Ikea Swedish Meatballs

@tinamarie1974 I bought the vegetable ones also frozen. And they’re fairly bland, but they work well in some pasta sauces.

I’ve had alligator tail, that was interesting.

@Targaryen I have never tried the veggie ones. I just get the regular beef (?) and they are tasty. The alligator was actually for a Mardi Gras celebration a few months back. It was ok, but I don’t know that I would be trying to find it to have again.

@tinamarie1974 Have not eaten gator although the other day there was a baby one in the parking lot down the street (no I don’t live in FL). Nor have I eaten road kill. I have told my daughter over and over that the reservoir is full of gators and be careful if you swim in there. Not sure she believes me. they usually thin the place out with 100 or hunting so permits every year. You don’t usually think of central MS as gator country.

There is a store on the edge of town that sells only “wild animal” meat - more normal sounding things like deer jerky and then weird stuff (no longer remember the names) that I had no idea what animal was the involuntary muscle donor. I went with a friend there but have never bought anything. The parking lot was entertaining. I since wished I had taken a photo of the one car I saw in their parking lot that was incredibly gator blinged out in side and out. Amazing. I had never seen anything like it. The people in that car were totally strange so decided it would be prudent only to gape at a distance and not with a camera.

@cinoclav
American attempt or Dutch?

I have never tried a US made one that compared to the ones I’ve had from Holland. My daughter said she had one somewhere obscure but doesn’t remember where.

They are num num

/image stroopwafel

@Cerridwyn Made in Holland. Surprisingly, Costco had them at a really great price. This brand: http://lechicpatissier.com/stroopwafels

@cinoclav
this is the brand I’ve been sent the most

@Cerridwyn @cinoclav aldi has them sometimes too!

@tinamarie1974 I’ve bought them there too. Tastes the same.

@Cerridwyn @cinoclav The dutch seem to get their sugar breakfasts in a more direct way than we do. We disguise some of it as healthy cereal. They seen to go straight to open faced sandwiches made of butter and cake sprinkles, chocolate spread… Interesting when I lived there. I liked their poffertjes. Better than our pancakes. Looked like donuts holes but were these incredible pancakes. Also when I lived in Germany there were these shredded pancake like things (I forget what they were called) that were also really good.

@cinoclav oh my gosh I so love those

@cinoclav I love putting these on top of a mug of coffee or hot chocolate until it gets the right amount of warm.

POPSOCKETS! SPA KITS! POLLY POCKETS! AWESOME!

@becca Get a real 1/4 lb dog from Costco for $1.50. Veggie dogs just be nasty.

Instead get an Impossible Whopper from BK or Impossible sliders from White Castle if you want to go plant-based.

@mike808 Have you tried the IKEA veggie dog?

@becca I didn’t know they have veggie dogs. I’ll have to try some the next time I’m there.

@mossygreen Damn you! That’s my secret recipe for savory garlic meade.

@mike808 It might become mead?! That was not on my radar.