Article: Sweden's greetings! travel scandinavia Anyone for reindeer? MARY GREENE samples a few seasonal surprises at an authentic Gothenburg smorgasbord.

Byline: MARY GREENE

LUNCHTIME in Sweden the week before Christmas, and I have just been served a very dubious seasonal snack. 'Do you think any other English people will be eating Rudolph?' my companion asked doubtfully as the platter appeared.

I had to admit I couldn't see reindeer meat taking off at Waitrose, but surely with so much sentimentality over Christmas, it was refreshing to take a walk on the wild side.

Eating reindeer might sound more like something from swashbuckling Norse legend than a polite, middleclass holiday, but I'll try anything once.

So with the chorus of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer jingling around my head, I ...

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