Happy Thanksgiving!
Hi everyone,
As you know, our Thanksgiving holiday is unique to the US ... it isn't celebrated in Norway. Nevertheless, I thought I might try to make an authentic Norwegian dinner for our Thanksgiving this year. My older sister gave me a beautiful Norwegian cookbook for Christmas last year, so I started looking through it to see if I could get some ideas of what to cook.
The book is organized into all of the different regions of Norway, and there are recipes and specialties from each region. My grandfather immigrated from the Hallingdal area, which is part of the Telemark region of Norway. Here is a Google map that shows the Telemark region outlined in red ...
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To make a long story short, although I was intrigued by the recipes, there is no way I'm going to be cooking any of them. For one thing, I don't think I could find many of the ingredients, and for another, I don't think my Sweetie Girls would like the dishes (I blame that on the genes they got from their mother!).
I thought y'all might be interested to see a list of the specialties from Telemark ... it'll give you a little insight into what those old Norwegians had available to cook, and what sort of dishes they made from what they had on hand. Here are some of the main dishes ...
Trout and soup with lefse (Aure og suppe med kling)
Boiled veal at its best (Kokt kalvekjøtt på sitt beste)
Pickled sausages (Lakakurv) [heart,kidney,lungs]
Creamed lutefish from Telemark (Stuet lutefisk fra Telemark)
Mrs. Hagetvedt's pea and barley soup (Fru Hagetvedts erte-og byggrynssuppe)
Stew from Vinje in Telemark (Sonning fra Vinje i Telemark) [beef,mutton,pork]
Sheep ribs Telemark style (Pinnekjøtt på Telemarksvis)
The desserts sound much better ...
Red fruit porridge with cream (Rødgrøt med fløtemelk)
Kristine's cream pudding (Kristines fløtepudding)
Lingonberry snow (Tyttebærsnø)
Pears á la Telemark (Pærer á la Telemark)
Potato porridge (Jordeplegrøt)
Well, you've read the lists ... can you blame me for throwing in the towel?!
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season, beginning with a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Buzz
As you know, our Thanksgiving holiday is unique to the US ... it isn't celebrated in Norway. Nevertheless, I thought I might try to make an authentic Norwegian dinner for our Thanksgiving this year. My older sister gave me a beautiful Norwegian cookbook for Christmas last year, so I started looking through it to see if I could get some ideas of what to cook.
The book is organized into all of the different regions of Norway, and there are recipes and specialties from each region. My grandfather immigrated from the Hallingdal area, which is part of the Telemark region of Norway. Here is a Google map that shows the Telemark region outlined in red ...
view link
To make a long story short, although I was intrigued by the recipes, there is no way I'm going to be cooking any of them. For one thing, I don't think I could find many of the ingredients, and for another, I don't think my Sweetie Girls would like the dishes (I blame that on the genes they got from their mother!).
I thought y'all might be interested to see a list of the specialties from Telemark ... it'll give you a little insight into what those old Norwegians had available to cook, and what sort of dishes they made from what they had on hand. Here are some of the main dishes ...
Trout and soup with lefse (Aure og suppe med kling)
Boiled veal at its best (Kokt kalvekjøtt på sitt beste)
Pickled sausages (Lakakurv) [heart,kidney,lungs]
Creamed lutefish from Telemark (Stuet lutefisk fra Telemark)
Mrs. Hagetvedt's pea and barley soup (Fru Hagetvedts erte-og byggrynssuppe)
Stew from Vinje in Telemark (Sonning fra Vinje i Telemark) [beef,mutton,pork]
Sheep ribs Telemark style (Pinnekjøtt på Telemarksvis)
The desserts sound much better ...
Red fruit porridge with cream (Rødgrøt med fløtemelk)
Kristine's cream pudding (Kristines fløtepudding)
Lingonberry snow (Tyttebærsnø)
Pears á la Telemark (Pærer á la Telemark)
Potato porridge (Jordeplegrøt)
Well, you've read the lists ... can you blame me for throwing in the towel?!
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season, beginning with a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Buzz
