Breakfast at Unni's
Rules. Alot of rules govern how the Norwegian meals should go. From what side dishes go with the main course to what dishes should be eaten on which day. Unni once told me when her foster kids were staying over about how the kids had rules that friday was waffle day. So of course we had to have waffles that friday.
Breakfast of course is important to kick starting the rest of the day.
That's the typical spread for breakfast at Unni's house. Things are stacked ontop of one another... there's moree stuff under... Made up of stuff you put on bread (home-baked of course). Cooked breakfasts and cereal breakfasts are not the norm here. It's just cheeses (white cheese, goat's cheese, and of course the famous Norwegian brown cheese), vegetables, meats (salami, ham, mackerel in tomato sauce etc) and of course the various kinds of HOMEMADE jams (tyttebaer, strawberry, blueberry, cloudberry). Lay it out on the table and you get this....
From the top of the table, there's the tray of biscuits, in case you wanna have your spreads on em instead of the bread. Then the juices. The bread followed by the whole array of stuff from the tray just now. And finally of course in the blue jug. Fresh milk. Coz it's straight from the cows, it has a higher fat percentage, creamier too. Other hot drinks to go with breakfast include the must have, Norwegian style black coffee, tea and my must have... Kakao aka hot chocolate.
Tyttebaer Jam
Ham topped off with Italian Salad. I had to have this every morning. I was the only one at Unni's household who ate Italian Salad. And like crazy. I was charging through a box of it each week.
On good days in the summer, breakfast can be taken outdoors too. In fact any meal is taken outdoors as long as the skies are blue and the sun is shining.
As you can see from the above. Breakfast elsewhere from Unni's household is not such an elaborate display of whatever kind of spreads you can find on this planet. It helps if you already have in mind what you want for breakfast, so you just take out what you need. Which makes preparing and cleaning up so much simplier. Like at Bcc's...
Or if really lazy... do like what bcc and i did while house-sitting for Unni...
Eat straight out of the foils...
Live life on the edge man!
Breakfast of course is important to kick starting the rest of the day.
That's the typical spread for breakfast at Unni's house. Things are stacked ontop of one another... there's moree stuff under... Made up of stuff you put on bread (home-baked of course). Cooked breakfasts and cereal breakfasts are not the norm here. It's just cheeses (white cheese, goat's cheese, and of course the famous Norwegian brown cheese), vegetables, meats (salami, ham, mackerel in tomato sauce etc) and of course the various kinds of HOMEMADE jams (tyttebaer, strawberry, blueberry, cloudberry). Lay it out on the table and you get this....
From the top of the table, there's the tray of biscuits, in case you wanna have your spreads on em instead of the bread. Then the juices. The bread followed by the whole array of stuff from the tray just now. And finally of course in the blue jug. Fresh milk. Coz it's straight from the cows, it has a higher fat percentage, creamier too. Other hot drinks to go with breakfast include the must have, Norwegian style black coffee, tea and my must have... Kakao aka hot chocolate.
The usual way to have your breakfast is to slap your favourite toppings onto a nice slice of homemade bread and just eat.
Tyttebaer Jam
Ham topped off with Italian Salad. I had to have this every morning. I was the only one at Unni's household who ate Italian Salad. And like crazy. I was charging through a box of it each week.Meals on Sundays are supposed to be more special. So Sunday breakfast means having a cooked breakfast of bacon and eggs. The usual way is to take your bread and pile all the cooked stuff on top of it and eat it like how you'd eat the bread-ham-Italian concoction. But i prefer to eat them seperate. So whatever rocks your boat.
On good days in the summer, breakfast can be taken outdoors too. In fact any meal is taken outdoors as long as the skies are blue and the sun is shining.
As you can see from the above. Breakfast elsewhere from Unni's household is not such an elaborate display of whatever kind of spreads you can find on this planet. It helps if you already have in mind what you want for breakfast, so you just take out what you need. Which makes preparing and cleaning up so much simplier. Like at Bcc's...
Or if really lazy... do like what bcc and i did while house-sitting for Unni...
Eat straight out of the foils...
Live life on the edge man!
posted by Farmer Sam at 4:33 PM
7 Comments:
haha yes, Unni has a separate plate, serving fork or spoon for everything, that's what you are used to when you have a dishwasher at home -- a really wonderful invention! I love our dishwasher! I think it also because they generally eat only a late breakfast (after the morning cowhouse) and then an early dinner, no 'lunch' in between, that is why the spread is so 'elaborate', with all the meats and cheeses. I don't think every Norwegian household is as particular about meal times, and sitting down to eat, like Unni is :) I think it is a really good routine.
ahemm.... I must say, those are nice close up shots of my homemade bread by the way :)
Ah, the return of ex-farmer Sam, which sounds better than George. I think you must miss those breakfasts! They sure look and tastes good. Bet you can't find them anywhere in Sg.
Your next wrire-up should be on dinner and snacks and desserts and ...
ey bcc. if only ppl knew how your homemade bread is made loh!
arhahaha!
Ha, all these spreads and cheeses and whatnot are so (S/N/E) European (and Scandinavian!). When I have brekky with people of that persuasion I am always very nervous about the number of spoons and knives this type of meal requires, at least one for each condiment. Esp if I have to "volunteer" to wash up after that.
to bcc: remember when we went to UK donkey yrs ago and and stayed in super cold creaky house in Cotswolds, and their lunches during that cold weather were cold meats and cold salad and hard bread which they tore off and didn't even use bread plates for and I was thinking at that time, wah, barbarians or what.
yes, Unni goes crazy with the number of plates and glasses for everyone, and individual serving forks and spoons, I think because she has a dishwasher to do her washing up, she says it is her best friend and commented to me that now i have more time to do other things (other than wash dishes) now that we have a dishwasher too! !! not that i spend that much time washing . ..
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