tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808958950908607306.post6957934635581358868..comments2015-03-04T23:15:52.597+01:00Comments on Viktoria´s Kitchen: Spagetti & Minced Meat Sauce, Swedish styleViktoria Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608160759512904861noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808958950908607306.post-39956989229791161442014-10-06T15:44:08.398+02:002014-10-06T15:44:08.398+02:00Ah! lol I see. Ah! lol I see. Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808958950908607306.post-61209474642975949602014-10-06T15:41:57.622+02:002014-10-06T15:41:57.622+02:00I am starting to see what the misunderstanding is ...I am starting to see what the misunderstanding is here: my dictionary translates köttfärs = minced meat and köttfärssås = mincemeat sauce. There is no fruit in that, it is simply ground meat. Either pork or beef or a mix thereof: <br />https://www.google.se/search?q=k%C3%B6ttf%C3%A4rs&rlz=1C1PRFC_enSE593SE593&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=667&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=RZsyVKqhCum8ygP0i4CgAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ<br /><br />The only bit of sweetness in the sauce is that little bit of sugar/jam/chili sauce that lifts the tomatoes. "Spagetti och köttfärssås'" is a Swedish version of Spagetti Bolognese. No fruit anywhere near it. ;-)Viktoria Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608160759512904861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808958950908607306.post-55914560841869164432014-10-06T15:21:13.066+02:002014-10-06T15:21:13.066+02:00I've never heard of using mincemeat for anythi...I've never heard of using mincemeat for anything other than pie. Meatballs and meatloaf never have fruit in them. Beef, onion, green peppers, bread... but never fruit. Maybe other parts of the country are different. And I've never been quite sure what Shepherd's pie is. From what I've seen online, the closest we get to it is beef "pot pie": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_pie#Modern_pot_pie . Pot pie (the way I'm familiar with it) has chunks of meat (chicken or beef) in a crust and never has ground meat. I've also never seen pot pies with mashed potatoes, but I gather Shepherd's pie always has mashed potatoes. But we don't put fruit in any of it.Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808958950908607306.post-42558577737709361332014-10-06T15:11:20.462+02:002014-10-06T15:11:20.462+02:00Very interesting! For us, having meat in a dessert...Very interesting! For us, having meat in a dessert is just, - well, wrong. But what do you call mincemeat when you use it in other cooking, like meatballs or meatloaf or something like Shepherd´s pie? Ground meat? Viktoria Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608160759512904861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808958950908607306.post-89493397885719661732014-10-06T15:04:03.378+02:002014-10-06T15:04:03.378+02:00The filling mother used does contain beef (or suet...The filling mother used does contain beef (or suet, not sure how that works), but she didn't add more than was already in the filling as it came. Definitely a product meant for dessert, and would never work over pasta. I looked to see if I could find her recipe, and I can't; so she may have used the recipe on the box for this: http://www.nonesuchrecipes.com/recipes/recipedetail.aspx?recipeid=4322&foodname=Traditional%20Mincemeat%20PieDivers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808958950908607306.post-50420705612270870892014-10-06T14:46:24.183+02:002014-10-06T14:46:24.183+02:00Perhaps there is a difference between minced meat ...Perhaps there is a difference between minced meat and mincemeat that my dictionary doesn´t compute? I have heard of mincemeat pie, but never had it, and the recipes I have looked at do contain meat, like this one: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/mincemeat-pie-filling/<br />I don´t suppose your pie has meat in it? <br />Viktoria Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608160759512904861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808958950908607306.post-49626843956234783632014-10-06T13:59:50.440+02:002014-10-06T13:59:50.440+02:00I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around &qu...I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around "mincemeat" in this context, as for me "mincemeat" is a dried fruit pie. Mother bought the mincemeat pie filling in a box from the store, and that pie was always one of my holiday favorites. We only had it during Thanksgiving/Christmas. http://www.nonesuchrecipes.com/productInfo.aspDivers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.com