Swedish lingonberries. How delicious! I prefer this version that you cook yourself or get in nicer restaurants to the jam you buy in jars.

These particular berries accompanied giant meetballs and creamy mashed potatoes. It was served in a tiny restaurant at a beach in Sweden, on the warmest evening this summer. We met up with repatriated expat friends and talked about “old times”. Me? I had Moules Frites. But also a spoonful of lingonberries.

lingonberries is “lingon” in Swedish