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Norwegian Delicacies Foreigners Can't Stomach
The Local ^ | 16 Oct 2013

Posted on 10/26/2013 3:50:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Norwegian cuisine is generally sneered at by the country's Scandinavian neighbours. This is unfair, as some of it is very tasty. But here's a list The Local has put together of 15 dishes foreigners find particularly challenging.

The list, available here, mixes outlandish dishes made from things like sheeps' heads or fermented fish, with the boring but unpalatable, drawing on a group of Oslo expats for their opinions.

Feel free to comment on any glaring omissions or complain about unfairly maligned favourites.


TOPICS: Food; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cuisine; fermentedfish; fermintedfish; haha; norwegian
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1 posted on 10/26/2013 3:50:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 10/26/2013 3:55:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ted Cruz/Sarah Palin 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Charles Henrickson

LOL


3 posted on 10/26/2013 3:57:18 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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4 posted on 10/26/2013 4:02:11 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Every Christmas filled with the stench of lutefisk.......I can hardly wait...LOL!


5 posted on 10/26/2013 4:21:21 PM PDT by doc maverick
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Every culture on Earth has some disgusting ethnic chow that nobody eats except the people who grew up eating it because they were forced to eat it as children. Like chitlins. Or gefilte fish. Or vegemite. Or haggis. Or Rocky Mountain oysters. Or cow tongue in aspic. All truly disgusting foods that most people would consider unfit for human consumption, unless you’re already used to eating them.


6 posted on 10/26/2013 4:21:33 PM PDT by jespasinthru (Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.)
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To: nickcarraway; a fool in paradise
I can stomach them, thank you.


7 posted on 10/26/2013 4:23:31 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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My old workplace Norsk Data had a yearly get-together serving smalahove.

Being more than slighhtly Un-Norwegian, I always had bananas instead.

The beer was good, though.


8 posted on 10/26/2013 4:28:09 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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I’m reminded of an incident on the show, “The Amazing Race”, in which a pair of contestants had to eat a sheep’s head to gain an advantage on that leg of the race. One of the contestants, a vegetarian, hesitated...and then dug in. When asked what it tasted like, she answered, “ A million dollars”. They went on to win the race and the million dollar prize for 1st place.


9 posted on 10/26/2013 4:29:50 PM PDT by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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Oh...My...God! I once drove through a town that was having a Lutefisk festival. It was a mind-altering experience.


10 posted on 10/26/2013 4:43:20 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Revolting cat!

Send me the second one, stat. I’m very ronery.


11 posted on 10/26/2013 4:44:14 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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Norwegian and not blonde? Prolly mid-Eastern or Gypsy. Still want the merchandise, customer?


12 posted on 10/26/2013 4:46:48 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: jespasinthru

Try some Scottish haggis, anyone?


13 posted on 10/26/2013 4:50:11 PM PDT by ArmyTeach ( Videteco eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
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I agree that I’m glad I’m an American and don’t have to eat the peasant foods of my ancestors (or anyone’s ancestors, for that matter). I’m glad I don’t have to eat offal or fermented fish or vegetables unless I wish to. Yes, yes, yes, sauerkraut and pickles are good, cheese and miso, too. I’ve had a good kidney pie. But I eat those things because I want to and others make them. Ever smelled sauerkraut fermenting? How about a little chopped lung, a handful of preserved grasshoppers, or the fresh cud of an iguana? I don’t have to eat pig uterus. I can eat the loin.
Peasant and foraged food are popular at hip restaurants, but a well-prepared ribeye, fresh garden vegetables, and warm bread is food fit for royalty.


14 posted on 10/26/2013 4:52:10 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Revolting cat!

If you find a Beautiful Woman that LOVES to eat Raw Oysters, Marry her.

You will wake up happy every day of your life.

If she’s Rich, your have hit the pinnacle.


15 posted on 10/26/2013 4:55:10 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Good news, Federal Funding for my Tagline has been restored. Crisis averted.)
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To: Revolting cat!

Yes, please. Pretty please. With sprinkles on top.


16 posted on 10/26/2013 4:55:25 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: jespasinthru

You forgot BALUT from the PI.

Fertilized chicken egg with the embryo inside, buried in the ground for about 6 weeks until putrefaction sets in. Boiled and eaten.

The meat really is very tender, if you can get past that rotten dead flesh smell.

And no, you won’t get sick eating it, believe it or not.


17 posted on 10/26/2013 4:55:54 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat ( According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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To: nickcarraway

I once had the opportunity to ask a Norwegian about lutefisk. From his reaction, I had the impression that he is not a fan of the stuff.


18 posted on 10/26/2013 4:56:04 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: jespasinthru
Every culture on Earth has some disgusting ethnic chow that nobody eats except the people who grew up eating it because they were forced to eat it as children. Like chitlins. Or gefilte fish. Or vegemite. Or haggis. Or Rocky Mountain oysters. Or cow tongue in aspic. All truly disgusting foods that most people would consider unfit for human consumption, unless you’re already used to eating them.

I must have been abused as a child. Chitlins are great if they are hosed clean. I've only had vegemite twice, and it was okay. The rest of your list is delicious. Add scrapple, souse, fried chicken hearts and livers, brains and tripe and it will be a feast.

19 posted on 10/26/2013 4:56:52 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe - shall not be questioned)
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20 posted on 10/26/2013 5:08:03 PM PDT by matt1234 (Hitler blamed the Jews. Obama blames the Tea Party.)
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