Norwegian memories

I have fond memories of Norwegian Wood.

Mesh
I have fond memories of Norwegian Wood.

let's keep it clean, here, Mesh, this is a family forum....

Beagle

Mesh
I have fond memories of Norwegian Wood.

let's keep it clean, here, Mesh, this is a family forum....

Uhmm, I AM keeping it clean and I was talking about the song.
 
What were you thinking? 

Mesh

Beagle

Mesh
I have fond memories of Norwegian Wood.

let's keep it clean, here, Mesh, this is a family forum....

Uhmm, I AM keeping it clean and I was talking about the song.
 
What were you thinking? 

There's a song about it????  that's just disgusting!!! 

sharke
Is it Norway where they eat those cans of fermented fish that make normal people vomit, or is that Sweden? 

Argh!!! Blah yeah, that's horrible!!! I think it's bigger in Sweden - not sure - but it doesn't seem to be a big thing here in Norway. It's not something I grew up with so to speak. But I have smelled it and to be honest, I rather eat Vegemite, Marmite and pretty much any thing else, than that! Easy!

A very Norwegian dish is Lutefisk. It's the one thing in the world I have sworn to never try (besides actually eating that fermented crap - which I think is Swedish anyway), because I don't want to! It doesn't look like food and no one actually say they like the fish, the all talk about the sides... so why not just eat the sides, I wonder...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk

ProjectM

sharke
Is it Norway where they eat those cans of fermented fish that make normal people vomit, or is that Sweden? 

Argh!!! Blah yeah, that's horrible!!! I think it's bigger in Sweden - not sure - but it doesn't seem to be a big thing here in Norway. It's not something I grew up with so to speak. But I have smelled it and to be honest, I rather eat Vegemite, Marmite and pretty much any thing else, than that! Easy!

A very Norwegian dish is Lutefisk. It's the one thing in the world I have sworn to never try (besides actually eating that fermented crap - which I think is Swedish anyway), because I don't want to! It doesn't look like food and no one actually say they like the fish, the all talk about the sides... so why not just eat the sides, I wonder...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk

I always wondered who was the first one to try Lutefisk.  Let's soak this stuff in one of the most poisonous elements on the planet.  "Hey Leif, give this a try."  
 
I'm one of the few Norwegians that doesn't like fish all that much, so I'm staying way from Lutefisk and that other stuff.  My mom used to make sursild (pickled herring) when I was young and I'd eat all the onions and leave the herring.  I'll have tuna salad, fish and chips or a fish taco once in a while.  I negate and health benefits by adding too much mayo or tartar sauce; so I don't even do that so often.  
 
 

SvenArne

Old55. Marius, I was wondering if any of these products are still around.  Krokan ice cream.  Solo soda and Champagne brus.  Primula cheeses.  

Not Marius, but I can confirm the continued existence of all of those products. Except maybe Primula, though I haven't looked too hard for it.

Krokanis is my favorite ice cream flavor!

Thanks for joining it.  I mentioned Marius, because we started talking about some of this stuff on another thread and I didn't want to hijack that thread too much.  
 
I loved Krokanis!  There's a company in Minnesota that makes something similar, but it's $12 dollars for a pint!  It's good, but only for special occasions.  
 
I also liked the sodas a lot.  They were a little sweet but they seemed like more of an adult taste than the sugary colas and mainstream(American) sodas.  
 

Old55

I always wondered who was the first one to try Lutefisk.  Let's soak this stuff in one of the most poisonous elements on the planet.  "Hey Leif, give this a try."  
 
I'm one of the few Norwegians that doesn't like fish all that much, so I'm staying way from Lutefisk and that other stuff.  My mom used to make sursild (pickled herring) when I was young and I'd eat all the onions and leave the herring.  I'll have tuna salad, fish and chips or a fish taco once in a while.  I negate and health benefits by adding too much mayo or tartar sauce; so I don't even do that so often.  
 
 

 
 
My Guess is that there once was a woman who wanted to kill her husband and prepared and served a piece of fish like this, hoping that he would die a horrible and very ugly death. BUT the guy didn't die and actually yelled at his wife:
"This, I will eat, but get me some potatoes, bacon and peas! And pass the mustard that we stole from some unsuspecting English guy!"
He ate up and was probably a little nicer to his wife so she decided to make it for Christmas (or juleblot as it was called back then before Christianity) every year, to have a bit of piece and quiet for the holidays. Of course, women like to talk and back then there were no such thing as "Sex and the city" or "Desperate Housewives" so she shared this knowledge and the dish spread of natural causes.
 
I am probably entirely wrong but I will always see it as an attempted murder weapon
 
Wasn't much of a fish eater my self, never really liked it until I discovered sushi some years ago. That's the only fish dish I'd eat and actually enjoy. The past 8 months or so I've been having a harder and harder time eating meat, pork and chicken so I discovered some ways to make fish that I actually enjoyed. I'm getting there. But I'm not much of a Norwegian to be honest, so I eat it and be happy afterwards. Heck, it only took me 31 years!

 
I must have some Viking blood in me, I lurve Primula

Old55

sharkeLutefisk...wasn't that the subject of an episode of King Of The Hill, the one where Bobby ends up with gout?

I remember that there was an King Of The Hill episode with Lutefisk.  I don't remember the part about the gout, but I wouldn't doubt it.   "That boy just ain't right."  

Oh right. I'm getting it mixed up with the episode where Bobby gets gout from eating too much deli food. The lutefisk one is the one where he burns down the church.

ProjectM

Old55

I always wondered who was the first one to try Lutefisk.  Let's soak this stuff in one of the most poisonous elements on the planet.  "Hey Leif, give this a try."  
 
I'm one of the few Norwegians that doesn't like fish all that much, so I'm staying way from Lutefisk and that other stuff.  My mom used to make sursild (pickled herring) when I was young and I'd eat all the onions and leave the herring.  I'll have tuna salad, fish and chips or a fish taco once in a while.  I negate and health benefits by adding too much mayo or tartar sauce; so I don't even do that so often.  
 
 

 
My Guess is that there once was a woman who wanted to kill her husband and prepared and served a piece of fish like this, hoping that he would die a horrible and very ugly death. BUT the guy didn't die and actually yelled at his wife:
"This, I will eat, but get me some potatoes, bacon and peas! And pass the mustard that we stole from some unsuspecting English guy!"
He ate up and was probably a little nicer to his wife so she decided to make it for Christmas (or juleblot as it was called back then before Christianity) every year, to have a bit of piece and quiet for the holidays. Of course, women like to talk and back then there were no such thing as "Sex and the city" or "Desperate Housewives" so she shared this knowledge and the dish spread of natural causes.
 
I am probably entirely wrong but I will always see it as an attempted murder weapon
 
Wasn't much of a fish eater my self, never really liked it until I discovered sushi some years ago. That's the only fish dish I'd eat and actually enjoy. The past 8 months or so I've been having a harder and harder time eating meat, pork and chicken so I discovered some ways to make fish that I actually enjoyed. I'm getting there. But I'm not much of a Norwegian to be honest, so I eat it and be happy afterwards. Heck, it only took me 31 years!

That's as good a scenario as I've come up with.  I have had Sylteflesk and Pinnekjott, usually at Christmas time.  I don't remember which one it was, but one of them was so salty, it could raise your blood pressure just by being in the room!  I liked the polser(sausage), though.  Sometime they had it like a hot dog on a bun, other times it was more of a dinner meal with mashed potatoes or kumle(potato dumplings).  I loved that stuff.  

ProjectM

craigb
Carissa's from Noway.  

Who's Carissa?

She was a fellow forum-user for a while Marius.
 
And quite popular with the gentlemen as I recall

sharke
Is it Norway where they eat those cans of fermented fish that make normal people vomit, or is that Sweden? 

"Surströmming" is a traditional dish from northern Sweden and the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland!

Old55

That's as good a scenario as I've come up with.  I have had Sylteflesk and Pinnekjott, usually at Christmas time.  I don't remember which one it was, but one of them was so salty, it could raise your blood pressure just by being in the room!  I liked the polser(sausage), though.  Sometime they had it like a hot dog on a bun, other times it was more of a dinner meal with mashed potatoes or kumle(potato dumplings).  I loved that stuff.  

 
Pinnekjøtt must be the salty one. It's salty alright, but delicious and a big thing during Christmas time.
 
I'm actually having kumle for dinner tonight actually, with Pølse of course!

SvenArne

sharke
Is it Norway where they eat those cans of fermented fish that make normal people vomit, or is that Sweden? 

"Surströmming" is a traditional dish from northern Sweden and the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland!

 
Ah, Surströmming! I couldn't recall the name. Yeah, disgusting stuff. Whoever ate that the first time must have been raging hungry! I'm pretty sure I'd rather eat a rock!