Supermarket Scavenger

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This is what the spice rack looks like to everyone else:

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And this is what it looks like to me: 

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Shit, what's "bay leaf" in Swedish?

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Bay leaf = lagerblad.

THANK YOU. Picked up lagerblad today.

Since they're always on the shelf in alphabetical order, I find it most confusing when the first letter is different. Once you've mastered the kummin/spiskummin distinction, that is!

Wow, I totally lucked out on that one. I just bought spiskummin for taco night yesterday because I found it in that big mix up bin and it looked about right. I had no idea until I looked it up on Wikipedia that:
spiskummin = cumin
kummin = caraway
Very tricky!

The cumin/caraway thing is something most Swedes get wrong... but it makes sense in a way, kummin SHOULD be cumin, not caraway. It´s most confusing.

A big hello from Iceland. I enjoy reading your site.

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