🍲 Had Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes, with a dash of lingonberries.

@odd That reminds me, when I try to tell people about lingonberries (esp. because of Al Johnson's), I like to use the analogy of:

blueberries :: huckleberries cranberries :: lingonberries

It's not perfect, but it helps.

@odd Mmmm, that reminds me: I need to go to IKEA.

@toddgrotenhuis I don’t believe that I’ve ever tasted cranberries or huckleberries.but I’ll take your word for it. That Swedish dine-in/store have typically Swedish merch. Lingonberries are all over Scandinavia though. In Norway they are called, not lingon/lingonbär, but tyttebær.

@jean They are/were famous for those, however, I read somewhere that they were going to only serve vegan or vegetarian ones going forward. Not sure if they taste the same.

@odd @jean I looked up the US site, and it looks like you can buy both versions to take home at least, and then one have the recipe to make one’s own.

@odd @jean I’ve been trying to grow lingonberries here in DE, but have had no luck. Cranberries are tasty. They also make great gifts when they are sugared for the holidays.

@odd Raw cranberries taste dry (they are fairly acidic) and are mostly full of air, but they have a pleasant flavor and pop in your mouth (because of the encapsulated air). They are mostly eaten in jams/jellies/juices.

@Archimage Sounds wonderful! I have to try those one time. We do have a delicatessen(?) store in Oslo, I’ll try them.

@odd Cranberry juice is also good in helping dissolve oxalic kidney stones. I try to drink a lot of it.

@odd I approve of this! 😋

@Archimage I didn’t know that. I don’t think I have any, but my uncle were treated for it.

@sod The new vegan version you mean?

@odd You’d know if you did. I’ve had and have them now. The pain is worse than giving birth, I hear. I believe it.

@odd Ah, no, my comment was on the original post. Didn't read the rest of the conversation until now but I'm sure the vegan ones will be fine as well.

@Archimage I remember vividly how my uncle was contorting in pain. Another uncle on my father’s side also had it, (I remember now), and when he got it out, he took it home and had it on a jar, in disinfection alcohol.

@odd Yeah, I’ve heard people do that. I just want them out. Lol. Mine are 5mm and 8mm.

@Archimage I can see how that is unpleasant to say the least. I sure hope I don’t have to deal with this. 💎

@sod Ah, ok! 😃👍

@jean Oh, I forgot about that! You mentioned it earlier. Moving often makes it easier to downsize, but still; hard work, and mentally draining! 🚚💨