Food
SWEDEN
Borrowed Dish
by Simon
TACOS: So many European countries are
very familiar with the dish tacos, the
tortilla-bread rolled with different
ingredients in it, but here in Sweden, it is
very popular to eat it on Fridays! Tacos
came to Sweden many years ago and it is
not like the tacos from Mexico! Swedish
tacos have meat, vegetables, spicy
sauses and they are oftenly very big. The
Swedish Tacos are probably mostly
inspired by the tex.mex “Burrito” from
the southern part of the USA. The
Swedish term “tacomys” means that a
group of any kind gets together, cooks
tacos and eat them in peace. Swedens
most popular brand of taco ingredients is
called “Santa Maria Tex-Mex”. Sweden has
invented a recipe called taco pie which is,
well a pie made of taco ingredients, very
clever! The differences between Swedish
tacos and the Mexican tacos is the size
and the taste, the Mexican tacos are
much smaller, and the taste is so much
spicier, fresher and has original spices
and ways of preparing it.
Another borrowed dish that is popular
here in Sweden is kebab. Kebab comes
from Anatolia in Turkey, where there is a
long tradition of serving grilled meats
along with bread.
In Sweden “kebab” usually means a type
of fast food with pita bread or a thin
flatbread filled with kebab, onion,
peperoni, salad and sauce. Even pickled
vegetables and chopped herbs can occur.
Another common variant is the kebab
plate, where the meat is served with
salad, onion, sauces and fries. Kebab roll
is a bigger kebab that is surrounded by a
rolled-up pizza base or a flatbread roll.
Kebab meat is used as a filling for certain
types of pizza and kebab pizza has
become popular.