Filmjölk is basically buttermilk - not exactly the same but very close, a fermented dairy product, lots of countries have it, though not eaten with cereal, like in Sweden You can use it in baking and well as the typical Swedish breakfast
If you're doing American cooking, like fluffy pancakes or biscuits (the ones smothered in gravy) you can use filmjölk instead of buttermilk It's also good in smoothies, if you want a tangy flavoring
Basically everyone who gets called to an interview is qualified for the position academically/experience-wise. The interview is to make sure that you're not a weird and get a feel of if the person will fit into the group.
yeah, good point Anton! I got that impression from the interviews I've been here - they want you to meet people and get a feel for who you are as a person. that said, I'd add that its also often an opportunity to dig into how you think and problem-solve, to understand how your style of working is!
Filmjölk isn't actually more weird than sour cream. It's basically the same concept with dairy being slightly processed to last longer. As you get used to it, it is as versatile as yoghurt and I prefer filmjölk to milk with my cereal as it feels heartier and gives me more substance! I think why many from abroad don't like kaviar is because it is quite salty, but I would recommend putting it in small dots on your egg or cheese sandwich, preferably with a cold glass of milk on the side, to get the best experience and get used to the saltiness 🙂
nope, you're right Cat! Its actually not that strange at all! and just as you say here, once you're used to it, its quite enjoyable! I use it quite often in place of yoghurt on my muesli for example! and thanks for the caviar tips! I have to admit, I've not come quite as far with caviar as I have with filmjölk, so perhaps I'll have to give it a try as you've suggested!
Filmjölk and Yoghurt are very similar concepts, but I have to say I prefer the tase of Filmjölk to the tase of a neutral Yoghurt, though I prefer flavored Yogurt over flavored Filmjölk. And, like you said, Filmjölk and Sour Cream are basically the same thing, only Sour Cream is more creamy. I had a middle school teacher who said if Gräddfil is Sour Cream, then logically Filmjölk should be called Sour Milk in english. Not that it matters, cause no one knows what you're talking about anyway.
Filmjölk + cerials + sugar 👌 Kalles kaviar on knäckebröd/crispbread with slices of eggs or cheese 👌 Alot of things foreigners don't like when it comes to swedish food is most of the times because i think they eat it as it is and not in the way it was ment to be eaten. An example is knäckebröd/crispbread. It's not that special on it's own, pretty dry but put som butter/philadelfia cheese and maybe kaviar, eggs, cheese, avocado, keso/cottage cheese, some herbs and it becomes a whole other thing 👌👏🙏
you make a good point actually Martin! its like when they think Swedes eat surströmming at home on a weekly basis on their toast or something😆 but I have to say, I'm quite partial to a bit of filmjölk, so I might have to try out your suggestion here!!
@@JustaBritAbroad glad for your answer 😃 yeah i hope you try it 😉👏 my favourite is knäckebröd with keso, avokado and then ört-salt and citron-peppar on top 😋👌
A good to know thing. If the lines on the dairy package goes horizotally, it goes in a bowl, if verticly, it goes in a glass. Simple but not many people knows this.
I think it is woth mentioning that there are limitations to "Allemansrätten" that are sometimes missed. It excludes areas that are tended to, like lawns (areas near a house people live in) and agricultural fields where crops are grown.
very good point indeed! I kept it general in the video by just saying there were certain exceptions for example due to private lands, but you make a good point. same with protected nature areas where there's breeding animals at certain types of year, for example!
Correct me if I’m wrong but you can camp several days on community owned land and 24 hours on private owned land (like a forrest as long as you stay out of sight of the owners house)
It's actually OK to use private roads. Only house gardens and cultivated lands are prohibited to cross. Roads with a yellow ring in a red frame that says "Privat väg" is allright to use as long as you don't drive on them with a motor vehicle.
It's a bit funny how Sweden is always mentioned together with the law of Jante when it's a fictional law written by a Danish-Norwegian author about a made up Danish place.
yeah that is funny right? I actually didn't even know that it was written by a Danish-Norwegian author until I just read a comment from somebody else on this same video where they clarified where it has come from. is it such a big deal in Norway and Denmark in today's society, do we know?
We also have strandskyddslagen meaning that you're not allowed to build on any beach in Sweden. This means everyone can enjoy Swedens beaches without worrying about trespassing.
You have strange things on your table in Britain too, Marmite. And filmjölk is a good way to make the milk last longer. Try it together with oat porridge and lingonberry jam.
I think that jantelagen governs us Swedes for the most part, even if we do not actively live by it, it probably affects us more than we think. filmjölk can also be used when baking bread. it's actually getting really good
interesting Martin! is it something that's introduced in some way as part of the school curriculum then for example? I didn't know you could have filmjölk in bread! cool, might have to try that!
@@JustaBritAbroad I dont think its because of One special thing. I think its such abig part of our society in general, like school, Friends, at work, politics and so on
Kefir is a type of fermented milk from Russia (Ukraine, Belarus too?) But I have heard people use the term Kefir for the actual bacteria culture, so they have made kefir with apple juice and whatever. Yoghurt, filmjölk, kefir, kambucha, kimchi, sauerkraut. It's all different fermented foods and it has a history of thousands of years. Almost every culture has some version of this, and it often seem very strange to those who are new to it.
oh you do? interesting! I didn't know it had spread beyond scandinavia! we didn't have fridges in the olden times either, but I don't know what we had instead of fil? now I'm kinda curious to find out!
@@herrbonk3635 You have a point. I do like the flavor though. Must be a childhood thing. I’d rather have Petrossian though, but budget doesn’t allow for that..
In my opinion, "löjrom" is way better than the russian caviar, but you don't find that in tubes... As for Kalle's Kaviar, you should try the "Guldkaviar" for a more intense taste.
Kalles is actually really good. Luckily it's sold here in Estonia in the supermarkets at an affordable price, and yes I do enjoy it in the breakfast :)
Torskrom på tub där det smakar mest salt är en intressant upplevelse, inget jag föredrar att ha på mackan dock! Däremot så tycker jag om räkor i ost sås på burk! Ha en fin vecka!
FYI: The design of the Arla milk/dairy containers in Sweden are actually quite well thought out and designed, with the intention that they should be easily recognizable even for someone with impaired eyesight: "Lättmjölk" ("Light milk") has blue stripes, "Mellanmjölk" ("Middle milk") has green stripes, and "Mjölk" (regular milk) has red stripes. Then you have "Lättfil" which has light blue and yellow stripes, "Mellanfil"which has a blue and yellow stripes, finally "Filmjölk" which has dark blue and yellow stripes. The yellow indicates that they are thicker than milk, that's also why the packaging for "Vispgrädde" (whipped cream) is red with a yellow stripe.
I really like the concept of looking at my country through the eyes of a foreigner. A lot of these things we simply take for granted, but your videos is a little wake up call. Nicely done, and btw you are a great narrator.
so fun that you think so Helena! I've been putting out new videos twice every week for the last 21 weeks with different insights and perspectives on Sweden, and the thing that's surprised me most is how many Swedes have been interested in my reflections. if I can help in some small way to make sure that we celebrate all of the beautiful and unique things about your wonderful country, then I'm happy! have a lovely weekend and thanks for subscribing and following my videos!
ah it is? cool! I assumed it had spread into some of Sweden's scandinavian neighbours, but I didn't know exactly what you guys called it. so that's fun to learn!
Speaking of ages, I still say surmjölk, as it was originally called in Svealand (where Stockholm is). The name filmjölk is Arlas 1970s compromise between filbunke and surmjölk. Variants of it are old traditions in many countries, from Europe and Russia to Persia.
Filmjölk is fermented milk, so is yoghurt. Filmjölk never has added sugar, fruit or berries. Yoghurt often does. The main difference between filmjölk and yoghurt is that they have different milk bacteria (Lactobacillus) added, which makes them taste a bit different. Most yoghurts also have quite a lot of sugar added.
We've had the system of Pant for a long time, as a part of the agenda "håll Sverige rent" it's been around since 1984 here in Sweden, and it's a means for us to keep the nature and all areas clean, and to have an incentive to collect and recycle alu cans, plastic bottles and earlier also glas bottles.
Hej Maja, stämmer inte riktigt . Jag är 54 år och hade sverige rent klistermärken i koltåldern och jag samlade tomflaskor på midsommar redan i 5-6 åldern oxå .
Denmark has a “pant”-system too giving you money back for empty cans and bottles. When I studied at uni in the UK I was shocked to find out this system didn’t t exist there, and this was back in the late nineties, so it’s been around in Sweden for long. A Greek guy I met at uni said that pant would never work in Greece as someone surely would abuse the system by manufacturing empty drink cans themselves only to get money back. 😂
@@annakchf7084 Yes, because forging the barcodes, getting the equipment, raw materials and more surely would make you a profit in no time with 1 sek per can you pant. Heavy sarcasm.
Filmjölk is basically like plain Yogurt, or rather close to it. Swede's eat it with Cereal instead of milk most of the time. Sometimes when you run out of Cereal it's the typical grab a few pieces of knackebrod and crunch them up and some sugar and voila now you have sweetened bran cereal essentially. Knackebrod to be consumed either with Kaviar, Leverpastej with fresh or pickled cucumber, Cheese etc. Very nice and healthy. Man I miss Swedish food 😢.. I am a Swede, now Canadian since 20 years back.
@@JustaBritAbroad I don't if it's common I think it was just one of those out of cereal ideas someone had. I mean it's kind of like crunchy "bran" type cereal doing that and for "frosting" you just add some sugar to get it a little sweeter. It worked, lol.
Don, t you have sour cream in England filmjölk is the same but in a little Lighter form you just put sugar and kanel or jam on The filmjölk and it get jummy 😀
we sure do Stefan! and I'm a big fan of it! which probably explains why it didn't take me long to come around to filmjölk either! now I'm having it on my muesli regularly!
haha fair point Fia! its also fun that we all have different foods and delicacies that are local to just our area, country or culture! would be boring if we all had the same, right?
hahaha I could just see you guys looking away in shock and disbelief as I was filming haha. thanks for pushing on and persevering through though haha hope you enjoyed the video!
I am from the far north of Sweden and there filmjölk is just called fil. Also there is a variant of fil called långfil that is much thicker, it is more common in the north.
really Elias? had no idea you called it something different! I've heard of långfil though, makes sense that you guys have the tradition of products that last longer!
Filmjölk is basically like sourcream but with milk. Delicious imo, but I grew up with it. I love it as is but my favourite way to have it is with some brown sugar, cinnamon, and banana slices
You should start doing some react videos as well, such as reacting to swedish music pop/rap/house or whatever. I know that I would for sure watch it and I know a lot of other people would as well 👌🏼 good job
ooh fun idea Amanda! thanks for sharing🙌🏻 any artists/songs that you think I should start with? I'll certainly have a look into it! not sure how easy it is with copyright and rights to music etc, but its certainly a fun concept! and maybe there's some way to get around that!! glad you liked the video though, and thanks for watching! I really appreciate it🤩have a great evening!
@@JustaBritAbroad A few suggestions, let's start prehistoric. Bellman - Så lunka vi så småningom, Glimmande nymf, märk hur vår skugga. Sven-Bertil Taube, Fred Åkerström and Imperiet are artists that have made good versions of his songs. Evert Taube - Balladen om briggen Blue Bird av Hull, Möte i monsunen and a ton of other century-old songs that tend to tell some kind of story about travelling the world. 60s/70s/80s: Hootennanny singers, Nationalteatern, Factory (the video to the song Oh Susie is hilarious), Ulf Lundell, Ebba Grön/Imperiet (angry socialist/anarchist punk rock), Peps Persson, Ratata, Gyllene Tider, Noice, Freestyle, Freda, Di Leva I think I'll leave the 90s and newer to someone else. If you're brave, Eddie Meduza. The guy had no filter and spent his entire adult life writing songs with VERY NSFW lyrics.
@@JustaBritAbroad There should be a way to go around the copyright problem.. I mean so many people now a days do react videos. Isn't it a problem only if you use the song to market something? I don't know it's been a few years since I learned all that in school haha. Buut regarding what songs.. ODZ is a controversial rap group that would be fun. And if you want views I think you should react to a lot of hiphop, that is what the Swedish public listen to now a day's. Such as A36's new song "Samma gamla vanliga". Would also love a reaction to some of the older Swedish hiphop such as Looptroop Rockers, Labyrinth, Kapten Röd etc. There is a aaaa lot that would be interesting to see! Old Swedish classic songs such as the comment above is also a good shot.
@@JustaBritAbroad As the comment above the group Gyllene tider is a typical Swedish summer band, with songs that has topped the charts between the 80s-2000s. Peps Persson is also a really Folkkär artist!
I recommend everyone try egg-sandwich with caviar, its taste better for ppl that havent eat it before. Its almost same as surströmming, u need to grow up with this kind of food. When i was a kid eating surströmming as 7 years old, egg sandwich with caviar and urströmming with potato, under summer. Eat kaviar every day, is healthy and u feel more alert with good and stable breakfast.
I think you make a good point - particularly about the difference in how you prefer to sample the food depending on whether you grew up with it or not! some good tips here for getting started though, thanks!
ooh this is a good question and perhaps something I should dig into a little bit more in a video sometime. But to answer quickly here now, I like the concept! and its fun to have a word to explain "just right". that said, its so subjective and different for different people that we must all have different reference points, so I'm not entirely sure how you get around that in practise? haha
@@JustaBritAbroad If you fill a glass with water, do you fill it to the absolute top or only half full? No, you pick a lagom amount of water that fills the glass with a margin to the top so you wont have to be careful when moving the glass.
As far as I know, when camping in Swedish nature you can stay 24 hours at the same place, then you have to find a new place for the next night and so on. So only one night at the same place. Not a handful of nights and not closer than 100 metres from someone's house, unless the owner is OK with it.
Filmjölk is the usual sort of bacteria treated milk in Sweden, but there are others. Långfil was traditional in more northern parts of the country, with thicker texture and different taste.
Its says Filmjölk on Filmjölk carons. Iff you mistook Mjölk and Filmjölk you were not looking at the cartons. Theyre also different prints on the cartons. Well i give you that not all look at cartons the way they shoud. A friends dad bought vanilla sauce instead of cream for the sasuage stroganof ones.
i love to tease my cousin who lives in the Netherlands, she can´t get proper swedish bacon or the christmasham. Flinta steak s another item not available. And i even had to send a few boxes with sauces, like remoulade. So whenever i see a GREAT deal on something she wants she gets a pic hahhahaha, call me miss evil moahhahahhaaha
As a swede that lives in the Netherlands; bacon is bacon, I can't tell the difference. Flintastek you can't get in the same way in the supermarket, but it's pig meat so you can definately just ask a local butcher for the same piece (minus the marinade). There's remoulade sauce here too (in the supermarkets) but it's just not as popular (or good) as in Sweden.
Great video. Its always fun to hear what foringers think about our country. Kalles is actually not the best kaviar imo. There are quite a few other brands that I think tastes much better. Its just that Kalles is the most advertised. Personally I prefer Kvarnholmens kaviar. Smashiing good on a boiled egg. You should try it! I agree on the Filmjölk. it tastes like sour milk ewww. Yoghurt is the way to go :)
Once again you can find exact same things in Finland. Filmjölk is called piimä here but that habbit i do not understand why swedish are putting it in to the cerials, no way in hell! Piimä is mostly replacement for milk and is not from everyones taste. I like it occationaly, but i refer milk instead. I only take it as drink with food. It have some healthy bacteria in it. Kalles kaviar is very known product here and you can buy it from every grocery store here. Regular is too salty for my taste, but randiga that has some cheese in it as well is much better. I have it in my fridge all the time. It is good with white bread and you don´t need to put it so damn much as in those pictures. Spread it out in the bread like butter or margarine to get nice layer in on your bread. I can deffenetly recommand it. Räkost aka prawncheese is good as well. Bottle pant has long history in Sweden and Finland. Sweden has longer history with pant in drinking cans. That came Finland much later, but we didn´t pack so much drinks in cans first place. From 1995 Finland has got pant system also in cans. We used much longer glass bottles for sodas and beers. Empty bottles was washed and used multiple times before those droppet out of the circulation. If it was broken even from small piece it was taken out of circulation. Only problem was that drunken people didn´t care about the pant and many times they just threw the bottle where ever and it might broke in the middle of street and someone could hurt him/herself in to the broken glass or car was driving over and got flat tyre becouse of that.
well there we go! who knew, lots of parallels! I can understand why you prefer milk though to filmjölk! although I've learned to enjoy it, I'd still prefer yoghurt or milk in the respective cases when you might pick for fil! it sounds like Finlan'd pant system has also existed for a long time, impressive! I think its a terrific idea actually!
@@JustaBritAbroad Had to check from wikipedia and we have had thes system for 69 years since 1952. Biggest reason was that Coca-cola came in finnish markets (becouse we had summer olympics at Helsinki that year). So to collect and re-use of coke bottles they developed stantard size and shape bottles to all other brands in Finland so it was easy to collect and recycle all the other brand bottles as well. There are lots of varieties of different filmölks aka piimä in Finland and some might be ok with cerials, but are so lumpy that i can´t even think of that 😁. I remember as a kid we were on cruise ship comming to Sweden and having breakfast and there were no milk for an option. I was so pissed of then. I was cursing swedish people and them weird habbit 😁. So i didn´t ate cerials at all. Had to take bread and tea instead to get something to eat.
haha I'm glad to hear that someone got some enjoyment out of my discomfort😆 let's just say, I learned my lesson and never made that mistake again haha //Gregg
Fil isn't that strange! It's like Swedish yoghurt! What is the difference between fil and yogurt? It's really just that they contain different types of bacterial cultures and temperature at fermentation and origin. Fermented milk. Fil from Sweden, yogurt from the Balkans. Basically it's the same thing! (It tastes a little different too of course).
@@JustaBritAbroad Långfil är en sorts filmjölk som kräver låg syrningstemperatur och lång mognad. Den har en mild syrlighet, och konsistensen är seg och sammanhängande
@@JustaBritAbroad en tjock, seg och sammanhängande filtyp. Tixotrop, nästan. När man tar upp den i skeden och sedan häller ut den så far allting ur skeden - så till den grad att skeden är ren!
@@klaseniusproductions7591 Well, not really in the strict sense. Janteloven was written by a Norwegian author about a fictional Danish town called Jante.
Thanks for your pleasantly polite videos, makes me almost want to move to England. I have used coconut oil in coffee instead of cream, and can imagine trying filmjölk well whipped (don't fancy lumps) I though Marmite as a bread-spread was strange in England, it's a matter of being used to or not, like Kaviar May I ask: What is your profession and job, please?
I'm that Swede that don't like filmjölk, Kalles Kaviar or pickled herring. And I don't mean I disliked it a little, I find them absolutely disgusting. It's a bit tricky sometimes, but I suppose I should be grateful I haven't been kicked out of the country. ;-) A Swedish thing I do like is our wonderful salty liquorice. Have you tasted it, and if so what do you think about it?
really? you guys do exist!! haha but at least you make up for it with the salty liquorice - which I must admit, has really grown on me! in the beginning, I thought it was a bit odd, but then after I persevered a little, I now really enjoy it! took me longer with salty liquorice ice cream, but I'm partial now even to a little of that!
I don't even like licorice! ...or coffee. People do react to the fact that an adult Swede doesn't like fil, kaviar, inlagd sill, licorice or coffee. Add beer, wine, tea and mineral water to the "holy crap, you're picky" list! Lots of eyebrows travelling fast towards almost atmospheric heights. 😄
Private roads in Sweden can only forbid motor vehicle traffic, the law of allemansrätten is more powerful and makes it impossible to prohibit anyone from walking, cycling or riding on a private road.
hahaha I realised it sounded a bit like that, which is kind of why I had to include the pictures of the "pants" as overlay - it was tooooo good an opportunity to miss haha. thanks Freeman!
Filmjölk exists in Norway as kulturmelk eller surmelk. It is similar to youghurt, but uses a different culture of bacteria. In Russia they have something similar - Kefir, and in Iceland they have Skyr (like something inbetween fil and youghurt) It is sour milk, have the consistensy close to youghurt.
something to try when you first arrive then!! English Muffins? I assume you're talking about American muffins, because British muffins are a sweet dessert food and something tells me that's not what he's having with his breakfast haha
@@JustaBritAbroad hahaha, no, it's not a muffin at all. They're flat and are precut in half and you pop them in the toaster. They're not English muffins, they're named English muffins LOL.
Filmjölk is a relative to yoghurt. That´s the best way i could describe it. Kaviar with boiled eggs on a sandwich is the best. Jantelagen: To tell people that you´re the best smells bad. It´s ok if other people say that about you.
I SO miss Swedish breakfast! Like when the whole family is sitting around the table with all the bread, and stuff to put on the bread, filmjölk, kaviar and so on. In England breakfast is just boring and dry 😭
there is something distinctly cosy about it isn't there Erica! Particularly about that all the things are laid out in front of you to share and take from one another. I'm wondering what you're eating for English breakfast though if you're finding it dry - we eat a lot of cereal, porridge, muesli, none of which I'd consider dry?
@@JustaBritAbroad I don’t like the porridge you have here 😆 I want the “Christmas porridge” or tomtegröt that we call it sometimes. Yes cereals but you have it with milk! It doesn’t fill me up as much as it does with filmjölk. And yes I eat sandwhiches but I find it hard to put stuff on it. It’s usually ham or cheese. In Sweden you have all different things you put on a sandwhich. But I guess it’s just what you are used too 🤷🏼♀️ I grew up with a family that ate all different kind of things in the morning, while my husbands family just eat when they got up, and never together, and just a bowl of cereal 😅
Filmjölk is a sour milk product similar to Kefir, which a sour milk product originating from Kaukasus and widely available in Europe. Filmjölk and Kefir have been consumed in the Nordics and Russia for ages. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefir So what is the difference between Kefir and Filmjölk? The bacteria culture used to ferment the milk.
Pant is a great concept until you learn that once you've dragged all the XL garbage bags you've been hoarding your bottles in for too long to the machine there's a 33% chance it's out of order.
I once saw a Norwegian put filmjölk on his porridge at breakfast. I thought that must be some strange Norwegian habit, but watching him struggling to finish breakfast I realized that it had been a mistake and apparently not even Norwegians are used to the concept of filmjölk. 🤣
OMG. One time when I was very tired in the morning, I took the wrong package. Taken out both milk and filmjölk. One for the coffee and the other for the mueslin. So disgusting with filmjölk in the coffee !!!!!
Some day I'd like to see an Australian review Kalles Kaviar as compared to Vegemite, which I'm told is also a horrible salty substance only someone brought up on it could love.
haha now that would be interesting!! closest we have in the UK is marmite, but even that's not quite the same as vegemite - which I'm yet to try! would certainly be interesting to hear what they've got to say. thanks for checking out this video by the way, have an awesome day!
it really is Carlton! so pretty - and I'll be sharing way more insights from living here so feel free to follow along. I moved because my girlfriend is Swedish!
1. Filmjölk, yes thats tricky for swedes to explain, I just say yoghurt instead if I talk to someone english (but in reality I cant eat yoghurt). 2. Kalles kaviar doesnt contain enough caviar to be called caviar (according to EU regulations) but they did get an EU exception for sweden. Real caviar is expensive and isnt used as a spread here either. 3. Pant/return bottles was a lot more enforced but sweden had to allow for more non-return bottles when we joined the EU. 4. Jantelagen sort of exists in england but not maybe not by name, look at comedians like Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert and Frankie Boyle and you get those vibes. 5. Allemansrätten is great, dont take it for granted, there are those who want it removed.
good point Anders - yoghurt it is in the future!😅 and I had no idea about the fact concering Kalles kaviar (or not kaviar as the case may be) how fascinating!! thanks for sharing!
the way I see, (and I think the like official statement is?), Jantelagen is "you're not better than anyone else, but nobody is better than you" so basicaly don't compare yourself to others or something?? idk but I like that version
Filmjölk is basically just yoghurt but you when you make yoghurt you use one type of bacteria culture and when you make filmjölk you use another but similar bacteria culture 🤷🏻♀️
Soooo...sourmilk? That's not normal elsewhere? With the gross exception of Kalle's Kaviar (and other food in tubes, lol) we have all of those things in Finland as well.
sour cream is quite regular elsewhere, but I can't say I've seen sour milk in the supermarket before! interesting to hear that Kaviar isn't so popular in Finland though!
@@JustaBritAbroad I think piimä might be closest in Finland but it's maybe a bit thinner than filmjölk (based on wikipedia). Something else similar could be Kefir, which is also quite common nowadays, but it is even thinner than piimä (but better imo :)).
I have been living in Sweden for almost 3 years now. My wife eats fil and I have never tried it. 😅 I'm coming from South Africa, speaking Afrikaans/Dutch and my wife is a Swedish citizen. I still think Swedes are crazy. For reasons like fil and vermented fish. And yet Pant is not necessarily a quick way of making money especially since you also pay for pant ontop of the price of the product 😅🤣 so ja just going to have to dig in trash for that pant.
Oh when i was a kid i made so much money collecting cans and bottles with pant, i went to my neighbours and asked them and always got it if they had any, i guess it's was because i was a kid. Also in my city they have a festival each year so you could walk there and collect lots of it. And this was when cans was worth half as much as now
I have had job interviews with some of Swedes. None of them asked me aggressive or mean questions, so I didn't have to brag about myself. Probably they weren't looking for anyone ambitious or competitive.
I didn't mean to suggest that you would be asked aggressive or mean questions! its more just in England you would be asked to give examples of times where you have achieved a certain goal or fulfilled a certain customer demand and when you're talking about it in Sweden, you need to think a little bit more about how you present it to make sure that it doesn't come across as ambitious🤗 but there's a happy balance, and of course ways to demonstrate your experiences without coming across brash!
@@JustaBritAbroad Sorry, my comment has confused you. I never meant you denounce the Swedish interviewers. My point is they are "less" aggressive or mean than other nationals because they don't want you to come across as overqualified and they prefer team players to independent people.
I was tired okay😳🙄 hahaha I know it sounds mental, but believe me when I say I had no idea! mainly because we don't have filmjölk in England, so I never questioned that it would be anything else. and I was so tired that I just opened the carton, poured it in without really looking. probably on my phone or something!! was NOT a pleasant sight haha
wow Ulf, you've blown my mind! not sure if you follow me on instagram, but if you do, you might have seen I just shared your comment on my story, because you've made me question everything I know about osthyvel haha. we had them in my house growing up back in England, so it wasn't a big adjustment to me when I came here, but now you've got me wondering if its not so common in other countries😳😱
Filmjolk is similar to kefir and Kalles kaviar is a cheaper and saltier version of Taramasalata. BTW, I'm a Swede living in Britain, so I'm happy to compare notes with you. Many years ago I was introduced to, drumroll....Marmite and I fell in love with it at first lick. Keep up the good work. 👍
haha you did? I'm not a big fan of marmite I'm afraid - perhaps you don't want to compare notes after all😆 only kidding! thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Pant? Yes, of course you can earn money when turning in empty bottles and cans but only if you haven't bought them yourself. The 1 or 2 SEK you "get payed" when returning it you've payed for in advance when you bought your drink container. You loose money if you throw your "pant item" away =)
haha yes of course, good point! I was only joking when I said it was a way to earn money - because of course, its just your investment being returned to you!
@@JustaBritAbroad No, I agree with you! This system is good for the environment and less fortunate people can "make a buck" collecting these cans others just throw away and many sports clubs or school classes for youngsters collects them and saves for training camps and so on . . . but all this of course you already know =) I love your postings, keep the mojo going
Jantelagen can be bad, because it may give people a "reason" to bully others who are different in some way. It is kind of seen as obsolete today, but you can still be ostracized if you don't fit in with everybody else.
Only if the person who is different in some way brags about it all the time, and looks down on people laughing at them thinking he or she is so much better. It´s not so much about not fitting in, it´s more about being humble about what you got, and not be like "I have this house, this car, this boat, this many followers on my social media, these clothes, this salary, so please admire me".
@@Asa...S I find that it is a problem in school since intelligent children get hold back and get under stimulated. When I went to uni I understood how lucky I had been that I had teachers that challenged me but even I had bad years when I had nothing to do in math for months. But it never got so bad that I acted out when at least three people I talked to got send to psychologists for there acting out and the only "fault" was that they were bored and under stimulated but the teacher hold them back so that the group was close to the same level. For two they got individual working plans after that but the third was just told that education was to proceed in the speed that fittest the slowest learners and they could read books if they had finished the assignment. She got send to psychologist by three different teachers and the answer was always, understimulated. She is part of menza and an engineer now but being told that it is bad to learn faster than average has put deep cuts in her.
@@AmongRocks Lazy teachers that can´t form individual challenges on the right level of each student, hasn´t anything to do with Jantelagen. It´s also a responsibility of the parents to make sure that their kids get more difficult assignments, or get to move up a class, if what they get is way too easy. Jantelagen is about being humble, and not go around and brag, not about not getting education that is on the right level for you.
@@Asa...S its quite an interesting idea because in itself, it makes a lot of sense, but I understand why it might be tough if people come from other cultures where the same sort of approach to possessions and belongings isn't shared
Ha!...First time buying milk I made the mistake of getting filmjölk. Thought I'd bought milk well past it's sell by date and threw it away. Swedish ex GF went nuts! 😂 Now, if it's not in a red or blue carton it stays on the shelf, lol.
Steady now... Filmjölk is good for you - it makes you fil good!
hahaha love it Staffan! I have to admit, its grown on me! I'm quite the fan these days!
Feel good.
Filmjölk and sandwich with leverpastej❤️
Yes, with a little bit of sugar and cinamon
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Filmjölk is basically buttermilk - not exactly the same but very close, a fermented dairy product, lots of countries have it, though not eaten with cereal, like in Sweden
You can use it in baking and well as the typical Swedish breakfast
yeah, someone else mentioned that its quite common to have in bread for example, which sounded good to me!
If you're doing American cooking, like fluffy pancakes or biscuits (the ones smothered in gravy) you can use filmjölk instead of buttermilk
It's also good in smoothies, if you want a tangy flavoring
Yep, super common in a lot of countries! We have it in France too, lait ribot
@@thequietwoman1366 oh you do? interesting!! and so intruiging as to why we dont have it in england!
It's becoming common in Australia too.
Basically everyone who gets called to an interview is qualified for the position academically/experience-wise. The interview is to make sure that you're not a weird and get a feel of if the person will fit into the group.
yeah, good point Anton! I got that impression from the interviews I've been here - they want you to meet people and get a feel for who you are as a person. that said, I'd add that its also often an opportunity to dig into how you think and problem-solve, to understand how your style of working is!
Filmjölk isn't actually more weird than sour cream. It's basically the same concept with dairy being slightly processed to last longer. As you get used to it, it is as versatile as yoghurt and I prefer filmjölk to milk with my cereal as it feels heartier and gives me more substance!
I think why many from abroad don't like kaviar is because it is quite salty, but I would recommend putting it in small dots on your egg or cheese sandwich, preferably with a cold glass of milk on the side, to get the best experience and get used to the saltiness 🙂
nope, you're right Cat! Its actually not that strange at all! and just as you say here, once you're used to it, its quite enjoyable! I use it quite often in place of yoghurt on my muesli for example!
and thanks for the caviar tips! I have to admit, I've not come quite as far with caviar as I have with filmjölk, so perhaps I'll have to give it a try as you've suggested!
Filmjölk and Yoghurt are very similar concepts, but I have to say I prefer the tase of Filmjölk to the tase of a neutral Yoghurt, though I prefer flavored Yogurt over flavored Filmjölk. And, like you said, Filmjölk and Sour Cream are basically the same thing, only Sour Cream is more creamy. I had a middle school teacher who said if Gräddfil is Sour Cream, then logically Filmjölk should be called Sour Milk in english. Not that it matters, cause no one knows what you're talking about anyway.
Yeah, what kind of savage uses just milk with cereal?!
Filmjölk + cerials + sugar 👌
Kalles kaviar on knäckebröd/crispbread with slices of eggs or cheese 👌
Alot of things foreigners don't like when it comes to swedish food is most of the times because i think they eat it as it is and not in the way it was ment to be eaten. An example is knäckebröd/crispbread. It's not that special on it's own, pretty dry but put som butter/philadelfia cheese and maybe kaviar, eggs, cheese, avocado, keso/cottage cheese, some herbs and it becomes a whole other thing 👌👏🙏
Hönökaka med ägg och kaviar är mums om någon frågar mig.
you make a good point actually Martin! its like when they think Swedes eat surströmming at home on a weekly basis on their toast or something😆 but I have to say, I'm quite partial to a bit of filmjölk, so I might have to try out your suggestion here!!
@@mariannejohansson1361 jaså? kanske måste jag prova det då!
@@JustaBritAbroad glad for your answer 😃 yeah i hope you try it 😉👏 my favourite is knäckebröd with keso, avokado and then ört-salt and citron-peppar on top 😋👌
@@JustaBritAbroad Try adding some cinnamon to the filmjölk.
Sugar as well is optional, but worth a try.
My youth was full of Skogaholms limpa fresh from the bakery still warm with some kalles on and a cup of tea, glorious times.
skogaholms limpa is so good Berth!! sounds like some really great memories there
A good to know thing. If the lines on the dairy package goes horizotally, it goes in a bowl, if verticly, it goes in a glass. Simple but not many people knows this.
I think it is woth mentioning that there are limitations to "Allemansrätten" that are sometimes missed.
It excludes areas that are tended to, like lawns (areas near a house people live in) and agricultural fields where crops are grown.
very good point indeed! I kept it general in the video by just saying there were certain exceptions for example due to private lands, but you make a good point. same with protected nature areas where there's breeding animals at certain types of year, for example!
You are however allowed to pick mushrooms in somebody’s backyard if the person isn’t home, just don’t pick anything from that person’s planted garden.
Correct me if I’m wrong but you can camp several days on community owned land and 24 hours on private owned land (like a forrest as long as you stay out of sight of the owners house)
@@KalleBlomqvist The owner’s have the right to kick you out but you’re not breaking any laws.
It's actually OK to use private roads. Only house gardens and cultivated lands are prohibited to cross. Roads with a yellow ring in a red frame that says "Privat väg" is allright to use as long as you don't drive on them with a motor vehicle.
Good point Tony! There are all but a few exceptions when it comes to private restrictions in Sweden which is just fantastic really!
It's a bit funny how Sweden is always mentioned together with the law of Jante when it's a fictional law written by a Danish-Norwegian author about a made up Danish place.
yeah that is funny right? I actually didn't even know that it was written by a Danish-Norwegian author until I just read a comment from somebody else on this same video where they clarified where it has come from. is it such a big deal in Norway and Denmark in today's society, do we know?
@@JustaBritAbroad sure, jantelagen is our common Scandinavian culture. Sandemose just coined the phrase.
By just saying that you are invoking it, you do know that? It's part of the law.
@@JustaBritAbroad "Janteloven" a big part of Scandinavien culture.
We got trolled? 🤪
We also have strandskyddslagen meaning that you're not allowed to build on any beach in Sweden. This means everyone can enjoy Swedens beaches without worrying about trespassing.
Yes, and no. It is more like you need a special permission to build close to water.
@@newperspective5918 There are exceptions to everything but strandskyddet is pretty unique for Sweden.
that's one I'm not familiar with! interesting, thanks for sharing!
oh right? and is it tought to get those permissions?
yeah I don't actually know off the top of my head whether we have something like that or not in England for example!
You have strange things on your table in Britain too, Marmite. And filmjölk is a good way to make the milk last longer. Try it together with oat porridge and lingonberry jam.
Fil till gröten? Nytt för mig.
Mysko
Marmite isn't good... but vegemite on Swedish crisp bread is a treat!
I think that jantelagen governs us Swedes for the most part, even if we do not actively live by it, it probably affects us more than we think.
filmjölk can also be used when baking bread. it's actually getting really good
Definitely agree about jantelagen!
interesting Martin! is it something that's introduced in some way as part of the school curriculum then for example? I didn't know you could have filmjölk in bread! cool, might have to try that!
@@rebeccamadsen4509 not about the filmjölk in bread though?😆😉
@@JustaBritAbroad haha I don't think I've tried it but I definitely think it could be good 😁👍🏼
@@JustaBritAbroad I dont think its because of One special thing. I think its such abig part of our society in general, like school, Friends, at work, politics and so on
You can find filmjölk at any grocery store here in Australia
My favorite - Kefir, russian filmjölk ♡
Kefir, yoghurt, filmjölk, almost the same.
oooh interesting, I've not heard of kefir before! might have to check it out!
@@mockupguy3577 oh they are?
Kefir is a type of fermented milk from Russia (Ukraine, Belarus too?)
But I have heard people use the term Kefir for the actual bacteria culture, so they have made kefir with apple juice and whatever.
Yoghurt, filmjölk, kefir, kambucha, kimchi, sauerkraut.
It's all different fermented foods and it has a history of thousands of years. Almost every culture has some version of this, and it often seem very strange to those who are new to it.
Filmjölk - we have it in Estonia too. In old times there was no fridges in old times.
oh you do? interesting! I didn't know it had spread beyond scandinavia! we didn't have fridges in the olden times either, but I don't know what we had instead of fil? now I'm kinda curious to find out!
Filmjölk and Kalles kaviar are two of the things that Swedish people living abroad miss the most, in addition to liquorice. 😂
hahaha they are? interesting! not surprised about the liquorice point though!!
And Knäckebröd
Well, quite often not *Kalles* kaviar, but other brands of kaviar.
As I see it, Kalles is for kids, and it has a strange fat and sugary taste.
@@herrbonk3635 You have a point. I do like the flavor though. Must be a childhood thing. I’d rather have Petrossian though, but budget doesn’t allow for that..
For me: OLW and/or Estrellas.
In my opinion, "löjrom" is way better than the russian caviar, but you don't find that in tubes...
As for Kalle's Kaviar, you should try the "Guldkaviar" for a more intense taste.
thanks for the tips Christopher! might have to check it out!!
Kalles is actually really good. Luckily it's sold here in Estonia in the supermarkets at an affordable price, and yes I do enjoy it in the breakfast :)
Torskrom på tub där det smakar mest salt är en intressant upplevelse, inget jag föredrar att ha på mackan dock!
Däremot så tycker jag om räkor i ost sås på burk!
Ha en fin vecka!
jaså? kanske jag får prova! men som du föreslår kanske inte på mackan i morgonen! Tack för tipsen och jag hoppas att du har det otroligt bra med!
Thanks 😊 now I know these things before I come to Sweden 🇸🇪
you're welcome! will you be moving here? :)
@@JustaBritAbroad yes. In January. I am from a tropical country 🏝. So I am so excited as well as scared to face the Swedish winter 🥶
FYI: The design of the Arla milk/dairy containers in Sweden are actually quite well thought out and designed, with the intention that they should be easily recognizable even for someone with impaired eyesight: "Lättmjölk" ("Light milk") has blue stripes, "Mellanmjölk" ("Middle milk") has green stripes, and "Mjölk" (regular milk) has red stripes. Then you have "Lättfil" which has light blue and yellow stripes, "Mellanfil"which has a blue and yellow stripes, finally "Filmjölk" which has dark blue and yellow stripes. The yellow indicates that they are thicker than milk, that's also why the packaging for "Vispgrädde" (whipped cream) is red with a yellow stripe.
wow really? I had no clue that they'd really thought about it to that level, what a great idea!
I really like the concept of looking at my country through the eyes of a foreigner. A lot of these things we simply take for granted, but your videos is a little wake up call. Nicely done, and btw you are a great narrator.
so fun that you think so Helena! I've been putting out new videos twice every week for the last 21 weeks with different insights and perspectives on Sweden, and the thing that's surprised me most is how many Swedes have been interested in my reflections. if I can help in some small way to make sure that we celebrate all of the beautiful and unique things about your wonderful country, then I'm happy! have a lovely weekend and thanks for subscribing and following my videos!
Have you ever tasted "Messmör"? Made of cowmilk, vanilla and suggar. Some kind of Swedish / Norwgian cheese. I love it.
In Sweden, we started with deposits on glass bottles as early as 1884.
It is a Danish thing too, then it’s called Ymermelk. Been around for ages!
ah it is? cool! I assumed it had spread into some of Sweden's scandinavian neighbours, but I didn't know exactly what you guys called it. so that's fun to learn!
Or A38?
Speaking of ages, I still say surmjölk, as it was originally called in Svealand (where Stockholm is).
The name filmjölk is Arlas 1970s compromise between filbunke and surmjölk. Variants of it are old traditions in many countries, from Europe and Russia to Persia.
Piimä in Finnish. In English it's just sourmilk.
I'm half Dutch and I'm pretty sure filmjölk in the Netherlands is known as karnemelk. Foul stuff. 😜
Filmjölk is fermented milk, so is yoghurt. Filmjölk never has added sugar, fruit or berries. Yoghurt often does. The main difference between filmjölk and yoghurt is that they have different milk bacteria (Lactobacillus) added, which makes them taste a bit different. Most yoghurts also have quite a lot of sugar added.
We've had the system of Pant for a long time, as a part of the agenda "håll Sverige rent" it's been around since 1984 here in Sweden, and it's a means for us to keep the nature and all areas clean, and to have an incentive to collect and recycle alu cans, plastic bottles and earlier also glas bottles.
wow, I didn't realise the history went back quite so far, impressive! as you heard in the video, I'm all for it!
Hej Maja, stämmer inte riktigt . Jag är 54 år och hade sverige rent klistermärken i koltåldern och jag samlade tomflaskor på midsommar redan i 5-6 åldern oxå .
Kefir or fermented milk is becoming big here in Australia as well. One of the brands is Swedish. I love it. Natural probiotic.
oh it is? interesting!
We have had it in the UK for years too. That's what yakult and actimel is. We just usually have them in smaller bottles.
Wait... other nations dosn't give you money back as an insentive for recycling your cans and plastic bottles?
They do in Germany.
@@martah5369 We have the same bottle/can recycling system in Norway too, I went "panting" some bottles and cans at my local store today.
Most Europén countrys do recycling why not in England 🏴?
Denmark has a “pant”-system too giving you money back for empty cans and bottles. When I studied at uni in the UK I was shocked to find out this system didn’t t exist there, and this was back in the late nineties, so it’s been around in Sweden for long. A Greek guy I met at uni said that pant would never work in Greece as someone surely would abuse the system by manufacturing empty drink cans themselves only to get money back. 😂
@@annakchf7084
Yes, because forging the barcodes, getting the equipment, raw materials and more surely would make you a profit in no time with 1 sek per can you pant. Heavy sarcasm.
Filmjölk is basically like plain Yogurt, or rather close to it. Swede's eat it with Cereal instead of milk most of the time. Sometimes when you run out of Cereal it's the typical grab a few pieces of knackebrod and crunch them up and some sugar and voila now you have sweetened bran cereal essentially.
Knackebrod to be consumed either with Kaviar, Leverpastej with fresh or pickled cucumber, Cheese etc. Very nice and healthy.
Man I miss Swedish food 😢.. I am a Swede, now Canadian since 20 years back.
I've never heard of making cereal out of knackebröd before, interesting!!
@@JustaBritAbroad I don't if it's common I think it was just one of those out of cereal ideas someone had. I mean it's kind of like crunchy "bran" type cereal doing that and for "frosting" you just add some sugar to get it a little sweeter. It worked, lol.
Kalles is so yummy. Sometimes I eat it directly from the tube itself.
better you than me!
Don, t you have sour cream in England filmjölk is the same but in a little Lighter form you just put sugar and kanel or jam on The filmjölk and it get jummy 😀
we sure do Stefan! and I'm a big fan of it! which probably explains why it didn't take me long to come around to filmjölk either! now I'm having it on my muesli regularly!
@@JustaBritAbroad Hehe god have a nice weekend 👍👌😀🤝🇸🇪
....... or crumbled ryebread with syrup. Good quick summer dish.
There’s a reason why local specialities have remained local…
haha fair point Fia! its also fun that we all have different foods and delicacies that are local to just our area, country or culture! would be boring if we all had the same, right?
Just for the record: I don’t eat neither fil nor caviar even though I’m Swedish.
@@Mittnamnarupptaget heresy 😁
@@JustaBritAbroad I would love to try kidneypie. British food, right?
"And the swedes are already cringing" You were so right :)
hahaha I could just see you guys looking away in shock and disbelief as I was filming haha. thanks for pushing on and persevering through though haha hope you enjoyed the video!
I am from the far north of Sweden and there filmjölk is just called fil. Also there is a variant of fil called långfil that is much thicker, it is more common in the north.
really Elias? had no idea you called it something different! I've heard of långfil though, makes sense that you guys have the tradition of products that last longer!
Filmjölk is basically like sourcream but with milk. Delicious imo, but I grew up with it. I love it as is but my favourite way to have it is with some brown sugar, cinnamon, and banana slices
You can get filmjölk in Germany, as schwendenmilch (swedenmilk)
Schwedenmilch?! haha that's fantastic😆
You should start doing some react videos as well, such as reacting to swedish music pop/rap/house or whatever. I know that I would for sure watch it and I know a lot of other people would as well 👌🏼 good job
ooh fun idea Amanda! thanks for sharing🙌🏻 any artists/songs that you think I should start with? I'll certainly have a look into it! not sure how easy it is with copyright and rights to music etc, but its certainly a fun concept! and maybe there's some way to get around that!! glad you liked the video though, and thanks for watching! I really appreciate it🤩have a great evening!
@@JustaBritAbroad A few suggestions, let's start prehistoric.
Bellman - Så lunka vi så småningom, Glimmande nymf, märk hur vår skugga. Sven-Bertil Taube, Fred Åkerström and Imperiet are artists that have made good versions of his songs.
Evert Taube - Balladen om briggen Blue Bird av Hull, Möte i monsunen and a ton of other century-old songs that tend to tell some kind of story about travelling the world.
60s/70s/80s: Hootennanny singers, Nationalteatern, Factory (the video to the song Oh Susie is hilarious), Ulf Lundell, Ebba Grön/Imperiet (angry socialist/anarchist punk rock), Peps Persson, Ratata, Gyllene Tider, Noice, Freestyle, Freda, Di Leva
I think I'll leave the 90s and newer to someone else.
If you're brave, Eddie Meduza. The guy had no filter and spent his entire adult life writing songs with VERY NSFW lyrics.
@@JustaBritAbroad There should be a way to go around the copyright problem.. I mean so many people now a days do react videos. Isn't it a problem only if you use the song to market something? I don't know it's been a few years since I learned all that in school haha.
Buut regarding what songs.. ODZ is a controversial rap group that would be fun. And if you want views I think you should react to a lot of hiphop, that is what the Swedish public listen to now a day's. Such as A36's new song "Samma gamla vanliga".
Would also love a reaction to some of the older Swedish hiphop such as Looptroop Rockers, Labyrinth, Kapten Röd etc. There is a aaaa lot that would be interesting to see!
Old Swedish classic songs such as the comment above is also a good shot.
@@JustaBritAbroad As the comment above the group Gyllene tider is a typical Swedish summer band, with songs that has topped the charts between the 80s-2000s. Peps Persson is also a really Folkkär artist!
@@rasmuswi haha interesting! thanks for the tips Rasmus, I'll have to take a look into it!
I recommend everyone try egg-sandwich with caviar, its taste better for ppl that havent eat it before. Its almost same as surströmming, u need to grow up with this kind of food. When i was a kid eating surströmming as 7 years old, egg sandwich with caviar and urströmming with potato, under summer. Eat kaviar every day, is healthy and u feel more alert with good and stable breakfast.
I think you make a good point - particularly about the difference in how you prefer to sample the food depending on whether you grew up with it or not! some good tips here for getting started though, thanks!
Haha I definitely cringed at the Filmjölk story. The nastiest thing I've heard in a while 🤣😖
hahah I'm sure you wont have been the only one either Rebecca! Hey, at least I'm glad you could count on me to shock and entertain😅😅 have a great day!
Done the same thing in Japan except with yoghurt straight into the coffee. 😅 Payback for the existence of filmjölk i suppose.
I loooove filmjölk! 😍😍😍
I have to admit, its certainly grown on me too!!
What do you think about the concept of “lagom”?
ooh this is a good question and perhaps something I should dig into a little bit more in a video sometime. But to answer quickly here now, I like the concept! and its fun to have a word to explain "just right". that said, its so subjective and different for different people that we must all have different reference points, so I'm not entirely sure how you get around that in practise? haha
@@JustaBritAbroad If you fill a glass with water, do you fill it to the absolute top or only half full?
No, you pick a lagom amount of water that fills the glass with a margin to the top so you wont have to be careful when moving the glass.
As far as I know, when camping in Swedish nature you can stay 24 hours at the same place, then you have to find a new place for the next night and so on. So only one night at the same place. Not a handful of nights and not closer than 100 metres from someone's house, unless the owner is OK with it.
Filmjölk is the usual sort of bacteria treated milk in Sweden, but there are others. Långfil was traditional in more northern parts of the country, with thicker texture and different taste.
I've not tried långfil before Hans, but I'm thinking of adding it to the list. would you recommend?
@@JustaBritAbroad It may be twice as tangy and refreshing, enjoy.
Great video. Allemansrätten is not strictly a law but an ancient custom. Historically that all free men (and women) can go where Theo like.
Its says Filmjölk on Filmjölk carons. Iff you mistook Mjölk and Filmjölk you were not looking at the cartons. Theyre also different prints on the cartons. Well i give you that not all look at cartons the way they shoud. A friends dad bought vanilla sauce instead of cream for the sasuage stroganof ones.
i love to tease my cousin who lives in the Netherlands, she can´t get proper swedish bacon or the christmasham. Flinta steak s another item not available. And i even had to send a few boxes with sauces, like remoulade. So whenever i see a GREAT deal on something she wants she gets a pic hahhahaha, call me miss evil moahhahahhaaha
As a swede that lives in the Netherlands; bacon is bacon, I can't tell the difference. Flintastek you can't get in the same way in the supermarket, but it's pig meat so you can definately just ask a local butcher for the same piece (minus the marinade). There's remoulade sauce here too (in the supermarkets) but it's just not as popular (or good) as in Sweden.
Not in Assen where she lives. And she could also be very picky i don't know. But it's still fun to send her pics of tings she want hihi
hahaha tease!!
Great video. Its always fun to hear what foringers think about our country. Kalles is actually not the best kaviar imo. There are quite a few other brands that I think tastes much better. Its just that Kalles is the most advertised. Personally I prefer Kvarnholmens kaviar. Smashiing good on a boiled egg. You should try it! I agree on the Filmjölk. it tastes like sour milk ewww. Yoghurt is the way to go :)
Once again you can find exact same things in Finland.
Filmjölk is called piimä here but that habbit i do not understand why swedish are putting it in to the cerials, no way in hell! Piimä is mostly replacement for milk and is not from everyones taste. I like it occationaly, but i refer milk instead. I only take it as drink with food. It have some healthy bacteria in it.
Kalles kaviar is very known product here and you can buy it from every grocery store here. Regular is too salty for my taste, but randiga that has some cheese in it as well is much better. I have it in my fridge all the time. It is good with white bread and you don´t need to put it so damn much as in those pictures. Spread it out in the bread like butter or margarine to get nice layer in on your bread. I can deffenetly recommand it. Räkost aka prawncheese is good as well.
Bottle pant has long history in Sweden and Finland. Sweden has longer history with pant in drinking cans. That came Finland much later, but we didn´t pack so much drinks in cans first place. From 1995 Finland has got pant system also in cans. We used much longer glass bottles for sodas and beers. Empty bottles was washed and used multiple times before those droppet out of the circulation. If it was broken even from small piece it was taken out of circulation. Only problem was that drunken people didn´t care about the pant and many times they just threw the bottle where ever and it might broke in the middle of street and someone could hurt him/herself in to the broken glass or car was driving over and got flat tyre becouse of that.
well there we go! who knew, lots of parallels! I can understand why you prefer milk though to filmjölk! although I've learned to enjoy it, I'd still prefer yoghurt or milk in the respective cases when you might pick for fil!
it sounds like Finlan'd pant system has also existed for a long time, impressive! I think its a terrific idea actually!
@@JustaBritAbroad Had to check from wikipedia and we have had thes system for 69 years since 1952. Biggest reason was that Coca-cola came in finnish markets (becouse we had summer olympics at Helsinki that year). So to collect and re-use of coke bottles they developed stantard size and shape bottles to all other brands in Finland so it was easy to collect and recycle all the other brand bottles as well.
There are lots of varieties of different filmölks aka piimä in Finland and some might be ok with cerials, but are so lumpy that i can´t even think of that 😁.
I remember as a kid we were on cruise ship comming to Sweden and having breakfast and there were no milk for an option. I was so pissed of then. I was cursing swedish people and them weird habbit 😁. So i didn´t ate cerials at all. Had to take bread and tea instead to get something to eat.
Great video!
Thanks for watching Helen!
Sorry, dear "brit".........but ohhhhh how I laughed hearing you talk about filmjölk 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
haha I'm glad to hear that someone got some enjoyment out of my discomfort😆 let's just say, I learned my lesson and never made that mistake again haha //Gregg
Fil isn't that strange! It's like Swedish yoghurt! What is the difference between fil and yogurt? It's really just that they contain different types of bacterial cultures and temperature at fermentation and origin.
Fermented milk. Fil from Sweden, yogurt from the Balkans. Basically it's the same thing! (It tastes a little different too of course).
I didn't mean that it was strange Pelle, just that I'd never really encountered it until I moved here🤗 but I quite enjoy it!
Testat långfil? :p
nej det har jag inte gjort! vad är det för något? dvs vad är annorlunda?
@@JustaBritAbroad Långfil är en sorts filmjölk som kräver låg syrningstemperatur och lång mognad.
Den har en mild syrlighet, och konsistensen är seg och sammanhängande
@@JustaBritAbroad en tjock, seg och sammanhängande filtyp. Tixotrop, nästan. När man tar upp den i skeden och sedan häller ut den så far allting ur skeden - så till den grad att skeden är ren!
The concept of every person is equal isn't an unwritten law... it's in the constitution.
@@klaseniusproductions7591 Well, not really in the strict sense. Janteloven was written by a Norwegian author about a fictional Danish town called Jante.
oh it is? I did a bit of research beforehand and I couldn't find jantelagen written into the law?
that was my understanding too!
oh really? it comes from Norway! I had missed that!
@@JustaBritAbroad It's from a book by one of Norways greatest authors, Aksel Sandemose. I can recommend his books.
Thanks for your pleasantly polite videos, makes me almost want to move to England. I have used coconut oil in coffee instead of cream, and can imagine trying filmjölk well whipped (don't fancy lumps)
I though Marmite as a bread-spread was strange in England, it's a matter of being used to or not, like Kaviar
May I ask: What is your profession and job, please?
I'm that Swede that don't like filmjölk, Kalles Kaviar or pickled herring. And I don't mean I disliked it a little, I find them absolutely disgusting. It's a bit tricky sometimes, but I suppose I should be grateful I haven't been kicked out of the country. ;-)
A Swedish thing I do like is our wonderful salty liquorice. Have you tasted it, and if so what do you think about it?
really? you guys do exist!! haha but at least you make up for it with the salty liquorice - which I must admit, has really grown on me! in the beginning, I thought it was a bit odd, but then after I persevered a little, I now really enjoy it! took me longer with salty liquorice ice cream, but I'm partial now even to a little of that!
I don't even like licorice! ...or coffee. People do react to the fact that an adult Swede doesn't like fil, kaviar, inlagd sill, licorice or coffee. Add beer, wine, tea and mineral water to the "holy crap, you're picky" list! Lots of eyebrows travelling fast towards almost atmospheric heights. 😄
Ejderns kaviar is way better than Kalles kaviar! :-) Slotts is also nice.
wow, there's so many different variations Martin!! I had no idea!
Private roads in Sweden can only forbid motor vehicle traffic, the law of allemansrätten is more powerful and makes it impossible to prohibit anyone from walking, cycling or riding on a private road.
Pant=deposit are getting mor common all over the world like in Quebec Canada you get 10cents per can you turn in.
I thought you were saying "pants" about #3! (;
Another nice video!!!
hahaha I realised it sounded a bit like that, which is kind of why I had to include the pictures of the "pants" as overlay - it was tooooo good an opportunity to miss haha. thanks Freeman!
I'm vegan now but sandwiches with boiled egg and caviar used to be one of my favourites!
oh they did:)
Please do a video about "Lagom" xD
Maybe you also could get some "Lätt & Lagom" butter to go with it :)
I actually should! that's a great idea haha I'll add it to the list
Filmjölk exists in Norway as kulturmelk eller surmelk. It is similar to youghurt, but uses a different culture of bacteria. In Russia they have something similar - Kefir, and in Iceland they have Skyr (like something inbetween fil and youghurt) It is sour milk, have the consistensy close to youghurt.
interesting Maja! is it also used with muesli or cereal in Norway for example, as it is here in Sweden?
I like caviar, but never had it in a tube. Per has it on english muffins with butter all the time.
something to try when you first arrive then!! English Muffins? I assume you're talking about American muffins, because British muffins are a sweet dessert food and something tells me that's not what he's having with his breakfast haha
@@JustaBritAbroad hahaha, no, it's not a muffin at all. They're flat and are precut in half and you pop them in the toaster. They're not English muffins, they're named English muffins LOL.
Det finns godare kaviar än kalles. Svennes ,klädesholms, Ejderns . Till och med Lidls kaviar gärna med dill är godare.
3:24 Hang on… were you about to put mayonnaise on your sandwich? Deliberatly? 🤔
haha guilty as charged! that's not that weird though is it? mayonnaise with egg and salad leaves on a sandwich? or is that just me😳
@@JustaBritAbroad Ah, okay. I thought mayo only but that’s a bit like smörgårstårta, so who am I to judge… 😆
@@JustaBritAbroad Mayo on eggs is good but I would probably put Kaviar on there
Filmjölk is a relative to yoghurt. That´s the best way i could describe it. Kaviar with boiled eggs on a sandwich is the best. Jantelagen: To tell people that you´re the best smells bad. It´s ok if other people say that about you.
I think I'd describe it the same way to be honest Lennart!
I SO miss Swedish breakfast! Like when the whole family is sitting around the table with all the bread, and stuff to put on the bread, filmjölk, kaviar and so on. In England breakfast is just boring and dry 😭
there is something distinctly cosy about it isn't there Erica! Particularly about that all the things are laid out in front of you to share and take from one another. I'm wondering what you're eating for English breakfast though if you're finding it dry - we eat a lot of cereal, porridge, muesli, none of which I'd consider dry?
@@JustaBritAbroad I don’t like the porridge you have here 😆 I want the “Christmas porridge” or tomtegröt that we call it sometimes. Yes cereals but you have it with milk! It doesn’t fill me up as much as it does with filmjölk. And yes I eat sandwhiches but I find it hard to put stuff on it. It’s usually ham or cheese. In Sweden you have all different things you put on a sandwhich. But I guess it’s just what you are used too 🤷🏼♀️ I grew up with a family that ate all different kind of things in the morning, while my husbands family just eat when they got up, and never together, and just a bowl of cereal 😅
Filmjölk is a sour milk product similar to Kefir, which a sour milk product originating from Kaukasus and widely available in Europe. Filmjölk and Kefir have been consumed in the Nordics and Russia for ages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefir
So what is the difference between Kefir and Filmjölk? The bacteria culture used to ferment the milk.
cool! I'll look into it :) thanks for sharing and happy weekend!
Filmjölk och Kalles kaviar är perfekt with breakfast. Filmjölk with pepparkakor in it...and Kalles on THE Egg...boiled eggs that is 😎
With pepparkakor in it? I've not tried that before!! wow, that might be a gamechanger haha
Pant is a great concept until you learn that once you've dragged all the XL garbage bags you've been hoarding your bottles in for too long to the machine there's a 33% chance it's out of order.
hahaha love this
I once saw a Norwegian put filmjölk on his porridge at breakfast. I thought that must be some strange Norwegian habit, but watching him struggling to finish breakfast I realized that it had been a mistake and apparently not even Norwegians are used to the concept of filmjölk. 🤣
OMG. One time when I was very tired in the morning, I took the wrong package. Taken out both milk and filmjölk. One for the coffee and the other for the mueslin. So disgusting with filmjölk in the coffee !!!!!
You want to try something crazy? Try eating kaviar with a glass of Oranges Juice
Some day I'd like to see an Australian review Kalles Kaviar as compared to Vegemite, which I'm told is also a horrible salty substance only someone brought up on it could love.
haha now that would be interesting!! closest we have in the UK is marmite, but even that's not quite the same as vegemite - which I'm yet to try! would certainly be interesting to hear what they've got to say. thanks for checking out this video by the way, have an awesome day!
Your vid at 4:46 is France or Sweden???
Hi Sweden is a beautiful country what made you move
it really is Carlton! so pretty - and I'll be sharing way more insights from living here so feel free to follow along. I moved because my girlfriend is Swedish!
Filmjölk in a glass with a little sugar in it and then you drink it.
really? like a milkshake? haha interesting!
Yoghurt and Filmjölk is the same thing but different bacteria, yum? Hell yes!
sure is Viktoria! and I must admit, its certainly grown on me! I quite enjoy it these days!
Kalles kaviar is the beeeeesssst
I'm still trying to convince myself its nice haha
1. Filmjölk, yes thats tricky for swedes to explain, I just say yoghurt instead if I talk to someone english (but in reality I cant eat yoghurt).
2. Kalles kaviar doesnt contain enough caviar to be called caviar (according to EU regulations) but they did get an EU exception for sweden.
Real caviar is expensive and isnt used as a spread here either.
3. Pant/return bottles was a lot more enforced but sweden had to allow for more non-return bottles when we joined the EU.
4. Jantelagen sort of exists in england but not maybe not by name, look at comedians like Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert and Frankie Boyle and you get those vibes.
5. Allemansrätten is great, dont take it for granted, there are those who want it removed.
good point Anders - yoghurt it is in the future!😅 and I had no idea about the fact concering Kalles kaviar (or not kaviar as the case may be) how fascinating!! thanks for sharing!
@@JustaBritAbroad They're basically to caviar what bangers are to sausages.
A cheap alternative that tastes ok but is diluted.
the way I see, (and I think the like official statement is?), Jantelagen is "you're not better than anyone else, but nobody is better than you" so basicaly don't compare yourself to others or something?? idk but I like that version
oh right? thats a lot more positive than some other people have described it in the comments. I prefer your version!
Filmjölk is basically just yoghurt but you when you make yoghurt you use one type of bacteria culture and when you make filmjölk you use another but similar bacteria culture 🤷🏻♀️
Soooo...sourmilk? That's not normal elsewhere? With the gross exception of Kalle's Kaviar (and other food in tubes, lol) we have all of those things in Finland as well.
Kalle's Kaviar aka Kallen mätitahna in Finland
sour cream is quite regular elsewhere, but I can't say I've seen sour milk in the supermarket before! interesting to hear that Kaviar isn't so popular in Finland though!
oh wait, they do have it?
@@JustaBritAbroad I think piimä might be closest in Finland but it's maybe a bit thinner than filmjölk (based on wikipedia). Something else similar could be Kefir, which is also quite common nowadays, but it is even thinner than piimä (but better imo :)).
Two of the things I miss most of Sweden, however I get Kalles from IKEA.
what was the other one Bosse - fil?
Filmjölk are just a less fatty sort of sourcream.
true :)
I have been living in Sweden for almost 3 years now. My wife eats fil and I have never tried it. 😅 I'm coming from South Africa, speaking Afrikaans/Dutch and my wife is a Swedish citizen. I still think Swedes are crazy. For reasons like fil and vermented fish. And yet Pant is not necessarily a quick way of making money especially since you also pay for pant ontop of the price of the product 😅🤣 so ja just going to have to dig in trash for that pant.
Oh when i was a kid i made so much money collecting cans and bottles with pant, i went to my neighbours and asked them and always got it if they had any, i guess it's was because i was a kid. Also in my city they have a festival each year so you could walk there and collect lots of it. And this was when cans was worth half as much as now
do you like coop or ica morei need to know
I have had job interviews with some of Swedes. None of them asked me aggressive or mean questions, so I didn't have to brag about myself. Probably they weren't looking for anyone ambitious or competitive.
I didn't mean to suggest that you would be asked aggressive or mean questions! its more just in England you would be asked to give examples of times where you have achieved a certain goal or fulfilled a certain customer demand and when you're talking about it in Sweden, you need to think a little bit more about how you present it to make sure that it doesn't come across as ambitious🤗 but there's a happy balance, and of course ways to demonstrate your experiences without coming across brash!
@@JustaBritAbroad Sorry, my comment has confused you.
I never meant you denounce the Swedish interviewers.
My point is they are "less" aggressive or mean than other nationals because they don't want you to come across as overqualified and they prefer team players to independent people.
There is no way a person can pour filmjölk in cup and not realise it's not milk, it's thick like yoghurt ffs 🤣
I was tired okay😳🙄 hahaha I know it sounds mental, but believe me when I say I had no idea! mainly because we don't have filmjölk in England, so I never questioned that it would be anything else. and I was so tired that I just opened the carton, poured it in without really looking. probably on my phone or something!! was NOT a pleasant sight haha
@@JustaBritAbroad haha 😂
@@HappySwedishPancake I've learned from the error of my ways, promise😆
No one below the age of 40 cares about Jantelagen, only old people talks about it. It's not something being teached in school.
that's interesting to hear Alan! I didn't realise it was something that used to be taught in schools, interesting!
Filmjök is sourcream. That is literally what it is.
they're not the same actually Michael! close neighbours, sure, but not identical :)
What would lite be without filmjölk and Kalles or the milder version svennes Kaviar.
Well, not worth living, if you ask me.
haha interesting, some really strong feelings towards these classics Håkan!
I really thought osthyvel would be on the list
wow Ulf, you've blown my mind! not sure if you follow me on instagram, but if you do, you might have seen I just shared your comment on my story, because you've made me question everything I know about osthyvel haha. we had them in my house growing up back in England, so it wasn't a big adjustment to me when I came here, but now you've got me wondering if its not so common in other countries😳😱
Va fan What in the world film milk ???
Filmjolk is similar to kefir and Kalles kaviar is a cheaper and saltier version of Taramasalata. BTW, I'm a Swede living in Britain, so I'm happy to compare notes with you. Many years ago I was introduced to, drumroll....Marmite and I fell in love with it at first lick. Keep up the good work. 👍
haha you did? I'm not a big fan of marmite I'm afraid - perhaps you don't want to compare notes after all😆 only kidding! thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Pant? Yes, of course you can earn money when turning in empty bottles and cans but only if you haven't bought them yourself. The 1 or 2 SEK you "get payed" when returning it you've payed for in advance when you bought your drink container. You loose money if you throw your "pant item" away =)
haha yes of course, good point! I was only joking when I said it was a way to earn money - because of course, its just your investment being returned to you!
@@JustaBritAbroad No, I agree with you! This system is good for the environment and less fortunate people can "make a buck" collecting these cans others just throw away and many sports clubs or school classes for youngsters collects them and saves for training camps and so on . . . but all this of course you already know =) I love your postings, keep the mojo going
Jantelagen can be bad, because it may give people a "reason" to bully others who are different in some way.
It is kind of seen as obsolete today, but you can still be ostracized if you don't fit in with everybody else.
Only if the person who is different in some way brags about it all the time, and looks down on people laughing at them thinking he or she is so much better.
It´s not so much about not fitting in, it´s more about being humble about what you got, and not be like "I have this house, this car, this boat, this many followers on my social media, these clothes, this salary, so please admire me".
@@Asa...S I find that it is a problem in school since intelligent children get hold back and get under stimulated. When I went to uni I understood how lucky I had been that I had teachers that challenged me but even I had bad years when I had nothing to do in math for months. But it never got so bad that I acted out when at least three people I talked to got send to psychologists for there acting out and the only "fault" was that they were bored and under stimulated but the teacher hold them back so that the group was close to the same level. For two they got individual working plans after that but the third was just told that education was to proceed in the speed that fittest the slowest learners and they could read books if they had finished the assignment.
She got send to psychologist by three different teachers and the answer was always, understimulated. She is part of menza and an engineer now but being told that it is bad to learn faster than average has put deep cuts in her.
@@AmongRocks Lazy teachers that can´t form individual challenges on the right level of each student, hasn´t anything to do with Jantelagen. It´s also a responsibility of the parents to make sure that their kids get more difficult assignments, or get to move up a class, if what they get is way too easy. Jantelagen is about being humble, and not go around and brag, not about not getting education that is on the right level for you.
@@Asa...S its quite an interesting idea because in itself, it makes a lot of sense, but I understand why it might be tough if people come from other cultures where the same sort of approach to possessions and belongings isn't shared
@@AmongRocks sent to psychologists for acting out? that songs a bit drastic? or is that just me?
Ha!...First time buying milk I made the mistake of getting filmjölk. Thought I'd bought milk well past it's sell by date and threw it away. Swedish ex GF went nuts! 😂
Now, if it's not in a red or blue carton it stays on the shelf, lol.
I knew it! it's not just me that's run into this trouble😆now I've learned to always double check before I pluck it out the fridge haha