Time for another lesson in north germanic food supremacy, folks. This, time we'll be talking about why the perfidious english may be proud of figuring out how to mash potatoes, but only THE NORD has discovered the secrets of mashing potatoes the right way. 
The dish pictured is called "Rotmos med fläsklägg", which translates into "ham hock with beet mash". It's one of my favorite dishes from my childhood, and it truly shows you the ingenuity of north germanic cooking.
In this dish, ham hock is boiled with carrots, allspice (this giant of nordic cuisine, the best spice in the world) and onions until ready to eat. But then, the carrots, rutabaga, and potatoes are added to the broth from the ham hock and boiled until soft.
You then prepare mashed potatoes, except with a bunch of root vegetables added to the potatoes. The saltiness of the ham, the mild sweetness of the mashed roots, and the fiery tang of the Scanian mustard all combine to form a positively sublime dish!
Imagine being a muslim and not being able to eat this. Just imagine. I won't, because I couldn't live without rotmos and fläsklägg. Just another example of why north germanic food is the best food in the world.
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