Talking of meatballs...

[Arch]

...which I was, in another thread. Last time I was down at my sisters and we went to Southampton for the day, she told me about the fact that when you are sitting eating in the big shopping mall cafe, looking out over the neighbouring Ikea, you see this:

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I quite like the fact that Ikea are aware that for many people, the meatballs make it all bearable!

(Not me, I like Ikea anyway, the meatballs are a bonus)...

 

[Fnaar]

IKEA is like hell on earth, but the meatballs are the dog's b0ll0cks
(i.e. they are nice. I don't normally parttake of canine testiculations, but am merely using the phrase as used in common parlance for the purposes of general approval).

 

[Dayvo]

Meatballs, potatoes, cranberry sauce and gravy, plus a Swedish beer, coffee and a Dime cake for less than a tenner!

Luvly!

 

[Landslide]

Meatballs, potatoes, cranberry sauce and gravy, plus a Swedish beer, coffee and a Dime cake for less than a tenner!

Luvly!

Ooh yeah! And some gräddsås!
(Though our Ikea-bought version always seems to be a different shade to the real deal.)

 

[Dayvo]

Ooh yeah! And some gräddsås!

Here ya go, Landslide!

Something for the weekend!

http://www.recipezaar.com/Cream-Sauce-for-Swedish-Meatballs-97674

 

[Arch]

Meatballs, potatoes, cranberry sauce and gravy, plus a Swedish beer, coffee and a Dime cake for less than a tenner!

Luvly!

Annoyingly, a couple of weeks back, there was a sachet of swedish style gravy mix reduced in Sainsburys, but I thought no, I never buy the meatballs (don't fit in my 50p a go max for the protein budget). Today, I find some meatballs reduced!

My sister says it's even better value as they have a family card, so can pick up a free jar of baby pudding for Oli, which is handy for the days he goes to nursery.

 

[Unkraut]

Did you know that in German IKEA's, you first have to assemble the table and chairs you use before being allowed to get your meatballs?

 

[TVC]

Arch.

Fry your Ikea meatballs in a pan, add a knorr beef stock cube in a mug of water, simmer for 5 mins to reduce then add a slug of double cream. I thicken it with a little cornflour, but I'm strange that way.

 

[Bigtwin]

All the fried crap you can eat with unlimited coffee for 99p is an Ikea winner for me I have to say - just as a hats off for the "something for the blokes to take the sting out of the trip" marketing if nothing else.

 

[Arch]

Arch.

Fry your Ikea meatballs in a pan, add a knorr beef stock cube in a mug of water, simmer for 5 mins to reduce then add a slug of double cream. I thicken it with a little cornflour, but I'm strange that way.

ooh, thanks, I'll try that when I have some cream...

And some beef stock cubes.

And cornflour....



Tonight I am going to have them in tomato sauce, with spaghetti. I reckon the pack I got reduced will run to three meals...

 

[TVC]

I forgot to say It tastes just like the stuff you get in Ikea, I haven't found a substitule for the berry sauce yet, but my quest continues.

 

[Bigtwin]

I forgot to say It tastes just like the stuff you get in Ikea, I haven't found a substitule for the berry sauce yet, but my quest continues.

They sell it in Waitrose.

 

[TVC]

They sell it in Waitrose.

Thank you, I know what I'm having for tea on Friday.

 

[Night Train]

I remember about 7-8 years ago I met a woman on a dating site. Didn't fancy each other but we got on really well as friends. However, she got into the habit of phoning me up and asking if I fancied dinner. Of course I said 'yes'. It was nearly always followed by 'Bring your roof rack!'.

As she didn't drive then, dinner was a shopping trip to Ikea where she shopped and then then bought dinner which was 2 for the price of 1 meatball meals, so even my dinner didn't cost her anything!

Wasn't long before I taught her to drive and got her through her test before selling my old car to her.
She still does nearly 20,000 miles a year in that 1990 VW Polo.

 

[Bigtwin]

She still does nearly 20,000 miles a year in that 1990 VW Polo.

Good thing you met her when you did - VWs aren't made like that any more.