Re: Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [2]

by Norc Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:01 pm

my dad is freaking amazingly awesome.

by Norc Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:48 pm

http://satwcomic.com/sour-and-sweet <-- i love this page Very Happy

(scandinavia and the world seen as people)
Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [2] - Page 25 Sour-and-sweet

by Norc Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:49 pm

also, they're all based on actual happenings, there are small descriptions underneath Smile

by Norc Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:51 pm

Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [2] - Page 25 Sports-are-not-for-sissies

(also, denmark is the most accepting country, first out with gay laws and all that)

by Norc Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:55 pm

Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [2] - Page 25 Part-of-the-gang

description wrote:Scotland has talked about wanting to become a Nordic country, so the Nordics can be a bit protective of him...

by Norc Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:04 pm

Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [2] - Page 25 Name-calling

description wrote:So, Ikea naming doormats and other floor things after Danish places is indeed a thing that happened. The Danes complained it meant Swedes wanted to walk all over Danes, but the Swedes brushed it off saying it meant Swedes considered the Danes robust and someone to count on.

One day the Swedes and Danes will stop acting like children, but today is not that day. XD

by Norc Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:13 pm

this one is spot on considering the amount of danes in tv-shows and movies lately.
Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [2] - Page 25 Notice-me

Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [2] - Page 25 Notice-me

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:18 pm

I like those! Laughing

by Eldorion Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:07 pm

I've read Scandinavia and the World for a couple years, but unfortunately a lot of them go over my head until I read the descriptions.

by Norc Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:53 am

Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [2] - Page 25 Nordics-like-fish

(for context sort of http://satwcomic.com/nordics-like-fish )

by Eldorion Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:34 am

Even without context: Laughing

by David H Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:04 pm

Ummm...I know it's for sale. I've seen the tins with the bulging tops (for those who don't know, when raw fish rots it makes a putrid gas which pressurizes the can and sprays nastiness when you try to open it).

But WHY do people eat it????

Can somebody please explain? affraid

by Norc Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:09 pm

it's good

by David H Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:36 pm

No.

(I suppose you're a gammel-ost lover too. :facepalm:

)

by Norc Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:39 pm

actually i haven't tried gammel-ost.. i have only tried rakfisk.. and that was ok...

by Bluebottle Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:46 pm

Do we actually eat that here? scratch

I thought it was just the Swedish.

We do have rakfisk, but I actually think that's rather good. And it isn't really rotten.

Surströmming (what the sweds eat) looks a bit more daunting though. Shocked

by David H Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:55 pm

Bluebottle wrote:
We do have rakfisk, but I actually think that's rather good. And it isn't really rotten.

Call me overly cautious if you like, but if anybody serves me food and feels they need to explain that "it isn't really rotten", I may have to excuse myself.... pale

by Bluebottle Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:15 pm

Well, I'm no rakfisk expert. Laughing

It's salted and fermented, not left to rot. It's actually a way of preserving it, so kind of the opposite. And it's surprisingly good.

What that Sweedish thing really is though, I have no idea. Shocked

by David H Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:48 pm

I should probably be a little more serious and say that I grew up around fishing boats and worked for 10 summers in a salmon cannery in Alaska, so I have a nose that can identify many different fragrances of fermentation and decay in fish. Probably because of that, I believe that fish is best when it's fresh. To me that means hours rather than days old.

I recognize that there are many cultures that enjoy those smells and tastes, exactly like strong cheeses. In coastal Asia they make fermented fish sauces that are highly prized and put in everything the way some people use salt. They say it whets the appetite....

I can eat it if I'm starving, but I would much rather miss a meal or two. Better to just buy fruit at the public market.

by Norc Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:52 pm

hahaha, aw, dave Wink

the food traditions in norway are mainly based on how to preserve food for months and it still being edible, and by edible i mean not deadly.

by Norc Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:53 pm

also, did u hear about the story of a norwegian guy, i think it was in brittain, who wanted to serve rakfisk, and the neighbours called the cops because they thought he had killed something...

by David H Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:27 pm

I know a story of a Vietnamese family who had helped the Americans during the war, and were escaping to America for their own protection as the US Army withdrew. They were only allowed one bag for their possessions, and in that bag they carefully packed several bottles of fermented fish sauce, the finest they could buy.

But when they arrived at the air force base and the father went to reclaim their bag, there were dozens of angry people swearing and complaining about the putrid stench that was all over everything. It seems one of the bottles had broken and soaked other people's luggage as well.

The poor man was too ashamed to reclaim his bag, so he just left it there on the carrousel, and led his family into a strange new country with nothing but the clothes they were wearing.....

It was funny and heartbreaking at the same time to hear him tell the story years later.

by Norc Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:44 pm

that's so sad...

by David H Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:46 pm

Yes. If it doesn't come through in my telling of his story, I'd like to say that this was a very brave and honorable man. Honest, and Proud in the best sense of the word.

But a man who clearly had a love of fermented fish....

by Bluebottle Sun Feb 23, 2014 4:45 pm

This wont make all that much sense to most of you, but I always loved this paragraph. (From Peer Gynt.)

(Pinseaften. Inne på storskogen. Lengre borte, på en rydningsplass, en hytte med reinsdyrhorn over dørgavlen.)

(Peer Gynt er sulten og kryper langs bakken og samler jordløk.)

PEER: Jordløk! Det er ikke særlig til å bli mett av. Og jeg som skulle bli keiser. (Holder opp en løk foran seg.) Peer! Du er ingen keiser. Du er en løk! Og nå skal jeg skrelle deg. (skreller løken.) Det er bare lag på lag. Kommer ikke kjernen fram snart? (plukker hele løken opp.) Neiggu' om den gjør. Til det innerste indre er alt sammen lag, bare mindre og mindre.