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Some Norwegian foods and dishes:
akevitt: the national drink, made from potatoes, often flavoured with herbs and spices, drunk icecold in small quantities
bankebiff: beef sautéed in butter, simmered in bouillon, served with diced potato
benløse fugler: beef olives in piquant sauce
biff à la Lindstrøm: minced beef, beetroor, potato, vegetables, shaped in patties, fried, served with fried onions and piquant cream sauce
biskopskake: cake with almonds and raisins
bløtkake: rich layered sponge cake
cardinalsuppe: diced ham soup with noodles and cream
ertesuppe: pea soup with bacon, pork and onions
fenalår: cured, smoked or salted mutton, dried and hung
fiskeboller: fishballs in white shrimp sauce
fiskegrateng: fish soufflé
fiskepudding: flaked fish in white sauce
fisk på fat: fried or baked fish in sauce or sour cream
fiskesuppe: fish soup
flatbrød: thin barley or rye wafers
fleskepannekake: pancakes with pork
fløteost: cream cheese
fløtemysost: cheese made from cow milk and cream
fløtevafler: waffles with cream and cloudberries or jam
får i kål: lamb and cabbage stew with potato dumplings
gammelost: strong extra mature semisoft blue-veined grainy cheese
Gudbrandsdalost: slightly sweet cheese, made from cow and goat milk
geitost: goat milk whey cheese, sweetish
gløgg: grog made with cinnamon, raisins, almonds, ginger, cloves, cardamom, other spices and juice
gravlaks: cured salmon, stored under pressure in the dark, served with dill and salt
hjortetakk: type of doughnut
hvalkjøtt: whalemeat, popular in Northern Norway
hveteboller: sweet rolls with cinnamon and raisins
høns med ris: chicken and seasoned rice
Jarlsberg ost: semi-hard cheese with holes
julekake: Christmas cake with raisins, angelica, candied peel, cinnamon and butter, sometimes with beer
kaffekringle: coffee flavoured bread ring
karbonade: patties of minced meat, sometimes in pastry
kjøttpudding: minced meat casserole
korintekake: raisin cake
kringle: pretzel, yeast cake with raisins and frosting
kryddersild: soused herring with spices
krumkake: sweet wafer
kumler: potato dumplings
kålruletter: cabbage leaves stuffed with minced meat
lapskaus: thick stew of diced or minced beef or pork with potatoes, onions and other vegetables
lefse: thin potato pancake with cheese or brawn
lumpe: thick potato pancake
lutefisk: cod soaked in lye until glutinous, served with white sauce and potato
mandelstenger: almond cake
medisterkake: minced pork patty
multer: cloudberries
mysost: brown goat milk whey cheese
mølje: cod liver and molasses
nypete: rosehip tea
nøkkelost: semi-hard cheese with caraway seeds or cloves and salt
nøtteterte: layer cake with nut filling
omelett med frukt: omelette with bananas or pineapple
pinnekjøtt: pork cooked over birch or juniper twigs
pinneribbe: mutton ribs cooked over birch or juniper twigs
plommegrøt med fløtemelk: plum puré with cream
plukkfisk: dried cod or haddock cooked in white sauce
potetkake: potato pancake
prinsessekake: marzipan-covered sponge cake with whipped cream
pultost: soft, sometimes fermented, cheese with caraway seeds
rakørret: salted trout stored under pressure
raspeboller: potato dumplings
risengrynslapp: rice pancake
rull: roast beef marinated with spices
rype: ptarmigan with cream sauce and cowberries
rømmegrøt: sour cream porridge
sildeboller: herring balls
smalahovud: sheep’s head singed, smoked and boiled (you eat the cheeks, tongue and eyes)
snøfrisk: cream cheese with 80% goat milk
soddesuppe: barley broth with vegetables and meatballs (elk or moose)
spekemat: smoked, salted or dried meat (beef, mutton, pork, reindeer) with scrambled egg and chives
stektgeitekilling: roast goat kid
sursild: pickled herring
sylteflesk: pressed spiced rolled pork
tilslørte bondepiker: bread and butter pudding or apple crumble with chocolate topping and whipped cream
torsketunger: cod tongues served with melted butter
Trondhjemsuppe: dessert with barley grains, raisins, prunes, cinnamon, sour cream, blackberry juice
viltsaus: cream sauce with game bouillon
vørtekake: spice cake
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