Swedish Cuisine is a fusion of simplicity, tradition, preservation, influences, and love.
One of the most redeeming qualities of any cuisine is its ability to influence other cultures with its traditions. Not only is influencing diverse cultures important, but holding on to its own culinary traditions while balancing an incorporation of various cultural influences. In Sweden, the food has traditional recipes that have survived for generations as well as an abundance of modern meals infused by cultures around the world. The combination of old and new gives the people of Sweden a taste for the evolving cultures around them while also always staying true to the comfort of home.
In Sweden, food is an activity that is not only pleasurable for the people because of the scrumptious and hearty meals they are able to devour, but an all around aspect of their social life. Eating and drinking is an event to bring everyone together. Swedish cuisine has gained such widespread popularity by offering recipes that are simplistic but also complex in the traditions of Swedish food. This gives anyone who eats a traditional Swedish meal a ride through generations of delicious recipes and an introduction to newly innovative meals.
Swedes create these delectable meals with their rich and local ingredients. Organic cooking and health is on the rise in the country, and many people incorporate fresh, home-grown ingredients, seasonal fruits and vegetables, farm fresh dairy products, and fresh seafood from the surrounding oceans. The northern area of the country leans more towards hearty meats for their dishes from these local farms, whereas the southern area incorporates more locally grown seasonal crops such as grains, root vegetables, and various fruits.
Whether you are celebrating holidays with the traditional smörgåsbord or eating at a new fine dining restaurant with creative twists on well-known Swedish ingredients, the Swedes will always look forward to a celebration surrounded by food to bring their loved ones and others together. Regardless if you are from the north or southern area of the country, the dishes that are created by it are guaranteed to bring each other together as one.
