Since moving to Norway a lot of my recipes don't work out the same as they did in England but the one that was bugging me the most was my pancake recipe, they were no longer plump and fluffy mattress type affairs so I had to rethink my recipe and of course use Henrik as my taster/tester (the man has hollow legs so he never seems to gain weight) as I tried out many different types . This is our favourite one (Henrik even requested them for dinner last night) they are light and fluffy and I don't even mind the bit of salt that's in them....
p.s I can now count up to 100 in Norsk (without looking at the words!)
I had that problem transferring a muffin recipe from Germany to England - I simply forgot that the normal butter here is salted so all muffins turned out more savoury. And cream is always a tricky one...found that out the hard way after trying 20minutes to whip single cream...but the pancake on the photo looks great and makes me hungry :-)
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Did you figure out what the problem was in your old pancake recipe? That looks like a really classic American recipe, only we usually use buttermilk (labeled surmelk or kulturmelk)- if you let the batter sit for 30 minutes before frying your cakes, they always turn out fluffy and nice!
ReplyDeleteAslo- I couldn't help but notice Henrik wearing shorts. Your house must be significantly warmer than ours since I'm constantly wearing slippers and have icicle fingers.
Hi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteNice to hear that you improve your Norwegian. The first foreign language is the most difficult one, the second, third, rtc. are easier......! We non English spoken have the advantage to start with English, which is a fairly easy language compared with most others. So it is more difficult for you....
I am always studying languages. I have just had Dutch friends here for a month and they want to come back nest winter (FOR MUCH LONGER TIME), so I have a good excuse to improve my Dutch even more, and I have also been
"sniffing" on Japanese and Russian, just because thery are so different.... There are a lot of free language courses on internet, IN ALL languages, you may also find one in Norwegian which can be used as a supplement to your classes!
Sun, blue sky and 27C+ here today.
Best wishes to both -
Janecke
haha, you're good! obs; kan jeg så godt skrive på dansk? ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Siri! I worked out I was putting in too much milk, making the mixture too thin and runny, I had also left out the salt and melted butter in order to make them "healthier" !!! Plus Im not able to find self raising flour here like in England and I was using too little baking powder! So, all in all lots of things were wrong!
ReplyDeleteYes,Henrik is wearing shorts as our home is soooooooo hot! We never have to wear slippers (which is annoying cause I see so many nice sheepskin pairs here!)Infact in the evening we have to turn off all the radiators apart from the hallway one in order to cool the flat down for bedtime! (Also our heating costs are included in the rent!)Every so often we have to go and open the door and stand outside in order to cool down! (I feel bad saying all this if your place is cold!)
Hi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteNice to hear that you improve your Norwegian. The first foreign language is the most difficult one, the second, third, rtc. are easier......! We non English spoken have the advantage to start with English, which is a fairly easy language compared with most others. So it is more difficult for you....
I am always studying languages. I have just had Dutch friends here for a month and they want to come back nest winter (FOR MUCH LONGER TIME), so I have a good excuse to improve my Dutch even more, and I have also been
"sniffing" on Japanese and Russian, just because thery are so different.... There are a lot of free language courses on internet, IN ALL languages, you may also find one in Norwegian which can be used as a supplement to your classes!
Sun, blue sky and 27C+ here today.
Best wishes to both -
Janecke
Linda- Yes, you could write in Danish because it's easier to understand than listening to Danish!
ReplyDeleteI did have the same problem when I moved from Italy to the Netherlands
ReplyDeleteHmmm, love the cosy candles. Why do we burn more candles in scandinavia? I guess its the darkness of course. So lovely though.
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