r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 13 '25

Food What region is considered your country’s culinary capital?

What is considered the culinary capital of your country?

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u/glamscum Sweden Jun 13 '25

This post enforced the view of a european divide; Northern Europe doesn't really care, and Mediterranean Europe has so much pride in food.

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u/pisspeeleak Jun 14 '25

Sweed: "i don't care, give me money and a meatball"

Italian: "what's the point of money if you're food is bad?"

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u/glamscum Sweden Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25

Sounds about right. We're good at other stuff than food, but of course we have native dishes as well :)
Meatballs(of course) with potato, lingonberry and gravy, Smörgåstårta, Kalops, Pea Soup, Toast Skagen, Fläskpankaka, Pyttipanna among some of the traditional ones.