Oc: thortelljokes

So after working like an animal all week, I decided to treat myself to some chips/chocolate/junkfood. I first went to Meny, then Kiwi, Europris and finally Rema1000. The prices are retarded. Europris was supposed to have 2 packages of some Doritos-like chips covered in chocolate for like 50 nok but were all sold out, that was kinda the only decently priced snack in the whole fucking place. By the time I got to rema1000 I was annoyed as fuck already and started to see the prices for the things I used to buy before everything started to go to shit, skyr, orange juice, cereal… everything is so ridiculously expensive. No wonder my diet only consists of eggs, vegetables (bought from Arabic shops), and chicken breast from my last trip to Sweden (I also take home food from work some times).

But nah seriously I felt so ripped off… what was supposed to be a relaxing Friday is turning out to be a wake up call… next time I see some deals I will do like Americans do and fill my car up😳

It yields so little! I had 6L of whey and got like 300g of cheese... but it was delicious, albeit a bit gritty... after hours on the stove, once the whey started to caramelize it goes too quick, I think I overcooked it a bit.

Hi Norwegians!

Had a great time skiing at Skimore Oslo with great instructors.

Pretty much as the topic says: I’ll be in Oslo tomorrow and Saturday and would like to bring back some typical Norwegian food stuffs, spices and other things you think are of interest. I am from the Netherlands.

Specific recommendations as to packaged items and where to find them would be great. I will be bringing some fullkorn polarbrod for myself. Doesn’t have to be super special, just Norwegian and able to put it in cargo. When googling I’m seeing things like Sild, smoked salmon and brunost, but it would be helpful to know which brand and where to find it.

Thanks for a lovely Christmas holiday so far!

Wtf! 53 galninger for å få kjøpt en helt vanlig dobbel cheeseburger?!?!? De kosta 49kr sist uke...

Vet ikke hvor jeg vil med denne posten btw

I grabbed this from a gas station in Gudvangen.

Hi Norwegians. Currently in your excellent country for the first time and everything is new. Please, what is this? Ran the words through several translator apps but they all returned giberish. Is it a cheese? But i think it has sugar is it? It looks interesting so I’m intrigued.

Many countries eats warm food or dinner like food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. E.g. soups, salads, pasta, rice, chicken and vegetables. Many Norwegians eat sliced bread with spread for most meals except dinner. What's the reason for that? How did the tradition start?

Somehow I learned 5% beer is sold til 6 o’clock, but it’s not? Is that just in vinmonopolet?😭

I really enjoyed the Lefsa the most as it was a lifesaver during our breaks in between when biking! So last night i did a bit of mini snack shopping! Did i miss something that I should have bought?

Ps, berätta inte för dansken!

Made it to Geiranger. Swapped out Uten sukker for carbos. Hopefully I’ll never leave this country.

The only things I can think of are I bought almond flour instead of making it, and it was in the oven an extra few minutes. Other than the oven thing, I thought I had followed the exact recipe, just halved the quantities.

I visited Oslo, Flåm, and Bergen. I think Norwegian food is super underrated. People (even Norwegians!) be dunking on it but yall have tastes and flavors I didn’t know existed. My favorites are:

• brown cheese on toast with jam. Brown cheese in general is amazing.
• crepes pancakes with sour cream and jam (I never would have thought to combine the two)
• trout anything
• kaviar (what a clever thing to put in a tube!)
• all different flavors of herring
• seafood, oh my god your seafood
• reindeer hotdogs

Norwegian meat main dishes are admittedly not my favorite, but I was so blown away by everything else, I give it a pass. I could live on the appetizers alone.

Hey guys it's me again and I made it! This time I didn't abuse makrell i tomat and I resisted my natural instincts to add mandarins and jalapeños in anything that doesn't have mandarins and jalapeños. Thanks for all the recipes from the last post. I didn't google anything and just relied on your comments so that's awesome it turned out this good! I used u/Glum-Yak1613 's recipe, just added some mushrooms (both white and brown). I diced them like an onion instead of slicing, not sure if it matters anyhow. Unfortunately, I didn't find lingonberries so it's a lingonberryless reindeer. I am also intrigued by the idea of adding brunost in it and I may try doing that tomorrow. Some people mentioned reindeer kebab and now I really see where they're coming from cus the texture of this meat is alike with lamb from the kebab shops. If I didn't know it was reindeer I'd probably guess it's lamb. I think this makes børek my 2nd favourite Norwegian thing. Yeah definitely now it's 1. Finnbiff 2. Børek 3. Banana Dream 4. Nidar Hobby

Does anyone here eat whale meat as a regular meal? I've seen it in supermarkets many times with discounts since they're not able to sell it all and usually goes bad. I'm just curious seeing how the ministry of fishing increased the whaling amount this year but I'm not quite sure what the benefits of this are. Cecilie Myrseth, Fisheries and Oceans Minister (until feb this year) says that it's because it's easy to obtain food and apparently the whales are eating the fish that we need to eat, so whaling "controls" this and regulates it so the whales don't eat all the fish humans want to eat.

Open to discussion, comments, any info related as this topic does not seem to be very commonly talked about

I've been really confused about how it is possible that Norway as a country is so obsessed with cheese (I mean, every household has like three ostehøvel), but at the same time there isn't really much representation in terms of cheese variety. There is only yellow cheese and brown cheese. I have been really missing some good hard cheeses since coming here, or maybe some nice saint albray. Maybe some aged Gouda (or anything aged, really). Seriously why is the cheese aisle so big but it's all the same cheeses?

Inspired by the thread for snacks, I wanted to go one step further. What grocery items shall we try that are interesting and unique? It's okay if they need some simple preparation/light cooking as long as it's not too complex.

So far we found these things to be amazing: 1. Brown cheese. Absolutely love it. Can't stop eating it. Goes great with Norwegian waffles too. 2. Crisp bread - Knekkebrød. Goes great with the cheese above. 3. Axa gold Museli

Any recommendations for local cola / interesting drinks or beer brands?

I am flying from Norway to Malaysia soon. It will be multiple flights, so it will be about 36 hours in total. Will it be able to last without refrigeration? I plan to keep it my checked luggage. Thanks.