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A buffet with a Swedish passport and zero portion control.
means A spread of many different dishes laid out for people to serve themselves, or more broadly, any varied collection of things to pick from.
from From Swedish smörgåsbord, literally 'bread-and-butter table' — smörgås means 'open sandwich' (from smör, 'butter,' and gås, which once referred to a small lump of butter shaped like a goose, plus bord, 'table.' The word entered English in the early 1900s describing the traditional Scandinavian buffet of cold fish, meats, cheeses, and breads, then drifted into general use for any lavishly varied assortment of things, edible or not.
- literal meaning
- bread and butter table, originally
- etymology
- smörgås means open sandwich, not feast
- english drift
- now means any chaotic abundance, food or not
- real swedish rule
- always start cold, end warm, never mix