Oral tradition
Did they come home with a king?
Swedes often say the idea for meatballs came back from the Ottoman Empire with King Charles XII in the early 1700s. Food historians still argue about it.
A good story, gently disputed.
Swedes often say the idea for meatballs came back from the Ottoman Empire with King Charles XII in the early 1700s. Food historians still argue about it.
A good story, gently disputed.