Hi, Svein from Norway here!
I've been sneaking around this place for about a month, 'till I saw Scott Beitzels post, and thought, how rude i've been! Ty Scott^^
The proper way is always to introduce oneself when among new people. Especially when intending to stay!
So, about me then..
29yo from coast of mid- Norway, been shooting for about 8 months, and it's been traditional all the way!
Currently shooting a Samick recurve, and just started making my own arrows. Then only the bow to go^^
I've done a few posts/comments here, and I can tell this is a great and friendly community!
So, to everyone here (and there), enjoy!
Oh boy.... sounds like you've been bit by the trad bug!
Glad to meet you. You're in the right place to learn about anything you want to know about traditional bows, arrows and shooting.
Enjoy!
Welcome Svein! :wavey:
As you have already found, this is a great place to hang out :campfire:
Welcome Svein.
Hey Svein from Norway! Welcome aboard!
Hello there, good to have you.
:wavey: :campfire:
Welcome to the gang. Everyone around the world getting together with the same passion.
Welcome, Svein. My grandfather was born in Oslo and came to this country when he was 16. Nice to have another Viking aboard ship.
welcome to the gang :campfire:
Welcome Svein, great folks here and a great place to share and learn..........
Welcome Svein,a lot of great guys up here and a huge archery knowledge
Hey Svein,
I just had a thought, any input for traditional Norwegian ways to cook venison? Always interested in cultures from other countries.
Welcome to the group.Hey I was stationed in Oslo,Trondheim,and Strodal forgive me if I spelled it wrong.Good to have you here.
lpcjon2: Trondheim is where i live atm! Nice place, not to big^^ Stationed in army?
Bill Carlsen: How nice :) Lots of Norwegians moved to the US from 1880-1920s. We were a poor country back then!
Dave Bulla: We have more fish-recipies than venison, but there are a few traditional Sami (Scandinavian Eskimo) dishes.
I can try to search them up, translate, and create a new topic for them if you want! :)
Can have it ready in a couple of days!
To all other greeters, thanks :)
Welcome, my wifes people come from Halingdal on her fathers side and some other place in Norway on her mothers mothers side. My wife even speaks Norsk has lived a few years Norway on and off when she was younger and she plays the hardingfela. Not uncommon with folks around Minnesota where I live. My sons middle name comes from some realive from the 1500's in Norway from the family history. Good to have a modern day Norsk archer in our midst. My wife would like to return to Norway to live for a few years, I said only if I could become a traditional archery distributer and hunt as much as I liked! Althought using a bow for hunting is not presently allowed from what I understand. But I did hear that bowhunting for roe deer in Sweden was now being allowed? Again Welcome!!
As promised i would post when i had some more info on our traditional ways to prepare venison.
I have found a few different, though the US probobly has many similar recipies as many Norwegians emigrated to midland US in the latter half of the 19th and start of the 20th Century.
Anyway here are a few :)
Gravet Kjøtt ("Aged Meat")
Take about 1 kilo of venison, handrub it in 100 grams of sugar, 100 grams of salt, 1 teaspoon white pepper (fine grind?) and 1 teaspoon of caraway-spice, also grinded to powder.
Put it in a flat bowl and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of Akevitt/Aqua Vitae (Scandinavian caraway/potatoe spirit)
Leave it in a cold place for two days, and turn the filets twice a day..
Tørket kjøtt (Dried Meat/Jerky)
As Norway has for the last centuries, up until WW2 been a poor country, this shows in our traditional cooking :p
But as far as I can tell, our dried meat coarses are roughly the same as yours, except for some main ingredients. Traditionally, I believe, we used honey as a conservative, as well as salt, and of course, smoking the meat in elder/juniper and birch. Though our dried meats have mostly been sheep or ox. Though we have a dish called 'Smalahove', which translates to 'sheeps head', which is boiled/steamed and ate with a motherload of sidedishes. The eyes are said to be the best part, according to my ol' lady.
In more recent times, I know, dried sausages containing honey, elder and reindeer/caribou meat are more common and very tasty. But I have no recipies on those.
Grand Dinners
For the 'well off' people in old times, abundance in food made things easier and more interesting, so for dinners nowadays we have some traditional ways we use for a wide variety of products
Such as:
Brown Sauce, sauce made by melting butter til it became light brown, adding flour until the butter no longer is liquid. Then you add the juice from your roasted meats and stir like a lunatic. you must stir all the time or it will burn your pots. Depending on the amount of butter/flower bring it to a boil, and it will thicken. If it gets to thick ad more juices or water in small doses. When you are content with the thickness, stop adding liquide and boil on low heat until the taste of flour is gone.
Then you add pepper, salt, onions and if desirable, some sour-cream.
I also know of people who use dark mustard or a hint of coffe when making this sauce, and though it tastes well, it is not traditional.
Venison or steak was served with potatoes (always, mashed in broth/bullion or milk or more usually just boiled). Nowadays we also use carrots, brussel sprouts, sour-kraut and/or pea-stu! (It really is yummy ^^)
To really top it off we also use lingonberry, raw(with sugar) or cooked!
When meat was not dried or roasted, it was cooked, usually in a broth/bullion with carrots potatoes and onions, with pepper and salt.
But this is a waste of good venison nowadays! :p
If anyone has questions or comments on this, feel free to reply or message me.
Hope this was not all gibberish, and have a nice day, Svein :)
PS! I know the Sami have centuries of tradition in reindeer meat, but i have not found their recipies, sorry, but i will post if i find some, and remember this post.
Edited : some obvious typing errors
Hello Svein, and welcome to TG. Like Bill Carlsen, I also have a relative who emigrated from Norway. My great-grandfather emigrated from Stavanger. My wife and I visited a couple of years ago, but only got as far north as Bergen. What with driving over, around, and through mountains and taking ferry rides over fjords we found we couldn't cover as much country in a week as we'd hoped. It is an absolutely beautiful country however. Again, welcome. Hope you enjoy the camaraderie of "The Gang" and maybe even learn something.
We had an exchange student from Norway...I believe he lived in Trondheim at one time or another and Oslo, too. He was a great guy...Baard Vidar Petersen was his name..spelling may be off a bit. Haven't heard from him in ages. Anyways, pretty cool seeing you on here.
Welcome to the trad site that rocks!
welcome Svein,
Got to dig up some new cookbooks.
Asgeir from Moss ( 30 years ago)
Upsis, Dave Bulla- here is my take on som fantastic
tasting deer; ( this is not a Norweigian dish LOL- but made by one.
Butterfly a 3/4-1" steak cut. Insert a sliece of Rosenborg blue cheese ( or french version) pin together with tooth pick. Heat a skillet, olive oil,
brace each side (max 1 min each side)add a good plash of brandy- let is simmer - i min. a dash of whipping cream, stir and you are good to go- don,t forget a nice fat cab. from California. Closer to heaven you cant get unless you are going there.
Try it!
Welcome ! Theres alot of good stuff here !
Welcome new friend.
Glad to have you on the site. :thumbsup:
Mike Storaasli
Storaasli, sounds Norwegian ^^
Thanks for the warm welcome!
I should have added that my wife's mother's family is also from Oslo.....small world.
Yep, both sides of the family immigrated from there. Hope to visit someday. Mike
Velkommen! (welcome)
frå ein engelskmann som har had Noreg som heimen sin dei siste 11 åra!
(From an englishman who has had Norway as his home for the last 11 years!)
I live in Surnadal actually, its about two hours south west of Trondheim.
Helsing frå Nathan
:)
SveinD,
Welcome brother of the bow!
I`ll second Raminshooter
"Welcome, brother of the bow"!!! :D
Welcome Svein, as Grampa Gunns used to say" Tru da veeds, run a tousand Svedes, chased by one Norvegian (with a trad bow :bigsmyl: ).
Welcome!
Welcome Svein !!! My son just left Oslo this week and headed back to GB. He is going to school for the year in GB.
Svein - welcome
My mom has relatives who live on the same farm her grandfather ran away from. It is way up north and some of the old photos look like we dipped into the Sami gene-pool a little.
look forward to more food ideas and good Norsk opinions.
buejeger : I've been camping and fishing in Surnadal every summer from i was 8-15, both Vindøla & Brekkøy :)
Owlbait : Hehe, As far as I know, the last times Norwegians tried to chase off Swedes, our "army" ended up laying around and eating lingerberries instead of fighting :p
Doug MN : Hope he had a good time here!
To the rest of you, thanks again for the brotherly welcome! Looking forward to sharing my Norske opinions and learning a great deal!
Enjoy, Svein!
So SveinD, what is the hunting situation in your country? Can you buy a license and hunt? Do you have to go through schooling to qualify? What kinds of animals can you hunt? Just interested.
Welcome Svein.
Glad to have you join us.
QuoteOriginally posted by snag:
So SveinD, what is the hunting situation in your country? Can you buy a license and hunt? Do you have to go through schooling to qualify? What kinds of animals can you hunt? Just interested.
Bownhunting is not legal in Norway.
When you reach 14 years, you qualify to take the Hunting-exam, a multiple choice quiz.
If you plan to hunt big-game with a rifle, you also need to pass a yearly Shoothers-exam.
You need to be 18 to own any type of gun, excluding paintball and bb-guns..
Airsoft might be 16, not sure of that though..
Obtaining a gun license however, might not be the easiest thing, as the smallest mark on your crimesheet can be used against you. Also you need a valid reason to get a permit.
Lol, i remember 20 years ago our 'national guard' sent G3 assault rifles and flashbangs home with those who finished the mandatory service, but they quit doing that after some of the rifles disappeared..
Although very few accidents happened i think that was for the best..
I guess you can hunt just about every type of game, but the seasonal licenses are strictly enforced.
Also it is a shame that our government are so harsh on our local predators, such as the lynx, bear, wolverine and wolf, as their numbers are all but gone soon.. Or maybe they are migrating to Sweden, where the hogs roam^^
Welcome to the Gang, Svein! It's great to have you here. :thumbsup:
Welcome :wavey: