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[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 58 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

That is a mistranslation. It wasn't cinnamon buns, it was hetvägg, a type of cardamom bun swimming in sweetened hot milk/cream.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden#Death

14 cinnamon buns would be rookie numbers

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

hetvägg

Heterosexual/hot wall? 🤔

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

A much sought after delicacy

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 1 hour ago

hot wall?

Given some cinnamon buns I've had in in my life, they could have just as well been heated drywall. ;)

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 points 5 hours ago

Yes, and to add: hetvägg is the precursor to the modern semla, which is probably pretty much a national dish here now.

The traditional hetvägg is equally if not more delicious though, although quite a bit more involved to make.

[–] RepleteLocum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

They are really good. Just make sure the cardamom is mixed in well.

[–] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

They're amazing. I can definitely believe someone dying after eating 14 of them in one sitting though. I can barely get through one before I just can't eat anymore.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 20 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

and that you're not a king of sweden

[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

what if you are a queen of sweden?

I make sure of that every morning, just to be on the safe side.

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Do you suppose he was trying to be the King of Sweets, too?