Swedish Meatballs for Lunch

We finally made the trip to the (almost) new IKEA store in Stoughton. The kitchen chairs are about to give up the ghost and also break on whomever has hits butt planted on them. Ugly. I've never been in such a big store. With so much cool stuff.

Let me confess I'm a "Euro-style" person. Lace curtains, traditional furniture and all that old-fashioned scene has never been my thing. We bought Danish and Swedish furniture in the midwest, hunting in town like it was vanished bison. Love those oiled woods, clean lines, good design home goods. Loved IKEA.

The problem was, we found too many kitchen chairs and had to come home and think on it. This is not a bad thing. We bought jars and jars of ligonberries (you haven't lived until you've had delicate Swedish pancakes with ligonberry sauce) and even one of those big round things that WE call knackebrot. It's like rye-crisp, but a foot in diameter and round, of course. Bought a cool tray for my desk and a receptable for stuff in the bathroom. The prices couldn't be beat. We'll go back.

Lunch for two was under $12.00. The "small" portion of meatballs gives you 10. With potatoes, gravy and ligonberries. Yum! No hot smocked eel on the menu.

Last night I spent a marathon session looking for publishers and found 2-3 likely ones. Man, this is work. And then the requirements. Yikes! Everyone wants something different. But we persevere.

Onward to the ligonberry patch!

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