rights of passage of living in norway =)
hartvig & gunnstein, two of my skier buddies from my hafjell ski trip invited me for dinner last night, actually my first real homecooked norwegian meal!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOAtjVv2NT3AwE9ccyPbSsXSCadPkgto9H9tjgzm2ktBYLs7sZ2rB0u9SFcEQ_ADNwtU2LYXbq1pzt2BExCEL03eh__2khSlzIAbNDFgUSjlT-MSBcp0yht9gyF50gidk9wJ2/s320/dinner.jpg)
it was very good!! mystery meat... and poteter, løk,paprika, og ikke minst TYTTEBÆRSYLTETØY! (potatoes, onions, peppers... and berry jam that you always have with meat!!). and the norwegian specialty that i didn't recognize... they didn't tell me what it was until after dinner, so i could enjoy it unbiasedly!
hartvig: are you skeptical?
me: uh, no... just...curious!
hartvig: that's just a nice word for skeptical!
haha.. okay, so secret norwegian specialty turned out to be "blodpølse som er lagd av blod(42%) kjøtt og fett fra storfe og gris, sukker, rosiner, mel fra ulike kornsorter, krydder, og andre tilsetningsstoffer."
which, in english translates to:
"Blood sausage... made of 42% blood; meat and fat from (storfe? im not even sure what animal that is?!) and pig... and sugar, raisins & different kinds of grains"!!! oh dear..
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuxb-Qpj25fW5KSaN7PCgIquO3YLJFiyOvYZc8nHvGAdwXYpGJVcGNdHuiU60Na5rvFJ3iBh851qMG68kJ5Z5JKAHNm_fIwSlXRbnRN-CizFKQX1Xk0a0RfIycV1MAMaFC8NU/s320/blodp%C3%B8lse.jpg)
hartvig, after telling me what i'd eaten! haha... but really, it wasn't so bad, it was pretty tasty (although im glad i didnt know what it was before)!!
hehe.. and after dinner, we went out and they intiated me into...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaF_m8yGYb3jzE_5RlsbeUREisgR9qb46g5mGFsj7PeThiEqIQtRm8qaIrR4m34NwE4psqZmA6swRzQ3yyrO7i8wfrpG8wf9gS96bpuNWXPnFNNgbdwq6dv4cjpMYuR3A_kcJ/s320/gunnstein.jpg)
the life of a hunter! these guys have beaver skins, badger skins, deer skins.. a giant moosehead... in their house! you name it, hartvig & gunnstein have hunted it! =) (and they're really fun & hardcore outdoorsy... they lived in a tent near campus all last semester!!)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsUxBUBxjbbZ33nCZ4yaebVAHCUCJ7b8JzoVe3EyZloFaN8Zssh6vQkRv2N31r9jUhzAbq1Rgq4zarTmkmNlbQ7vYObkvPi-MlfteOoIFmO9lgsVr4BJBNMfWF4ThNu206_FL/s320/mewithagun!.jpg)
me with, fortunately, an air gun.
hehe.. and as a little token of appreciation for the authentic norwegian experiences...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkbo3eX5Zx8Z78WDbX1xPisHn9YmQ80sRu55q4aHHjtsrkiFphEh2kyH6lX9p6nJXYwwwc4bTcBBmtEgL4GY35P1L0qPyO9eXNEqCqQByHlKub3G-AUwxvofW1J5bWfR8PEC8/s320/breaky-gunnstein&hartvig.jpg)
we had a nice CANADIAN breakfast at my place this morning, with pancakes and real canadian maple syrup! =)
det var kjempe gøy, mine venner!! takk for det!! Gud velsigne dere!
rainbow =)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOAtjVv2NT3AwE9ccyPbSsXSCadPkgto9H9tjgzm2ktBYLs7sZ2rB0u9SFcEQ_ADNwtU2LYXbq1pzt2BExCEL03eh__2khSlzIAbNDFgUSjlT-MSBcp0yht9gyF50gidk9wJ2/s320/dinner.jpg)
it was very good!! mystery meat... and poteter, løk,paprika, og ikke minst TYTTEBÆRSYLTETØY! (potatoes, onions, peppers... and berry jam that you always have with meat!!). and the norwegian specialty that i didn't recognize... they didn't tell me what it was until after dinner, so i could enjoy it unbiasedly!
hartvig: are you skeptical?
me: uh, no... just...curious!
hartvig: that's just a nice word for skeptical!
haha.. okay, so secret norwegian specialty turned out to be "blodpølse som er lagd av blod(42%) kjøtt og fett fra storfe og gris, sukker, rosiner, mel fra ulike kornsorter, krydder, og andre tilsetningsstoffer."
which, in english translates to:
"Blood sausage... made of 42% blood; meat and fat from (storfe? im not even sure what animal that is?!) and pig... and sugar, raisins & different kinds of grains"!!! oh dear..
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuxb-Qpj25fW5KSaN7PCgIquO3YLJFiyOvYZc8nHvGAdwXYpGJVcGNdHuiU60Na5rvFJ3iBh851qMG68kJ5Z5JKAHNm_fIwSlXRbnRN-CizFKQX1Xk0a0RfIycV1MAMaFC8NU/s320/blodp%C3%B8lse.jpg)
hartvig, after telling me what i'd eaten! haha... but really, it wasn't so bad, it was pretty tasty (although im glad i didnt know what it was before)!!
hehe.. and after dinner, we went out and they intiated me into...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaF_m8yGYb3jzE_5RlsbeUREisgR9qb46g5mGFsj7PeThiEqIQtRm8qaIrR4m34NwE4psqZmA6swRzQ3yyrO7i8wfrpG8wf9gS96bpuNWXPnFNNgbdwq6dv4cjpMYuR3A_kcJ/s320/gunnstein.jpg)
the life of a hunter! these guys have beaver skins, badger skins, deer skins.. a giant moosehead... in their house! you name it, hartvig & gunnstein have hunted it! =) (and they're really fun & hardcore outdoorsy... they lived in a tent near campus all last semester!!)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsUxBUBxjbbZ33nCZ4yaebVAHCUCJ7b8JzoVe3EyZloFaN8Zssh6vQkRv2N31r9jUhzAbq1Rgq4zarTmkmNlbQ7vYObkvPi-MlfteOoIFmO9lgsVr4BJBNMfWF4ThNu206_FL/s320/mewithagun!.jpg)
me with, fortunately, an air gun.
hehe.. and as a little token of appreciation for the authentic norwegian experiences...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkbo3eX5Zx8Z78WDbX1xPisHn9YmQ80sRu55q4aHHjtsrkiFphEh2kyH6lX9p6nJXYwwwc4bTcBBmtEgL4GY35P1L0qPyO9eXNEqCqQByHlKub3G-AUwxvofW1J5bWfR8PEC8/s320/breaky-gunnstein&hartvig.jpg)
we had a nice CANADIAN breakfast at my place this morning, with pancakes and real canadian maple syrup! =)
det var kjempe gøy, mine venner!! takk for det!! Gud velsigne dere!
rainbow =)
3 Comments:
umm, blood sausage...yeah, every country seems to have its own version of it eh? i think in asian cuisine, there's blood congee... then in ecuador there's just straight up chunks of blood that look like pellets on your plate :|
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Anonymous, at Fri Apr 20, 02:41:00 PM
This is storfe:
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilde:Ku_med_horn.JPG
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Anonymous, at Sat Apr 21, 08:00:00 AM
ohh hehe.. storfe is just another name for cows that i didn't know! that's a bit of a relief?! =)
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Rainbow Choi =), at Sat Apr 21, 03:32:00 PM
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