11 november 2021 | 11 minutes
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In this episode, we have looked at some traditional Norwegian desserts. The first one is called “Tilslørte bondepiker” which translates to “veiled peasant girls”. It is usually served in a glass and consists of mashed apples mixed with sugar. A layer of crumbs and sugar is put on this. To top the dessert, you add some whipped cream. The legend has it that it was Ivar Aasen who discovered the dessert. Ivar Aasen is the founder of Nynorsk, the written standard, and he lived during the 19thcentury. According to the legend, he was in love with a peasant girl who made this dessert. He tried several times to propose to her, but she declined all his approaches. Finally one day, she offered him to taste her sweets. Aasen being an eager man thought she was offering herself to him. Unfortunately for Aasen, she was talking about the dessert she was making. Immensely disappointed, Aasen called the dessert “tilslørte bondepiker” or “veiled peasant girls”. The story is almost certainly only a legend and has probably never happened.
The next dessert we shall examine is gomme. This is a Norwegian dessert made with casein separated from milk. It exists in several versions with geographical variations. It used to be eaten during Christmas in Norway, but this is less common today. However, gomme is still eaten all around the country, especially in certain parts of northern Norway, Trøndelag, and in the south and western parts of the country.
Episode’s Transcript
Heihei! In today’s episode, we will talk about Norwegian desserts. Before we do that, you can support the podcast on Patreon.1.There is a link in the description. You will find the transcript for the episode there as well. I will add some pictures of the desserts in the transcript. Now, let’s talk about Norwegian desserts!
Norske desserter
I denne episoden skal vi se på noen tradisjonelle norske desserter. Disse dessertene blir fortsatt spist i Norge, for eksempel til høytider eller til fester. La oss se på noen av de vanligste og mest kjente.
Vi begynner med tilslørte bondepiker. Tilslørt betyr noe som er dekka til med et slør som er et tynt og gjennomsiktig plagg. Navnet betyr altså ei bondejente som er dekka til med et tynt og gjennomsiktig plagg, for eksempel et brudeslør som bruden bruker i bryllup. Tilslørte bondepiker serveres ofte i glass. Man legger eplemos (altså most eple blanda med sukker) i bunden av glasset. Deretter legger man et lag med brødsmuler og sukker. På toppen er det fløtekrem.
Myten sier at det var Ivar Aasen som oppdaga tilslørte bondepiker. Ivar Aasen er mannen som laga nynorsk og levde på 1800-tallet. Han var forelska i ei jente som lagde tilslørte bondepiker. Aasen fridde mange ganger, men hun sa alltid «nei». Til slutt spurte jenta om Aasen ville smake på søtsakene hennes. Aasen trodde at det var en invitasjon til å få henne, men hun mente selvsagt desserten. Da Ivar Aasen skjønte at jenta mente desserten og ikke seg selv, blei han veldig skuffa. Han blei så skuffa at han kalte desserten for «tilslørte bondepiker». Dette er nok bare en legende som aldri har skjedd, men det er en artig historie.
Den neste retten vi skal se på er gomme. Dette er en norsk dessert laga av melk. Den lages ved å skille ut ostestoffet fra melka. Det finnes flere varianter av retten rundt omkring i Norge. Før blei den faktisk brukt som en juledessert i Norge, men det er mindre vanlig i dag. Likevel er det mange som fremdeles spiser gomme i Norge, spesielt i deler av Nord-Norge, Trøndelag, og på Sør- og Vestlandet.
Dronning Maud-pudding er en norsk dessert som består av krem og eggedosis. Krem og eggedosis blandes sammen og kombineres med flere lag av sjokolade. Man legger altså et lag med fløte og eggedosis, deretter et lag med sjokolade, og så igjen et lag med fløte og eggedosis. Dette gjør man flere ganger for å få en dessert med mange lag. Desserten blei først laga i 1906 i Haugesund da Dronning Maud og Kong Haakon var på besøk i byen. Bakeren som først laga desserten, oppkalte den etter Dronning Maud og det er grunnen til at den hetter Dronning Maud-pudding.
Trollkrem er en dessert som blir laga av tyttebær, sukker og piska egg. Det er vanlig å lage denne desserten på høsten i Norge. Grunnen til det er at man på høsten i Norge kan gå ut å plukke tyttebær. Tyttebær er røde bær som vokser på busker. Man kan plukke dem i fjellet. Trollkrem er derfor en tradisjonell norsk høstdessert.
Norwegian desserts
In this episode, we have looked at some traditional Norwegian desserts. The first one is called “Tilslørte bondepiker” which translates to “veiled peasant girls”. It is usually served in a glass and consists of mashed apples mixed with sugar. A layer of crumbs and sugar is put on this. To top the dessert, you add some whipped cream. The legend has it that it was Ivar Aasen who discovered the dessert. Ivar Aasen is the founder of Nynorsk, the written standard, and he lived during the 19th century. According to the legend, he was in love with a peasant girl who made this dessert. He tried several times to propose to her, but she declined all his approaches. Finally one day, she offered him to taste her sweets. Aasen being an eager man thought she was offering herself to him. Unfortunately for Aasen, she was talking about the dessert she was making. Immensely disappointed, Aasen called the dessert “tilslørte bondepiker” or “veiled peasant girls”. The story is almost certainly only a legend and has probably never happened.
The next dessert we shall examine is gomme. This is a Norwegian dessert made with casein separated from milk. It exists in several versions with geographical variations. It used to be eaten during Christmas in Norway, but this is less common today. However, gomme is still eaten all around the country, especially in certain parts of northern Norway, Trøndelag, and in the south and western parts of the country.
Dronning Maud-pudding, or «Queen Maud’s Pudding», is a dessert that consists of several layers of cream mixed with kogel mogel and chocolate. To make it, you add a layer of cream and kogel mogel, then a layer of chocolate, then a new layer of cream and kogel mogel. You do this until you have several layers of both. The dessert was first made in 1906 by a baker in the western town of Haugesund when Queen Maud and King Haakon visited the town. The baker named the dessert after the Norwegian queen Maud.
Trollkrem is a dessert made with cranberries, sugar, and whipped eggs. It is usually made in autumn when cranberries are ready to be picked. Many regions in Norway have strong traditions for picking cranberries, and “Trollkrem” is a dessert that comes from this.
Vocabulary:
Høytid – Holiday(s)
Tilslørt – Veiled
Slør – Veil
Gjennomsiktig – Transparent
Plagg – Garment
Brud – Bride
Bryllup – Wedding
Lag – Layer
Brødsmuler – Crumbs of bread
Å oppdage – To discover
Forelska – In love
Å fri – To propose (to get engaged)
Å smake – To taste
Skuffa – Disappointed
Artig – Fun
Å skille ut – To separate
Eggedosis – Kogel mogel
Flere ganger – Several times
Å oppkalle – To name after
Tyttebær – Cranberries
Piska egg – Whipped eggs
Å plukke – To pick/gather
Busk – Bush