Saturday in the City: Waffles
One of the treats of walking in the city is buying freshly made waffles. The smell alone will have you drooling. Along Tromsø Gå Gate (the walking street) at Christmas there are at least four waffles stalls at any one time set up on the pavement. They are usually manned by people supporting charities so it is a win/win when buying waffles from them.
We stopped off at the CISV stall for some happy conversation and scrumy waffles. The waffle fixture is pre-made and put into soft drink bottles for easy pouring. Most waffle-makers have five heart patterns that join in the middle. This way you can either keep your waffle whole and just fold it over (as Norwegian waffles are soft) or break it up into the smaller bite-size hearts pieces. Normally stalls provide just jam and sour cream but this time we hit the jackpot! There was home-made strawberry jam, sour cream, whipped cream, brown cheese and special home-made crowberry cordial. It was like a little smorgasbord of goodies!
The waffles were very cheap too – only 10 kroner. (Normally they are 15-20 kroner in the shops.) Waffles stalls are just one of the many benefits of shopping in the city.
(This is the second post in a four part series of Saturday in the City. The first post is Saturday in the City: City Lights.)
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Oh, I love Norwegian waffles! The photo of Lilu eating her waffle is too cute. I made waffles this weekend and I have the heart shaped waffle maker too. I still have a little bit of batter left so maybe I need to make some more. You got me hungry again L-Jay!
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from L-Jay:
You know, I had never tried a waffle til I came to Norway! Now I know what I’ve been missing all my life…lol.
There’s an annual Norwegian Christmas festival at the Union Station train station (and underground mall) in Washington DC hosted by the Sons of Norway in conjunction with the Norwegian embassy. There is always at least one booth selling the waffles. My father tends to park himself in front of the waffles while I stay with the krumkake. Yum!!
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from L-Jay:
How exciting. Would love to see some pics! It is always interesting to see how Norwegian culture has spread throughout the world.
By the way, your blog To Somewhere has an exciting buzz about it – it reminds me of the great feeling of moving abroad for the first time
Came across your blog looking for waffle recipes. We spent a week nordic skiing in Norway a few years back not long after my wife and I first met. We’ve been talking about the waffles ever since. Is the sour cream like it is here in the states? No sugar in it? WE seemed to recall it being slightly sweet? We just have memories of red jam and spongy waffles and some sort of white sour cream! Best waffle and ski food ever! Hope to attempt a recreation for some ski trips here at home.
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From Moose:
I think the sour cream here is basically the same – it has no sugar but may be a bit more runny. Norwegians like to stir the sour cream to make it extra thin and smooth, before putting it on their waffles. We have collected some of the most common recipes in the post Norwegian Waffle Recipes.