Sweden Street Food
 

After some great responses on Danish "poelser" (hotdog). Is time for Sweden ~!

Are there any street food in Sweden ?
because I never heard of any street food at Scandinavia except Denmark.

Cheers,
Chuck
http://www.travelbyfood.com
My Travel and Food website

Sweden has their "Korv" I remember. It's the Swedish version of a hotdog.

Sometimes I've found waffles but not too often. I've also seen doughnuts cooking on street carts.

The korvs are good with the senap sauce.

Blackduff

Chuck - I was only in Stockholm (not other parts of Sweden) but you're right, I did not notice any street food except for a couple of hotdog stands. I did notice they also sold corn on the cob which I though was really wierd since I thought Europeans didn't eat corn on the cob. I had a French girl live with us for a month a few years ago and we served her corn on the cob thinking it was a real treat and she told us in France it was considered "cow" food. So much for impressing the French with American food! But I haven't seen corn on the cob in any European country until I saw it at the hot dog stand in Stockholm.

There were lots of small cafes selling Swedish open faced sandwiches which had little outdoor tables but I'm not sure that qualifies for street food since you can sit down (no wait service though).

In my Sweden gallery (www.pbase.com/annforcier) there is a shot of my lunch from the above mentioned cafe, the shot just before it is as you approach the cafe. I also have one of the menu posted on the wall, that's not on-line but if I get a chance I'll upload it to your site. You are free to copy any of the images from my site to your's if you want.

I expect that the korv you speak of is the swedish potato sausage that my grandmother, mother and I now make. It's part beef, pork, potato, onion with salt, pepper and allspice. I make it for Christmas. I'd be interested to learn what the senap sauce is that goes on it--a kind of mustard perhaps? Don't the Swedes have herring stands?

Isabel, this is the first time I've checked into your picture galleries. They are fantastic.

We have just been in Stockholm. Our Swedish friend took us to a hot dog stand, where we expected a hot dog on a bun. Instead, we had a flat bread (similar to a flour tortilla) stuffed with a hot dog with ketchup and mustard, mashed potatoes and shrimp salad. It was a very interesting combination, to say the least!

The meal I enjoyed over and over was a hot baked potato topped with a cold shrimp salad (baby shrimp and sometimes crawfish or fake crab, mixed with mayonnaise and dill).

Julie
Korv is a more generic sausage, similar to a hotdog. Sometimes it's filled like you mentioned and many times it's bland. Bigger korvs (Falukorv) can be sliced and fried.

Again, senap is generic for mustard. The most common was sort of sweet mustard. I just looked in the Wikepedia and it says it's made with vinegar, honey, sugar, mustard seeds, and some water. Sometimes salt is included.

I liked this senap and I make something similar for Gravad Lax. Southern France doesn't have all of the ingredients but I've found a way to make it tasteful.

I never found any places which sold herring on the street. I've found a few things selling like smoked fish. I've seen bags of the fish hung from a post and a small can to put the money. The honesty of Swedes makes selling things in this manner.

You sound Swedish decent but not visiting to Sverige. If not, you should make sure you visit your heritage. It's a beautiful country with great traditions. Swedish homes should be visited to see how they live. The formal traditions take time to learn but it's certainly worth the visit.

Blackduff

There are hot dog stands many places, selling a variety of sausages. If you wander around Gamla Stan you will see a lots of food vendors located in tiny stalls all around. My favorite was the ice cream served in a fresh waffle cone. You could also get a Swedish massage on the sidewalks for about $20.

Blackduck, we've been saving our visit(s) to Sweden for a cruise when we're a little less able to navigate as independently as we currently do. Somehow, driving from place to place across the icy expanses of Sweden doesn't seem as appealing as putting about from place to place in Italy, France, etc. But taking a luxurious cruise to see Sweden, Finland, Norway, and the baltics (Latvia being my husband's native land) sounds pretty good. We did a brief stint at the airport in Oslo (when NWA used to fly through there enroute to Paris) and loved that small glimpse. We'll get there.

In Sweden, I recall getting all kinds of street food at "kiosks". That includes the afore mentioned korv and ice cream but can also be complete meals such as Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberry sauce, hamburgers and pork entrees. The influx of Middle Eastern immigrants has also added foods like falafel and kebabs to the menu. This was the case in Malmo which I have visited several times in the past 10 years, and I expect this must be true of other Swedish cities as well.

Am I the only one who lived off of cucumber, cheese and wheat bread sandwiches the whole time I was in Stockholm? Sometimes with salmon, indeed, always delicious, and really cheap.

Hey ~~ Isabelle, I am very appreciate that you let me to submit your beautiful pictures to my website.
I like the sea side one ... what place is that?


I have updated it already, you can go check that out. But do you mind submit rest of the food pictures info to me thru my website, or email.

so Korvs, hotdong, and Swedish meatball with potatos also served at the "Kiosk" very common in Sweden, or just occaisonally find it?

Cheers,
Chuck
http://www.travelbyfood.com
my Travel and Food website

Isabel, I must say, your photos are wonderful and I enjoy looking at your website. You really have an eye for composition.

I live in NYC and I noticed that you have a snapshot of the house on E 19th, which is one of my "if I win the lottery houses" and is also close to where I live. I remember years ago when it was destroyed by a fire. For some reason, I can never get a good photo of that house!