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Waffle Thursday...

Friday, 2. October 2009, 15:13:27

...on a Friday.
Waffles are huge in Norway. I don't mean they're physically huge (although you might get that impression from the picture below), but a lot of people enjoy them and I don't think I've met somebody who can't make waffles.
I remember the waffles I had as a kid... We didn't have them very often, but when we did, I would only powder them with cinnamon and some sugar :yum:.
Nowadays, when we're blessed with waffles at work every Thursday, but no cinnamon, I've had to re-think my topping which has resulted in a small amount of strawberry jam crowning them.

Many Norwegians, however, put all kinds of different things on their waffles. Extra butter, sour cream and brown cheese are probably the most common things.
I have a colleague who enjoys mixing all that together.
Here's the waffle she had yesterday:

On the top two hearts theres a touch of sour cream on a bed of strawberry jam. On the bottom two hearts there's brown cheese covering some more strawberry jam.

So... Do you eat waffles often? And what do you have on yours?

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garlingmatthews # 2. October 2009, 15:14

Waffles

Cream and jam, though Bo was my waffle maker

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 15:17

I think cream and jam is more common in Sweden. :yum:
Bo?

Spaggyj # 2. October 2009, 15:18

Eww. Jam and weird sweet cheese

. It's like Americans who put syrup on their eggs and meat as well as their pancakes

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I don't like waffles.. Only potato waffles

garlingmatthews # 2. October 2009, 15:21

Bo, my ex's dad, currently in hospital, unlikely to go home.

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 15:22

I've tried brown cheese twice (or 1,5 times - the first time is was just an itsy-bitsy piece) and it won't happen again anytime soon.
I guess I'll never be a good Norwegian... (

)

Potato waffles? That, I haven't heard of. Do they look the same?

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 15:23

Ouch, first the mother, and now the father... Sorry to hear that, Gavin.

Furie # 2. October 2009, 15:23

*drools* I'll have mine with fudge sauce and mini marshmallows please.

Spaggyj # 2. October 2009, 15:25

Almost - they actually have holes in though. Wait a sec, I'll find a picture!

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 15:26

Can't help with your fudge sauce, but I do have some mini marshmallows all the way from UK left

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Do you sprinkle them on top, or fold the waffle so they sort of melt?

Spaggyj # 2. October 2009, 15:26

Here

. So, does this cheese taste sweet and cheesy at the same time?

garlingmatthews # 2. October 2009, 15:27

Thanks, Rose. It's my ex I feel for.

Potato waffles aren't in the same league, probably shouldn't be on the same planet

Spaggyj # 2. October 2009, 15:28

Oi, I love those things

sweet waffles are an abomination!

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 15:29

Thinks Kimsie! They look like Belgian waffles so now I'm curious about how they taste. I don't think I've ever seen potato waffles!

Gavin - better or worse?

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 15:30

I should clarify I mean the potato waffles, not your feelings towards your ex

Spaggyj # 2. October 2009, 15:30

They're to be eaten with savoury food only!

garlingmatthews # 2. October 2009, 15:30

Not anything like as good. That said, I have a serious sweet tooth.

Furie # 2. October 2009, 15:32

One in every second hole after toasting the waffle, then microwave for a few seconds then top with fudge sauce. It's so deliciously wrong.

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 15:34

Kimmie - So it's like a side dish?

Gavin - Nothing wrong with that. Smaken är som baken, you know

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I'll give it to you, Mik - it does sound good!

Spaggyj # 2. October 2009, 15:36

Yeah, instead of potatoes or chips.

Furie # 2. October 2009, 15:36

So you'll have fudge sauce in when we arrive to stay at your house for our honeymoon then.

Dacotah # 2. October 2009, 15:37

I love homemade waffles but haven't had any in a long time.
I like margarine and syrup.

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 15:37

Hmm... Neither of those comments sound like a bad idea

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 15:38

Carol - I never make waffles myself. I'm lucky enough to get them at work every Thursday

Dacotah # 2. October 2009, 15:46

p.mansoor # 2. October 2009, 16:00

Never made them myself but I can get them ready made and like everything tasty they don't last very long if I'm present.

I think I will get some tomorrow.

rose-marie # 2. October 2009, 16:10

What are your waffles like in Holland? I imagine you having what we call Belgian waffles (see lookalike waffle in Kimmies potato waffle comment above).

p.mansoor # 2. October 2009, 16:35

Waffles look all alike to me.
Just like pancakes. Some people like them sweet, I love them with crispy fried bacon, had my first one when I was in the army.

Come to think of it, everything you get in the army taste good because you damn well have to work hard before you get to eat.

Phantom2 # 2. October 2009, 16:48

Ummmm......Waffles spread with butter and sliced strawberries on top. Ooooo.....

gdare # 2. October 2009, 17:13

Rose, everything was nice until you`ve mentioned that cheese - it will never be on top of my sweet waffles.
We have something similar called "galete"

They are not that big as your waffles though...

Spaggyj # 2. October 2009, 17:16

They're so cute, Darko

gdare # 2. October 2009, 17:44

And so tasty, believe me

Zaphira # 2. October 2009, 18:28

Oh yum, waffles! Finally you share them with me, Rose! :yum::yum:

I can't even remember when I had waffles last!

I like them with jam and sugar please. *drools*

Hermitess # 3. October 2009, 06:29

I love Belgium Waffles! (The big thick ones) with lots of fruit, some butter, powdered sugar and whipped cream. There is a restaurant here that makes them this way and I always get blueberries as my fruit. nom nom nom! Delicious!

garlingmatthews # 3. October 2009, 08:17

Okay, damn it, now I have to go out and get some waffles!

Furie # 3. October 2009, 09:24

I'll have mine with mint-choc ice cream please.

clean # 3. October 2009, 09:28

Nowadays, when we're blessed with waffles at work every Thursday, but no cinnamon, I've had to re-think my topping which has resulted in a small amount of strawberry jam crowning them.

Why can't you put in an order for some with cinnamon? Or bring some cinnamon from home? Dammit, if you want cinnamon, you should get cinnamon!

Furie # 3. October 2009, 09:54

You really like cinnamon eh?

garlingmatthews # 3. October 2009, 10:08

You should move to Sweden then. As Rose will confirm, cinnamon (kanel) is big here.

clean # 3. October 2009, 10:27

I just think if Rosie is used to cinnamon on her waffle things, she should have it.

rose-marie # 3. October 2009, 11:49

Hmm... It seems I forgot to answer your question about the taste of brown cheese, Kimmie

It is sweet, but it lacks the saltiness from cheese. Instead it tends to taste a bit caramel-esque, but there are different varieties and I have only tasted one.

Peter - Belgian waffles are much thicker than the ones I'm used to. And boy am I glad I never had to go through military!

Phantom - Oh yes - fresh strawberries! That beats jam any day

Sorry to ruin it, Darko!

Your galete (and no, I don't think I've heard about it before) looks very much like waffle hearts. Are they sweet? They look yummy!

I share them with you every Thursday, Zap. At least in my thoughts

.

Herm - That sounds like a lot of goodieness! Blueberries are good too

Gavin! Enjoy your waffles!

Mik - You're probably not going to believe this, but I actually have mint-choc ice cream in the freezer

David! Because once, when I had an apple/pear yoghurt at work, I asked our ex canteen witch for some cinnamon to put in it. She just looked at me in a very weird way and let out her diabolical laugh before fetching the cinnamon

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Actually, brining my own isn't that bad an idea, but I'm too lazy and I'd probably end up forgetting it every time anyway

Spaggyj # 3. October 2009, 11:57

That's okay. I knew you'd get to it

. I think I will give brown cheese a wide berth if ever I encounter it. It sounds... Weird

garlingmatthews # 3. October 2009, 11:59

The cinnamon probably marked you out as Swedish. You tell me

rose-marie # 3. October 2009, 12:20

Kimmie - It is weird!

I hadn't heard of it before I moved here, but they do sell it in Sweden too. It's not common at all where I come from, though. I think you'd need a sweet tooth to enjoy it.

Gavin - I don't know... It was either that or the fact that I speak Swedish

garlingmatthews # 3. October 2009, 12:49

There were a couple of guys on the train to Stanstead speaking Norwegien. It sounded like an extreme dialect of Swedish.

rose-marie # 3. October 2009, 12:57

It is pretty similar - especially around the border. The problem are the words that are the same in both languages, but mean completely different things! Makes for some pretty funny misunderstandings!

There are some Norwegian dialects Norwegians themselves have a hard time understanding, though.

garlingmatthews # 3. October 2009, 13:22

I live in Göteborg, as you know, but two of my sfi teachers were from Skåne. Makes life interesting with the older Göteborgers

Furie # 3. October 2009, 14:01

I'm on my way Rosie.

rose-marie # 3. October 2009, 15:32

sfi=sci fi?

Yay!

That means Kimmie is to, right?

gdare # 3. October 2009, 17:31

Originally posted by rose-marie:

Are they sweet?

Yup

rose-marie # 3. October 2009, 17:34

Do you put something on them, or do you eat them like that?

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Zaphira
2009-11-21 18:29:46

:swoon:
rose-marie
2009-11-20 22:28:17

They are eyes to drown in, I'll give you that ;)
Furie
2009-11-20 20:45:57

Yeah, people will do anything to escape the evil in those eyes.
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2009-11-20 07:59:33

What do you mean didn't work... Of course that would work ;)
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2009-11-19 18:19:48

And when that didn't work, turned into ninja kitty and sought vengeance ;)
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2009-11-19 17:31:21

Hrmf! You should have batted your eyelashes ;)