Ikea is a meatball company that also sells furniture
VW is a sausage company masquerading as a car manufacturer: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_currywurst
I liked them better when they still contained horse meat.
I would 100% eat those. Even more likely to if they officially advertised them as being made from horse.
Horse meat is delicious and idgaf what all the crazy horse girls say
Their plant based meatballs are good too. I pan fry them then toss them into a slow cooker with some bachans barbecue sauce, green onion, and sesame seeds for parties and potlucks.
Bachans Japanese BBQ is so good. Getting expensive. But damn it's delicious.
They got the vegan option too. If you don't want to think about the poor horse that gave his life for you, go eat vegan stuff. Often times vegan options are just a bridge. There are other ways to eating healthy nutritious foods.
Then you need to make proper Swedish meatballs. IKEA's stuff doesn't compare.
Do you have an authentic recipe? It's always hard on the web to find out which "true 100% reals straight from grandma" recipes are the right ones.
Niklas Ekstedt's recipe is authentic, Swedish, and tasty AF. If you can't find venison, beef will do.
EDIT: I imagine this is one of those things where there are 1,000's of different "proper" recipes. I shared this one as the guy who wrote it is Swedish, so I thought there must be some authenticity there, and I've made it, so can testify that it's good. Not saying it's the best or the most authentic, so slightly confused by the commenters saying it's somehow wrong?
I improved the taste of my version a lot by making my own Piffi Allkrydda mixture fur the sauce. Its a spice mixture that goes really well with the taste of the berries!
Did have them a week back. But IKEA is to Swedish cuisine what Taco bell is to Mexican.
Ikea really managed to pull off a magnificent marketing stunt.
They have the same furniture quality that you can get off of Amazon, Wayfair, or Walmart but you have to go get it out of their warehouse and deal with the logistics of getting it to your house. But they hand out some meatballs and give everything funky Swedish names; so people get the impression that it's a fancy European experience.
China is the single largest manufacturer of Ikea products. I found that when I went directly to the source, I could get the same item cheaper or a better item at the same price. That deal is likely to die with the new tariff regime but that same regime will have similar impacts on Ikea.
Their vegetarian hot dogs are worth a try. I only got one because it was cheaper than a standard hot dog, but was surprised how much I loved the taste.
Their veggie dogs (not meat like, just veggies) were surprisingly good! I assumed the regular hot dog would be similarly good but it was hands down the worst hot dog I have had in my life.
Next time I go I promised myself I would try some of the plant meatballs instead.
The plant balls are amazing. Can't say how they compare as I've never had the meat ones, but they're tasty and savoury and delicious.
Note that there are two similar sounding products. A friend tried the plant balls and enjoyed them, but then bought the bag of vegetables balls to take home and was disappointed
https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/huvudroll-plant-balls-frozen-90508221/
https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/huvudroll-vegetable-balls-frozen-70487795/
They haven’t been as nice since they took the horse out.
Their vegan meatballs are also excellent.
Twice now on my ikea trips the restaurant has been so jampacked that I could not fit even if I shot myself in there with a cannon. ◕︵◕
Find yourself a minimalistic-yet-sturdy bench from some nearby display space and use it as a battering ram to force your way to the food.
EDIT: Apparently they sell bags of frozen official meatballs that you can do yourself:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/meat-25217/
EDIT2: Apparently despite the fact that they deliver the furniture, they won't deliver the frozen meatballs. You have to go to the store for them. I guess just make one large trip.
They probably deliver many orders on one trip and it would require a truck with a refrigerated box to be up to food safety standards.
The meatballs were actually located right before the main checkouts. 2 lb bags of regular or chicken for $15 each. Very tempting but I had already gone last month, bought items frivolously, and did the same thing again today. By the time I got to the end I knew I had to just shut it down, pay and get out of there. Got 3x chocolate bars for $5 though. Couldn't help it.
It was pretty packed today - went there around lunchtime, but the line moved fairly quickly and we were at the checkout in maybe 15-20 mins. There are some premade items already on plates right at the start of the line and I'd imagine if you just wanted one or two of those you could skip past the people in front of you waiting to be served meatballs or whatnot and checkout faster.
Do you get a Swedish flag on those in the states?
Absolutely. This is the store in Tempe, Arizona.
The nearest IKEA to me is about
5,0002500 miles away. This picture makes me feel all of them.Edit: I failed to search the actual mileage between my home and the nearest IKEA before posting.
Wat. Are you in the South Pole?
Nah. Hawai’i. But I didn’t search the correct mileage before I posted. It’s half that. (But feels like 5k when I think about that lingonberry sauce.)
With lingamberries yum!
Ligmaberries
ligma balls
So good! But I always think they might have just a little bit of horse in them. 🐎
Anglais Ikea has marketed fecal-contaminated horse meatballs and chocolate pies. Bon appétit!
We in the US have gotten used to eating shit since January. Politics aside, I also still eat Chipotle.
I need to make a trek to the giant blue box. Lingonberry Master Race!
Don't @ me cranberry peasants.
I love blocking people that post stuff like this.
Wait aren't you in the foodporn community? Is this not the purpose, to post pictures of food that the OP finds delicious? Either you're very lost or you misinterpreted the "porn" part of the community name and wanted the mashed potatoes to take their pants off.
Surely you don't simply disagree that it's delicious, because you're blocking them. Even a downvote isn't appropriate for a well framed and high quality photo of food that you personally don't enjoy, but is enjoyed by many. In that case a user would simply not upvote. So that can't be it.
I am indeed in the food porn community and generally enjoy it. I said something negative about something as stupid as mass-produced meatballs in consumer market that doesn't even operate as a restaurant. There's virtually no difference between this and posting a picture of a crunchwrap. Hit me up with your sous videes and your pan sauces and your other things that you actually do that are impressive. Not your shopping trips.
Lol ok
Mutual I'm sure
You can buy Swedish meatballs at IEKA??????
Only until you have watched Sebastian Lege analyzing it. Amazing documentation.
Ohh it's been long time i went there and had their meatball. I just went there to buy their currypuff.
I didn't see that on the menu! Which country?
Malaysia! They have local food menu like fried flat noodle and nasi lemak and curry noodle, i assume every country have local food as their special as well
I need to go back to IKEA. But I need to make my own too.
Super Meatballs! 07
I agree with you ma'am. It's quite pleasant actually.
