From what is known, it was during Richard II of England's regime in the late 14th century the british came by a meatball recipe. It was a frikadell (a cooked meatball) and only the upper class people had the resources for it. It wasn't until mid 19th century regular people began to eat them, thanks to wood stoves and meatgrinders and became fried meatballs. Why "Swedish meatballs" are famous, I don't know though. Must have been some celebrity who mentioned them or something.
Spaghetti originally came courtesy of Italy, but the meatballs were most likely added in America. However, spaghetti and meatballs are not eaten together in Italy, as it is an American custom.
Marco Polo brought pasta back to the u.s. George Washington made pasta at a feast on thankgiving.
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A meatball is köttbulle in Swedish.Meatballs in plural is köttbullar.
Swedish meatballs are very similar to normal meatballs however they also include special seasonings. Recipes can be found online at www.allrecipes.com.
Köttbullar :)
There are many websites where one can find Swedish meatballs recipe. There are food blogs which are dedicated to Swedish Food and this recipe is available there.
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Italian (imo) It really depends on how you intend on serving the meatballs: Swedish meatballs are intended to be served unaccompanied covered with a sour cream based brown gravy, Italian meatballs are intended to be served over spaghetti, vermicelli, linguine, etc. with a pasta sauce (e.g. tomato, cheese, pesto). The spices of each type of meatballs are different and using one type of meatballs for the purpose of the other would produce clashing flavors.
Swedish meatballs are often served with mashed potatoes, a simple brown gravy or sauce, and lingonberry jam. Lingon berries are bittersweet, and slightly similar to cranberries. Swedish hard bread and butter are a traditional compliment as well.