{"id":14,"date":"2008-11-23T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T21:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=14"},"modified":"2008-11-23T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T21:26:18","slug":"kveldsmat-a-before-bed-time-snack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/kveldsmat-a-before-bed-time-snack\/","title":{"rendered":"Kveldsmat-a before bed-time snack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kveldsmat<\/strong> literally means “evening food.”\u00a0 How many of you eat a late night snack soon before you fall asleep?\u00a0 For me it all depends on what time I ate dinner (middag) <\/strong>and how substantial it was.\u00a0 I ask myself, “Er jeg mett eller sulten<\/strong>?”\u00a0 (am I full or hungry?)\u00a0 It’s not a habit for me to eat a snack before I go to bed, but it certainly is not uncommon either.\u00a0 Often it’s a bowl of cereal (frokostblanding) <\/strong>or some chips and salsa (potetgull og salsa) <\/strong>or whatever sounds yummy to me at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most Norwegians eat kveldsmat<\/strong> regardless of what time they eat middag<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0I do not know why this culinary\u00a0tradition\u00a0is so prevalent.\u00a0 Some common food items that Norwegians enjoy for kveldsmat<\/strong> include ei br\u00f8dskive<\/strong> (a slice of bread) with toppings such as ost <\/strong>(cheese), syltet\u00f8y <\/strong>(jam), agurk<\/strong> (cucumber) and tomat <\/strong>(tomato), or anything else that is tasty on br\u00f8d<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every relative that I ever stayed with would pretty much force me to eat something small before I went to bed.\u00a0 I spent a lot of time with one of my relatives, an older woman in her 70s named Cecilia.\u00a0 I spent the last couple nights of my time abroad with her in her apartment and she would not let me go to bed without a glass of milk and some\u00a0br\u00f8d<\/strong> with ost<\/strong>.\u00a0 It was quite humorous for me and I didn’t mind it at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Actually, I will take this a little further and say watch out if you are going to be eating a meal with Norwegians at one of their homes.\u00a0 They will encourage you to eat until you are nearly ready to vomit.\u00a0 No lie.\u00a0 “Here, have some more kj\u00f8tt<\/strong>\u00a0(meat), and please-take some more poteter<\/strong>.\u00a0 More salat<\/strong>?\u00a0 A third bowl of\u00a0is<\/strong>\u00a0(ice cream) with b\u00e6r <\/strong>(berries)?\u00a0 Another couple kjeks <\/strong>(cookies) with your kaffe?\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0And it always seems like to me, at least, that I will offend them if I do not continue eating.\u00a0 It’s like they think you’re never going to eat again.\u00a0 Or maybe they hate leftovers….Whatever it is, just do what they say.\u00a0 Keep eating.\u00a0 And then have a snack before bed!<\/p>\n

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Kveldsmat literally means “evening food.”\u00a0 How many of you eat a late night snack soon before you fall asleep?\u00a0 For me it all depends on what time I ate dinner (middag) and how substantial it was.\u00a0 I ask myself, “Er jeg mett eller sulten?”\u00a0 (am I full or hungry?)\u00a0 It’s not a habit for me…<\/p>\n

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