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Re: Earth matters

Post by Otern » Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:29 am

Montegriffo wrote:That rotten Herring is the one that is illegal to open in a public place the smell is so bad, or is that something else?
That's probably it.

It's considered the worst smell of all the worst smells.

Don't know if it's strictly illegal though, at least not here. But you're probably going to get a cavity search by a gorilla if you ever open one on a plane, and you're going to deserve every inch of it.

Also, it's not really rotten. It's fermented in some weird way. Rotten fish smells bad, but it's not room clearing bad, more like "why would you do that?"-bad. Surströmming skips anger, and goes straight to fear. People will cry, puke, lose gods, find gods. Paraplegics will throw their wheelchair through windows. Blind will see. And the one's lacking ability to smell, will become King. Tales will follow generations of the event.
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Re: Earth matters

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:32 am

Vikings and their pork, could have guessed that. The smell of good smoked bacon still tempts me sometimes, but I resist. Do you have many wild boar?
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Re: Earth matters

Post by Otern » Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:39 am

Montegriffo wrote:Vikings and their pork, could have guessed that. The smell of good smoked bacon still tempts me sometimes, but I resist. Do you have many wild boar?
Nah, maybe just a few who crossed the border from Sweden. Sweden has a lot of them though. They're a pest there. But they're not really here, thankfully.

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Re: Earth matters

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:44 am

Otern wrote:Tales will follow generations of the event.
So that's what all the Sagas are about, that and Freya giving BJ's left, right and centre.
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Re: Earth matters

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:46 am

Otern wrote:
Montegriffo wrote:Vikings and their pork, could have guessed that. The smell of good smoked bacon still tempts me sometimes, but I resist. Do you have many wild boar?
Nah, maybe just a few who crossed the border from Sweden. Sweden has a lot of them though. They're a pest there. But they're not really here, thankfully.
Well if it's a pest into the ovens with it.
No putting that as your sig Nuke.
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Re: Earth matters

Post by Speaker to Animals » Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:18 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
Otern wrote:Tales will follow generations of the event.
So that's what all the Sagas are about, that and Freya giving BJ's left, right and centre.

Well, there's a great proselytizing gimick.

I can bash foreigners brains in and take their stuff, and as long as I die in battle I get some goddess throwing me free BJs in the huge afterlife party?

Sign me up. I was going to do that stuff anyway.

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Re: Earth matters

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:23 pm

Got a seat in the longboat for me? I've always thought the Danes were cooler than my Anglo-Saxon ancestors anyway.
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Re: Earth matters

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:29 pm

Montegriffo wrote:Got a seat in the longboat for me? I've always thought the Danes were cooler than my Anglo-Saxon ancestors anyway.
Fuckin' sword whore.

My german forebears chased your pale asses into the ocean several times in the past, and stand ready to do so once again, if given the chance.
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Re: Earth matters

Post by pettertb » Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:31 pm

We'll make you depend on our natural gas, and turn off the tap midwinter! HAH!
Montegriffo wrote:
Otern wrote:
Montegriffo wrote:Vikings and their pork, could have guessed that. The smell of good smoked bacon still tempts me sometimes, but I resist. Do you have many wild boar?
Nah, maybe just a few who crossed the border from Sweden. Sweden has a lot of them though. They're a pest there. But they're not really here, thankfully.
Well if it's a pest into the ovens with it.
No putting that as your sig Nuke.
A delicious pest, that you are free to shoot with no quotas whatsoever (just be cool with the landowner).

Please do not import more of them into Østfold. How a shaaame that would be. And please don't direct them to the forests my family hunt in. That would be such a tragedy. Such a pest. But if you have to get rid of some... ;)

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Re: Earth matters

Post by pettertb » Mon Dec 12, 2016 1:20 pm

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Montegriffo wrote:What does a Viking eat for Christmas? We have sold out on the traditional goose and now eat turkey like the bloody Americans with their culture war, destroying our traditions with nonsense like trick or treat.
Pinnekjøtt.

Those easterners eat pork ribs like any dirty Dane.

Serious answer; most eat pork ribs, as it's popular in the most populated regions like the east and the middle, while pinnekjøtt is a close second, eaten primarily in the west and the north.
Depends a lot on the area you come from. Pinnekjøtt, ribbe or cod. Some people seem to have taken to more recent "nice food" like turkey or game meat.

Ribbe (pork belly) is in the southeast and middle parts of the country. This is popular around the capital, and is having an influence on the rest of the country. Also kind of cheap and straight forward to make for christmas lunches at work and stuff.

Pinnekjøtt (dried, smoked, steamed sheep) is in the western and northern part of the country. It is spreading since it is very nice food. Served with root vegetable puree (nice sweetness to the salt meat) and potatoes (as always). Some eat it with a nice sausage (vossakorv) as well.

Cod ("trukket", aka boiled in sub-boiling-point water). Northern part of the country. Traditionally the Christmas food of my grandfather. We serve him pork, he is happy with it.

In my family we have the pork belly.

Cooked pork belly, with crunchy skin on top*. It is cut into squares. Served with potatoes, brown sauce and Norwegian sauerkraut (green and sometimes red), lingonberry jam and some greens. It is traditional to have tiny pork sausages (sosisser) and meat balls made with a very fine ground and fatty minced meat called "medisterfarse". Might sometimes be a bit like your stuffing.

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Serve with beer and akevitt.

We also have the traditional Christmas rice porridge (kinda sweet) with cinnamon, sugar and butter during the day. For dessert there is cream and cloudberries, as well as "risgrøt" which is rice porridge and cream mixed together, served with a red sauce. There are also "krumkaker" a crumbly cake served along the cloudberry cream.

Following that there is Christmas cakes/biscuits and coffee (more akevitt) after some time. There is a selection of Christmas cookies, with a lot of attention on having 7 different kinds. These days that is toned down somewhat. More krumkaker. I like krumkaker. Krumkaker is good.

I probably put on about a pound :lol:

As for our neighbors. The swedes are fond of their "Christmas ham" with honey glazing (insert swede joke here). GF likes it. Tastes nice. The danes have their "julebord" which seems to consist of sitting down around a table and eating for hours on end. A selection of herring, hams and stuff. All served with beer, naturally.

In Norway "Julebord" means going out for a Christmas party with your collegues, which varies from a decent Christmas meal and a few beers (modern) to getting smashed (traditional). About as sensible as our tradition of getting high schoolers to drink as much as possible before having their final exams.

Between two julebord, 24th of December (possibly two for divorced people) and big lunches and brunches** on the leftover pork belly, people have generally had their fill of pork belly for a while when January rolls around.

*If you have a TV channel, that needs some airtime filled around xmas, this is easy. Bombard us with tips on getting the crispy part crispy. Again and again. Every year.

**E.g. In my family we have a tradition to have dinner 2nd day of Christmas with the extended family. More pork belly.
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