Swedes CAN’T Live Without THIS: 5 Things EVERY Swede Owns no joke

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We've talked before about Sweden's reputation for minimalist and modest interior and home design. But what if I were to tell you that there are a few things you will find in EVERY Swedish home. Yes, you heard right. In today's video, we'll be talking about some of the things that all swedes seem to own and love. So join me as I count down the things that every Swede owns.
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2 года назад

The shelf is called “String” and was designed by Nisse Strinning in 1949

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

thanks for filling me in Örjan! suddenly the name makes so much more sense😉 its a classic!

@liefenheim 2 года назад

I don´t have an egg cooker! Why should I? Boiling my eggs in a kettle with water is the best. But of course the other four can be found in my house.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

good point Leif! If you're happy with the traditional method, why look for a new one😅 fun that you had the other four though. is there anything else you'd suggest is super common for Swedes to have?

@MrGunnar69 2 года назад

Had never heard of an egg cooker before. Of course I have the other four things here at home.

@ZapAndersson 2 года назад

No, egg-cooker is infinitely superior to a kettle. You have a measuring cup to measure the exact amount of water for the count of eggs and level of boiledness you want, so that the water has evaporated exactly at the right moment for the eggs, and it goes "bzz" meaning... you do not have to use any timers or other nonsense. Just prick the eggs, put them in, pour in the right amount of water with the cup, then go on doing the rest of your breakfast until "eggcooker goes brrrrr". Vastly superior to sloshy kettle nonsense.

@ayoutubeaccount9795 2 года назад

You get them as gifts from relatives that don't know you, and then you pass it along when you've forgotten where you got an unopened package of an egg cooker.

@Disneylover137 2 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Yeah. You know the saying "If it aint broke don't fix it😊

@malinostman9187 2 года назад

The only two items that I have from that list are the cheese slicer and the butter knife. I think the idea behind the butter knife is that it's broader than regular tableware, which makes it easier to apply a bigger amount of spread at a time. It also won't be confused with anyone's eating knife, people won't have to dig holes in the butter to extract it from the package (just as annoying as ski-slopes in the cheese, keep your butter tidy people) and is far more comfortable to hold in most cases.

@juliav601 2 года назад

You got the string shelf for free? Lucky you! I wouldn’t say that everyone has one (i don’t) I think Ikea’s BILLY is more common, BUT the String one is VERY desirable and most swedes very much wants to own one, especially the original ones!

@19Finnen78 2 года назад

Hello. Quite common Scandinavian and Finnish items. Majority of people probably have them. Although I do not have an egg cooker or spring shelf. One thing I would love for the Scandinavians to implement in the kitchens is an over sink drying rack for plates and cutlery inside the over sink cabinet, like most Finnish I know have. It's very handy because you don't need to clutter you kitchen bench. At least for those that don't own a dishwasher.

@ralfchristophersen6521 2 года назад

I've been offering the butter knife issue a bit of thought.. When you live in a culture where a large chunk of the foodculture is built arround smörgås/smørrebrød I think that a butter knife is a sensibel Thing. Then you can keep your macka clean without having it polluted by your eatingcompanions leftovers on their knives. Butterknives Are for butter, the cutting and other knive related activities af done with the other knife or knives. Just a thought.

@danneg 2 года назад

the butter knife should be in a non-heat-conducting material so that the butter remains on the knife and does not slip off

@Asa...S 2 года назад

I have several cheese slicers, and butterknives, of course. Couldn´t live without them... Well, the butterknives I could do without... if I have too...but not my cheese slicers. They all have a little different bend on them, which adjust the thickness of the slice, and different cheeses has different texture, yeah... a bit particular about my cheese. I'm an odd Swede who doesn´t drink coffee, so I don´t have a kaffebryggare. Don´t have an egg cooker. I often eat boiled eggs though, but I think a pot, water and a stove works fine. I do have a stringhylla, and I really like it. Another thing a lot of Swedes have is a waffle iron, våffeljärn, that makes thin, crispy heart shaped waffles (not like the Belgian ones). A lot of people also have a sandwich toaster "smörgåsgrill", which is a bit similar, but that's common in a lot of countries. One thing you can find in Swedish homes, from the 1950s, like if you visit someones grandma or someone who like old design, is a wall mounted can opener, with a...what's the word, crank...called "Röda Klara", designed by "the design prince" Sigvard Bernadotte (great uncle to the current king).

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

totally agree with you about the cheese slicer Åsa, its a must!! good point about the waffle iron though, hadn't thought about that actually - and you're certainly right about the sandwich toaster becoming more popular across the world! and I'm going to look out for that final design piece you pointed out now when I'm visiting elderly relatives!

@Josefsson9013 2 года назад

I'm also one of the weird Swedes that don't drink coffee, and i don't own a egg cooker or the shelf looks nice tho.

@attesmatte 2 года назад

Osthyvel ✅ Äggkokare ❌ Smörkniv ✅ A regular knife is very back heavy and won't stay stuck in the butter. 😊 Kaffebryggare ❌ (We use a presso. 😜) Stringhylla ❌ I did NOT win that bingo! 😂 Two other things that most people here have: A kettle (vattenkokare), and a musical instrument of some kind. 😁

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

haha wow, I was really off compared to your home Sara😅 and you have a presso?! 😳 how scandalous 😱😉 kidding of course! didn't even think of a kettle since they're so common in England too, but good point! are there any up and coming items that are becoming more popular in Swedish items these days that you know of? 🤔 I'm intruiged!

@attesmatte 2 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad We try to not get a bunch of new stuff honestly, it just makes a clutter in the house. 😜

@annicaesplund6613 2 года назад

Same here!

@urbanshepherdgroup2418 2 года назад

The same here edit: I've never seen an egg cooker in my life 😂

@raztendo3540 2 года назад

String has been around since the 50s. Won alot of prices. Getting a OG string in good shape isnt cheap. Ive got a few, have the more uncommon plexi string:)) Love it

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

oh it has? I had no clue of the history behind it, really fun to learn about - thanks for sharing🤩 sounds like you've basically got a piece of history on your wall if you've got one with OG strings, so cool!!

@mariaw9405 2 года назад

I have all of these at home. My stringhylla is a legacy from my grandparents. My husband once asked when we were going to throw it out. I almost concidered a divorce. 😝

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

its you or the stringhylla!!😆

@josefineforslin9562 2 года назад

I think the egg cocker is not that usual in swedish households. For the butter knife, is better and more easey to apply butter to the bread without damage the bread.

@MsLilly200 2 года назад

I've got everything on the list except a coffee machine. The only coffee i drink are those fancy chocolate flavoured frappuchino things from coffee shops with only like a teaspoon of coffee in them.

@fannyandersson3330 2 года назад

Had no idea that osthyvel and smörkniv was typically Swedish! But I ditched the äggkokare 15 years ago, it was more common in the 90's 🥚🧀

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

sure is Fanny! I didn't know either, as we had osthyvel throughout my childhood back in England! but everyone here tells me its far more common here?

@gindrinkersline3285 2 года назад

The cheese slicer (ostehøvel 🇳🇴) was invented in Norway by Thor Bjørklund in 1925, a carpenter. It is quite common throughout the Nordic countries.

@ArchieArpeggio 2 года назад

Greetings from Finland once again! All of those are very common here as well. I think that egg cooker quite unuseful item. I simply boil eggs in the kettle like most people. I see those things many times in second hand stores becouse meny other also thinks that it just takes unneccesary space. I don´t have that kind of shelf either, but i see those all the time in other peoples homes. That cheese cutter is also very handy to slice cucumbers. It is quick way to cut good pile of cucumber slices on top of your bread.

@marieandersson5730 2 года назад

I'm 100% swede, and I can trace my ancestors at least 500 years...And I don't own any egg cooker...and I don't know anyone who has one. And I know A LOT of people... But I sure like your videos anyway 😊

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

Hahaha I think I might have been slightly led astray by that particular point Marie, so I think you could well be on to something! Cool that you can track your family history so far back though! And equal to cool that you enjoy my videos😱😬 thanks for watching!

@guygrindborg7732 2 года назад

I'm a Swede in Dallas TX I'll give you 3 for 5. I boil eggs in a pot and all my shelfs are either nailed in on the wall one by one or standing on legs from the floor and bought at IKEA.

@annabackman3028 2 года назад

I haven't read all comments, perhaps somebody already commented the butter knives. Anyway, if you look at a butter knife it's not sharp at all. So you won't neither cut through the bread nor the hand holding the bread. It also has a broader blade, to spread the pressure over a larger surface when you're spreading. Less risk to have a dimple with a big lump of butter. The story of butter knives go back hundreds of years. When you look at an average modern table knife, the blade isn't longer than the handle, but it used to be longer, and sharp, to cut meat with (and before the Norwegian carpenter Thor Bjørklund invented the cheese slicer also to slice cheese with.). The long blade, with butter on the tip, and relatively short handles made it difficult to spread, especially without cutting oneself. So a shorter, wider and dull knife was a better alternative. I think I have five cheese slicers, a bunch of butter knives. I have an egg boiler, but I don't use it. I also have a coffee brewer, but I use a Presso jug. My son boils his coffee the old fashioned way and a friend uses a Don Pedro brewer. But we all drink a lot of coffee! No String-shelves. Sadly. I would like one, though. It's a genius construction, so simple, and would work terrificly in a flat box... A question to ask, particularly people between 30 -60 years of age I guess 🤔, i how many of you own or have owned one or more of IKEA's 'Billy', bookracks, 'Lack' table or 'Klippan' sofa?? I believe they are the most common pieces of furniture bought to the homes of especially young people from the late seventies and through the 2000/2010, but I think there're more to choose from now. I've had all of them, I love 'Klippan' but don't have one now. No 'Lack' (not meant like "miss" or "ran out of", it's the Swedish spelling of "lacquer" , "varnish") anymore, BUT I do have a long row of Billy bookcases.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

thanks for sharing the story of the butter knife Anna, that's so interesting to hear more about! good point about the differences in generation and how that affects different types of items that might be common!

@marcusdavidsson5726 2 года назад

I am proud to admit that I have 3 out of 5. The best reason to use a smörkniv is that is not heavy in the handle so it will not turn your butter over or fall out and get butter on your grandmothers bordsduk (maybe on your next list)

@mariannejohansson1361 2 года назад

I got to think about a -kåsa-. I would guess most people have one somewhere in case of an outdoor adventure. Teacandles, I bet everybody have that.

@kimhoglund2073 2 года назад

Yes that and at least one thermos for all the coffee ☕

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

good point actually Marianne! very common indeed!

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

@@kimhoglund2073 yes true kim!

@kajsahermansson9619 2 года назад

An egg cooker? Never had one, nor have I ever felt the need for one in my 37 years as a native Swede. I only know two people who own an egg cooker and it’s only ever used for Easter or Christmas. Guilty as charged on the other four, though. Butter knife and String shelf are kinda optional, but the cheese slicer and filter coffee machine are absolute necessities!

@carlkolthoff5402 2 года назад

Osthyvel - Yes, of course. Several. My favourites are the plastic ones made by Gastromax. Cheap to buy, sharp enough and the cheese doesn't stick to the plastic like it does on some metallic ones. They don't look very classy though. Smörkniv - Yes, of course. Both plastic and wooden. Prefer wooden. Kaffebryggare - Own one, but usually it's stuffed away unless I'm expected to brew a lot of coffee. For everyday single cup use, a Bodum press is my go-to. Äggkokare - Own one, but don't use it that much. Stringhylla - Yes. Only one right now. Used to have more before rearranging our home.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

interesting, thanks for the tips Carl! fun to hear that you have all of the things oon my list though!

@carlkolthoff5402 2 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Yes, I thought this list was spot on!

@Ami-zi6si 2 года назад

Great list, in the event I boil eggs I do so in a pot on the stove cause I dont really eat them at all. Also dont have that particurlar shelf. Fun thing to note on the osthyvel too tho is that in the case where a household has multiples they oftentimes have one that is "the good one" and sometomes people will even do the dishes for "the good one" over grabbing the otherone which is allready clean.

@ralfchristophersen6521 2 года назад

I'm not a relligious person but I know about the 10 commandments. But in Denmark we have 11. The last one is: du skal ikke hule osten. You propably won't need a translation.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

hahaha😆 love this!

@aoneko6813 2 года назад

Swede here. The fact that you brought up The Osthyvel confused me. I can't imagine cutting cheese any other way. I've never heard of Äggkokare before. I own a kaffebryggare.

@katam6471 2 года назад

Out of these items I just hav a osthyvel and a smörkniv (made of stainless steel). I eat a lot of eggs, but cook them the old fashioned way on the stove. As for the kaffebryggare, I think it's just as easy to pour the water from a water boiler. Also my kitchen is not that big, so I try to avoid things that takes up space unnecessarily. A coffee grinder, on the other hand, is a necessity I've made place for. And btw, the osthyvel actually is a Norwegian invention.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

I have no idea the osthyvel was a Norwegian adventure, thanks for telling me, fascinating!

@magnusnilsson9792 2 года назад

3/5 Butterknife - several (if I hade none I'd rather use a spoon than a regular knife) Cheeseslicer - two (only barbarians use a knife or like the danes a saw) Coffeebrewer - two (don't use them myself, but not being able to offer coffe for fika when friends come over is almost rude) Eggboiler - Nope (a small saucepot will do just fine, easier to wash, but needs a timer.) Hanging shelf - nope (I don't use wallshelfs, don't need them to show off any collections)

@grytlappar 2 года назад

Not sure you got the egg cooker right. I'd say most people, in fact, _don't_ have that. One item I would add to this list: shoe horns. Can't live without them!

@catherineek9995 2 года назад

I am from Sweden (born in Finland, though). I don’t have an egg cooker, no kaffebryggare, never ever had one if you don’t count the espresso machine, I have no plastic butter knife (but a wooden one) and no string shelf

@AndyD070568 2 года назад

Hi Gregg, butter knives are a thing in the UK, but they're not as common or as specialised as the Swedish ones. They're like a regular knife but with a rounded point and have no serrations, like a normal knife would. You must have seen them when you were living there. Certain restaurants will have them for definite.

@njorun1829 2 года назад

No stringhylla or egg cooker. Several osthyvlar + smörknivar and an expensive good quality kaffekokare (ofc!).

@Jarptchow85 2 года назад

The butter knife is just a thing that somebody made up because it resembles a knife. Use a spoon instead... much easier. The knife is from a time when you used big slabs of butter on your bread but most people would not eat that much of butter on a sandwich. i have 3 out of 5, maybe I'm not Swedish :p

@-logna-8336 2 года назад

Is it weird that I, as a Swede myself, have never owned nor known anyone owning an egg cooker? 😅 Hadn't even heard of it before this video tbh, but might be worth buying since I like eggs. Otherwise I fully agree on the list

@Ikajo 2 года назад

I don't drink coffee, so I only have instant coffee for the rare guest. An egg cooker sounds overkill, to be honest. Just use a pot on the stove? Especially since I have an induction stove, water takes very little time to boil. I do have butter knives but I do sometimes use normal knives as well. But the benefit of a butter knife is that it doesn't has teeth. So it doesn't catch in the bread and leave the butter much smoother. As for shelves... I have plenty of book shelves because I love books, but they are the proper type. Filled with books.

@Disneylover137 2 года назад

I don't have any coffee maker because I don't drink coffee but I drink something that is more brittish and that is tea.

@kimlarsson6310 2 года назад

Forgot about the butter knife... :) I think there is a practical reason for it. As you probably noticed, it is wide (to make it easier to spread things even) but more importantly, it is comparatively lightweight and short. A regular knife is longer, with most of the weight in the handle, so if you don't think about how to position it in the small-ish container of butter, it will fall off due to the heavy handle, possibly leaving a small fatty mess on your table or kitchen floor.

@brandytzu2747 2 года назад

That cheese slicer is very popular in the Netherlands as well, of course.

@ExclusivelyReclusive1 2 года назад

I've tried using a normal knife for butter and hell no never again. Try it and you'll know what i mean. this is only for butter in containers though, but that's what everyone uses.

@Phalaenopsisify 2 года назад

Guess I'm not very Swedish after all, perhaps my Danish heritage is to blame. I only own the cheese slicer. Stringhyllan is experiencing a renaissance with lots of new shelves, ten to fifteen years ago they were nostalgic pieces for people who had grown up with them. Now they are everywhere.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

only a cheese slicer?! no coffee machine? I'm surprised! haha

@timothykarlsson3126 2 года назад

Danish? ewwwwww (sorry, it's my patriotic duty)

@Jonsson474 2 года назад

Don’t think I’ve ever seen an egg cooker in use, ever. ☺️ The resort of the items… absolutely.

@kimlarsson6310 2 года назад

The shelf IS common, but at least I don't have one :) To me, it is too flimsy and can't take enough weight/volume to make it worth the space. But, the item I'm most hesitant about is the egg-cooker. I admit I own one, but during the year or two I've had it, it's only been used..... twice...? don't really remember. Not because I don't eat eggs, but because I quickly found out it is both easier and quicker to just boil eggs in a small pan. And I am the only one among my friends that have one :)

@Stefan- 2 года назад

I doubt i have even seen an egg cooker until now, for spreding the butter i use metal butterknifes or an ordinary tableknife, i have never owned a plastic in my 50 year life, i may have a wooden butterknife somewhere that i dont use. The cheese slicer is a Norwegian invention but pretty much every Swede has one as you say.

@jerrymiller9039 2 года назад

Not real common but in the US some people use a Butter Bell to keep butter soft and spreadable

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

a butter bell? hadn't heard of that before. Thanks for sharing though Jerry! and for watching, its really appreciated :)

@Aluzard 2 года назад

the butterknife thing,. try a normal dish knife vs a butterknife. and I think you understand why we have a specific butterknife ^^

@michan1848 2 года назад

No egg boiler, but I don't like boiled eggs. No coffee maker, but I don't like coffee. Not that type of shelf, but on the wall I have put two boxes that I use like shelves. A few cheese slicers and butter knives.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

I'm not really a fan of eggs either to be honest😅

2 года назад

I boil my coffee in a coffee pot, as we do in Norrland :) Brygg makes them down south

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

haha is that how we separate the norrlänningar from the rest Bengt?!😅

@hansstromberg5330 2 года назад

I used to have a String bookshelf, but it got lost somehow. The rest of the things: YES! Osthyvel is an essential item- I have threeBy the way, the osthyvel is actually a Norwegian invention, dating nearly one hundred years back. (though definitely not British I own four teapots, and one tea-cosy. Welcom to have a nice cuppa, anytime! Hans Strömberg.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

oosthyvel is definitely essential Hans! I completely agree, can't imagine not having one! I'm actually not a tea drinker so I can relate much more to the Swedish preference for coffee!

@peterwesterlund 2 года назад

Never heard of the egg cooker but love the idea!

@larswesterlund8499 2 года назад

Osthyveln is one of the great Norwegian inventions, it has even its own letter stamp.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

it does Lars? that's cool!🤩

@Shiva182Katarina 2 года назад

I don't have an egg cooker and I've never seen anyone that have it, so I don't understand how it could be on the list.

@trixycat 2 года назад

Fun fact: the osthyvel / Cheese grater was invented in Norway :))))

@roberttrei3135 2 года назад

I don’t know any of my Swedish family or friends that has a egg machine, we don’t have a “kaffe bryggare”, we don’t have this type of shelf.

@sammeli3645 2 года назад

I think i have about 3 cheese slicers, 2 different egg cooker, 2 egg slicers and at least 5 butter knifes. About the coffee, i have one coffee maker for regular swedish coffee and one Nespresso for coffe padds and always something sweet to have with the coffee, fika ☺️

@fannafold187 2 года назад

Traditionally the butter knife is made out of juniper wood. Probably because juniper has a lovely smell…

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

I wonder if the smell is the reason, or if it comes down to cost. I'm intruiged now Jörgen!!

@olasjoberg2111 2 года назад

:) never even seen that egg machine... otherwise, spot on, the stringhylla is so beutiful, and simple. love it

@Iae86 2 года назад

I don't know anyone who own an egg cooker. Did not even know it was a thing. Egg clocks might be more common tho. I own two. And all the other stuff too of course.

@anders4414 2 года назад

Got 3 out of 5 - the cheese cutter, coffe brewer and butter knifes… I understand why the string shelfe is on the list but the egg boiler I wouldnt have guessed

@timothykarlsson3126 2 года назад

I have literally never heard of an eggcooker before, born and raised in Sweden.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

yeah you're not the only one that has said that actually Timothy! clearly its not as common as I thought!

@lindakarlsson6120 2 года назад

0/5 here. Simply am a swede that does not like hard cheese, butter on my bread or strong coffee (use a capsule machine with a thing to make milk foam) so I do agree that the osthyvel, butterknife and coffe-maker is common. Don't think I have ever noticed an egg cocker though.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

0?! wow, think you're the first one not to have any of them linda, I'm impressed!😅 what do you have instead that you would consider quite common?

@calbackk 2 года назад

I always bring a cheese slicer and a the Swedish kind of potato peeler with me when I go on holiday.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

hahaha you do! must be funny coming through the security conveyor haha

@calbackk 2 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Not if checked in. Btw more than once I have been asked to leave them behind in the room/studio in Greece, just because they have been so appreciated. :)

@allenculpepper9553 2 года назад

US here: Never seen a cheese slicer (except when I visited Denmark) or egg cooker. We have butter knives (but just stainless steel, not wooden or plastic), but no one ever actually uses the bread knife or even knows where it is); we just use a regular table knife.

@ellinorsilwer 2 года назад

I need too rememberer to take a butter knife next time I go to UK/Ireland! 🙃 Thanks 😊

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

haha you're welcome! you wont find one there, so its good if you do remember to take one! thanks for watching by the way :D

@jennypennybridge2877 2 года назад

🤔 The shelf is nice, the monkey, the plant and the speaker aswell, and then you show your butter knives..? Jösses! Where did those come from?! One can hope for a lot of sandwiches so that you can get a couple of stylish butter knives aswell👌 ... and yes, I think I've got the things mentioned, but I very rarely - if ever - see an egg cooker at home at people. Nah. Get the water to a boil, in goes the eggs and 8 min later they're ready to cool, peel and eat 👍

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

hahaha I had no idea there were different "levels" of butter knife based on style😅 I figured it was a one size fits all!

@_Wolfsbane_ 2 года назад

Damn 2½ ... no "Stringhylla" no egg machine, and not really a coffee machine - I've got a "Mocka bryggare" though, which I'm the only one using.

@ceciliapersson8424 2 года назад

I have all the things but the shelf. Take care💜

@Sanniz 2 года назад

I have 4 of 5... that shelf I found ugly, so NO to that string shelf lol. But I do have white, single shelfes instead from IKEA. The butter knife in wood we did many times back in school when we had träslöjd. It was that or a pen stand... I would like to say most Swedes have a "sko hylla", cause we take off shoes in doors.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

ugly?! I'm offened😅only kididng😉but good point about the sko hylla! so true!

@davidcox5030 2 года назад

Loose tea strainer is also very common too :)

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

such a good point David! how did I miss that one haha

@lindatisue733 2 года назад

From what I have seen most Swedes have multiple ways to make coffee. My brother in law has seven different ways to make coffee, from a capsule machine to a pour over, that doesn't count his two espresso makers. I haven't taken count at other Swedes houses, but it seems like everyone has a automatic drip coffeemaker on the counter, but most often serve French press. I have learned not to use a table knife for the butter in Sweden. It's funny because my family always called a table knife, a butter knife. Have to say I think the wooden knife works better doesn't tear the bread as much as a metal knife does. Forgot one of those sink scraper things.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

seven different ways Linda?! what a range, how impressive!

@TheCowtownswede 2 года назад

IKEA's Billy bookshelf is more common

@StaffanSwede 2 года назад

Osthyvel - yes, even though I don't like cheese. I wonder why I bought it... Äggkokare - nope, I'm allegic to eggs. Stringhylla - I remember we had one when I was a kid, but I don't know what happened to it. Smörkniv - yes, they are so handy. Kaffebryggare - yep! Finding something "stricly Swedish" in today's world is probably not the easiest task as we get so much inspiration and trends from abroad.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

you don't like cheese? wow, I don't hear that often Staffan!😅 p.s. thanks for stopping by :)

@Gsoda35 Год назад

a butter knife does not have to be sharp which is safer and people of all ages can use it without oversight. that is how much of the people of Sweden think.

@RDnAC 2 года назад

How is the butter soft enough to use that wood knife? Why don’t they just buy sliced cheese? How does a string? Spring? Shelf work?

@malinw7016 2 года назад

I have osthyvel, smörkniv and kaffebryggare but not the rest. I eat at least two eggs per day, boiled in a pot

@minicha77em 2 года назад

Osthyvel, ja Äggkokare, ja Smörkniv, ja Kaffebryggare, ja Stringhylla, nej Butter knife is wider and spread things easier than a regular knife. Basically, it is made for spreading, not cutting Stereotypical but most homes have at least one piece of furniture from IKEA Even Hub's US flat had kitchen cupboards from IKEA pre-installed. LoL

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

good point Em, certainly makes it much easier to spread, I can agree with that! and you're so right, everyone has something IKEA-based, but I'm sure that's becoming more common around the world haha

@SinaFarhat 2 года назад

Osthyvel är ju den civiliserade metoden att bestämma mängden ost du behöver! Ett ägg kokar tips är lägga den tillsammans med kokande potatis, jag har dock inte helt förstått hur man mäter den exakta tiden som behövs så när jag använder metoden så blir det nästan hårdkokta ägg!

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

justte det är väl problemet, jag vill ha hela östen så jag behöver inte en metod för att ta en mer civiliserade mängden😉 I'm a cheese addict hehe jaså? potatis i samma kokaren? hade aldrig tänkt på det - kul alltså :D tack! hoppas att du har en fin kväll Sina!

@HappySwedishPancake 2 года назад

I agree on everything except the egg cooker, never seen one out of a store 😮 What about "flat" whisks? Not sure if I ever saw one when I was in the UK. (years ago though)

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

good point actually!!

@bowallin6111 2 года назад

Ost is cheese, of course. Hyvel is an old carpenter's tool called plane. (Looked it up)

@lindaallgen7651 2 года назад

Kids in Sweden often make a Smörkniv in the wood workshop in school at least I did as a kid. And the answer to the question why a butter knife, because it's easier and makes a more even spread especially if you're using real butter and not margarine. 🙌🇸🇪😁

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

that's such a fun idea Linda!

@flingan7512 2 года назад

hi from a Swede. You always make good videos :) We had an egg cooker when I was little but never got one myself. I think it's completely unnecessary but that's just my opinion. For everyone thinks differently :) when I was little and got to know about how we usually do in Sweden with cheese, I thought first. how do people elsewhere to get their cheese. But think how different we are sometimes. something that is so natural to someone can be so unnatural to someone else. So fun :) I was completely shocked by it :) butter knife is also available in the same material as our cutlery but they get so cold I think so better with the plastic knives. But interesting really why :) coffee makers do exist, but it feels like the last few years they have disappeared more. I myself have no one anymore because I am not a coffee lover but more of a tea drinker. So if people want and they visited and want coffee, it will be snabbkaffe.

@kimhoglund2073 2 года назад

I only have two of you items and i only had 3 on your last one ;) butter knifes and osthyvlar in plenty but none of the others and I'm a native swede 😅

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

haha interesting Kim! what would you have had on your list instead?! I'm intruiged!

@okanovicka 2 года назад

the coffee maker the shelf and the egg cooker I do not have at home at all I cook my eggs on the stove coke rv coffee on the stove and the shelf 😅😅 I have never had

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

interesting! what items are common in your house instead?😇

@Frendh 2 года назад

The cheese slicer was invented in Norway.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

I only found this out yesterday! so cool😱

@trixycat 2 года назад

Naaaah… everybody wants that String shelf, but it is daamn expensive. I’d say that the IKEA “Lack” series is more common :)

@jonaskarlsson5453 2 года назад

the shelf used to have that one might still have it in the basment or maby out in boa egg cooker have one unless i finaly tossed it not used it in over 10 years chees slicers got atlest 3 most likely more butter knife got em but a steel version coffee machine ofc i have it got 2 even one that grinds it own beens and one filter one or do i have 2 of em cant rember maby i should take a look some day and if not i nead to get a 2nd so i got a spare if something should happen to the primary or sencondary coffee maker still rember the terror when ther wasent any working coffee maker at home it was a bad day

@lokis7230 2 года назад

I don’t know anyone who has an egg boiler. But what about the orange Fiskars scissors? Did you totally forget?

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

oooh we don't have the scissors, interesting!

@zirie3332 2 года назад

Osthyvel... Yes a few. Smörkniv Yes 7, at least, Kaffebryggare ofc, and a press or two actually. But I don't have an "äggkokare" nor a "Stringhylla". I would like the shelf though...but nah... :-) How much of a challange were the Osthyvel for you whenyou first started to use it? I have friends from abroad that mess up the cheese long before they get even near a "skidbacke". :-D

@Jony5173 2 года назад

I have everything on your list except the egg cooking thingamabob! We did have one when I grew up though, and my mum still has it I think. I have a little coffee station in my kitchen :P my brewer, bean grinder, scales for weighing beans etc… Coffee is important! Btw, your Swedish sounds soooo good!!

@matinacitrus 2 года назад

1. Got it 2. Got it :D 3. Got it 4. Got it... :) 5. No.... Hug from a person from Sweden

@vampitwine 2 года назад

never owned an egg cooker in my life, dont even know anyone that have one... dont know anyone that eats eggs as "snacks"- i fry my eggs i dont like boiled eggs. the butter knife.. nope dont have one of those either, i use a normal knife you eat with. the string shelf, they are expensive and as far as ive seen im the only one that have one - not very common at all... i do have a osthyvel and also a coffee maker (bryggare) tho as i drink buckets of the stuff

@friswing 2 года назад

Osthyvel/Cheeseslicer and butter knife, those are vital. I don't like wooden knife, I go for silver, or at least steal. I don't drink coffee, and I cook my egg in an ordinary 'kastrull', the same one I cook my tea-water in. (though not at the same time, of course). The String shelf is an antique, my parents had one decades ago.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

interesting to hear that you're not a fan of the traditional wooden knife! may I ask the reason behind your choice? I'm intruiged now!! never knew I had an antique behind me though🤩🤩

@friswing 2 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad I suppose it is an idiosyncratic thing of mine, a steal knife feels smoother in my opinion. And yes The String shelf has been around for 70 years, so it is design history - thus, an antique. :-)

@Verkielos 2 года назад

I've never owned and egg cooker, but then I'm not fond of cooked eggs, I prefer making my eggs in a pan. The cheese thing for sure though, I have 1-2 cheese slicers,and usually a fancier one for cheese trays... But.... drip coffee is the best! It's so good!

@ViknAl 2 года назад

I think we use a butter knife because we don’t want to get uneven cutlery for dinner. We can’t use our knives if we only have 12 knives and forks. If we use 2 knives for butter there will be 2 family members that can only eat with a fork because two knives are already in the dishwasher 😂 but this is just my way of “killgissa” :-) Do you know the real reason??

@rolar321 2 года назад

Stringhyllan is popuiar, if it is the original thing from 1960-something. New models is not so popular. I got 4 out of 5, no stringhylla in my home. The fact that the egg cooker is so popular has to do with the fact that we do not have salmonella in the eggs produced in Sweden. We can eat all eggs regardless of where they come from, as long as they are from Sweden.

@attesmatte 2 года назад

Why would salmonella have anything to do with the prevalence of äggkokare? 🤔

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

I never knew there was quite so much history behind the stringhyllan! fun to learn about though🤩 and good point about egg quality, had never thought about how that might play into the cooking method!

@raztendo3540 2 года назад

Putting margarine on sandwish?? Thats horrible!! One should never use magerine in/on anything. Horrible mate!!:))

2 года назад

So many that uses Lätta or Flora margarin on their sandwiches

@friswing 2 года назад

@ Just as horrible

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

strong feelings 😆😆😆

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

good point! its getting more popular these days as I understand it!

2 года назад

@@friswing absolutely, but still popular

@stiglarsson8405 2 года назад

Butter knifes are pratcial, plastic ones is kind of new. Becuse one dont use the same knife that you just have eating with.. or horror, put in your mouth.. its not an apetiser for others! Predecessor of the plasic one is the wooden one, and at low grade scholl it was kind of mandatory for boys to make at least one butter knife to bring home to your mother, soo it kind of stuck. Otherwise one use an extra eating knife, but that is sort of unpractical, becuse one often buy cutlerys, in pacages of 4 to 6, and that is the eating cutlerys, so one have to do disk befor every meal to get enuogh knifes. One supose to complete with other things like butter knifes, or crayfish/barbecue/chees cutlerys, wat ever you want. Soo juste grab a bunch of those butter knifes, they are cheep, and eas up eating a bit. Then to serious matters, making ski slopes on the chees is a crime, the same goes for letting leftovers in the butter, its worse.. use the butter knife at least!

@ZapAndersson 2 года назад

Let me add to the butter knife thing. Some Swedes (at least me) cut a small hole at the edge of the lid to the butter pack, and keep the butter knife in the pack at all times. That way, a) the knife is always there and b) if ten people wanted a sandwich at different times you havn't dirtied up 10 knives.