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Norwegian BreakfastOh, no - not fish again. You can find fish in all kinds of shapes and sauces. Like sardines in tomato sauce; in mustard sauce; in oil and spices. You must be kidding, smoked salmon (we call it røkt laks), for breakfast?  Open Face Smoked Salmon Sandwich Yes, and ansjos, that is whole brisling in wine and herb sauce. More fish? Yes, you can find cocktail biter (bite-size brisling fillets) in wine and spices, pickled herring (sursild), smoked sild, smoked white fish; caviar (kaviar), shrimp, crab meat and smoked eel, the list is almost endless. Sliced hardboiled eggs have to accompany cocktail biter, "u no", if you are norsk, that is. Don't laugh, but I like my sliced, hardboiled eggs with Norwegian kaviar, (and that is the correct spelling)...delish. Oh, by the way, many Germans visit Norway every year, I think they like our fish and blueberries, not together, and of course, our beautiful nature. Brag - brag! Back to Norwegian breakfast talk...you can have eggs cooked to order and bacon (that would be røkt flesk, also called bacon in Norwegian). Often times the bacon is not smoked and is called flesk, as far as I am concerned that's even better. So, you would like fried potatoes early in the morning? That would be a problem. Absolutely not! Not in Norway! On the other hand, if you would like potatoes for dinner, you are definitely in luck. Can't have dinner in Norway without potatoes. How about pancakes or waffles for breakfast? Nope - no chance and dry cereals are not that popular for breakfast either. Surprise, surprise! - The Vikings eat tomatoes and sliced fresh cucumbers (the English kind), fresh sweet, red or green peppers, pickled beets and sweet pickled cucumbers for breakfast. Yep, and of course, you'll find delicious jams and jellies on the Norwegian breakfast table along with yummy breads of all kinds.I especially like the healthy wholegrain breads. Lean and delicious Jarlsberg Cheese (left) For sure you will find brunost (brown cheese) and kvitost (white cheese) There are a variety of brown and white cheeses. Jarlsberg are one of my favorites. But there are many delicious cheeses such as Norwegia, Gouda, nøkkelost, pultost, etcetera. In addition, you will find a number of cream cheeses.  Kremost med Urter Cream cheese with herbs Some of these cheeses are made with shrimp or crab meat and some are made with herbs. - Yum. Your Viking host or hostess might even shock you with aromatic Gammelost. That was my grandma's favorite cheese. She brought it with her well wrapped in an airtight container (I wondered why?) when she came to visit us. stink - stink. I couldn't believe that she could eat it.
I could tell you more about Norwegian cheese, but I am running out of space here. But why not hop over to Norway for breakfast? So you think these Norwegians Vikings are a strange bunch, right? I agree with you and I am one of them. Better come hungry to the Norwegian breakfast table cause you'll find, oh yeah, delicious servelat, salami and sandwich meats of all kinds. They might treat you to sausage made from lamb called fårepølse, which is fantastically yummy; thinly sliced ham (skinke), syltaflesk, mør, lammerull and more. What else would you possibly want anyway? Doesn't it seem that "the Norskes" have their lunch for breakfast? He-he "What about LUTEFISK"??? No, now you are going too far, you will not find lutefisk at the Norwegian breakfast table, but you might find lefse and småbrød. Foodpage after Norwegian Breakfast
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Have you heard that you'll find all kinds of scrumptious cheeses at the Norwegian breakfast table? 
