Oh my God, Swedish meatballs apparently aren’t Swedish at all

Devastating news out of Sweden: Those meatballs the country’s always given credit for? They’re actually Turkish. 

Much to the dismay of IKEA meatball fans everywhere, the official Twitter account of Sweden revealed the dish’s origins in a surprisingly straight forward tweet shared Saturday.

It reads: “Swedish meatballs are actually based on a recipe King Charles XII brought home from Turkey in the early 18th century. Let’s stick to the facts!”

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