Floyd’s Hamburger with Spiced Onion Relish

You cannot travel the length and breadth of Scandinavia without encountering the ubiquitous meatball. These golf-ball-sized bullets of over-minced veal, pork or beef appear to be served with a variety of powdery, packet sauces. There is a white sauce, a red-coloured sauce and a brown-coloured sauce, and sometimes there is a reddish-brown-coloured sauce with lumps in it. Even the locals regard them as something of a joke, but at the same time they are very much part of the culinary culture.