Saturday Candy
Yesterday was lördagsgodis in Sweden, a weekly custom known as “Saturday Candy.” Food and Wine explains: “Every weekend, children and adults alike spend part of their Saturdays cozy at home, eating through an assortment of their favorite candies.” You build anticipation during the week and go all-in on Saturday.
A quick Google search brings you IKEA’s offerings, a BBC article, and an Etsy shop dedicated to the tradition.
ChickieNob and I have something similar on Fridays that I started years ago. We take a mid-day break (either together or in our own space when she is at college), eat a few squares of chocolate, and watch a few minutes of a favourite television show. Doing it during a workday as the lunch break feels a little more decadent than Saturdays, which are already exciting because you’re off work. But I like the idea of an entire country taking a candy break at the same time.
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Haha, this sounds like my childhood! We’d get our allowance on Saturday and head downtown to the drugstore to buy comic books and penny candy (gum, licorice, chocolate bars, which were about 10 cents each back then). And then go sit on the steps of the school division office to eat it and flip through the comics! Or sometimes we’d head to the bakery and buy jambusters (jam-filled doughnuts) and bottles of pop. You could buy a lot with 50 cents a week allowance in those days…!
Saturday lollies (that’s Kiwi for “candy”) was a thing for me too, because usually Friday night was the only time of the week I was in “town” and near a shop where sweet things could be bought with my weekly pocket money. (The trials of growing up in rural areas!) So Saturday, if I had bought something that could last until Saturday, meant eking out the sweets for as long as possible, battling the desire for instant gratification that any sweet tooth has! lol
Oh man, WHY are the Nordic countries so good at excellent traditions? The Icelandic Book Flood, the Swedish Saturday Candy… Sounds amazing.