Home food:
scandinavian meatballs
Craig silliphant
In writing this column over the years, I’ve learned how to make some incredible dishes. Some are exotic cuisine from all corners of the globe, some are down-home foods from right here in Saskatchewan. The funny thing about food is that it becomes even more enjoyable when there is a good story attached
to it, something to chew on besides the food itself. So when my good friend, Eric Anderson, offered to show me how to make his grandmother’s Scandinavian meatballs, which came with family stories about spies and secret ingredients, I didn’t hesitate. Eric is a great storyteller
himself, creator of a wonderfully local podcast called YXE Underground, where he looks at people in Saskatoon who are often flying under the radar but making a difference in our community. He makes his home in Saskatoon now, but he was originally from Swift Current, and every second
weekend, they’d visit his grandmother in Chaplain, Saskatchewan. “We’d go to Grandma’s house for dinner,” says Eric. “Sometimes she’d make Scandinavian meatballs.” The story starts with Eric’s Grandpa Andy Anderson, who arrived in Canada as a child, an orphan
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