Thomas House on Mythryl: “I just read in a history book that Swedish meatballs were Ottoman…”

I just read in a history book that Swedish meatballs were Ottoman influenced, and of all the things to get caught up in a culture war ... (it may or may not be true or course - the book is by Baer whose general thesis is Europeans understate Ottoman influence). www.scmp.com/magazines/st...

scmp.comAre meatballs really Swedish – or were they plundered from the Turks?The attachment of Swedes to their meatballs was clearly demonstrated when a furore broke out over Scandinavian Airlines’ advert suggesting that meatballs might not be so Swedish

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