Tonight I had dinner at Wermlands Nation, which is frequented by international students. We had a Vietnamese-inspired dinner and a random but very tasty raspberry crumble. On the bar where we received our US cafeteria-style trays with food served by the staff there were forks, knives, large soup spoons, and small tea spoons. In Sweden, all the desserts are,
1) NEVER dry!!! This is a big no no here and a comment of, ”It’s a little dry,” means you’ve totally failed. With some desserts that can’t avoid being a bit dryer (eg. some cakes) it seems that cream is added to counter the parching dryness.
2) eaten with a (small) spoon no matter how hard they are, like tonight. I find this bizarre and sometimes inconvenient, especially since hard desserts easily slide or slip off of the tiny spoon. I’m surprised JELLO isn’t very popular here, but that’s probably good since it’s gross and tastes artificial. I will, however, make an exception for my ’mormors’ (grandma’s) orange-flavored kind with banana slices.
Below are some example pictures that I’ve eaten in Sweden (see picture details for web source, accessed today, Sunday March 13th).
