People have asked me, "What do you miss most from the U.S.?"

FAMILY 

FRIENDS 

People have asked me, "What do you miss most from the U.S.?" 

    

Well of course my awesome friends and loving family. I miss their company and good times...  both chit chat & long talks, neighbors hanging out, scrapbook nights, bunco, quick trips to Abaco, going out on a Friday night.  The best of memories are those that we share with the people we love in life.

GAME NIGHT

Some other things I miss from the U.S. .............

long day at the beach with friends...can we say sunburn

boys with Grammy and Gramps

Talking to friends on the phone (no one like talking on the phone here)

Saying hello to strangers
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY

Saying please and thank you and Mr. & Mrs. (my son calls his teacher by her first name)

Smiling at people on the road

Variety! Go into any store in the U.S. and there are tons of options & different styles or brands for anything you want to purchase

one stop shopping – SUPER Target  and shopping on Sunday

Whole Food

decent coffee 

flavored coffee creamer

Thanksgiving

lots of options for CEREAL 

milk sold in gallon size

Crisco

Chick-fil-a
Gallons of Tropicana Orange Juice 

American steaks

Sushi

iced drinks

walk in Closets

ceiling fans

It is crazy how you can become so used to or even dependent upon day to day life back in the States.  

Friends from when they were little babies - one of our play dates

Forever Friends 

FRIENDS FOREVER 

Our Surprise Goodbye Party that meant so so much

Buddies

Easter Egg Hunt

Summer FUN

Papa & Grandma with the boys 

Friends/Sister

Uncle Forrest with the boys

Crazy COUSINS - Brayden & Bradley

POOL FUN 

Cousins 

Friends Forever 

English Norwegian Translations Cooking and Baking

English Norwegian Translations
Cooking and Baking

English	Norwegian
add	tilsette
aluminum foil	foile
to bake	å bake
baking paper	bakepapir
baking sheet	bakebrett
blanch	skolde
blend	blande
boil	koke
braise	brune
bread	brød
bread pan	brødform
burn	brenne
cake	kake
cake pan	kakeform
chill/cool	avkjøle
chop	hakke (opp)
coffee pot	kaffekjel
coffee maker	kaffemaskine
coffee cream	kaffekrem
cold	kald
to cool down	å avkjøle
crisp	sprø/sprøtt
cut out/cut up	skjære ut/skjære opp
cut thin	skjære tynt
dash	litt/en liten skvett
dice	skjære i terninger
divide	dele
dough	deig
drizzle	drysse
dry	tørr
to wipe dry	å tørke
fill	fylle
filling	fyll
flatten	jevne ut
a mold	en form
to form	å forme
frying pan	steikepanne
iron pan	jernpanne
garnish	garnere
grate	raspe
glaze	glasur
a grill	en grill
to grill	å grille/steike
to grind	å male
hard	hard
hard boiled egg	hardkokt egg
soft boiled egg	bløtkokt egg
to heat up	å varme opp
hot	het
a ladle	en øse
to ladle	å øse
lean	mager
fat/fatty	fet/fett
liquid	væske
to dry	å tørke
liqueur	likør
lukewarm	lunken
marinate	marinere
mince	finhakke
to mix	å blande
moisten	fukte
a pan	en panne/gryte
pantry	spiskammer
a paper towel	et tørkepapir
pastry	finere bakverk
to peel	å skrelle
potato peel	potet skrell
poach	dampe/lettkoke
porous	porøs
pot	panne/kjele
pour	helle
pour	fylle
pour wine	skjenke vin
press down	trykk ned
to press	å trykke
rinse	skylle
rise	heve
roast	steike/bake
a roll	en rull
to roll	å rulle
rubber/silicon spatula	sleikepott
saute	surre
scorch	brenne
scrape	skrape
shake	ryste
simmer	småkoke/putre
sizzle	frese
slice	skjære
slice thin	skjære tynnt
sliced	oppskjært
smoke as to smoke salmon	royke som å røyke laks
soak	trekke
soft	myk/mjuk
spatula	sleikepott
spread	sprede
sprinkle	skvette (liquid)
sprinkle (dry as sugar)	strø (tørt som sukker)
spritz	skvette
steam	dampe
stir	røre
strain	sile
taste	smake
tepid	lunken
thaw	tine
warm	varm
whip	vispe
wipe	tørke
to whisk	å vispe
a whisk	en visp
Here is the end of English Norwegian Translations Cooking and Baking	Her er slutten på engelsk norsk oversettelser for koking og baking

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My AMERICAN * BAHAMIAN * NORWEGIAN Recipes

American Recipes

Sweet Cornbread

Description

Golden and sweet, cornbread
.Ingredients

1	Cup	yellow corn meal
1	Cup	sifted flour
1⁄4	Cup	sugar
1⁄2	Teaspoon	salt
4	Teaspoon	baking powder 1 egg 1 cup milk 1/4 cup soft shortening (CRISCO)

Instructions & Special Notes:

Recipe Instructions 

Mix Dry ingredients 

Add:

1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup soft shortening (Crisco)

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease one 8-inch square pan, or 8-inch cast iron skillet, or cast iron cornbread mold.

Place cornbread mix into bowl, mix thoroughly. Add egg, milk and shortening. Hand-beat until smooth, about one minute. DO NOT OVERBEAT!

Bake for 15 to 25 minutes for pan or skillet.

Bahamian Recipes

Norwegian Recipes

YUMMY NORWEGIAN WAFFLES

2 CUPS FLOUR 1/2 - 3/4 CUPS SUGAR (OR LESS TO TASTE) 1 TEASPOONS - BAKING POWDER 2 TABLESPOONS - VANILLA SUGAR (U CAN FIND AT IKEA OR WHOLE FOODS) 2 EGGS, SEPERATED 1 3/4 CUPS WHOLE MILK 6 TABLESPOONS OF MELTED BUTTER 4 TABLESPOONS OF WHEAT GERM (CAN BE ADDED IF U LIKE) BEAT THE EGG WHITES WITH AN ELECTRIC MIXER, SET ASIDE. BEAT EGG YOLKS AND STIR IN THE MILK. BEAT IN FLOUR, BAKING POWDER, VANILLA SUGAR, AND SUGAR. ADD THE MELTED BUTTER. WHEN ALL COMBINED, FOLD IN THE BEATEN EGG WHITES. SERVE WITH STRAWBERRY JAM AND SLICED MUNSTER CHEESE OR NORWEGIAN BROWN CHEESE. *GREAT AND EASY RECIPE TO MAKE AHEAD OF TIME. STORE IN A SEALED CONTAINER IN THE REFRIGERATOR. Submitted by: KRISTINA UNHJEM

Meat patties with gravy and creamed cabbage

Description
(Serves 4)
This dish is often known as “mother’s meat patties”. It used to be a point of pride for newly marred women to be able to make meat patties that were as good as mother made. Today young couples presumably share the cooking, but meat patties have lost none of their popularity.

Ingredients
Meat patties

500 g minced beef (1 lb beef round or chuck)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp freshly ground pepper

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tbsp potato flour

2.5 dl water

1 egg

Fat for frying (I fried mine in Coconut oil – a lot better for you & great for using w/ high heat)


Creamed cabbage
Approx. 1/2 kg garden cabbage (I used half of a medium cabbage)

Sauce:

2 tbsp butter

4 tbsp flour

4 dl milk (use heavy whipping cream or whole milk)

1/2 tsp nutmeg

Salt


Gravy

2 ½ tbsp butter

2 ½ tbsp flour

5 dl meat juices or stock (use beef stock if you don’t have enough meat juices from frying the patties)

Instructions

Meat patties

Mix the minced beef with the spices and potato flour, and add the water a little at a time. Stir in the lightly beaten egg. Shape fairly large patties and brown them on both sides. Place the meat

Patties in the gravy and let them simmer for 5- 10 minutes before serving.

Creamed cabbage

Cut the cabbage into small pieces of and cook for approx. 30 minutes in lightly salted water.

Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour.

Add the milk and bring to a boil, stirring all the time.

Let the sauce cook for 8 - 10 minutes.

Add the cooked cabbage, bring to a boil and add salt and nutmeg to taste.

Gravy

Brown the flour and butter well in a cast-iron pan (I used my regular big fry pan) over low heat. Stir constantly. Bring the meat juices or stock to the boil. Add to the browned mixture of butter and flour, and beat until smooth. Let the sauce cook for about 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. A touch of cream makes a good addition, but this is optional.

Notes

RECIPE FROM THE NORWEGIAN INFORMATION CENTRE FOR MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS

DON’T FORGET – lingonberries are a great with this dish and boiled potato’s (sprinkle with parsley).

* I doubled the recipe for the meat patties instead 1 lb I used 2 lbs and it came out great

The Little Unhjem CHEFS 

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