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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
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