I guess I’m not sure, but I think everyone likes a good BBQ, right?  Whether you live in South America, the East Indies, or northern Europe, you can’t resist that smoky taste, can you?  Even when it’s below zero here in Minnesota in the wintertime, my honey braves the cold to grill tasty steaks.  Now that it’s June 12 (12. juni- this is how you write the date på norsk-the number first, followed by a period and then the month, lowercase), the grilling season is upon us.  For 3 år siden (3 years ago), I was in Norge and experienced norsk bbq.  Actually, the food I had on the grill there was very similar to the food we grill here.  Lots of ribs, chicken, pork chops, hot dogs, potato salad, green salad, ice cream, beer, wine. 

And you should know how to say these words so that at your next Norwegian bbq, you can ask at least identify what you are eating. 

a great word, svinekoteletter means pork chops (see the word swine in there?)

ribber is ribs, of course

kylling – chicken, bryst – breast, lår –thigh

ei pølse – a hot dog, which I wrote an entire post on a few months ago (you can eat these in a bun or a lompe which is a potato cake, kind of like a tortilla, but with potatoe instead of corn or flour), with Idun ketchup and mustard).

potet salat – potato sald (that is an easy one)

grønn salat – green sald (”)

is – ice cream

øl – beer

vin – wine

There are many barbecue competitions (konkurranser) in the United States and believe it or not, this year at the Memphis in May barbecue konkurranse a norsk lag (Norwegian team) took home 2 second place trophies.  The team (100 degrees Celsius) is led by Craig Whitson, born in Oklahoma, but has lived in Norway for over 30 years.  He runs a restaurant in Stavanger and teaches barbecue and grilling classes.  He is known as the grillguru and the slogan for the team is ”Beware Vikings bearing tongs and rubs.”

Another set of terms that might be helpful if you want to ”talk shop” about grilling or barbecueing (do you know the difference?)…

å grille or å steke – to grill

å marinere – to marinate

krydder – spices, å krydre – to spice, krydret – spicy

saus -sauce

å røyke – to smoke

trekkull (et)– charcoal

gass or bensin – gas

temperatur -temperature

ferdig ready, done

mør –tender

saftig  – juicy

et bein  -a bone

So do you know the difference between grilling and barbecuing?  BBQ is low and slow, grilling the opposite, high heat and fast.

Skål!

 

 

 

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