Thursday, August 13, 2026

Lingonberry Supreme

I've obviously read too many
Nordic Noir novels. Took two
words — piquant & lingonberry —
that I didn't think would go to-
gether, only to find that the
first was a common descriptor 
for the latter. Started anew, this
time using pasta as the noun
& the berry as the qualifier. Sim-
ilar thing again: "Creamy meat-
balls over egg noodles with 
lingonberry sauce" all across
Google. I know nothing about
lingonberries except that they
occur often in those Noir novels
I mentioned early & that they're
a bit like cranberries which I am
familiar with. So I look up the
two together, & find, in Arctic
Flavors, that they are both part
of the Vaccinium family, along 
with bilberries, blueberries, &
huckleberries. The latter was a
giveaway of where the threads 
would link — it's not Nordic
Noir, but I have read that book 
by Mark Twain. Huckleberry Finn.

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