Served on a cheery platter (I opted for the rainbow-striped Poppig tray) it’s entirely possible to eat the ennui away. Cobbled together with the curiosities that comprise the all-Swedish food section, one can actually snack quite well on an Ikea cheese spread. Rootslased söövad pohlamoosi lihapallide, kartulipudru ja koorekastmega, aga kerge magusus sobib hästi ka teiste klassikaliste roogadega nagu kartulipannkoogid, pelmeenid ja soolased pannkoogid. So it has two things going for it: affordability and monopoly. Pohlad kasvavad metsas ja hilissuvel punetab maa neist väikestest hapudest marjadest. Enjoy our organic lingonberry jam with meatballs, mashed potatoes and cream sauce. Tyttebær vokser i mange urskoger på nordre halvkule. It should go without saying that Ikea cheese is affordable (averaging about $12 a pound), and I’ll speculate that Ikea’s also the largest single vendor of Swedish cheese in the United States. SYLT LINGON lingonberry jam, organic, 400 g In late summer, small red lingonberries are ready to be picked and then eaten as jam with classic Swedish dishes. Økologisk matproduksjon har som mål å opprettholde et jordbruk som er bedre for mennesker og miljø.

And so I binge-shopped, grabbing every cheese on offer in an effort to beat back the existential loneliness of a warehouse full of mass-produced Scandinavian designs. In trying times I tuck into a wedge of cheese the way Leo crawls into that bear carcass in The Revenant: to survive. Brklenes aug savva Zviedrijas meos, un vasaras nogal sks ogas mirdz sns k drgakmei. Sald piedeva piestv ar citiem tradicionliem dieniem, piemram, kartupeu pankkm, klimpm un gaas pankkm.

It’s no accident that while pondering munsbit, I found myself in Ikea’s small but singularly focused cheese section (it’s all Swedish, natch). Zviedri ievrjumu d kop ar gaas bumbim, ko pasniedz ar kartupeu biezeni un sald krjuma mrci. But munsbit could also describe something darker, like the unbearable burden one feels after comfort-testing too many couches, or the realization that filling your house with furniture won’t fill the empty in your life. Sylt Lingon, Lingonberry preserves, Ikea Food, 14 oz jar - Super fruit by Ikea Food. On a recent trip to Ikea I was greeted by a poster emblazoned with the Swedish word munsbit: “a small thing that makes a big difference”- like your lover smiling at you from across a crowded room, or your mom’s perfect cinnamon toast.

Sylt lingon ikea