Norwegian dinner, anyone?

[roxanne]

I was just looking up recipes for Norwegian cooking.  I also looked up Viking, but that seemed a little undoable to me.  Found some great recipes for current Norwegian, including Swedish meatballs that are, I guess, popular in Norway.  (Of course, called something else.)  Other recipes were for baked lemon salmon and seafood bisque with shrimp.  Will try to put some on here:

http://www.norway-hei.com/baked-salmon.html

[roxanne]

I couldn't get it in english.  Henrik, do any of those other dishes sound authentically Norwegian?  

I am definitely making it a priority to find lingonberries.  Dr. Oz said they are 10 X or 100X the antioxidant value of blueberries.  Anyway, they are definitely good for you.  And I never met a berry I didn't like.

[roxanne]

I was thrilled today when I went to a large, local grocery store.  Thought I would check out international section & found Scandinavian.  Better than that, the man who runs the section is an international cook & said he would help with any dinner we had.  They didn't have fresh lingonberries, but had wonderful preserves with whole berries.  Taste a lot like cranberries and my new favorite fruit.  Got these little crostades (sp?) that are like tiny paper thin pie tarts to put some of preserves in for dessert.  

I guess we ought to shoot for a fri. at 2 PM EDT or 1PM EST, 7 PM in London, 8 PM in Norway, 11 AM on U.S. west coast.  How about 11/11 or 11/18?

[sasi]

Either date is fine with me.

Salmon all ready in freezer for the big event!

[J Noland]

I can do the 11th. I'll be on the lookout for lingonberry jam. What a great contact in your grocery store Roxanne! 

sasi said:

Either date is fine with me.

Salmon all ready in freezer for the big event!

[roxanne]

We will set it tentatively for 11/11/11, at 2PM Eastern Time.  Does time shift back an hour in England & Norway?  Or is that just US?  If not, we could set it an hour later.

Greyartist, you mentioned wanting to come.

[roxanne]

I'm also not sure of time.  Standard Time starts here in States on 11/7, so we move back an hour.  Does that also happen in England & Norway?  Let me know, someone, so we can figure out times.

[J Noland]

I think England has moved back their hour now but I don't know about Norway. 

roxanne said:

I'm also not sure of time.  Standard Time starts here in States on 11/7, so we move back an hour.  Does that also happen in England & Norway?  Let me know, someone, so we can figure out times.

[roxanne]

I looked it up & it looks like all of Europe goes back an hour on 10/31.  So time stands.  7 PM for England; 8 PM for Norway: 2 PM for eastern US; 11 AM for western US.  I believe 11 PM for India.  

I'm turning into a lingonberry, I like them so well.

[Laila]

Works for me, unless something suddenly comes up. Kinda hard to tell at this point. xD

[J Noland]

I'll be there! Lingonberries or not :)

[roxanne]

Remember dinner tomorrow.  There are some recipes on this thread.  I'm having salmon (recipe), roasted potatoes, fresh peas (anyone know how to cook them - I guess just shell & boil?), cucumber salad, fresh bread with lingonberry jam & lingonberry tart for desserts.  Yum Yum!

Anyone know any Scandinavian poetry?  I did get out my Beowolf, but nothing really struck me.

[J Noland]

I'm making cardamom rolls for sure. I just got home from work and I may peruse the recipes and head out to the store later for something else to cook. I wish I had found some lingonberry jam to have too :(  Maybe I'll make some of the potato pancake recipes, sounds yummy.

roxanne said:

Remember dinner tomorrow.  There are some recipes on this thread.  I'm having salmon (recipe), roasted potatoes, fresh peas (anyone know how to cook them - I guess just shell & boil?), cucumber salad, fresh bread with lingonberry jam & lingonberry tart for desserts.  Yum Yum!

Anyone know any Scandinavian poetry?  I did get out my Beowolf, but nothing really struck me.