Comments on: Stick It To The System(et) http://www.transparent.com/swedish/stick-it-to-the-systemet/ Language and Culture of the Swedish-Speaking World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marie http://www.transparent.com/swedish/stick-it-to-the-systemet/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Marie Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:29:48 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=77#comment-258 I COMPLETELY agree! It's funny, I was walking home from the subway today and wishing that they would take away the systemet that is in my town center. I love where I live but the town center is so trashy because of all the drunks who hang around 24 hours a day. Systemet is definitely NOT doing anything to keep people drinking responsibly. Polisen does nothing about it either. More than half the times I ride the subway I encounter a drunk in some way or another. I COMPLETELY agree! It’s funny, I was walking home from the subway today and wishing that they would take away the systemet that is in my town center. I love where I live but the town center is so trashy because of all the drunks who hang around 24 hours a day. Systemet is definitely NOT doing anything to keep people drinking responsibly. Polisen does nothing about it either. More than half the times I ride the subway I encounter a drunk in some way or another.

]]> By: Anna http://www.transparent.com/swedish/stick-it-to-the-systemet/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Anna Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:35:33 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=77#comment-257 Hi Curt! And thank you for visiting! :) Actually, mirin みりん and sake さけ (I tried writing it in kanji, but it doesn't show up for some reason) are two different things and foreigners frequently confuse them. Mirin is sake with sweet syrup and other additives, and is not the same as rice wine which is cooking sake without any additives. Normally, Japanese cooking uses both mirin and sake, and of course soy sauce. Mirin made by Blue Dragon is simply awful! Much too sweet and the taste is off. I think that Japan Food Kitchen in Stockholm (on Swedenborgsgatan 28) sells proper mirin. It's getting that straight cooking sake that's a problem in Sweden :) Hi Curt!
And thank you for visiting! :)
Actually, mirin みりん and sake さけ (I tried writing it in kanji, but it doesn’t show up for some reason) are two different things and foreigners frequently confuse them. Mirin is sake with sweet syrup and other additives, and is not the same as rice wine which is cooking sake without any additives. Normally, Japanese cooking uses both mirin and sake, and of course soy sauce. Mirin made by Blue Dragon is simply awful! Much too sweet and the taste is off. I think that Japan Food Kitchen in Stockholm (on Swedenborgsgatan 28) sells proper mirin. It’s getting that straight cooking sake that’s a problem in Sweden :)

]]> By: Curt http://www.transparent.com/swedish/stick-it-to-the-systemet/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Curt Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:07:29 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=77#comment-256 Prince Palinor, and Anna, I agree on your thoughts on Systembolaget. Regarding rice wine, I´m fond of cooking, especially asian dishes. Nowadays you can find rice wine for cooking in most supermarkets at the asian foodstuff counter, it´s called Mirin, the Blue Dragon label. If not there, try an asian foodstore in the nearest town. Best, Curt Prince Palinor,

and Anna, I agree on your thoughts on Systembolaget. Regarding rice wine, I´m fond of cooking, especially asian dishes. Nowadays you can find rice wine for cooking in most supermarkets at the asian foodstuff counter, it´s called Mirin, the Blue Dragon label. If not there, try an asian foodstore in the nearest town.

Best,
Curt

]]> By: Anna http://www.transparent.com/swedish/stick-it-to-the-systemet/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Anna Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:34:25 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=77#comment-255 Prince Palinor, you must live in a very civilized town, then. When I'm in Stockholm, I like to sit in the Max by T-Centralen, eat my sandwich and watch the world stagger by at 8AM. I even spoke to the Police Academy recruits here and they also say that morning drunkness is becoming more and more of a problem that's why they get to do their breathalazer stops between 8 and 10AM. Or maybe this is a northern phenomenon? And when it comes to sake for cooking, I'm TOTALLY with you! Prince Palinor,
you must live in a very civilized town, then. When I’m in Stockholm, I like to sit in the Max by T-Centralen, eat my sandwich and watch the world stagger by at 8AM. I even spoke to the Police Academy recruits here and they also say that morning drunkness is becoming more and more of a problem that’s why they get to do their breathalazer stops between 8 and 10AM. Or maybe this is a northern phenomenon?
And when it comes to sake for cooking, I’m TOTALLY with you!

]]> By: Prince Palinor http://www.transparent.com/swedish/stick-it-to-the-systemet/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Prince Palinor Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:17:38 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=77#comment-254 Hmm I don't know where all these drunks in public are, I never see them. There's a park in my city where these drunks usually hang out but they are like 20 people and usually the same bunch all the time and that's in a city of 120 000. I don't think most alcoholism is visible at all, mostly people drinking too much at home, not in public. In the evenings and in the summer there can be a lot of drunk people, but I think they're just partying, and there's no thing in Sweden that says it's wrong to be drunk in public over being drunk anywhere else. I find their opening hours really annoying, and even more annoying that you can't even buy rice wine for cooking, because systemet only imports rice wine that's meant to drink and it costs extremely much of course. I usually have people send it from abroad, in southern sweden most people don't get their alcoholic beverages from Systemet but they take a ferry over to Germany instead and buy stuff there, a lot cheaper. This is often sold out of the back of little trucks. Don't think most people who like getting drunk often will buy booze legally from systemet anyway. Hmm I don’t know where all these drunks in public are, I never see them. There’s a park in my city where these drunks usually hang out but they are like 20 people and usually the same bunch all the time and that’s in a city of 120 000. I don’t think most alcoholism is visible at all, mostly people drinking too much at home, not in public. In the evenings and in the summer there can be a lot of drunk people, but I think they’re just partying, and there’s no thing in Sweden that says it’s wrong to be drunk in public over being drunk anywhere else. I find their opening hours really annoying, and even more annoying that you can’t even buy rice wine for cooking, because systemet only imports rice wine that’s meant to drink and it costs extremely much of course. I usually have people send it from abroad, in southern sweden most people don’t get their alcoholic beverages from Systemet but they take a ferry over to Germany instead and buy stuff there, a lot cheaper. This is often sold out of the back of little trucks. Don’t think most people who like getting drunk often will buy booze legally from systemet anyway.

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