Blåbär Soppa

So while on one of many coffee runs with some of the team throughout the day, I noticed one of our machines has blåbär soppa on it. It has a picture of blueberries and I had to assume soppa meant soup. After staring at it quizzically I asked if that's what it was. After confirmation that it is in fact blueberry soup in our coffee machine, I asked what it's doing there. Turns out it's traditional Swedish food that you can find anywhere. Here's a picture of soup in a carton that you can buy at the store:



Anyway, being my daring self I decided to try it. It should be noted that this can be served hot or chilled, and I'd have to say after trying it hot, chilled can't be worse. Now, I did get this out of a machine, and I did not have high expectations. It smelled like hay (I have no idea why) and it tasted...well it tasted like a less viscous blueberry smoothie...except warm...and with a hay scent. It really wasn't all that bad actually, the scent really threw it all off though. After I gave up trying to finish it and it cooled down for half an hour or so, it started to get a little thicker. I decided it would be best to leave it til morning to see if it turns into a giant blueberry monster and then blows the building up much like I expect.

So far with traditional Swedish foods, semla +, blueberry soup -. Apparently there's another traditional soup called nypon soppa that I should try, translates to rose hip soup...hmm...

-Brandon