A recipe for the classic Swedish Christmas ham
found on rema.no
A classic on the table in many Swedish homes on Christmas Eve.
The ham is also a sure winner on any Christmas brunch table!
Category Archives: Ham
Norwegian Christmas Ham with Egg Salad / Juleskinke med Eggesalat
A Christmas buffet classic found on tine.no
Christmas ham with egg salad is a classic on Norwegian Christmas buffets. The egg salad is also comes in handy when making Christmas tapas or for the lunch table.
Egg and Ham Sandwich with Green Sauce / Egg og Skinke Smørbrød med Grønn Saus
A delicate sandwich found in “Varme Småretter”
(Small Hot Dishes) published by Gyldendal in 1991
This dish can be served as light lunch or a small evening meal. You may want to toast the white bread slices in your toaster instead of frying them in butter in the frying pan.
Swedish Cabbage Casserole / Svensk Kålgryta
A classic Swedish dinner recipe found on godmat.org
A real autumn dish that is both cheap and easy to prepare. Very simple to convert to cabbage soup by increasing the spice, broth and water volume. If you have the time, shape the minced meat into small meatballs.
The Masterbuilder’s Pork Shops / Byggmesterkoteletter
A dinner recipe found in a special edition of “Husmorens
Kokebok” (The Housewife’s Cookbook) utgitt i 1963
This is a typical Norwegian finer dinner dish from the late fifties early sixties. Dressing up pork chops and other everyday foods when having dinner guests was high fashion at the time.
Ham Croquettes / Skinkekroketter
A lunch recipe “New Fashion Plates for Your Menu”
published by Planters Edible Oil Co in 1932
Croquettes must have been really fashionable dishes to serve back in the thirties. I have over 40 cook books from that era and almost every one of them have a recipe for some kind of croquettes. Salmon, ham, chicken, cod, rice, you name it, croquettes were made.
Ham & Asparagus Subs / Skinke og Asparges Fylte Rundstykker
A recipe for some delicious picnic subs found on BBC good food
I know autumn officially starts in a few days, but you can squeeze in a picknic or two still on sunny days. Cram individual bread rolls with quality ham, asparagus tips and lemon dressing and add to the picnic spread.
Ploughman’s Picnic Loaf / Pløyerens Piknikloff
A picnic loaf recipe found on tescorealfood.com
It is still high season for picnics here on the northern hemisphere so if the weather is agreeable there is no reason to sit down indoors to have lunch. Pack the lunch and find yourself a nice peaceful spot. Remember winter is back in just a few months – Ted
Breakfast Sandwich with Fried Egg / Frokostsmørbrød med Speilegg
A delicious breakfast idea found on meny.no
This is a sandwich perfect for a full breakfast! Buy half-baked bread and make a sandwich of fresh bread with aioli, Provence ham, finely chopped spring onions, cherry tomatoes and toped it all with a fried egg for each. Simple and fast breakfast, but very good.
Chicken Rolls Special / Kyllingrulade Spesial
A delicious lunch recipe found in “Crisco’s Good Cooking
Made Easy Cook Book” published by Procter & Gamble in 1978
Crisco is a brand of shortening produced by The J.M. Smucker Company popular in the United States. Introduced in June 1911 by Procter & Gamble, it was the first shortening to be made entirely of vegetable oil. Additional products marketed by Smucker under the Crisco brand include a cooking spray, various olive oils, and other cooking oils, including canola, corn, peanut, olive, sunflower, vegetable and blended oils
If you’re living outside the US you can get hold of Crisco
at My American Market if you want to try it in a typical
American recipe – Ted
Baked Stuffed Tomatoes / Bakte Fylte Tomater
A lunch recipe found in “60 ways to Serve Star Ham”
published by Armour Co in 1930
Text from the booklet: The only real rival of “Star” Ham is Armour’s “Star” Bacon. In uniform quality it is equally dependable for it has the same famous Fixed* Flavor. The mildness and sweetness of this choicest bacon are distinctive, As a breakfast delicacy, it is admittedly unsurpassed. Wherever finest foods are served – on dining cars, in prominent hotels and elsewhere – it is a familiar item on the menus.
Corn Pie / Maispai
A tasty pie recipe found in “Ost i Varme og Kalde Retter”
(Cheese in Hot and Cold Dishes) published by
Den Norske Bokklubb in 1988
A pie with an American touch since corn is not the most common ingredient in pies here in Scandinavia.
Chef’s Sandwich / Kokkens Sandwich
A classic sandwich recipe found in “The Quick & Eary Armour Cookbook” published by Benjamin Company/Rutledge Book
in 1980
The picnic season is drawing near even here in Norway and this recipe is well worth remembering when you pack the the late spring’s first picknic basket.
Split Pea & Ham Soup / Gul Ertesuppe med Skinke
A recipe for a warming, filling soup found on oxo.co.uk
This recipe is English, but it might just as well have been Norwegian. I’ve eaten many a bowl of soup like this in my childhood and I stil make it ever so often. You might safely say it is one of my favourite soups – Ted
Ham Hash with Poached Eggs / Hakket Skinke med Porsjerte Egg
A lunch recipe found in “60 Ways to Serve Ham” published
by Armour & Company in 1930
Armour & Company published a series of these cookbooks promoting their hams and bacon in the 1920s and 1930s, all with very artistic illustrations like this one. If you like to download this cook book in pdf format, click the title below.
