• VibeSurgeon@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    15 hours ago

    You’re liable to get a fine for eating them too early -

    translation:

    Too early Semla lead to fines

    1. JAN. 1952

    Christmas is over, reasoned a couple of bakers in Malmö and consequently started making Semla, but they shouldn’t have done that. When the police saw the buns in the windows, they reported the manufacturers, who are facing fines.

  • cccrontab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    I went to Stockholm several years back in the summer and went to a place asking for these and they laughed in our faces. Then they called their co-workers from the back and told them to come out here and see the people asking for semla. Then they all collectively laughed and explained that it’s seasonal.

    • Nangijala@feddit.dkEnglish
      1·
      15 hours ago

      Don’t feel too bad. They kinda suck. We have them in Denmark too. We have two types of Fastelavnsboller and I prefer these:

      They have custard inside. Sometimes a bit of chocolate too. The ones with whipped cream is nothing but a whipped cream burger with a bit of depressing jam inside. They suck. In my humble opinion. I’m sure they have the good fastelavnsboller in Sweden too. But yeah. Still a seasonal thing.

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    1 day ago

    I moved to Sweden recently and one of my friends is showing me all the best treats. Semlor my goodness I don’t even like almonds but these things are amazing. I found out just a couple days ago eating them in a bowl of varm mjölk is a thing too? They’re already so messy to eat but that sounds too good to not try

    • Logical@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      It’s called hetvägg when you eat it with milk I believe. Never tried it myself (am Swedish), but I know some people like that. Semlor on their own are great though, glad you’re enjoying them!

  • frank@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    Looks like fastelavnsboller to me, at least that’s what it’s called in Danish

    • Ben@feddit.dkEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      The swedish one has almond creme filling.
      Its not often i see this type of fastalavnsbolle, i mostly see the closed type. is it marmelade or the yellow cake creme that is used in the whipped creame type?

      • frank@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        Yeah same, typically the closed (old school/gammeldags) type. I thought the cream was flavored flødeskum, but I have no idea

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Vastlakuklid here in Estonia. Over here it’s either just whipped cream inside (boring) or more commonly whipped cream and jam (usually lingonberry) or sometimes they may have marzipan too

    • vpklotar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      1 day ago

      It’s a semla. Something of a dry fluffy bread with whipped cream and a filling made on almonds. Vanilla sugar on the top. There also exist other variants with different bread or fillings. This however is the traditional semla.