20 November 2006

Since you've asked...

The aforementioned "Norwegian toffee cheese" has nothing to do with cheddar. Or toffee, for that matter. It's a kind of goat cheese. Except some types haven't got goat's milk anymore... We usually call it "brown cheese", very inventive! No, I think - if you really want an explanation, go to THIS place. And I'll just mention briefly, in passing, that on average, every Norwegian eats 2 kilos (4 lbs) of this cheese every year. We eat 3-4 kilos a month in my family. Hubby rarely eats it, so that leaves about 7 kilos (?) each to the rest of us... Yummy :)

If you come over, I'll be serving waffles with brown cheese...

Oh, and the other invention? The paper clip. Really puts Norway on the map, that one ;)

2 comments:

Julie said...

Noe jeg har ment aa spoerre deg om siden du er brunost ekspert! Hvor lenge varer en brunost? Jeg spiser fremdeles paa den jeg handlet inn foer jeg dro, dvs 4 mnd.. Men det er ingen dato paa den!! Jeg har ikke blitt syk enda da :S

Anonymous said...

Yep...yum is the word. I have actually considered taking a trip to Oslo in order to buy lots of cheese. I'll let you know if I actually do this...I can then take you out for coffee and cheese. :-)