On Thursday in Sweden they eat Pea soup and Pancakes. Every, single, Thursday. Okay, clearly no everyone eats it every Thursday, but you could if you wanted to. Most restaurants offer the Pea soup with Pancake special every Thursday and even in the common household they make it as a tradition. I know that there has been more than one time in my host family where Bea has made some yummy pancakes for us on Thursday.
Where did this bizarre tradition start you may ask? It dates back to 1577, when King Eric XIV was imprisoned and wanted dead. It’s said, on a Thursday, the King was given a bowl of pea soup. The bowl of pea soup was laced with poison and he died. From that time on people ate Pea Soup every Thursday in order to honor the poor dead King.
https://greenhearttravel.org/blog/high-school-sweden/another-weird-swedish-tradition
A nice story
Thanks for the story. I like stories about origins.