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Idag är det negerbollens dag för att bevara ordet negerboll! 1000-tals personer i vårat firar idag denna högtidliga händelse!
The traditional name for the pastry is negerboll ("negro ball"), and was coined in an era when there were virtually no people of African descent in Sweden. Due to its arguably offensive character by contemporary standards, the name has fallen out of favor in cooking books, for example. It is still in use in less formal circumstances though, and whether or not the word negerboll should be used has been a subject of debate in news papers and Internet blogs. The word neger was considered neutral a few decades ago but has become controversial and today it is recommended to use other words if you have to describe someone's skin-color. (This could be compared to the English equivalent negro.) Since the word neger is no longer considered a neutral word[citation needed] many people feel that the word negerboll is not appropriate. The most common alternative is "chokladboll", although it could be considered misleading because the pastry does not contain any chocolate (though it does contain cocoa). Some people choose to call the version with shredded coconut on it kokosboll ("coconut ball"), which is even more misleading since that is already the name of a completely different gelatin-based pastry and also because not all chocolate balls contain coconut, as nib sugar is often used instead of coconut. Even another name is "havreboll" (oatmeal ball), although this is mostly used for a variant that contains minor amounts of or no cocoa at all. A popular producer of the pastry, Delicato, have chosen to call it "Delicatoboll".'
Glad Negerboll på er!
The traditional name for the pastry is negerboll ("negro ball"), and was coined in an era when there were virtually no people of African descent in Sweden. Due to its arguably offensive character by contemporary standards, the name has fallen out of favor in cooking books, for example. It is still in use in less formal circumstances though, and whether or not the word negerboll should be used has been a subject of debate in news papers and Internet blogs. The word neger was considered neutral a few decades ago but has become controversial and today it is recommended to use other words if you have to describe someone's skin-color. (This could be compared to the English equivalent negro.) Since the word neger is no longer considered a neutral word[citation needed] many people feel that the word negerboll is not appropriate. The most common alternative is "chokladboll", although it could be considered misleading because the pastry does not contain any chocolate (though it does contain cocoa). Some people choose to call the version with shredded coconut on it kokosboll ("coconut ball"), which is even more misleading since that is already the name of a completely different gelatin-based pastry and also because not all chocolate balls contain coconut, as nib sugar is often used instead of coconut. Even another name is "havreboll" (oatmeal ball), although this is mostly used for a variant that contains minor amounts of or no cocoa at all. A popular producer of the pastry, Delicato, have chosen to call it "Delicatoboll".'