{"id":1664,"date":"2014-01-26T18:31:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T18:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:59:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:59:03","slug":"eating-norwegian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/eating-norwegian\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Norwegian"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the online comic \u201dScandinavia and the World<\/a>\u201d, the Norway character is often accompanied by a fisk<\/strong> (fish). Traditionally, maten i Norge<\/strong> (the food in Norway) has indeed been dominated by fisk<\/strong> \u2013 as well as poteter<\/strong> [poTEHTer] (potatoes). Although modern Norway is full of hurtigmat<\/strong> (fast food), many people still think it\u2019s important to spend time cooking and eating healthy, robust food \u2013 to be frisk som en fisk<\/strong> (\u201dfit like a fish\u201d). Let\u2019s take a look at the main Norwegian m\u00e5ltider<\/strong> (meals):<\/p>\n

Frokost<\/strong> is eaten in the early morning. Unlike the quick \u201dcoffee and croissant\u201d breakfast in some countries, frokosten<\/strong> is an important meal in Norway. Norwegians think it\u2019s important to be god og mett<\/strong> (\u201dgood and full\u201d) in order to have a productive and energized day of work and leisure. They start their day with beverages like melk<\/strong>, juice<\/strong> [yooce] and kaffi<\/strong>, accompanied by edible stuff like jogurt<\/strong> or milk with some kind of frokostblanding<\/strong> (breakfast cereals like cornflakes or muesli), knekkebr\u00f8d<\/strong> (crispbread) and br\u00f8dskiver<\/strong> (slices of bread) with toppings of margarine<\/strong>\/sm\u00f8r<\/strong> (butter), brunost<\/strong> (brown cheese), gulost<\/strong> (yellow cheese), salami<\/strong>, syltet\u00f8y<\/strong> (jam)\u2026 The typical Norwegian bread is made of hvete<\/strong> (wheat) and quite light, with the popular kneippbr\u00f8d<\/strong> a bit coarser.<\/p>\n

Lunsj<\/strong> [lurnsh] is eaten in the late morning\/early noon. It\u2019s dominated by skiver<\/strong> [SHEEVer] (slices [of bread]) with various combinations of p\u00e5legg<\/strong> (\u201dthe things you lay on your bread\u201d) \u2013 ost<\/strong> (cheese), salami<\/strong>\u2026 In some workplaces and schools people eat varm mat<\/strong> (hot food) for lunch; \u201dcold\u201d bread, however, remains the norm, eventually combined with a bit of frukt<\/strong> (fruit). Many workers and students bring their food from home, in the shape of\u00a0matpakker<\/strong> (\u201dpacked lunches\u201d).<\/p>\n

Middag<\/strong> is the main Norwegian meal. As the name indicates (\u201dmid-day\u201d), it was traditionally eaten early in the day, some places as early as noon (12 o\u2019 clock \u2013 and I guess they didn\u2019t eat lunsj<\/strong> back then!) In weekends, middag<\/strong> (or middagsmat<\/strong>) is still eaten very early, but in my experience, most Norwegians eat it between 2 o\u2019clock and 4 o\u2019clock (or when getting home from work). Maybe it\u2019s an influece from Southern Europe, where people dine much later! (In Denmark, they typically dine at 18 o\u2019clock.)
\nMiddag<\/strong> is a hot meal, typically prepared at home. (Eating out is becoming more common in Norway, but it\u2019s still \u201dsomething a bit special\u201d). Many Norwegians enjoy \u201dgood ole plain food\u201d like potatoes and fish or f\u00e5rik\u00e5l<\/strong> (mutton in sauerkraut). Nonetheless, the Norwegian cuisine has become globalized, so in an ordinary Norwegian home you may be served everything from Italian pizzaer<\/strong> to Greek salat\u00a0<\/strong>[salAHT].<\/p>\n

Kveldsmat<\/strong> [KVELLsmaht] means \u201devening meal\u201d, and is the last meal of the day. It\u2019s usually a light meal (bread, fruit etc.) Noone wants to go to bed p\u00e5 tom mage<\/strong> (with an empty stomach)! As every Norwegian knows: Uten mat og drikke duger helten ikke!<\/strong> (Without food and drink, the hero doesn\u2019t work!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

In the online comic \u201dScandinavia and the World\u201d, the Norway character is often accompanied by a fisk (fish). Traditionally, maten i Norge (the food in Norway) has indeed been dominated by fisk \u2013 as well as poteter [poTEHTer] (potatoes). Although modern Norway is full of hurtigmat (fast food), many people still think it\u2019s important to…<\/p>\n

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