Norwegian Sausage Salad / Pølsesalat

A quick and easy salad recipe found in “Cappelens Kokebok” (Cappelen’s Cook Book) utgitt i 1991

Since we Norwegians are crazy about sausages of any kind, it is
not surprising that we use them in salads as well, like here.

Homemade Norwegian Christmas Sausages / Hjemmelaget Julepølse

An old-fashioned recipe for Norwegian Christmas sausages found on meny.no

Making home-made Christmas sausages like these is easier than you think! With this good old-fashioned recipe you will make sausages that tastes amazing. Enjoy them even in the weeks before Christmas. You can make them well in advance, they freeze very well.

Frankfurter Pie / Pølsepai

A sausage pie recipe found in “Minikokebok – Pølser”
(Mini Cook Book – Sausages) a booklet published by
the Norwegian Information Office for Meat

Norwegians are crazy about sausages of any kind so that we got
recipes here for frankfurter pie should in no way surprise anyone – Ted

Apple and Sauerkraut Sausage Skillet / Eple, Sauerkraut og Pølse Panne

A guick German type dinner recipe found in
“The Quick & Eary Armour Cookbook” published by
Benjamin Company-Rutledge Books in 1980

Bratwürst, sauerkraut and apples. It doesn’t get much
more German than that.

German PotatoSoup / Tysk Potetsuppe

A traditional German soup recipe found in“Kulinarisk Pass”
(Culinary Passport) published by Tupperware in 1970

The Germany cuisine has evolved as a national cuisine through centuries of social and political change with variations from region to region. Some regions of Germany, like Bavaria and neighbouring Swabia, share dishes with Austrian and parts of Swiss cuisine.

Sausages with Mustard Mash and Red Onion Gravy / Pølser med Sennepsmos og Rødløksaus

Classic British comfort food found on goodhousekeeping.com

There’s nothing better than a hearty plate of comfort food on a rainy late summer day. That’s why you will love this triple-tested sausage and mash recipe which is not only quick but cheap to make!

Sausage Omelette Variations / Pølseomelettvariasjoner

4 recipes for sausage filled omelettes found in “Mini Kokebok –
Pølser” (Mini Cook Book – Sausages) published by the
Norwegian Information Office for Meat

Traditional Swedish Cabbage Soup / Tradisjonell Skånsk Kålsuppe

A traditional recipe from Sweden’s southernmost landscape found in “Carl Butlers Kokebok – Fortsettelsen” (Carl Butler’s Cook Book – The Continuance) published by Cappelen in 1991

Nordic cookbook history was written in 1974. That year a bunch of Swedish foodie friends published a cookbook that would become one of Scandinavia’s most popular, Carl Butler’s Cookbook. With folded corners, patches of pie dough, tomato sauce and French mustard and an unmistakable scent of herbal spices and garlic it can be found in hundreds of thousands of Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian homes. The book put for the first time coq au vin, moussaka and paté on our tables.

For all Scandinavians who like me love that cook book it took 17 years before we could hurry to the book shops to buy the continuance. It was simply called “Carl Butler’s Kokebok – Fortsettelsen” (Carl Butler’s Cook Book – The Continuance). This recipe is from that book – Ted

Sausage with Curried Apples / Pølse med Karriepler

A quick and simple lunch recipe found in “Mini Kokebok – Pølser” (Mini Cook Book – Sausages) a free booklet
published by the Norwegian information Office for Meat

This simple dish based on only 5 ingredients; Sausages, cheddar, apples, leeks and curry are made in no time and looks as
delicious as it tastes.

Bean Soup Jókai Style / Bønnesuppe Jókai Style

A soup recipe found in “Flavours of Hungary Recipes”
a free E-book publiched by the Hungarian
Agricultural Marketing Centre in 2009

Proper ingredients are necessary but not sufficient for full success. The Hungarian “art de la table” does not only cover the ingredients but also the method of preparation. The special flavours of the traditional Hungarian cuisine are produced by the combination of tasty ingredients of excellent quality with their specific mode of preparation.

Potato Soup with Smoked Sausages / Potetsuppe med Røkte Pølser

A recipe for a hearty soup found in “Supper og Sauser” (Soups
and Sauces) published by Hjemmets Kokebokklubb in 1980

One can find different recipes for soups like this throughout Scandinavia. In the old days, soup was often the only thing one could afford to make so it was important that it was hearty. The smoked sausages could be exchanged with cheap cuts of meat or poultry. Or in hard times, be left out completely, leaving the potatoes to save the day.

Italian Sausage Mould / Italiensk Pølseform

A recipe from the free booklet “Mini Kokebok – Pølser”
(Mini Cook Book – Sausages) published by the
Norwegian Meat Information Office

It’s a myth that dishes baked in the oven are harder to cook than other dishes. The fact is that once you have completed the preparation, the dish makes itself. Sausages also have the advantage that they are quickly done. As you see, you have good reasons and try cooking sausages this way.

A cookbook featuring nothing but sausage recipes is the most natural
thing here in Norway, we eat the stuff like we’re afraid they’ll all
mysteriously disappear from the shop shelves over night

Ted

Hungarian Bean Soup / Ungarsk Bønnesuppe

A quickly cooked dinner found in “Mat for Travle” (Food for
Busy People) published by Hjemmets Kokebokklubb in 1982

Hungarian bean soup is filling dinner and it is cooked in no time.

British Fry-Up / Britisk Fry-Up

A real classic British breakfast recipe found in a booklet published by gilde.no

It was somewhat strange to find such an utter British dish in a booklet from a Norwegian meat supplier, but so what. I’m a real sucker for a solid breakfast and always go for the full english when in Britiain. Continental is for sissies – Ted  😉

One-Pan English Breakfast / Pannestekt Engelsk Frokost

A quick breakfast recipe found on BBCgoodfood

This combines all the best ingredients of a traditional English breakfast in one frying pan, with no need to chop anything.