ombugge
April 15, 2026, 9:22pm
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Trollstigen (The Troll road) will soon open for traffic:
The Trollstigen road has been plowed through, and only finishing touches remain before it can open for the season.
Control engineer Dag Christian Ugseth says in a press release that the crew has made it all the way through the section and is now starting the final work.
Source: Vegen snart klar for opning - smp.no
I prefer the piano wire type cheese cutters.
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ombugge
April 16, 2026, 10:15am
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Could that be because you have never tried a Norwegian cheese slicer?
ombugge
April 16, 2026, 10:22am
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Ålesund in the late 1930s:
Photo by Solveig Nybøen. Posted by:
Burning John Cole
Text: "A very old photo that my great-grandmother Solveig Nybøen took in Ålesund either in the late 1930s or early 1940s.!"
Same today:
ombugge
April 16, 2026, 1:48pm
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Anybody here who have tried “Smalahove” (Sheeps head)?:
Link:
Authentic Norwegian Smalahove smoked sheep's head recipe - SY Selkie
If not, here is a detailed description from Quora:
David Tuffley
It’s a nutritious winter dish – one that tastes better than it looks in pictures.
But how does it taste? The meat itself, especially the cheek, is considered the best part. It’s rich, fatty, and very flavorful—somewhere between slow-roasted lamb and something more smoky and intense. It falls off the bone easily. The ear is chewy and gristly. The skin, softened by the long cooking time, carries most of the smoky flavor. It has a gelatinous consistency that some love, while others find off-putting. The eye is soft, mild, and fatty, with a texture similar to a poached egg yolk.
And then there’s the brain. It’s usually spooned straight out of the skull and has a mild, creamy, almost buttery flavor with virtually no gamey flavor.
Today, however, the consumption of sheep brain has become far less common due to concerns about prion diseases – from the same family as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease). In some places, it is actively discouraged. Today, many Norwegians who still eat smalahove omit the brain.
Smalahove recalls a time when people suffered from hunger in the winter. The dish utilizes the entire slaughtered sheep, and people were grateful for the sheep’s sacrifice.
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Oh we have two. One made inJapan the other Rosfrei, Norwegian?
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