/ Ruth Keegan, USA
Swedish Daniel: Since I'm no foodie myself, I had to research a little, and found Gimle. (A group with a fetisch for nationalism and history; I'm sure they have "costume parties" at the viking joint in the Old Town.)
Anyway, they have an entertaining story on the history of eel eating - something that really IS unique for Sweden, apparently.
It's a simple story too:
People in neighbouring northern countries emphasized the eel's resemblance to a snake. And that was like putting SATAN in your mouth.
But that simply didn't matter to swedes. No further explanation to how they were thinking. Guess we were harder back in the days. (Grabbed us an empire and all.)
So contemporary swedes eat eel because their parents did. And so on.
Ask a swede...
...by emailing 800825@gmail.com or writing it as a comment.
Swedish Daniel: Since I'm no foodie myself, I had to research a little, and found Gimle. (A group with a fetisch for nationalism and history; I'm sure they have "costume parties" at the viking joint in the Old Town.)
Anyway, they have an entertaining story on the history of eel eating - something that really IS unique for Sweden, apparently.
It's a simple story too:
People in neighbouring northern countries emphasized the eel's resemblance to a snake. And that was like putting SATAN in your mouth.
But that simply didn't matter to swedes. No further explanation to how they were thinking. Guess we were harder back in the days. (Grabbed us an empire and all.)
So contemporary swedes eat eel because their parents did. And so on.
Ask a swede...
...by emailing 800825@gmail.com or writing it as a comment.
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