{"id":23,"date":"2008-12-30T00:08:10","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T04:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=23"},"modified":"2008-12-30T00:08:10","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T04:08:10","slug":"r%c3%b8mmegr%c3%b8t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/r%c3%b8mmegr%c3%b8t\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00f8mmegr\u00f8t"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I returned from a weekend\u00a0jul<\/strong> getaway to Florida where the sun shone every day and the mercury well surpassed freezing.\u00a0 There were just a couple things I missed about\u00a0jul<\/strong> this year.\u00a0 You might think that as a born and bred Minnesotan, I would have missed having a white jul<\/strong>.\u00a0 Nei nei<\/strong>!\u00a0 Slett ikke <\/strong>(not in the least).\u00a0 I did not miss the snow, nor the\u00a0julelys <\/strong>(Christmas\u00a0lights) twinkling on the pine trees nestled in the corner of a cozy warm house with the scent of burning wood coming from the fireplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When we left MN it was -10 degrees and when we arrived in Florida it was 80.\u00a0 That is a 90 degree temperature difference.\u00a0 In fact, one afternoon I went for a run on the beach and got overheated because my body was not used to the heat.\u00a0 Needless to say, I did not miss the familiar, jul<\/strong> at home in Minnesota.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Honestly, I could easily give up the tradition of giving gaver<\/strong>, as well as julepynt<\/strong>, julemusikk, og sn\u00f8.\u00a0 <\/strong>What I missed were a few tasty norsk <\/strong>treats, including lefse, r\u00f8mmegr\u00f8t, og akevitt.\u00a0 <\/strong>Many people do not know that there are several different types of lefse.\u00a0 <\/strong>My family, as I would imagine most Norwegian-American families do, eat the kind of lefse<\/strong> that is flat, brown spotted potato bread.\u00a0 It might be filled with sm\u00f8r <\/strong>(butter), or sm\u00f8r og sukker <\/strong>(sugar), or just sukker.\u00a0 <\/strong>The sukker <\/strong>could be brun <\/strong>(brown) or hvit <\/strong>(white).\u00a0 In my family, this tasty treat acts as both part of the meal and as dessert.\u00a0 It is a staple.<\/p>\n

R\u00f8mmegr\u00f8t <\/strong>is a thick, creamy, rich porridge that can either be easily made by adding a few ingredients to a bag, or by spending hours stirring the concoction to perfection.\u00a0 The dish consists of mel <\/strong>(flour), melk <\/strong>(milk), sm\u00f8r <\/strong>(butter), sukker <\/strong>(sugar), krem <\/strong>(cream, half and half), og kanel <\/strong>(cinnamon).\u00a0 Different recipes call for slightly different ingredients, such as seter\u00f8mme <\/strong>(sour cream).\u00a0 Whatever the recipe, this dish can also be eaten as a meal (in an average sized bowl) or as dessert (in a very small bowl).\u00a0 I know that my family has made the mistake of eating it as a sort of appetizer and then immediately lost our appetites for the main course, much less dessert.\u00a0 R\u00f8mmegr\u00f8t <\/strong>is best with a bit of sm\u00f8r, sukker, og kanel <\/strong>on top, similar to adding butter, salt, and pepper to mashed potatoes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last but not least, akevitt <\/strong>has become one of my favorite Christmas traditions.\u00a0 I do not usually enjoy hard alcohol at all.\u00a0 I do not like the taste, nor do I approve of my behavior when I over-indulge.\u00a0 However, for some odd reason (because of my norsk <\/strong>blood of course!), I enjoy the taste of akevitt<\/strong>.\u00a0 It consists of caraway seeds, anise, fennel, coriander, and dill.\u00a0 Strong ingredients.\u00a0\u00a0To me it tastes\u00a0a lot like black licorice and pine trees (both of which do not appeal to me on their own at all….).\u00a0 A shot of akevitt <\/strong>after a large Christmas dinner really tops it off for me.\u00a0 You can feel the alcohol warm your throat and all the way down to your tummy.\u00a0 It also kind of acts as a breath freshener because of the strength of the alcohol and the taste.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These are the three features of a traditional\u00a0jul<\/strong> in my family that I missed when I was in Florida.\u00a0 If you have not enjoyed these tasty treats, I highly recommend you do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night I returned from a weekend\u00a0jul getaway to Florida where the sun shone every day and the mercury well surpassed freezing.\u00a0 There were just a couple things I missed about\u00a0jul this year.\u00a0 You might think that as a born and bred Minnesotan, I would have missed having a white jul.\u00a0 Nei nei!\u00a0 Slett ikke…<\/p>\n

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