Trust me. im a 40 year old norwegian. When you do come here, skip the lutefisk. We have so much quality fresh fish that tastes amazing. No need to sample a peasents dish from centuries ago when issues of preservation was more pressing and now only beeing kept alive because of nostalgia.
lut efisk is great lol, and it is a must to try atlest once.. just for the fun of it:) And dont diss " peasants":P They are the ones putting food on your table ... not fish:P
There is an art to make it, and it is important to start off eating lutefisk that hasn't been baked/cooked for too long. And the amount of fish should be 1/7 to the sides on your plate. Makes it a lot more edible.
Most norwegians have a basic knowledge of how to ski, but it is not frowned upon if you dont go skiing. Lutefisk. Dried cod that then is treated with lye. When cooked ( very carefully or it will disappear, lol), it does become jiggly. It is one of those foods you love or hate, and no inbetween. I love it.
I really like this channel, not because I'm Norwegian...but I am, but there is a positive wibe around the channel and the host. It just makes me feel good. :)
2:58 NO, NO and NO NO NO - You do NOT sit the fish to ferment («gjære»)!!! It is dried and put in lye, that has nothing to do with fermentation!!! 🤗❤❤❤
My sister worked a year in Cincinnati Ohio as an au pair in one family and like we have the habbit to eat with fork and knife in general in Europe, the father of that family said to her that she doesn´t "need" to eat there that way. And he keeped going "we are not such a snobes"... My sister were little bit shocked and said "Well this is the way we eat everytime and i never have even tought that it would be snob." 😂. Other weird thing she told that Americans were eating chips/crisps (how you call it in UK) with food and added more sugar to sodas 😵💫. Just like those wouldn´t have it enough all ready 🤢. Oldest kid were 12 years old and didn´t even knew how to use microway (spoiled brats 😄) as i could cook simple things with stove and oven. Those things sounded so absurd for our perspective as we had born and raised in Finland.
Lutfisk/Lutefisk/Lipeäkala is a sort of gelatinized fish. No fat to talk about. It's dried first to preserve it and stored... Can be stored for years. To eat the dried fish you first lye it for a few days, then wash it and lastly boil it to make it edible. Yes, "lye".
@@Randomdude21-eBut us swedes love it :) Typically served at home between jul and nyår. Very nice with potatoes, white sauce, black pepper, lemon, butter, and grean peas. Many restaurants include it on their traditional julbord too (from late november).
You are totally wrong. It's not fermented. If it is jello, you have missed it completely. I hate it, as a Norwegian, but NAT is not the point. Bacalao is quite related. Take that and go figure. Ignorants.
Yeah, the lye will dissolve most fats and leaves mostly proteins left, hence the gelatinous texture. :) They did this originally as a mean of preservation. Because when food get putrid, it is mostly because of the fats decomposing. So the next best thing for keeping it fresh for a little while longer is to remove all fats and add these for the cooking at a later time.
Hi! The channel you're watching right now interviews Mormon missionaries who have been in Norway, so they have quite the unique point of view on Norway
No...lutefisk. You let the fish hang out to dry for...maybe months, depending on the weather. That's a way to preserve the fish. Then you put it in water and lye for a while. I don't remember for how long, a day or three?? Then you have to water it out. And then either boil it or put it in the oven to "bake" it. It's the lye that make it kind of...wobbly. :D I love it!!
You got the gist of it. And to be honest, with all the side dishes and a lot of yule aquavit it's not all bad. But I feel we should mention the fact you are trying to make zombie fish into a Christmas dish... That is basically what it is. You have a dried up corpse of a long since deceased fish, then you add water and lye (google it...) to sort of re-animate it. Then; because eating lye is a BAD IDEA, you rinse it out with salt and water for a fortnight. And THEN you cook the zombie of a fish as it was a normal recently deceased fish. 1/10 would not recommend.
We eat Lutfisk at Christmas in Sweden as well. It’s a kind of Cod fish called Ling which is dried beforehand and then going through a process in lye somehow. In old times they start the process on 9th December to make it ready for Christmas Eve. In Sweden you prepare it in the oven and eat it with cooked potatoes and a white sauce with a hint of mustard, and seasoning with salt and black pepper. A bit jelly-ish texture but with the potatoes and sauce you don’t think about it. Absolutely delicious.
Living in the north of Norway, there is 0 hours of daylight in the winter here, but around 4 hours of twilight. It really gets quite exhausting to live without sun for two months each year. It is not true that you can see aurora every night, it is more like a few nights a month, and in the summer the sun is up 24/7 so no visible aurora.
I myself am a Swede in Jämtland, and while I have seen northern lights before even where I live, it has been so rare that I didn't even learn to recognize them until I began high school. However, when I worked in Norway for 4 years, I noticed during the winter how the Northern Lights seem to happen almost every night.
It depends on which latitude you live, maybe you were further north in Norway. It also depends on how strong the solar winds are. I lived in Jämtland a few years and saw them almost every week.
About eating etiquette, it's the french way of eating. At home, who cares, I could eat with my hands if I wanted to. xD But whenever you're eating out in any ordinary restaruant, it's very important to use your knife and fork, even if you eat pizza or hamburger. xD In Sweden, at least. :P
I think it's the old French aristocratic way to eat. People don't eat that way in France today. Also, you use both pieces of cutlery to work them as a team. The knife cuts and scoops, the fork holds and carries. Almost everyone I know do this all the time, because it's efficient and precise, not because of manners.
Been 5 weeks there. Funny way To eat. If there is Meat etc it is cut To pieces and then just fork on the right hand and knife is useless. Seen some vids how US peoples are amazed cos european Kids even use both.
(Lut)efisk is treated with lye. Lut =lye. Lye is a component in soap, and in the old days we got it from washing it out of the ashes of burned hardwood. the fish is put in the lye solution until it reaches a jello consistency. I never tried it and probably won't.
I am a Norwegian and I hate skiing! BTW, eating the American way reminds me of how a child would eat their food. It is NOT just the older generation that eats with a knife and fork, it is the adults that eat that way, in my country!
3:18 The guy did a kinda poor job explaining Lutefisk, which is understandable, cause the actual preparation is insane. It's white fish that has been preserved in lye (which is toxic), which is what makes the meat itself jiggly like gelatin. It then gets rinsed before you salt it (to draw out moisture to make it less jiggly) and cook it. It's usually served with bacon, mustard sauce, and whatever vegetables you want (broccoli and potatoes are common). It's very popular among older generations, and an acquired taste for younger generations, but mostly because it's not easy to prepare it in a way that makes it... well, appetizing. Personally, I love it, but I personally suck at preparing it.
The saying goes that «Norwegians are born with skis on their feet!», BUT in reality there are many Norwegians that doesn’t really care for skiing, so you wouldn’t be very different if you don’t like or can ski! So take it easy, nobody’s going to force you to go skiing! You may get an invitation though… 😉🤗❤
I think you find a lot of Norwegians and Swedes around the meditereanean. Greece, Mallorca, Canary islands... I think Norwegians holiday in-country a bit more than other Nordics. The wages are higher in Norway, but so are unfortunately prices too.
Lutefisk is made from dried cod (cod that has been cleaned and parted in a spesific way and hung to dry by the coast). The dried cod is then soaked in cold/iced water which is repeatedly changed for a 6-7 days until rehydrated. Then the cod is transferred to a lye bath for two days. Lut means lye. It swells the fish a bit. Then it needs to be watered out again for another 4-5 days in water like the first part of the process, to remove the lye. The whole process typically takes 10-12 days, so obviously most people buy this product ready made from the shops. But the gelatinous jello type deal is due to the lye treatment. A lot of people enjoy it, but not all Norwegians do. Personally I give it a hard pass. I normally really like fish, but the consistency kills it for me.
Cheers from Norway, love your reactions. The reason we have high saleries in Norway is part of an agreement between LO, YS, and NHO. It has nothing to do with the oil. If you want to know more about why Norwegians are rich, you should really watch a youtube clip called: "Rich&Equal" - Norwegian TV show "This Is Norway" s01e04 w/English subtitles
1:05 Yes Dwayne, and the same wery much goes for swimming to I would say 😂 (atleast if your borne here.. ) Spaine and the Canary Islands are number one for us as far as I know.. many other popular contrys tho ofc
We have dirty cities, poverty, corrupt government like many other places. There is a strong "camaraderie" among our politicians. According to our own statistic central bureau, only the top 10 percent control 53 percent of the total net wealth in Norway. There is a large gap between the wealthy and average worker, something that is historically abnormal in our country. Anyways I just wanted to give some insights and of course every country has it's cons and pros :)
Not all Norwegians eat lutefisk, I don't, and it has never ever been served in my home, not at parrents as a child nor have I served it as an adult. For Christmas day, in my family we usually eat Rudolf, or rein deer.
we are only allowed to use a maximum of 4% of the dividend from the oil fund each year. the rest is reinvested in new shares. the rest of the government's income comes from taxes and duties.
I'm 39, lived in Norway all my life and I hate skiing. To the point I only ski once every like three years because being guilt tripped into it on family trips. I'm so bad I basically can't go down hill at anything more than a very slight angle. Flat cross country or upwards is fine though, it's just so incredibly boring and uncomfortable. It's definitely not the norm but we exist.
No, our areas are nice because we, the people, keep it nice. English and American cities were all nice at some point in time, but you, the people, let it degrade. Can't count on daddy government for every little thing, the change starts with you
I'm norwegian, and find lutefisk absolutely disgusting. It's an whole ordeal to prepare it. Firstly, it's made of dryfish, therefore lutefisk is most common traditional for the northern parts of Norway, sine they have the climatic conditions for drying fish. Dryfish is made by hanging prepared cod outside on some stand in february whwn the weather is cold, and dry it until may. After that continued drying indoors for 2-3 months. Dryfish is a conservation method that have been used to keep norwegians alive for centuries, when salt was expencive and hard to come by. For lutefisk the dryfish is then put in water for six days, and then in lye (!!) for two days. After that in water again for ten days, and THEN 4-8 days of aeration. I'm not kidding, this is the process. All this work to create an absolutely non-edible meal.
Most people have cabins,or some of their friends have one they can use.Denmark,Sweden and over all Spain is altso fav holiday spots.I hate skiing,and pork or lamb is moore common Christmas food than lutefisk,which I will not eat.
@@herrbonk3635 I am Norwegian.All the people I know eigther have or have family/friend who has a cabin.And there are a great deal of cabins for rent by DNT.(the Norwegian turist association.)
5,5 mil nordmenn med 440 443 hytter og fritidsbygg i Norge pr. 2021. dvs 2 512 300 privathusholdninger\familier i Norge. = ca 1 hytte pr. hver femte familie. mest i verden. + en drøss av leie hytter,som DNT.
the Americans have the fork in their right hand. but when they have to use the knife, they move the fork to the left and take the knife to the right to cut off a piece. then the fork goes back in the right hand to then put the food in the mouth. looks strange when they do that. think it comes from the French nobility in the 19th century. They probably thought it was nice to eat like that
👩🏻🌾🗑️🗑️ That Norwegians don't pick up trash - that's odd. I'm sure that they do! Here in Finland, you see people doing that quite often! Of course, those who do are mostly middle-aged women...
@@Gittas-tube The middle-aged women might do it I guess. I do personally, but I rarely see anyone doing it. I mean, there's a reason we have people hired to pick trash up off the streets. They wouldn't have a job if people didn't litter.
When I pick up after my dog, I'll always pick up any litter within reach at the same time. There's usually at least a cigarette butt or a snus close by. Might as well since I have the bag on my hand, right?
Hello, Dwayne! About the use of knife and fork, you're doing it perfectly even up to how you scoop up food on the BACKSIDE of the fork. But you should NOT scoop up the food in the 'cradle' part of your fork while holding it in your left hand and putting that into your mouth! Instead, for those last bits on your plate, you should imitate the Americans and put your knife aside (usually in the 10 o'clock position on the rim of your plate) then scoop up or stab the last bits using your fork in your right hand (if you're righthanded). Also, when you're done eating, you should place your knife and fork in the 5 o'clock position on the plate to signal that you've finished. They should be placed nicely together, knife to the right of the fork, with the knive's sharp edge inwards facing the fork. In France, the forks are placed with the pegs downward on the table cloth, when laying the table. There are good reasons for all these rules. For instance, in the olden days, knives were sharp, as were fork pegs, and the rules were there to prevent people from cutting themselves or poking themselves in the eye. As to scooping up the food in the fork held in your left hand, not only does it look very awkward, but you need a lot of elbow room (inconveniencing your neighbour) to bring the fork to your mouth. 🍽️🍴 Everything usually has a meaning...
There is so much wrong information here, and this is American's who haven't met the real Norwegian's only city boy's and girl's. Don't know there thumb from there behind, most young ones (16-25 year olds) haven't even been outside their city. I want to make a video with the correct information, so they don't get the wrong info of Norwegian.
Healthcare and vacation... We pay taxes, healthcare is not free and even though we pay taxes we still have to co-pay unless it is an emergency or planed hospital stay. The workplace take care of some of your paycheck every month so when it is time for the 3 weeks vacation you still have a paycheck (usually that payment is in June/July), and you have little control over your taxes being payed, check your pay check calculate that it is correct. Our bureaucrats and politicians like "salting down" the "oil money" , they spend tax money on building new hospitals that can take in fewer patients than the old ones, contemplate on how to build new "things" so long that the price quadruples and send plenty out of the country. Now they have started taking from the "oil money" to fill in the "gaps" in their budget. Yeah, I have plenty to say about that species of so called humans ;) And in the north of Norway they now want to close down hospitals so that there is no emergency unit or hospital for giving birth unless you can travel for several hours.. is horrible weather as babies just want out, no matter how stormy it is outside, and there is often plenty weather in northern Norway (as here west were I live, but we have not much weather compared)
For finding Norwegians outside Norway. i would suggest, Ayia Napa, Turkey if you want to meet young party people and Gran Canaria for all ages, mostly young couples with children and old people.
Trust me. im a 40 year old norwegian. When you do come here, skip the lutefisk. We have so much quality fresh fish that tastes amazing. No need to sample a peasents dish from centuries ago when issues of preservation was more pressing and now only beeing kept alive because of nostalgia.
lut
efisk is great lol, and it is a must to try atlest once.. just for the fun of it:) And dont diss " peasants":P They are the ones putting food on your table ... not fish:P
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There is an art to make it, and it is important to start off eating lutefisk that hasn't been baked/cooked for too long. And the amount of fish should be 1/7 to the sides on your plate. Makes it a lot more edible.
'Smalahovet' is another 'must try dish'. And our world renowned snails.
Most norwegians have a basic knowledge of how to ski, but it is not frowned upon if you dont go skiing.
Lutefisk. Dried cod that then is treated with lye. When cooked ( very carefully or it will disappear, lol), it does become jiggly. It is one of those foods you love or hate, and no inbetween. I love it.
I really like this channel, not because I'm Norwegian...but I am, but there is a positive wibe around the channel and the host. It just makes me feel good. :)
some real facts would be good, though...
agreed
2:58 NO, NO and NO NO NO - You do NOT sit the fish to ferment («gjære»)!!! It is dried and put in lye, that has nothing to do with fermentation!!! 🤗❤❤❤
My sister worked a year in Cincinnati Ohio as an au pair in one family and like we have the habbit to eat with fork and knife in general in Europe, the father of that family said to her that she doesn´t "need" to eat there that way. And he keeped going "we are not such a snobes"... My sister were little bit shocked and said "Well this is the way we eat everytime and i never have even tought that it would be snob." 😂.
Other weird thing she told that Americans were eating chips/crisps (how you call it in UK) with food and added more sugar to sodas 😵💫. Just like those wouldn´t have it enough all ready 🤢.
Oldest kid were 12 years old and didn´t even knew how to use microway (spoiled brats 😄) as i could cook simple things with stove and oven. Those things sounded so absurd for our perspective as we had born and raised in Finland.
Lutfisk/Lutefisk/Lipeäkala is a sort of gelatinized fish. No fat to talk about. It's dried first to preserve it and stored... Can be stored for years.
To eat the dried fish you first lye it for a few days, then wash it and lastly boil it to make it edible.
Yes, "lye".
Not many norwegians eat it tho. Never tried it. Dont know any that has too.
@@Randomdude21-eBut us swedes love it :) Typically served at home between jul and nyår.
Very nice with potatoes, white sauce, black pepper, lemon, butter, and grean peas.
Many restaurants include it on their traditional julbord too (from late november).
You are totally wrong. It's not fermented. If it is jello, you have missed it completely. I hate it, as a Norwegian, but NAT is not the point. Bacalao is quite related. Take that and go figure. Ignorants.
@@Randomdude21-e A lot of norwegians eat it, but it depends on where in Norway you live.
Yeah, the lye will dissolve most fats and leaves mostly proteins left, hence the gelatinous texture. :) They did this originally as a mean of preservation. Because when food get putrid, it is mostly because of the fats decomposing. So the next best thing for keeping it fresh for a little while longer is to remove all fats and add these for the cooking at a later time.
Hi! The channel you're watching right now interviews Mormon missionaries who have been in Norway, so they have quite the unique point of view on Norway
No...lutefisk. You let the fish hang out to dry for...maybe months, depending on the weather. That's a way to preserve the fish. Then you put it in water and lye for a while. I don't remember for how long, a day or three?? Then you have to water it out. And then either boil it or put it in the oven to "bake" it. It's the lye that make it kind of...wobbly. :D I love it!!
You got the gist of it. And to be honest, with all the side dishes and a lot of yule aquavit it's not all bad. But I feel we should mention the fact you are trying to make zombie fish into a Christmas dish... That is basically what it is. You have a dried up corpse of a long since deceased fish, then you add water and lye (google it...) to sort of re-animate it. Then; because eating lye is a BAD IDEA, you rinse it out with salt and water for a fortnight. And THEN you cook the zombie of a fish as it was a normal recently deceased fish. 1/10 would not recommend.
@@sveinstmobekken2175 :D
@@sveinstmobekken2175 MMMMM zombie fish . .
We eat Lutfisk at Christmas in Sweden as well. It’s a kind of Cod fish called Ling which is dried beforehand and then going through a process in lye somehow. In old times they start the process on 9th December to make it ready for Christmas Eve. In Sweden you prepare it in the oven and eat it with cooked potatoes and a white sauce with a hint of mustard, and seasoning with salt and black pepper. A bit jelly-ish texture but with the potatoes and sauce you don’t think about it. Absolutely delicious.
👩🏻🌾🐟 In Finland we eat lutfisk exactly like that, too! Either you love it or you don't. I love it!
I never liked lutfisk when I was little, but I learned to appreciate it more the older I got. :)
Living in the north of Norway, there is 0 hours of daylight in the winter here, but around 4 hours of twilight. It really gets quite exhausting to live without sun for two months each year.
It is not true that you can see aurora every night, it is more like a few nights a month, and in the summer the sun is up 24/7 so no visible aurora.
Great reaction!So cool that you are going to Norway!😄
I myself am a Swede in Jämtland, and while I have seen northern lights before even where I live, it has been so rare that I didn't even learn to recognize them until I began high school. However, when I worked in Norway for 4 years, I noticed during the winter how the Northern Lights seem to happen almost every night.
It depends on which latitude you live, maybe you were further north in Norway. It also depends on how strong the solar winds are. I lived in Jämtland a few years and saw them almost every week.
You have to hear John Cleese's story about how Americans eat. That story is amazing. :)
About eating etiquette, it's the french way of eating. At home, who cares, I could eat with my hands if I wanted to. xD But whenever you're eating out in any ordinary restaruant, it's very important to use your knife and fork, even if you eat pizza or hamburger. xD In Sweden, at least. :P
I think it's the old French aristocratic way to eat. People don't eat that way in France today. Also, you use both pieces of cutlery to work them as a team. The knife cuts and scoops, the fork holds and carries. Almost everyone I know do this all the time, because it's efficient and precise, not because of manners.
You said “swim”… that, too! Norwegians who can’t swim are rare, I think! But skiing as well. Most Norwegians know how to do both 😊
Been 5 weeks there. Funny way To eat. If there is Meat etc it is cut To pieces and then just fork on the right hand and knife is useless. Seen some vids how US peoples are amazed cos european Kids even use both.
(Lut)efisk is treated with lye. Lut =lye. Lye is a component in soap, and in the old days we got it from washing it out of the ashes of burned hardwood. the fish is put in the lye solution until it reaches a jello consistency. I never tried it and probably won't.
I am a Norwegian and I hate skiing! BTW, eating the American way reminds me of how a child would eat their food. It is NOT just the older generation that eats with a knife and fork, it is the adults that eat that way, in my country!
3:18 The guy did a kinda poor job explaining Lutefisk, which is understandable, cause the actual preparation is insane. It's white fish that has been preserved in lye (which is toxic), which is what makes the meat itself jiggly like gelatin. It then gets rinsed before you salt it (to draw out moisture to make it less jiggly) and cook it. It's usually served with bacon, mustard sauce, and whatever vegetables you want (broccoli and potatoes are common).
It's very popular among older generations, and an acquired taste for younger generations, but mostly because it's not easy to prepare it in a way that makes it... well, appetizing. Personally, I love it, but I personally suck at preparing it.
UK sold their oil to companies as you said, Norway taxes oil companies per barrle of oil instead.
at 78 percent no less,and they are still here,winning.
The saying goes that «Norwegians are born with skis on their feet!», BUT in reality there are many Norwegians that doesn’t really care for skiing, so you wouldn’t be very different if you don’t like or can ski! So take it easy, nobody’s going to force you to go skiing! You may get an invitation though… 😉🤗❤
I think you find a lot of Norwegians and Swedes around the meditereanean. Greece, Mallorca, Canary islands... I think Norwegians holiday in-country a bit more than other Nordics.
The wages are higher in Norway, but so are unfortunately prices too.
Lutefisk is made from dried cod (cod that has been cleaned and parted in a spesific way and hung to dry by the coast). The dried cod is then soaked in cold/iced water which is repeatedly changed for a 6-7 days until rehydrated. Then the cod is transferred to a lye bath for two days. Lut means lye. It swells the fish a bit. Then it needs to be watered out again for another 4-5 days in water like the first part of the process, to remove the lye. The whole process typically takes 10-12 days, so obviously most people buy this product ready made from the shops. But the gelatinous jello type deal is due to the lye treatment. A lot of people enjoy it, but not all Norwegians do. Personally I give it a hard pass. I normally really like fish, but the consistency kills it for me.
Every Norwegian knows how to ski, yet not all Norwegians chooses to ski
you should travel to Oslo on the 17 May, but it is possible that there will be snow in large parts of Norway around the 17. just so you know😁😇
Cheers from Norway, love your reactions. The reason we have high saleries in Norway is part of an agreement between LO, YS, and NHO. It has nothing to do with the oil. If you want to know more about why Norwegians are rich, you should really watch a youtube clip called: "Rich&Equal" - Norwegian TV show "This Is Norway" s01e04 w/English subtitles
Bullshit.... Norway and the oil gives high salery... Just look at repair cost at the VW dealer in Norway compared to Sweden.
#5.44 i would recommend Tromsø, Norway to see the northern lights!
1:05 Yes Dwayne, and the same wery much goes for swimming to I would say 😂 (atleast if your borne here.. )
Spaine and the Canary Islands are number one for us as far as I know.. many other popular contrys tho ofc
We have dirty cities, poverty, corrupt government like many other places. There is a strong "camaraderie" among our politicians. According to our own statistic central bureau, only the top 10 percent control 53 percent of the total net wealth in Norway. There is a large gap between the wealthy and average worker, something that is historically abnormal in our country. Anyways I just wanted to give some insights and of course every country has it's cons and pros :)
Compared to most other countries it alot better but yeah not perfect. And its hotten worse the last 10 years imo
The Americans need to Eat fast so they can get back to work
we have a longer eating tradition in europe,and it is a tradition that has been passed down for hundeds of years.
Not all Norwegians eat lutefisk, I don't, and it has never ever been served in my home, not at parrents as a child nor have I served it as an adult. For Christmas day, in my family we usually eat Rudolf, or rein deer.
we are only allowed to use a maximum of 4% of the dividend from the oil fund each year. the rest is reinvested in new shares. the rest of the government's income comes from taxes and duties.
I'm 39, lived in Norway all my life and I hate skiing. To the point I only ski once every like three years because being guilt tripped into it on family trips. I'm so bad I basically can't go down hill at anything more than a very slight angle. Flat cross country or upwards is fine though, it's just so incredibly boring and uncomfortable. It's definitely not the norm but we exist.
GB and Norway are pretty mush the same.. Love det english culture!
No, our areas are nice because we, the people, keep it nice. English and American cities were all nice at some point in time, but you, the people, let it degrade. Can't count on daddy government for every little thing, the change starts with you
First we Americans cut up anything that needs to be cut, then we eat. Hilariously, you just said that as I was writing! We’re clearly barbarians. 😂🤣
Not barbareings, you just eat like children.
I'm norwegian, and find lutefisk absolutely disgusting. It's an whole ordeal to prepare it. Firstly, it's made of dryfish, therefore lutefisk is most common traditional for the northern parts of Norway, sine they have the climatic conditions for drying fish. Dryfish is made by hanging prepared cod outside on some stand in february whwn the weather is cold, and dry it until may. After that continued drying indoors for 2-3 months. Dryfish is a conservation method that have been used to keep norwegians alive for centuries, when salt was expencive and hard to come by.
For lutefisk the dryfish is then put in water for six days, and then in lye (!!) for two days. After that in water again for ten days, and THEN 4-8 days of aeration. I'm not kidding, this is the process. All this work to create an absolutely non-edible meal.
Anyone can ski... not all can ski well.
Most people have cabins,or some of their friends have one they can use.Denmark,Sweden and over all Spain is altso fav holiday spots.I hate skiing,and pork or lamb is moore common Christmas food than lutefisk,which I will not eat.
No, *_most_* people do not have a skidstuga or sommarstuga...
@@herrbonk3635 I am Norwegian.All the people I know eigther have or have family/friend who has a cabin.And there are a great deal of cabins for rent by DNT.(the Norwegian turist association.)
5,5 mil nordmenn med 440 443 hytter og fritidsbygg i Norge pr. 2021. dvs 2 512 300 privathusholdninger\familier i Norge. = ca 1 hytte pr. hver femte familie. mest i verden. + en drøss av leie hytter,som DNT.
Don’t eat lutefisk. It’s just strange
Americans have brought us so much great comedy, like the way they eat, hilarious...
the Americans have the fork in their right hand. but when they have to use the knife, they move the fork to the left and take the knife to the right to cut off a piece. then the fork goes back in the right hand to then put the food in the mouth. looks strange when they do that. think it comes from the French nobility in the 19th century. They probably thought it was nice to eat like that
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Americans cut up their before because its from the wild west days. You need your hand on the gun for the most amount of time
Come to Oslo, it can sure be dirty...
The thing about picking up trash has to be a joke.
I've never seen a fellow norwegian do that if they aren't being watched.
I have. 😉🇳🇴
👩🏻🌾🗑️🗑️ That Norwegians don't pick up trash - that's odd. I'm sure that they do! Here in Finland, you see people doing that quite often! Of course, those who do are mostly middle-aged women...
@@Gittas-tube The middle-aged women might do it I guess. I do personally, but I rarely see anyone doing it.
I mean, there's a reason we have people hired to pick trash up off the streets. They wouldn't have a job if people didn't litter.
When I pick up after my dog, I'll always pick up any litter within reach at the same time. There's usually at least a cigarette butt or a snus close by. Might as well since I have the bag on my hand, right?
@@basstrammel1322That's great! :D
Hello, Dwayne! About the use of knife and fork, you're doing it perfectly even up to how you scoop up food on the BACKSIDE of the fork. But you should NOT scoop up the food in the 'cradle' part of your fork while holding it in your left hand and putting that into your mouth! Instead, for those last bits on your plate, you should imitate the Americans and put your knife aside (usually in the 10 o'clock position on the rim of your plate) then scoop up or stab the last bits using your fork in your right hand (if you're righthanded).
Also, when you're done eating, you should place your knife and fork in the 5 o'clock position on the plate to signal that you've finished. They should be placed nicely together, knife to the right of the fork, with the knive's sharp edge inwards facing the fork.
In France, the forks are placed with the pegs downward on the table cloth, when laying the table.
There are good reasons for all these rules. For instance, in the olden days, knives were sharp, as were fork pegs, and the rules were there to prevent people from cutting themselves or poking themselves in the eye.
As to scooping up the food in the fork held in your left hand, not only does it look very awkward, but you need a lot of elbow room (inconveniencing your neighbour) to bring the fork to your mouth. 🍽️🍴
Everything usually has a meaning...
There is so much wrong information here, and this is American's who haven't met the real Norwegian's only city boy's and girl's. Don't know there thumb from there behind, most young ones (16-25 year olds) haven't even been outside their city. I want to make a video with the correct information, so they don't get the wrong info of Norwegian.
They didn't get it too wrong; they caught the essence: We Norwegians are weird!
Northern Lights. Every night?? Really?
No, that is not true.
Not northern lights all ways!
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Healthcare and vacation... We pay taxes, healthcare is not free and even though we pay taxes we still have to co-pay unless it is an emergency or planed hospital stay. The workplace take care of some of your paycheck every month so when it is time for the 3 weeks vacation you still have a paycheck (usually that payment is in June/July), and you have little control over your taxes being payed, check your pay check calculate that it is correct. Our bureaucrats and politicians like "salting down" the "oil money" , they spend tax money on building new hospitals that can take in fewer patients than the old ones, contemplate on how to build new "things" so long that the price quadruples and send plenty out of the country. Now they have started taking from the "oil money" to fill in the "gaps" in their budget. Yeah, I have plenty to say about that species of so called humans ;) And in the north of Norway they now want to close down hospitals so that there is no emergency unit or hospital for giving birth unless you can travel for several hours.. is horrible weather as babies just want out, no matter how stormy it is outside, and there is often plenty weather in northern Norway (as here west were I live, but we have not much weather compared)
SWEDEN IS BETTER!!!
VI KAN KJØPE HELE SVERIGE OM VI VIL! 💰
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Its not😂 but sweden is great too. There is a reason why so many swedes work in Norway
@@Randomdude21-e there is also a reason why so many norwegians do their shopping in Sweden.
In what?!? 😆🇳🇴
For finding Norwegians outside Norway. i would suggest, Ayia Napa, Turkey if you want to meet young party people and Gran Canaria for all ages, mostly young couples with children and old people.
Lutfisk isn't fermented, it is stored in Lye... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk