Don't know if this helps or not. I grew up in a community that had lots of 1st generation Norwegians and they often referred to lefse as "flatbread".
-P "Blessed are the Norwegians...they drink coffee by the barrel, at fish soaked in lye and ski uphill." Tim Øsleby wrote: > I googled to find rutabaga. Now I've googled more, Swedish turnip, is a > better translation I believe. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga > > Lefse is also important to many when eating pinnekjøtt. I'm not able to find > a translation for that. Jostein, Dag, Pål, please help me. It is important > to educate the savages abroad. They live like wild animals ;-) > > Next lesson is saudehaud aka smalahove, a very refined dish ;-) > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Markus Maurer > Sent: 23. desember 2006 02:36 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: What are you cooking? > > I vote for a special Norwegian rule on the PDML: > They always have to translate the Norwegian "chruesimuesi slang" to proper > international English as well without asking for. > You tried well Tim, but translating kålrotstappe with rutabaga was not > really helpful for me ;-) > bon appetit > Markus > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Tim Øsleby > Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 1:49 AM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: What are you cooking? > > > My Christmas dish is pinnekjøtt, dried mutton ribs, dried and salted. > This is far from duck ;-) > > If you do it the old way, you do it all by yourself. Salt and dry the rib. > Nowadays few does this. > Before cooking, put it in water over the night. Then you cook it over steam. > Using a few drops of water in the bottom of the pan, then you put some birth > sticks, and on top of them, the meat. You cook the dish for about four > hours. Served with potatoes and kålrotstappe (mashed rutabaga). > > If you are not at work (I am this year), you drink beer and Akkevit (potatoe > "brandy"). So I'll drink water. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
