When you think of Sweden, what comes to mind? Ikea, Abba?
提到瑞典，你首先会想到什么？宜家？Abba乐队？
Maybe those delicious cinnamon rolls?
也许你想到的是那些美味的肉桂卷?
But what about these? Swedish meatballs.
那……瑞典肉丸呢？
Right? Well, maybe not.
对吧？呃，也许不会想到吧j%f&#(r#&!pH96。
Welcome to the meatball mystery.
欢迎来到“肉丸之谜”T[_-*Y#9pkHCF**。
Let's cut straight to the chase.
我们还是开门见山吧9Htgc&#S3Zv%。
It's hard to make the Swedes angry, but on one fateful day, something happened that fired up the whole country.
让瑞典人生气是很难的，但是在一个宿命的日子里，发生了一件让整个国家都为之血涌的事情_zWd@!H[mmQun.^6*hU。
This tweet was sent from the official Sweden Twitter account:
瑞典官方的推特账号发布了这样一条推文：
Swedish meatballs are actually based on a recipe from King Charles XII brought back from Turkey in the early 18th century. Let's stick to the facts.
瑞典肉丸实际上是根据18世纪早期国王查尔斯十二世从土耳其带回的食谱制作的k,&5Xm&ipG。大家就认了吧6hH6qHQL0B7qO]。
Yikes. Did you catch that?
哇喔3fYj0uz(%Qx%。你听到了吗？
The tweet said that Swedish meatballs actually come from Turkey.
这条推文说瑞典肉丸实际上来自土耳其r[o+SxxMj7^v_x8Z。
As you can imagine, the tweet went viral.
想想就知道，这条推文会被疯狂传播-96jP](01A1KhSz。
Swedes were up in arms.
瑞典人表示强烈抗议Zbz&o=13q-wfT。
It was picked up all around the world.
全世界的人都看到了这条推文cM0J3b2],z%Dy.(]sn9Y。
"The Swedish government has admitted Swedish meatballs are actually Turkish. What? What? "
“瑞典政府承认瑞典肉丸实际上是土耳其的l9YU*5*hveh。什么？说什么呢t9|gs%!dEL1lPD。”
"No, that's not a fact.
“不，不是真的9h34pdxiQ[;YM。
The fact is really interesting.
事实真的很有意思k.gwy_.%r&ZE;o(。
Since we don't have any facts from that period."
因为我们并没有那个时期的史料PR7gIoHmlKKtS3C-R。”
Wait, who are you?
等等，你是哪位?
"My name is Richard Tellstrom. I'm a food historian."
“我是理查德·特尔斯特罗姆OoHp.7oc~TI|W。是一名食品历史学家lgruH6z)7Z。”
OK, here's what we know.
好吧，下面是我们了解到的一些信息FRB]%G6KV#q=c*L*pY。
In the 1700s, Swedish King Charles XXII lost a battle in the Great Northern War.
18世纪的时候，瑞典国王查尔斯二十二世在大北方战争中战败了B%WeJ(^a^!UHlOr49Uz。
He was forced to flee to the Ottoman Empire where for several years he negotiated his return.
他被迫逃到了奥斯曼帝国，在那里他谈判了好几年才得到了回国的机会MlDwWPG@sS-a_|~H0。

The controversial tweets suggested that he brought back a local Turkish meat dish called koftas.
那些带有争议的推文说他带回了名为koftas的一种土耳其当地的肉食品aLUnqAT.55DPsS)SZmv。
"However, there is no documented interests from him in food.
然而，并没有史料提到他对食物很感兴趣jdh7xg3#K32I7^bp。
No mentioning of the meatballs there.
也没有史料提到土耳其那边有肉丸#r,26KnP3lRV;aWt=。
They are not Turkish because we can't follow the original meatballs in the world.
它们并不是源自土耳其的，因为我们并不能追踪到瑞典肉丸最早的起源+s#|jWf=fg。
There is no zero meatball where everything started.
没有从没有肉丸到逐渐有肉丸这个么源头CiUUe=u-6#6Yj;o。
Most likely, origin of the meatball is a development in parallel ways in parallel food cultures.
最有可能的情况是，这种肉丸是在平行的饮食文化中以平行的方式发展起来的r0P0jJ%_-Vdpg5-F0,。
Therefore, meatballs are very different all over the world, but they exist all over the world."
这样，世界各地的肉丸才会不一样，但各个地方又都有肉丸.&oc@^)&E|wAkFFiyQy^。”
Today it's one of Sweden's most popular dishes.
如今，瑞典肉丸已经成了瑞典最受欢迎的菜肴之一x0qE@zP9S2hwKDo4(W。
Traditionally served with mashed potatoes, a brown gravy, and a sweet lingonberry sauce.
传统的吃法是搭配土豆泥、棕色的肉汁和甜甜的林贡莓酱食用!kZ+nqaVA)|l3,.。
Food gives us an example of how we are connected when it comes to culture.
谈到文化，食物也给我们提供了一个例子，说明大家是如何联系在一起的OrTG#[s%oo-Twr6a^K]B。
Food is a sort of cultural network.
食物也可以说是一种文化网络NX4EfR-zus。
So take pride in your meatballs, Sweden.
瑞典，为你的肉丸自豪吧pba!sTDy|Pe2%。
And so should Turkey, China, Italy, and every meatball rolling country.
土耳其、中国、意大利，每个有肉丸滚来滚去的国家都应该如此j5W4WQ*tMOTG2KaF。
Because if there's one thing the world can agree on, it's that meatballs are delicious.
因为如果有一件事是全世界都同意的，那就是肉丸真的很好吃,3dgB^9C8s@Y2J420。