That yummy Norwegian food…

brinxmat · Joined: Oct 24, 2005 Posts: 262 Location: Norway

This refers to a previous thread in some sense, but it makes no sense to add this nonsense there ... unless the admins disagree Smile

Anyway, the kumler were on their way, and there I sat with a digital camera (sorry about the focus problems: you try taking pcitures of highly reflective (greasy) food with a cheap AF camera, and no photographic talent whatsoever).

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Get a nice bit of that bacon fat...

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Pour it all over ...

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elektro80 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:01 pm Post subject:

Has the pain started to subside?

Shocked

bachus · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:58 pm Post subject:

I can't help myself, I have to ask, What is that stuff in the first photo. I recognize the taters and carrots, and have been told the yellow stuff is just that.

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject:

Yes, the yellow stuff is .. well.. simply.. yellow stuff.

Those grey balls are.. basically just grey balls.

blue hell · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject:

1st pic, burned bacon I guess ?

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject:

Could be.. or it could also be some kind of old tar that has been cured and blended with elk droppings. There is no way to taste the which is which anyway. Shocked

bachus · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject:

brinxmat · Joined: Oct 24, 2005 Posts: 262 Location: Norway

Mmm. It was quite delicious. It was indeed bacon, the missus came with "I think I have knackered the bacon", to which my reply: "Yes, it's completely f..." She: "You're supposed to be supportive". Me (tasting said bacon): "Actually, it will be fine. I'm sure".

The thing with kumler is that they are actually better "rechauffé"*, i.e. re-heated (preferably fried in bacon fat. God knows there is enough of it). In this way they get a "potato cake" feeling, and the texture becomes less, well, gluey.

*Excuse this gratuitous use of Frenchified cooking terms.

I got my own back today by making jam roly poly with some out-of-date vegetable suet I found at the back of the cupboard. I should have photographed that too -- it looked like a portion of severed limb that has been immersed in water for a few weeks, a wrist perhaps.

mosc · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject:

Norway has great scenery.

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:

Well..

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DrJustice · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:15 am Post subject:

At this point I feel that I have to step in and say something. I just don't know exactly what... rendeer

DJ
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seraph · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:48 am Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:12 am Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject:

BobTheDog · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:22 am Post subject:

When I was younger I worked a bit in Norway, I lost weight.

Cheers

Andy

seraph · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:57 am Post subject:

Fozzie · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject:

Thank @@@ I'm a vegetarian!

puker

Norwegian fish blamanche anyone?

Time for you guys to join the EEC!!!

blue hell · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject:

Funny to see some Brits being so outspoken over Norwegian food Very Happy

I mean the Norwegians may have their yellow stuff and white maybe, and indeed to me as well it looks like it might need some getting used to ... , but I clearly remember some black stuff and brown stuff, from my being in London a few years ago, which was, lets say, pretty undefinable as well ... but then again I also remember my grandmother quite well making a habit out of doing this greenish stuff, I'll spare you the details about that Very Happy

seraph · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject:

DrJustice · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:06 pm Post subject:

Seraph, I think norwegians mostly eat pizza.... Allegedly we eat the most pizza in Europe per capita Shocked

To counter the pizza-craze and strengthen traditional values, I'll point to 'rakfisk'. You haven't lived until you've had a meal of rakfisk, aquavit and beer - I'm not joking, this is for gourmets.

DJ
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paul e. · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject:

the english love 'blood pudding'...yes there is lots of blood

of course this always Haggis from the Scots...yummy

seraph · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:34 am Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:25 am Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:26 am Post subject:

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