Re: Gif thread [2]

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:16 pm

there are a lot of people here descended from Norwegians.- Bungo

And Scots and Irish, its no wonder the world eventually got the phrase 'only in America.' Very Happy

by Bluebottle Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:20 pm

You better not be implying that's a "that explains a lot". Suspect

Seriously though, I'm perfectly aware norwegian expats tend to be pretty.. err.. conservative. Wink

by Eldorion Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:09 am

Pettytyrant101 wrote:there are a lot of people here descended from Norwegians.- Bungo

And Scots and Irish, its no wonder the world eventually got the phrase 'only in America.'

Minnesota got a much higher concentration of Scandinavians then the rest of the country, though. Scottish immigrants concentrated more in the South, while the Irish wound up all over. Of course, the era of mass immigration from Europe ended about a century ago, and there's been so much intermarriage and assimilation since then that relatively few European-Americans can pinpoint a single country as their family's original home.

by bungobaggins Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:18 am

We can get lutefisk and lefse at the grocery store around Christmastime. Haven't tried it though. Very Happy

by Bluebottle Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:18 am

You can?

I'll not claim lutefisk is worth it. People kind of eat it for the accompaniments. Lefse is good, but it's not very special on it's own. It's kind of like a piece of bread you have with your dinner. Though you can have other stuff on it, I guess.

Do you get any other norwegian groceries? Let me know and I'll tell you what's worth trying. Nod

by halfwise Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:55 pm

Bluebottle wrote:I can't pretend Minnesota doesn't come across as a bit strange from the outside.

I still remember Rich Hall saying, "In Minnesota a traffic cop will pull you over because he's lonely."

remember that Minnesota gave us the movie Fargo (the culture crosses into North Dakota). So it's not like we don't view it as a strange ourselves. The Prairie Home Companion does a good job of encapsulating the culture; worth listening to if interested in how Scandinavia has morphed and mutated.

by bungobaggins Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:59 pm

Bluebottle wrote:

Do you get any other norwegian groceries? Let me know and I'll tell you what's worth trying.

The only other one I can think of is gjetost cheese. Which I have had and is wonderful. Nod

by Bluebottle Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:56 pm

You mean geitost? Yeah, that can be pretty great. Particularily with some raspberry jam. Nod

Actually, I just remembered. If you want to give lefser a go, try it with butter, sugar and cinnamon. That's pretty good. Smile

by Bluebottle Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:02 pm

For some reason I find looking at this very relaxing.

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by bungobaggins Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:16 pm

Bluebottle wrote:You mean geitost? Yeah, that can be pretty great. Particularily with some raspberry jam.

Actually, I just remembered. If you want to give lefser a go, try it with butter, sugar and cinnamon. That's pretty good.

Yes, the goat cheese. Very Happy

But this is the only brand that we get around here (that I know of): https://www.google.no/search?q=geitost&biw=789&bih=546&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=pqwNVYX-HqL7ywOv1YHACw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=gjetost+ski+queen&spell=1

I definitely want to give lefse and lutefisk a try. Maybe next Christmas? santa