AR385 From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 4844 posts, RR: 27 Reply 3, posted (5 years 6 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2736 times:
Quoting Doona (Reply 1): I don't know if there is a typical dish for Scandinavia. However, there are typical Swedish, Danish and Norwegian dishes.
Ok, I sincerely apologize for my ignorance in grouping those three marvelous countries in one. Any typical Swedish dish? Danish and or Norweigan, not involving cream, potatoes and fish.
LAXspotter From India, joined Jan 2007, 3650 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (5 years 6 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2731 times:
Quoting AR385 (Reply 4): I'm not particularly dying to taste it
you hate it huh IMO ofcourse there is variety. Obviously certain groups have staples. Asian Countries: Rice, Ireland:Potato, USA: Beef but there is variety for sure.
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NeilYYZ From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (5 years 6 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2720 times:
There's a TV commercial on here in Canada recently that's for Citi Bank I think and it shows a dish from Norway that induces a gag reflex every time I see it. There's a fish head, some strange colored sausages and what looks to be a pile of something unknown to man.
J_Hallgren From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1507 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (5 years 6 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 2618 times:
A couple that my Mom used to make were pea soup followed by pancakes (thin), and cabbage rolls...and also sausages and rotmous (spelling???) (a mix of rutabaga and potato)..
Deskflier From Sweden, joined Jan 2007, 537 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (5 years 6 months 15 hours ago) and read 2517 times:
One Swedish speciality is what is known as a Half-Special: A hot dog in a bread with a dab of mashed potatoes on top. To this you usually drink a chocolate and milk drink with the brand name "Pucko" ("Knucklehead").
In Norway you would be lucky to find any dish that does not include some kind of codfish.
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RayChuang From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 7694 posts, RR: 5 Reply 20, posted (5 years 6 months 9 hours ago) and read 2422 times:
If you read the Wikipedia article, the problem with lutefisk is when you use cod to make it, the odor leaves much to be desired. Make it from haddock or pollock and you avoid that pungent smell.
Mortyman From Norway, joined Aug 2006, 3228 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (5 years 6 months 8 hours ago) and read 2416 times:
Lutefisk ( Scandinavian fish dish )
Considered to be Norway's WMD ( Weapons of MAss Destruction )
Some comments about the dish from various European and American food journalists:
"Lutefisk is not food, it is a weapon of mass destruction. It is currently the only exception for the man who ate everything. Otherwise, I am fairly liberal, I gladly eat worms and insects, but I draw the line on lutefisk."
"What is special with lutefisk?"
"Lutefisk is the Norwegians' attempt at conquering the world. When they discovered that Viking raids didn't give world supremacy, they invented a meal so terrifying, so cruel, that they could scare people to become one's subordinates. And if I'm not terribly wrong, you will be able to do it as well."
Deskflier From Sweden, joined Jan 2007, 537 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (5 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2346 times:
And, of course, the vegetable that in both Spanish and English took its name from the Nation Glory and Heroes: The Swede, or rutabaga. Mashed swedes and a salty hand of pork, they're the best you can eat. And to drink, a dark beer.
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VonRichtofen From Canada, joined Nov 2000, 4621 posts, RR: 40 Reply 24, posted (5 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2345 times:
When I was in Denmark hanging with a local the diet was mostly Pizza and Burger King.
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25 Scooter01: " target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk Another reason to celebrate St.Patric's Day! Scooter01
26 Andaman: Ok, speaking about Nordic-Finnish kitchen: Despite the popular pizza & kebab culture the typical Finnish kitchen is still alive and kicking: all kinds
27 KaiGywer: Who can forget this one??? Norway's national dish
28 Andaman: Is Grandiosa a Norwegian brand? So Norway imports oil and frozen pizzas to Finland
29 Nuori5084: Some good stuff you listed there. I bet you didn't know there are 93 McDonald's restaurants in Finland? Some of my family favorites are "Finnish" pan
30 Andaman: I try to avoid fast food but I rather go to the if I have to Rovaniemi town in Lapland has the world's most northern McDonald's, though no McRudolph
32 Nuori5084: True. Good stuff. I will have to pay a visit to that place next time.
33 N1120A: The problem with lutefisk, other than the fact that it is treated with poison and smells terrible, is that you end up reducing the protein content of
34 JCS17: Reindeer... in tube form. Reindeer dishes and salmon are pretty good, but other than that Scandinavian foods really never struck me as remotely tasty
35 RJdxer: According to this site, no. http://scanelite.dk/elite.cfm
36 Doona: Actually Reindeer-flavoured soft cheese. In this country you can get soft cheese in a tube with pretty much any flavour. Disgusting, just disgusting.
37 BCAL: Ever been in the restaurant or food hall at Ikea? They claim Swedish specialities are meatballs, open sandwiches, pickled salmon and Dime Cake.
38 Doona: I wouldn't say that it's a claim, we do eat alot of those things. Cheers Mats
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IMO ofcourse there is variety. Obviously certain groups have staples. Asian Countries: Rice, Ireland:Potato, USA: Beef but there is variety for sure.
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