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We are Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time, and we are back. Ask us anything!
Proof: http://i.imgur.com/mfad49q.jpg
https://twitter.com/SwedishMealTime/status/451036990100627456
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLDpR2TcLnI
One of the reasons we've been gone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtqGUbVLGvA
Hai internetz!
We are Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time! A (tutorial) cooking show on YouTube.
We are returning to YouTube… Today!! Check out the Swedish channel-trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4zc3O4Z7v8 The first new episode will be out April 3rd, and from then on, we will upload videos in a format similar to Tabletop and Spellslingers: 1st week: EPISODE - 2nd week: BLOOPER - 3rd week: EPISODE - 4th week: BLOOPER - 5th week: EPISODE - etc etc and so on! We might upload some more bonus stuff as well :)
Why are we returning? Basically, we have better routines now with our day to day jobs - making it easier to pinpoint when and where we have time to do something. We are also getting help and resources (first and foremost the kitchen!) from a local Swedish YouTube network, which is great. Destroying kitchens became a part of our show back in the day, but reason behind it was that we had no other choice (no one would let us cook in the same place twice!). Having a regular kitchen to return to makes it a lot easier for us to pland and produce videos!
For those of you who do not know us, here is the crash course:
We first started our channel back in January 2011 while we were studying for our bachelor degrees! After about one semester, our studies were just about done and we got spread out throughout the country, making it really hard to get together and cook more for you. Me and Niklas started studying at a 2 year masters programme, Tom was working as a developer, and Isak and Anders was way down south in Sweden.
During this entire time, we have frequently been thinking about SwedishMealTime, what it means to us, why we stopped making videos and the future of the show. This could potentially be a very long story, but the TL:DR version is that:
We didn’t have enough time or manpower, combining ROSMT with our studies and work.
Even if we did make an effort, it was too much work and we felt the quality of the show was suffering from it. We don’t want to compromise on that.
So why didn’t we communicate more about this? Partly because we didn’t know if this was the end, or just a long-ass break. It was probably a big mistake and it could have been handled a lot better. Anyway, we’d want to focus on the future now, and what lays ahead, with our fortunes and misfortunes behind us.
TL:DR We stopped making videos more than a year ago, but are now returning because we have jobs (making it easier to plan around that), more of us live closer to one another now (much like we did in the first episodes!), we have a kitchen to return to and we can plan accordingly! Thus our return is imminent!
TL:DR THE TL:DR We’re back, bitch.
--------------UPDATE--------------
Thanks for this AmA guys! Its been great. We might drop in tomorrow and answer a few left over questions! We are really back, this is not aprils fools joke (OR IS IT?) and you'll see the first new episode this thursday! ITS GOOD FOR YOU!
--------------UPDATE2--------------
Heya guys, dont be afraid dropping a question or two, we might answer it today (wednesday) and tomorrow! :)
kayneargand94 karma
Please tell me you guys (Niklas and Niclas) have an "I am Spartacus" type gag coming. I would love to see that happen.
"I am Niclas!" "No, I am Niklas!" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH"
swedishmealtime116 karma
Niclas - Executive producer at a media company in Stockholm
Niklas - Project and quality assurance manager at a web agency in Stockholm
Isak - iOS developer at a mobile agency in Stockholm
Anders - Freelancing production artist
Tom - Web developer at a newspaper in Skellefteå
swedishmealtime41 karma
/u/clonetek FTW! / Niclas (edit: for real, this guy have been IN THE GAME for a long time! 5/5 would upvote again)
MyNutsin1080p56 karma
I know that ROSMT started out as a way of poking gentle fun at EMT. Are those guys aware of your presence? Is there any possibility of a crossover now that you have a more solid schedule and greater resources to work with?
jaju12349 karma
Is this an April Fools joke? If it is, may your mayonnaise forever be tainted with mould.
Bandikoto41 karma
Given all I know about Swedish cuisine I learned at the food court at Ikea, just how authentic are your dishes?
swedishmealtime136 karma
Pretty damn authentic. IKEA doesnt add the extra flavour of raw power. // Niclas
Huwarf40 karma
Why did you stop with the videos without saying anything to your fans? We thought you were dead!
swedishmealtime81 karma
We were intimidated, I guess, from not really knowing what to do. We wanted to make more videos, but found it hard to make time and pull everything together in order to make something we could stand behind and deliver for you. We thought about quitting all together, but on some level did not really want to. In the end, we went for the high road: Beginning making videos again! Its good for you! / Niclas
JuniperJupiter40 karma
When will you battle with your originators, the EMT gang?
Some of us unworthy dregs would like to see such carnage!
swedishmealtime40 karma
My greatest wish is to have /u/AWildSketchAppeared do something related to ROSMT or Mr Fox... Pray to the Reddit Gods? // Niclas
pekesenertjes38 karma
Do you genuinely enjoy eating mayonaise from a jar, or is it part of an act?
Sossenbinder36 karma
How long does it take you to clean up your kitchen after the filming is done?
swedishmealtime65 karma
We do it as we go, sometimes after each take and sometime after several takes. All in all, a single episode, in the new kitchen, took us around 3-4 hours. / Niclas
domtzs6 karma
what about the ingredients, you seem to pulverize them at every step and yet the final results are very presentable and tasty ( you do eat them at the end :D); do you scrape them off the kitchen walls or do you just get 3 times more than you would normally use?
swedishmealtime8 karma
Sometimes we scrape, sometimes we can't scrape so we have to add more :P
/Niklas
MechanicalHavok33 karma
Now that you are back, Howtobasic can retire. Nothing beats angry Swedes yelling and making food.
Kergash26 karma
I dont really have any questions. I just want to say that I am fucking HYPED for the new videos coming! Jesus christ man, it's been too long.
Bisher_Photos25 karma
What is the difference between Swedish meal time and Norwegian meal time?
Agilaz25 karma
How many of you have actual cooking experience? Apart from what you do on the show?
swedishmealtime40 karma
Niklas (the beardless) are quite good in the kitchen! So is Tom! / Niclas
Agilaz21 karma
Awesome. However I doubt anybody can hacka the löken better than you can. :|
GreenLips9 karma
Little do you suspect, but I already have one of those! She lets me out of the bed sometimes. This means I am now a professional Swede!
Goosie24 karma
Thank you for doing this AMA! My daughter and I are big fans. Do you have a favorite video?
swedishmealtime41 karma
<3 Personally, I really like Fishdicks and Breakfast. Also the Christmas table and Stickycake is great. I also love the Thinbread-rolls one. Stay Swedish my friend! / Niclas
swedishmealtime79 karma
I'm engaged. Hopefully soon married! I love my swedish lady. // Niclas
swedishmealtime48 karma
Personally, I love chinese. But not the one you find at your local chinese place. I've been to China several times, and they just simply got awsome food. // Niclas
NuclearAeon21 karma
Why did you stop with the videos for so long? Was it school or something else?
DiemWolf21 karma
Is there any possibility for a collaboration with Robbaz? Some sort of walrus viking dish?
swedishmealtime13 karma
We'd love to put together any collaboration with fun YouTubers but at the moment we have a lot on our plate with the comeback and all. Hopefully in the future!
/Niklas
swedishmaniac19 karma
Hello fellow swedes! I've been a fan for sometime now and my question is: how did this start? Cause I mean, it isn't like you wake up one day and say "I want to destroy kitchens and talk in swenglish, and YOU are going to film it!"...okay it COULD be like that...but still: how did this start?
swedishmealtime27 karma
You pretty much had it right. Me (Niclas) and Isak woke up hungover in my student acomodation, and Isak wanted to do a video (inspired by EpicMealTime). Thats pretty much it! // Niclas
harum-scarum17 karma
What have you all been doing during this long hiatus? Are you back for good? I love your videos so much!
swedishmealtime27 karma
For good, or until you guys thinks it gets booring or "the same" all over the time. We are definitely back. / Niclas
jaju12310 karma
Well EpicMealTime never got boring for a lot of people, and you guys are pretty unique so you have that going for you :) I'm sure as long as you don't get bored there will always be an audience!
drpestilence14 karma
No questions but I have to thank you for all the laughs. I particularly enjoy how you present the food all nice and proper at the end of many skits.
Cheers!
swedishmealtime28 karma
Nope, 2 in Stockholm, 1 in Uppsala, 1 in Gävle and 1 in Skellefteå!
insanebatcat13 karma
Thanks for doing an AmA, I love your videos!
What meal did you enjoy making the most?
Do all Swedes cook this way?
Did you guys ever get complaints from the noise of angrily yelling at your food?
How much food actually gets treated like a Swedish lady?
Tack så mycket, glad you guys are returning!
Edit: formatting
swedishmealtime21 karma
Thanks for being here!
- Actually I think we all enjoyed the new episode we haven't released yet. Mainly because this time all five guys were gathered in the same kitchen during recording
- Yes
- No
- Moosemeat, that is all
/Niklas
swedishmealtime15 karma
1) Personally, Thinbread rolls was hilarious to record. 2) Yes. 3) No, no ones dares challenge my beard. 4) Only moosemeat. Standard procedure.
// Niclas
swedishmealtime14 karma
Cook some food Swedish style, eat some mayo and take a bubble bath, just for you. XOXO
/Niklas
swedishmealtime19 karma
"Hard" production is approx 3-4 hours in the kitchen. Idea-process isnt really included, we improvise A LOT. We have some logistics that take a lot of time around these new episodes coming up, since we are doing them at a studio kitchen, sort of. / Niclas
abltburger9 karma
Your beard is magnificent. Tips on growing it, and staying so damn beautiful?
swedishmealtime21 karma
Eat more mayo. And possibly punch a few bears in the face. // Niclas
swedishmealtime13 karma
I think that when I (Niclas) and Niklas made Deadly Thinbread Rolls in my accomodation during our later years of study, we hade tons of laughs. That was brilliant. // Niclas
swedishmealtime18 karma
I like gaming and drinking beer! And boardgaming. Check out /r/boardgames . Those guys are great! // Niclas
swedishmealtime53 karma
I once had a weird experience with the ceiling fan in my bedroom... / Isak
swedishmealtime29 karma
This one guy recognized me and went up like 5 cm from my face and talked to me. I had to push him away and ask him to back off. He wasnt mad or overly excited or anything. Just VERY "close" to me. And quiet. It was weird // Niclas
TheTechnoWiking11 karma
Well obviously he wanted to come as close as he could to your beard
Arrow2Nee9 karma
How long can we expect this run of the series to go on for? Originally you guys had to take a break for studies, but what does the future look like for ROSMT now?
swedishmealtime35 karma
Now, we will push it until you guys hate it, or the world implodes. // Niclas
swedishmealtime16 karma
We might pop over for a bit, but we'll be sure to let you guys know if we do!
/Niklas
lncsmb8 karma
Have the series somehow changed your lives? Do you get recognized sometimes?
swedishmealtime20 karma
It would be weird to say that ROSMT haven't changed our lives in some way as we've had some fun adventures together while recording the series, meeting people and getting to do stuff we otherwise wouldn't have done. Although we are still the same five guys who just love to record weird stuff and have fun. We are not openly recognised on the street although once in a blue moon someone will come up to us and say hey and give us some mayo :)
/Niklas
hairyneil7 karma
Are there any plans to do videos with other youtube cookists? Like Harto or Epic Meal Time?
swedishmealtime7 karma
It would indeed be quite awsome, but sadly, nothing in the pipe right now! // Niclas
Ermahgerdrerdert7 karma
I'd completely forgotten about you guys and I'm so happy you're back! I'm from England but everyone I introduced to Smorgastorte loves it!
Would you guys ever do an episode with Surströmming?
swedishmealtime5 karma
Thanks, we're happy to be back! Well the problem with Surströmming is that the smell is very pungent and that's the thing with it. So if the audience can't smell it we loose a lot of the experience there. But we have thought about it now and again.
/Niklas
swedishmealtime14 karma
Skulle vara ganska awsome! Dock så skulle inte en jävel fatta vad som pågick (because you guys, our real fans, are not watching TV4, after all) // Niclas
Rachelle_Ohh6 karma
Any more plans with Big Steve?????? Would you consider working with him again?
swedishmealtime10 karma
Definitely one of the few things that are in our pipe. Expect it. // Niclas
eVWil_dubs5 karma
Underbart att ha er tebax, så ni kan visa världen hur man lagar mat SWEDISH STYLE
Morthael5 karma
- Can we expect any special quest in future? ( TotalBiscuit posted on twitter your special christmas episode, this is how i found about you guys. )
drunk-penguin4 karma
What kind of satanic meals can we expect in the comeback?
How many pots of mayonnaise have been consumed over the years?
LeaveTheMassage3 karma
Has making ROSMT affected your lives in any way, be it now or before?
swedishmealtime3 karma
Definitely, in many ways. It's crazy to be able to touch so many lives and feelings by doing something crazy and silly in the kitchen. For you guys, we were gone for 2 years, but in my head, one day did not pass with me not thinking about the channel and the subscribers. I just love you <3 // Niclas
Xon9633 karma
Whats your dream job and what do you think you will be doing in the next 10 years?
swedishmealtime16 karma
Personally, I don't like to think about dreams and the future. Be happy with where you are (if its not total shit, then change something) and yourself. // Niclas
Wurdan3 karma
If you could only have 1 thing to get through a cold Swedish winter night, would it be moose meat or a Swedish lady?
bhoward192 karma
Thanks for doing this AMA! I've been patiently awaiting your regular return. Whose idea was it to do the whole mayo bit in every episode?
And in spirit of today, what is the best prank you have pulled on another person?
swedishmealtime4 karma
Thanks for being here and thanks for waiting! Well Niclas was actually a bit hungry (and hungover) whilst making the first video and he simply needed some fat. Although as he ate the Mayo he thought that the Internetz might bring down the hate on him because he loves Mayo so he saved it with saying "It's good for you". As if that would have helped - but it did! and everyone liked it! So actually you guys came up with the slogan for us :)
I punched a bear in the stomach once. Joke's on him, he's a bear.
/Niklas
swedishmealtime2 karma
First episode, me and Isak in my student accomodation, hungover etc. We make the first episode, and I get hungry, mid-cooking. I eat a lot of mayo and butter, and think, as I am eating it, that the nerds and trolls on the internet will tease me for doing so. I proactively protect and defend myself by saying something sarcastic: "Its good for you!" and it simply caught on. I actually do love mayo. Its the best. // Niclas
dakkeh2 karma
Can you guys do a learning Swenglish episode where you subtitle the Swedish words?
swedishmealtime9 karma
3 of us went to Umeå University studying Digital media production. Isak took a longer course in iOS development, sort of. Tom studies programming, like Java and shit, fuck if I know :P Me and Niklas also have a masters degree in cross media interaction design. // Niclas
FullyNorwegian2 karma
How long would it usually take you to clean up your mess in the kitchen?
swedishmealtime2 karma
Well we clean the kitchen during the episode as well so we don't have to do it all at the end of shooting. But I'd say we spend a couple of hours on just cleaning.
/Niklas
migal002 karma
I've been waiting for your come back for the past two years! You guys are one of my favourite food channels on Youtube and I'm super stoked that you're back!
Can you tell me if you're going to do similar things to what you did back in the day, or if you're going to do something a bit different?
And also, if I were to show a video of yours to my friends which one should I show them?
swedishmealtime3 karma
Hey thanks and it's good for you!
We are totally going back to basics. You guys want mayo, violence and mr.fox, thats what you'll get.
I dont know, many of the "old ones" is great. Maybe this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtqGUbVLGvA
// Niclas
gaiaap2 karma
By some fantastic fluke, I just happened to look up your channel just now and saw the teaser (301+ views!), switch to Reddit and see this.
I'm fucking stoked. No, I don't have a question - that'd take up valuable time you could be using to wreck horrible vengeance on edibles, and I could possibly justify that.
Love from Denmark. Or hate. Both good.
frozenmallet1 karma
Do the guys at Ica Maxi or Coop or whatever store you guys shop at know you well by now? Do you ever see any fans at these stores and get any questions?
I used to live in Sweden and I remember celebrities would often shop for themselves at stores and people wouldn't disturb them!
swedishmealtime2 karma
Back in the day, when we were making videos on a regular basis, I could hardly go to ICA without having someone giggle and ask me to scream. It was weird. // Niclas
stormhunter11 karma
ROSMT Glad to have you guys back! My friends and I have been long time fans from California, USA.
That said, have you guys considered making a recipe book for some of those dishes, can definitely say some of them looked really good...
swedishmealtime2 karma
Hey, we're glad to be back! Yeah we're thinking about it ;)
/Niklas
swedishmealtime2 karma
Maybe, the thing with surströmming is the smell and if you can't smell it, that's like loosing part of the experience so it's a bit problematic. But we have thought about it.
/Niklas
cowe1921 karma
How much planning is involved in making an episode? Do you just make it up as you go or is everything carefully written?
swedishmealtime3 karma
We plan a lot AROUND the episode, like times and breaks and how to get everything and everyone to the kitchen. But the things inside the episodes we mainly improvise :)
/Niklas
Scarbrow1 karma
From beginning (thinking an idea) to end (getting it all filmed/edited), how long does it take you guys to do a single episode?
swedishmealtime3 karma
All and all and all and all it takes about a week before our break. Now we have a more thought-out schedule we're following, including set days and kitchens for recording so now it's more like a month.
/Niklas
pppjurac1 karma
Are damages to kitchen and utensils cowered by insurance ?
But really, be cautious about Mr.Fox....
swedishmealtime2 karma
Nope, the King of Sweden covers us on such matters. Yeah we know, he's a slippery bastard!
/Niklas
swedishmealtime3 karma
Have not in a long time. Now that we have started up again, we should see some ad-revenue roll in. Everything goes into more production. We're doing this for you guys, not for the cash! // Niclas
Omoza1 karma
Good to have you all back! Do you have any plans on changing the way the channel will run, or will it be the same format as before?
swedishmealtime7 karma
Definitely changes. For now, we will release a regular cooking video every other week, and the weeks in between, a blooper/behind the scenes video. We will most likely also, during the "off weeks" deliver a timelapse from the recording session. Possibly something more, dont know yet! // Niclas
TheTechnoWiking250 karma
Jag har saknat er.
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