The Swedish Way

I’m a longtime reader of The Times and have on many occasions pulled recipes out of your Food section. Last Wednesday you published a recipe with the headline “Swedish Treat” (March 15). Being that I’m Swedish and that I grew up in Sweden, I need to comment.

The recipe for Swedish Meatballs with the sauce was correct. The Red Cabbage is also correct. As a matter of fact, many of the individual recipes are correct, it’s just that the combination is completely wrong. Dill is never used with any meat; it is exclusively used as a spice with seafood. Furthermore, no Swede would eat red cabbage and add lingonberry jam. To any Swede this very much “put together” combination would turn his or her stomach.

LIL JUDD

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