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Brand: Carletti Cost: 3 for 10KR Found at: ICA If there’s one thing that I’ve learned about the Scandinavian countries, it is that their relationship can best be described as a sibling rivalry. For the outside observer, they seem to be pretty similar, but in their own eyes, they could not be more different.... Continue Reading →
Brand: Barbells Cost: 29KR Found at: Coop Look, I love me a protein bar as much as the next girl, but there comes a point where you have to wonder: has science gone too far? If I am reaching for an ice-cream bar, it means that I have already lost the battle. If... Continue Reading →
Brand: Coop Cost: 3 for 25KR Found at: Coop Every supermarket I’ve been to in Sweden or Norway has an aluminum can/plastic bottle recycling machine. It’s easy to use, you just stick your old soda cans into the round opening, a conveyer belt takes it to the scanner, and the machine calculates the refund... Continue Reading →
Brand: Xtra Cost: 7.95KR Found at: Coop My college trip to Romania was done on the shoestring budget of the eternal optimist. It was the kind of budget that assumed that all food would be free, all housing cheap, and all transport unnecessary. To this day, I still underbudget any trip I go on,... Continue Reading →
Found at: Plantagen Cost: 250 KR per tree I love kumquats. I can eat kumquats until my mouth is raw from the citrus. When I lived in Japan, I would buy an entire plastic carton full of kumquats and finish them all in one sitting. Of course, like any good American girl, it took... Continue Reading →
Brand: Estrella Cost: 35KR Found at: ICA Emil and I are snackers. We like to snack. But we are very different in our snack preferences. While I am a sweets girl all the way, munching on chocolates and candies all day long, Emil does not really go in for sweet food between meals. He... Continue Reading →
Brand: GB Glace Cost: 8.95 KR Found At: Coop At parties and dinners, Emil frequently brings up his first visit America and particularly the incident of the ice-cream. Having been there for the incident in question and having now heard it enough times to recite it verbatim, I feel comfortable retelling it now as my... Continue Reading →
Brand: Cloetta Cost: 8.95KR Found at: Coop As a teacher of young children, you keep yourself sane by making little jokes that the kids won’t get. Nothing unwholesome, just little asides that will make the other teachers laugh and which the children will not register until their mid-twenties. It’s like sending a cohort of... Continue Reading →
Brand: Marabou Cost: 8.95KR Found at: Coop In preparation for my impending move to Scotland, I thought I’d do a little research. And before I launched into the Rick Steve’s Guide to Scotland, I decided to set the tone of the day with a candy bar named “The Scotsman.” And oh boy, if the... Continue Reading →
Brand: Abba Seafood Cost: 21.95KR Found at: Coop This is a tube of refrigerated, salted cod roe that is absolutely ubiquitous in Sweden. Every grocery store will have a hanging display of a variety of tubes filled with every possible topping under the sun. There’s a tube of cheese, a tube of mayonnaise, a... Continue Reading →
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