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Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
this is AWESOME. i bought the ikea smoked salmon twice when I hosted my NYC Marathon brunches. everyone LOVED it! Great article!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
Ah, thanks for this! I will definitely have to pick some of this stuff up the next time I'm in Ikea, which now may have to be sooner than later. I've only ever gotten the Swedish meatballs and sauce in the marketplace, but I'll definitely have to look for those onions, sausages, elderflower concentrate and sparkling pear cider. I'll pass on the seafood, I'm really not a fan of seafood. Ooh, and maybe I'll try the coffee, too...
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
I was amazed that the Ikea in England sold booze too! I got some pear cider to try and it was really good! It's now one of my favorites!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
Oh Michele, I feel like you just keep coming up with new reasons for me to go to Brooklyn... one more post like this and I might have to do it. Although the boyfriend was so overwhelmed by his last (and first) Ikea experience, I don't know that I'm ever getting him back there... we still have two sets of wrong-sized "BESTA NORUM" drawers that it's probably way too late to return. I'll have to make a friend who likes Swedish superstores so I can get me some of that lingonberry jam.
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
The green marzipan rolls are traditionally made with arrak extract or a Swedish liqueur called Punsch and they are called Arrak rolls. The popular name of these rolls in Sweden is dammsugare or vaccum cleaners!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
Hey AlisonEats and others, I have learned at various Ikea stores on the East Coast of the US that you can send a runner to get the food from the little grocery store while another person waits in the main cashier line and they'll ring up your food purchases too (obviously this only works if there are at least 2 of you--although you can get the food. leave your cart and then pay the main cashier for everything). This really helps those of us that have spent all out energy in the store and just want to get out and go home.
My food faves are the meatballs with the gravy, Lingonberrys which I put on everything, the small round crisp bread (Kna:ckebrot) in the white package. and the vanilla sauce which I use for Bavarian apple strudel (THAT, you'll have to make at home!)
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
That flatbread - is it made from potatoes by any chance? 'Cause if that's lefse, I could seriously do with having it sometimes without all the rolling. =)
Oh, and the local grocery store just got those crispy oat cookies in - I bought two boxes. They're called "double chocolate crisps" and the ones I have were made by Gille.
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
You missed those perfect little cookies in the cafe at the checkout counter. They are crispy waffer like cookies, with dark chocolate in the middle. I don't know the name, but I LOVE them!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
Heh! My twin granddaughters, aged 2 years and 8 months, love going to Ikea in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they live. They now call it the "meatball store" and have been chomping down on meatball plates (and take-home meatballs) for at least a year. Children's plates have five meatballs, but they usually put away ten at a time.
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
@mrbill & @iheartcupcakes - Good to know. Liquor retailers do have something to fear, then...
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
@mrbill - yes Ikea in the UK sells booze - absolut vodka, and some other Swedish booze, including Swedish ale, Koppaberg perry, liquers and glogg at Christmas time!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
You missed off my fave too... gravadlax sass... basically a dill mustard sauce which is amazing with smoked salmon, cream cheese and bagels (lox &), and is fab as a glaze for pan-fried salmon too.... in fact any fishy dish can benefit from it!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
My husband refuses to accompany me to Ikea unless he has meatballs and gravy in the cafe there! We usually buy some meatballs and gravy mix to take home so we can recreate this at home, however here in the UK they have stopped selling the sauce for some reason. We are coming to NY in March so I may have to go to the nearest Ikea and stock up on it!
I really like the coconut ball cakes from their grocery store too - not sure if you get them in the US - they're little round balls or chocolatey goodness covered in coconut. And I ALWAYS have to stock up on Dime bar there - yummy!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
I second the love for the strawberry jam. I haven't tried the gooseberry one (though i LOVE gooseberries), because the one time i bought a jar Hero gooseberry jam it was so sickeningly sweet i wound up tossing it.
I would also like to add to the list an IKEA packaged dessert. Not sure what they're called, but they're essentially neon green marzipan rolls with a chocolate/rum filling, and the ends are dipped in chocolate. They come about 4 to a package and i usually buy at least 2 packages cause they're so tasty. They dry out quickly though, so don't leave them opened too long!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
I don't know if this offends any coffee experts, but I really enjoy their mild roast Swedish coffee. Its barely acidic at all, and its a lot gentler on my stomach in the mornings than most other coffee I've tried. Also, very very oily which gives the coffee a good mouth feel.
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
What a fun story! I always get meatballs in the cafeteria when I'm at Ikea (I suddenly get a yen for them when I walk in the door). I don't hit up the grocery area, 'cause you have to stop at it after you've checked out, which is a hassle when you're weighed down with other purchases. Still, your story inspires me to more effort to do so.
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Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
Our Ikea's here in the UK sell alcohol, beer, wine, and liqueurs (I think). For me the best buys are the dill flavoured potato chips, the mini cinnamon buns in a bag, and those big wheel shaped cracker breads. Usually at Christmas time we buy some reindeer sausage, and always get the yummy cheeses. I particularly like the cheese and shrimp mix which comes in a toothpaste tube.
I actually had very good luck with the bread in a carton - came out very well indeed.
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
You can wash the pots, pans and plates you use with IKEA FAMILY dishwashing liquid, too!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
It's the other jams and preserves (not the ubiquitous lingonberry) that are really good. The gooseberry and strawberry are especially good. Plus, they are the only ones I've seen who carry cloudberry jam (good but not great).
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
I'd recommend buying a tin of Abba's marinated sprats for Jansson's Temptation! Yum!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
I use the ligonberry jam when I baked brie and have no fresh cranberries around to make a conserve. Problem is this the Graddsas cream sauce packets is loaded with MSG. I have an MSG issue and that is a no no. I bought the bag of meatballs and the packet of cream sauce mix and had to chuck the packet. When your at the Ikea check your labels.
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this is AWESOME. i bought the ikea smoked salmon twice when I hosted my NYC Marathon brunches. everyone LOVED it! Great article!