Traditional Suppers

The season is finally here!
Norway's national dish is on the menu for us this weekend.
(the national Fårikål day was this Thursday)
Up here we call it Fårikal, but I guess Mutton and Cabbage stew works as a translation to English.

This dish is simple as a brick, and can be made by anyone.
Mutton, seared lightly for that wonderful Maillard effect, and Cabbage in equal amounts are layered in a big casserole, sprinkled generously with whole black peppers and a tiny sprinkling of wheat flour. Water is added until it almost covers the ingredients.

This then simmers for a few hours on the stove.
Served with boiled new-potatoes and the feast can begin:)
A few glasses of Aquavit is a natural drink for this divine dish!

Here is a pic of it just as it goes on the stove.
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Looks nice, but I thought lutefisk (spelling?)was the national dish.

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Originally Posted by TaipeiJake

Looks nice, but I thought lutefisk (spelling?)was the national dish.

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Thanks:)
Yeah, lutefisk is also concidered to be a national dish of sorts, the problem is, not that many can stand the taste and texture of it:)
The Fårikål was voted our national dish by a very popular radio show back in the seventees.


Personally, I love both fårikål and lutefisk.

You know it's funny that when you even try to Google "Traditional American Food" you get a ton and ambiguity and no true answers :(

The only one that even comes to my mind is the "Traditional" Thanksgiving Dinner...


That looks really good B, of course I am a pushover for Lamb or Mutton.. :p

as far as traditional dishes go, the main one i try to adhere to, is the dish of pork and saurkraut, with mashed potatoes, served on new years day. somewhat of a traditional PA dutch meal, i say try cause i can eat that dish just about any time. and its becoming time again for a good old batch of sausage gravy and biscuts.

Cheers Bjørnar, exactly what's on the menue here as well this weekend. Yummy stuff, even better tomorrow :D

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Cheers Bjørnar, exactly what's on the menue here as well this weekend. Yummy stuff, even better tomorrow :D

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Yep, the trick is to always make twice the amount :)
Fårikål is an all-weekend experience!

Traditional suppers take on a whole new meaning if you live in a country populated by immigrants like Canada is. One good thing there is never a lack of choice with something for everyone's palate.

Bob

I sure do Love me some lamb and Mutton...save a plate for me if ya would please.:)

Oh yes. I love fårikål. And lutefisk too.
I had a huge plate of fårikål Thursday. :)

Birnando - Thanks for posting. Being somewhat of a bread head - what are favorite breads for Norway? I would guess some kind of rye blend.

Glen and Bob nailed it: in North America we are such a blend of cultures that there are no clear winners in the traditional category except for perhaps the Thanksgiving Turkey and maybe the Christmas Ham but there is one thing that the rest of the world seems to think is the only thing we eat. The recipe for that is very simple:

cast iron
ribeye
a little butter and fresh rosemary to finish
some stove and a heat

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rs,
Tack

Well I don't know what "supper" is, I'll have to look up the meaning of it, because I always thought it was a light meal had after the evening meal, and just before bed. I don't think we have anything like that here in Australia, but for traditional you can't go past a Pie 'n Peas and a cold stubby of XXXX (Four Ex). :)


Mick

Mick

Around here supper and dinner are used interchangeably.

Bob

Well then a traditional evening meal ( I looked up the meanings and Dinner is formal, while Supper is informal ) would be Meat (a steak of one sort or another usually) and three veg (Mashed Potato, Mashed Pumpkin and Peas).


Mick

Mick

Yea, that makes sense on the definitions. I go to a Mess Dinner and have supper at home. To us peasants it is all the same.;)

Bob

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Mick

Yea, that makes sense on the definitions. I go to a Mess Dinner and have supper at home. To us peasants it is all the same.;)

Bob

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:) Agreed! I've always known it as Dinner or Tea with those terms being swapped between meaning lunch or the evening meal. English is such a confusing language sometimes! :)


Mick

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Originally Posted by pinklather

what are favorite breads for Norway? I would guess some kind of rye blend.

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Rye would be my guess too, at least here on the west coast, but that's a different thread.

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Birnando - Thanks for posting. Being somewhat of a bread head - what are favorite breads for Norway? I would guess some kind of rye blend.

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Yeah, bread is a staple in our culture.
Wheat, whole grain or fine, Rye and oat in most any imaginable mix.
I like to make my own bread, and use my own sour dough starter that I've had for a good while now:)

Birnando - 'just pulled another couple out of the oven - 35% Whole Wheat motherdough w/ a little barley & rye. That could be at least 10 loaves made in the last 5 days. 'Nothing but sourdough.

'Been loving the tang of the wheat/rye blends, but have been exploring Emmer (another precursor to wheat). 'Wish a 2lb loaf was as easy to send as a straight razor. Should you run across a noteworthy formula/recipe, PM me.

The recent demise of a mixer led me back to the sourdough sites and its been great for pushing the skills further. After replacing the broken mixer w/ the Ankarsrum (Swedish) mixer, I also wound up getting a self-contained wood-fired oven. I'm still figuring out how to fire it w/out being too hot/cold. Again, Thx for sharing your chef's prowess.

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:) Agreed! I've always known it as Dinner or Tea with those terms being swapped between meaning lunch or the evening meal. English is such a confusing language sometimes! :)


Mick

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That's because the English are so confusing(chuckle) Ed is gonna be after me now. Traditional Supper as stated earlier in this thread is a bit of a mystery here in the US. Traditional in the sense might be thought of as meat and potatoes for us, with nothing specific maybe. We seem to be more known for Hamburgers and apple pipe historically and Funny enough Pizza seems to be our No. 1 gig anymore. Geeze, we probably got as many Pizza joints as we do Starbucks nowadays. We're such a mutt of a country . I guess Thanksgiving is really our most traditional thing foodwise anymore ?

Traditional to me means the food has a family meaning.In late November I will make Shaslik,a lamb dish that my uke family made once a year since the 1800s.I will use the skewers (shipara) that my great grandfather hand forged long before they left Russia in 1917.
We will also make lapsha.
Around Xmas we will make Borsct and hundreds of Pelmeni.
Traditional suppers to me evoke intense memorys,thats what they should do:)

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Traditional to me means the food has a family meaning.In late November I will make Shaslik,a lamb dish that my uke family made once a year since the 1800s.I will use the skewers (shipara) that my great grandfather hand forged long before they left Russia in 1917.
We will also make lapsha.
Around Xmas we will make Borsct and hundreds of Pelmeni.
Traditional suppers to me evoke intense memorys,thats what they should do:)

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Sounds good to me,what time should I show up?:)

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Sounds good to me,what time should I show up?:)

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Stop by anytime during Pelmeni season,more hands, less work:) my youngest Girlchild and her buds do it every year.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...DSCF0071-1.jpg

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Stop by anytime during Pelmeni season,more hands, less work:) my youngest Girlchild and her buds do it every year.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...DSCF0071-1.jpg

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Right then...I'll bring Kvas !:)

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That's because the English are so confusing(chuckle) Ed is gonna be after me now. Traditional Supper as stated earlier in this thread is a bit of a mystery here in the US. Traditional in the sense might be thought of as meat and potatoes for us, with nothing specific maybe. We seem to be more known for Hamburgers and apple pipe historically and Funny enough Pizza seems to be our No. 1 gig anymore. Geeze, we probably got as many Pizza joints as we do Starbucks nowadays. We're such a mutt of a country . I guess Thanksgiving is really our most traditional thing foodwise anymore ?

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Ok breakfast is in the morning first up, elevenses or morning tea happens at around eleven o'clock, lunch or luncheon is somewhere around mid-day, afternoon tea is mid afternoon, dinner or tea happens early evening, but I believe supper is a meal later in the evening. Hope that's clear.
Oh and steph I have no idea why you point at me when you talk about English being confusing, I may be confusing, and I suppose I am English....

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Ok breakfast is in the morning first up, elevenses or morning tea happens at around eleven o'clock, lunch or luncheon is somewhere around mid-day, afternoon tea is mid afternoon, dinner or tea happens early evening, but I believe supper is a meal later in the evening. Hope that's clear.
Oh and steph I have no idea why you point at me when you talk about English being confusing, I may be confusing, and I suppose I am English....

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Who's pointing ? I wasn't pointing ...Mick,was I pointing ? Nope..nobody pointing...not even being point(ED)...yep....no point here. Although the Movie "The Point" was sort of a classic in it's day . Really now ED, I mean wow man . Have a Marmite and toast and relax.:)

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Who's pointing ? I wasn't pointing ...Mick,was I pointing ? Nope..nobody pointing...not even being point(ED)...yep....no point here. Although the Movie "The Point" was sort of a classic in it's day . Really now ED, I mean wow man . Have a Marmite and toast and relax.:)

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Woah nelly, I think you need the marmite on toast, a cup of tea and a pipe steph, I just noticed that you noted my name, whether we talk about the weather or which witch should make the sandwich, just remember that two of anything may be too much to choose from. Sorry going now :)

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Woah nelly, I think you need the marmite on toast, a cup of tea and a pipe steph, I just noticed that you noted my name, whether we talk about the weather or which witch should make the sandwich, just remember that two of anything may be too much to choose from. Sorry going now :)

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Whoa back there, now hold on Nelly! What you got against Witches?! And why do we always have to make the bloody sandwiches anyway?! Can't somebody else do it for a change?! ;)

On a more serious note and while we are off topic, I sent you some Astra's in the mail today Ed. You should see them in a day or three.


Mick

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Whoa back there, now hold on Nelly! What you got against Witches?! And why do we always have to make the bloody sandwiches anyway?! Can't somebody else do it for a change?! ;)

On a more serious note and while we are off topic, I sent you some Astra's in the mail today Ed. You should see them in a day or three.


Mick

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Surely you are a warlock, and I think they are only really in charge of pork chops. Thanks for.the.astras, I hope the if you magyked them it was some good magyk :).

Oh and Mick, I think it is generally assumed that we will be off topic. As it is October the first and also a Tuesday I will have to to a first Tuesday shave club post a bit later. After my ironing.

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Originally Posted by Birnando

Thanks:)
Yeah, lutefisk is also concidered to be a national dish of sorts, the problem is, not that many can stand the taste and texture of it:)
The Fårikål was voted our national dish by a very popular radio show back in the seventees.


Personally, I love both fårikål and lutefisk.

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My father's family all came from Norway in the late 19th century and settled in South Dakota, near Hilmoe. They were farmers looking for what they apparently couldn't find in Norway: land. They sure found it in S. Dakota. I'm not even sure Hilmoe still exists, although Presho does. Anyway we all eat lutefisk, some with more enthusiasm than others. Personally I like it a lot and usually wind up cooking it at the church's Christmas smorgasbord. Real ethnic food, the young volk and those of German extraction mostly avoid it like the plague. Which just leaves those of us with some Norske connection eating it. Regretfully the contingent of Norwegians is rapidly diminishing, so I have little doubt that this Christmas tradition of lutefisk dinner has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. More's the pity. What will go next lefse?