the Kalmar union didn't last long 'cause one of our kings Christian 2. IIRC got in the habit of executing swedish nobles so they revolted. In the 19th century around the 1880's we had common currency, but that didn't work out either probably because of the Vienna-peace and that Sweden and Norway didn't involve them self in the 2. Slesvigian war (1864).

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


are they also made of cheap fibreboard?

Nah, they're good. I always get them. They also have a 2 hotdogs plus a drink deal for $1.75

Cheapest meal in town

[Odin]

Originally posted by Nikolai

lutefisk.

:vomit:

[Pekka]

reindeer meat is superior to most when done right.. so good.

And why didn't Scandinavia unite for good? I don't know.. but maybe we could have good soccer teams. One player from our side and rest from Norway/Sweden/Denmark. OHHH think about the hockey team we could come up with.. ohh nice nice nice, plus ALL the chicks... not a bad idea!

If someone says well I suggest we do this now, I say I support this 110%.
that, plus Karelia. Dream lands.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Sikander


I love that show! I thought the chef was Norwegian though?

She was on NPR yesterday and they did an interview with her. She said she was Swedish and I must say she had a sexy voice.

[Q Classic]

I blame everyone not Finland.

Finland

[Dinner]

Well, at least I can play Sweden or Denmark in Victoria and create a united Scandinavian nation. It's a bit tricky to get Finland from the Russians but if you wait until they're at war with someone else (China or the Crimea war do nicely) then you can sneak in and liberate much of the Baltic.