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Ep. 275 May 30, 2026 · schedule99 min

The Meatball That Crossed an Empire

Swedish meatballs finally get their Side Dish debut, 275 episodes in. Beef-pork meatballs with a cream sauce, lingonberry jam, and a Turkish origin story nobody sees coming. The cocktail is a four-citrus gin fizz using grapefruit, orange, lemon, and lime. HH covers how Charles XII brought the meatball recipe from the Ottoman Empire to Sweden. SDS breaks down cream sauce emulsion science.

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