Halloween is this week so we have beautiful orange pumpkins in the stores at the moment. Living in Norway has really made me value food. In Oz we have everything all the time – pumpkins all year round – so nothing is special any more. But in Norway most things are very seasonal – it [...]
You guessed it – potatoes! Barrels of potatoes – new and fresh from the Autumn harvest. Farmor grows enough potatoes to last the family through the long winter and to the next harvest. Potatoes are eaten at nearly every middag (dinner). No frying, roasting, or mashing required – potatoes are enjoyed for their natural flavour [...]
No, I don’t have a flat tyre. It’s just that time of year again to get down and dirty and a little jack. Every autumn Norwegians are required to “sko om bilen” (change the shoes on their cars), and for a very good reason. Even the main roads in the North get covered in a [...]
The bunad is a traditional Norwegian costume worn by both men and women. It can either come from established rural traditions or have a more modern design inspired by historical patterns and cuts.
On any celebration table in Norway you can always find a Norwegian layer cake (bløtkake). What better way to celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day than with fresh cream, wild berries and a little bit of sponge in between.
The sun never goes down during this season but the mountains to the East are so high that the sun still has to raise above them in the morning hours and an artificial dawn-effect wakes the city.
How Norway became a country is shrouded in mystery and folklore. The most well known tale is of Harald Hårfagre who gathered the small kingdoms of the north into a unified nation in 872AD – and of course, this story is about love.
In Norway, there are still Lefse recipes around from the 1630s! This is supposedly the traditional and original Hardanger recipe used:
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