SWEDISH FOOD
Crisp bread can be topped with anything from sliced boiled
eggs and caviar squeezed from a tube for breakfast; to ham, cheese and cucumber
slices for lunch; to just plain butter along with your dinner.
Lördagsgodis (Saturday candy)
Saturday is candy day in Sweden, and most children indulge only once a week. Upheld mostly to
protect people’s teeth and prevent dental cavities, the tradition is historically linked to dubious
medical practices. In the 1940s and 1950s, at Vipeholm Mental Hospital in Lund patients were
used in a series of human experiments for research purposes, and fed large amounts of candy to
intentionally cause tooth decay. Based on its findings in 1957 of the direct relationship between
sweets and tooth decay, the Medical Board suggested Swedes eat candy only once a week — a
tradition that is still upheld in many households today.
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