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IAmA SwedishMealTime chef.
Hai internet. I am the SwedishMealTime chef, Niclas Lundberg (pLoLock @ Twitter). You might have seen me on YouTube cooking swedish dishes for the greater good: www.youtube.com/swedishmealtime . I wanted to inform you of our current situation, how I feel about what we are doing, how it is to run a YouTube show, and what the future have in store for us. Fire away. It's good for you! Proof: http://imgur.com/7d2aQ Edit: After answering (i hope) every question so far, I will have to leave now, since I have a dental appointment in the morning, and its getting late! Thank you everyone for your love and interest in our show! SwedishMealTime have always been, and will always be about the entertainment, and not about the cash. We do this for you. And we will explore if we can expand into other fields that need swedish expertise. SwedishDatingTime? SwedishBuildingTime? Who knows! Thank you so much. We love you.
Edit: So many new questions! Will answer them later today! Promise!
kingshigh60 karma
A hot foxroast with mayo on the side. Awesome channel you got on the tube. Always sweet when fellow Scandinavians are ranking up the views. Mayo love från en danska.
MustStopMasturbating237 karma
My guess it's going to be a Viking styled battle. But with a lot of food.
fswmacguy146 karma
Not much of a battle, honestly. EpicMealTime is going to make, as usual, a pile of meat and cheese; whereas SwedishMealTime will make something exquisite.
kilroyfortehwin21 karma
What kind of interaction? What do they say about ROSMT, do they like it? Do you plan any kind of collaboration in the future?
Agent_S173 karma
Imagine the ultimate collaboration: Epic Meal Time, ROSMT and FPS Russia.
I doubt the internet could withstand so much awesome.
AzureBlu38 karma
Bacon strips-rolled deep fried RPG (Carl Gustaf, duh) with Mayo rockets(*)?
(* Like, normal rpg rounds, but with mayo instead of the explosive stuff!)
plolock44 karma
My impression of a chat we had with them recently was that they enjoy and support what we do. Regarding your second question, I can't give you an answer right now.
plolock767 karma
Only enough to not having to pay for the food we buy, and also buy extra props if needed (an axe, or license for music etc). But one really important thing, which have been important from day one, and still is: We are not in it for the cash. We have turned down LOTS of offers to make money on this in different ways (like real much money) but its not about that. We are doing this to entertain. I am more afraid to make you boored than making less money.
cwischerth76 karma
I thought the King of Sweden funded you!
Seriously though, love the show! My question is if Surströmming would make an appearance sometime, or if its not regular or ordinary enough. I know you said in another post that EpicMealTime stuff is top secret, but I would loooove to see their reaction to Mr. Fox tricking them to open a fresh tin of them.
plolock74 karma
Yeah, but its more of a summer dish! And people wouldnt know how it smells. ITS THE SMELL!!!!! Oh and btw, I love it, its delicious <3
GSKashmir105 karma
When you make all of those dishes, I notice you tend to do things that normal chefs do not. Eggshells in the dishes, biting the skins off of potatoes, etc. And a lot of those things are unsanitary. I was wondering, do you have two separate sets of ingredients? Like one for destroying and then one for actually making the dish?
plolock146 karma
We have only had that kind of setup 2 times, during the pancake episode and for flying jacob (where the chicken was on the floor).
Brammelam77 karma
So you mean that the vegitables you smashed with the door were actually used in your final dish?
clonetek85 karma
Do people from your country see you as a celebrity, or do they even know about your show?
plolock476 karma
People that actually have seen and enjoy it really do. Others just see me as a bearded loud scary potential-rapist man.
Unbirth50 karma
As a large, bearded man in America I fear we have "potential-rapist" in common.
thelehmanlip80 karma
Where did you get the idea to eat mayo straight up? I've never seen anyone do that before. Perfectly disgusting.
plolock400 karma
Well, its much like riding a bike. Only its mayo. (This made sense in my brain)
Andergard104 karma
In the sense that once you learn it, you never forget how to do it? And just like bicycling, "It's good for you!"
CrixMorshully79 karma
I'll just get this one out of the way early: When will you be releasing new episodes?
plolock199 karma
You might have seen, or not, that me and Niklas are studying at a masters program in Skellefteå, Sweden, called crossmedia interaction design, and it is really hard work and a lot of time is spent at the uni. Thats the main reason we arent releasing episodes, we don't have time. Either way, we are really aiming to have something for you guys soon, I'd say within 2-3 weeks hopefully!
plolock186 karma
Isak, the co-founder, actually asked me if we could film me cooking some food violently (as an homage/parody on EpicMealTime), so in the end its his idea basically.
amishrefugee67 karma
on a scale from 1 to LAME, how lame would Regular Ordinary Danish Meal Time be?
TastyCarcass67 karma
How much money does the King of Sweden give to fund each of these children's cultural education videos?
AgentKittenMittens103 karma
I hope she appreciates the sheer testosterone exhibited in your cooking.
pterodactylogram39 karma
i think you should crown her the princess of mayo. it'd be beautiful.
gburnaman57 karma
From your perspective, why are Swedish people building up such a reputation for being awesome?
Mojang
Andreas "ruMpel" Rönnberg
ROSMT
Robbaz
Why are you people so damn cool?
EDIT:
PewDiePie, because I'M A BRO.
Paradox Interactive.
Frictional Games.
EDIT 2: The Editing:
Mikael Åkerfeldt
DICE Software.
plolock121 karma
It's the blood. And mayo. And moose. And the king is obviously involved somehow!
almostsecretaccount54 karma
Who was that finnish guy in one of the episodes and wheres he from? I almost cried when heard some finnish <3
pppjurac52 karma
Do you plan to integrate Mr. Fox into one of recipes? Like a..... ingredient ?
plolock117 karma
Naa, but people are attacking us for not "wasting" enough food! But I guess food attacking us is inevitable..
petecoopNR46 karma
Are you a gamer? If so what games do you play? and have you ever been to a big LAN event like Dreamhack?
plolock144 karma
Oh yes, definitely! At the moment, I am playing A LOT of Dota 2, as well as BF3 and Tera Online (the beta atm etc). I am also much into retro style games, like Attack of the Titans etc.
Waldheri43 karma
How do you prepare for your shows? Or are you just nucking futs to begin with?
NapoleanD37 karma
Do you fear someday that your content will get stale?
And if so have you had any ideas for changes with your videos that may keep things interesting? (not that I think they aren't, but EpicMealTime is getting to that point really.)
plolock114 karma
Yes, every time I upload the latest episode. And yes, we would want to explore other areas expect cooking. So its more like: SwedishTime. We make everything extreme and swedish. Imagine the possibilities!
Grumpuff133 karma
Welcome to SwedishHuntTime, today we are hunting ice bears with our fists.
plolock212 karma
Ett träd föll på en kvinna. Frågan är vad fan en skog gjorde i köket.
Sorry! :D
calfonso34 karma
Would you ever consider putting up recipes for what you make?I really want to make the sticky cake.
BobTheSCV31 karma
Are you guys still at UMU? I used to see you in the MIT-building cafeteria before I graduated last summer. Do they still serve rat poison flavored coffee in those awful paper cups?
plolock47 karma
Yes, but in Skellefteå at a masters. And yes, the coffee there isnt swedish at all.
Sonicus31 karma
The Stomachless Sticky Cake told us you'd be speaking Finnish in the next episode. What happened?
plolock57 karma
Well, we've said a lot of "next time" etc. But people keep reminding us of this one... brain activates
clonetek27 karma
Hey, if you are ever in Louisiana, I'll show you how to really cook crawfish!
plolock86 karma
Well, she think its great that we have received such attention, but she denies me as her son. (as a joke ofc)
Coccinelle625 karma
I just want to say that I'm impressed with how you're doing this IAMA. You're really answering every question, including questions that have been asked several times, and you're not getting irritable and jerky about it. Good Guy Swedish Chef!!!
Izlandi21 karma
Did you expect this kind of response when you first posted the first video online? Also, what episode was the most fun to film?
plolock55 karma
Absolutely not! Its been great receiving (not much) but devoted attention. We really think all our subscribers are awsome <3
plolock44 karma
As much as you would for a normal dinner for a couple of people; 20-40 Euros
UtterCreep21 karma
Do you plan on covering foods from outside Sweden?
Do you browse old cook-books to find more swedish cuisines?
Flera timmer när jag kokar nånting, skrika jag "UGN!" när jag slämmer mat in. Spektakulär.
Tack för shown, det är en av de bästa serien i youtube!
plolock27 karma
We will have to see how long we can punish the swedish food culture! Not really, more like browsing google lol! Thanks! :)
plolock80 karma
In our show: Superior Smörgåscake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYBkDxao3wg . IRL: Spaghetti Bolognese, the one mom makes, hehe!
plolock33 karma
Not this time, sorry. I just have too much studies and projects to attend to. We'll make up for it!
plolock39 karma
Not yet! Except my knuckles bleeding after the live show and the last thing we did for Nordsken with the warhammer terrain.
Compard_Shepmander18 karma
Can we get a video that shows the cleanup?
Also has anyone gotten sick from eating something you made in the show?
plolock38 karma
I think you can see some in the behind the scenes videos actually! And no, all food have been delicious!
viramola16 karma
You are a Swedish role model. I haven't seen all the vids yet (but I will!) so forgive me if it's already been made, but have you epically made any palt?
A raw swede, grinding raw potatoes angrily. I can only see positive things coming out of this. If you like palt that is.
Lycka till med allt!
plolock21 karma
We have discussed it, but its a lot of hard and tricky work doing it from scratch! We'll see in the future! Thanks!
Aldir308 karma
You made me love Sweden even more than Opeth.
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