I tried to make #rømmegrøt, the Norwegian sour cream porridge. And just like everything I have experienced so far regarding Norway, it didn't rise above just a half-satisfaction. The porridge is supposed to taste quite sour, but without the true Norwegian sour cream (which contains %10 more fat than our commercial one), it was a result impossible to achieve. So I added some melted butter on top, to simulate the effect of the decadent, smooth porridge. Then served it with sugar and cinnamon as it should be. It tasted good, but something was missing in the depth, its essence, the correct sourness. ✨ This recipe should accompany my long postponed Norway blog post about my long stay in a farmhouse among the fiords, the woods and the sea. (Check the story Highlights with ?? for a refresh of the paradise I was staying at). I kept a diary during my stay, I wrote a quick but long note about the whole experience immediately after I left the farm, and I’ve tried to brainstorm a lot of free thoughts, writing by hand, in a notebook. I know that I tend to censor myself in publicly sharing my Norwegian experience, as I do not want to seem ungrateful to my hosts (who follow me on some social media, though not here on IG). How does one tell a story about so much beauty in nature, contaminated with some human flaws, without neither sugarcoating sentimentally nor spoiling the whole experience? Because the dream farmhouse was not all about the unearthly nature, the magical woods and the jaw dropping fiords. It was also about being treated as the “different” one. Like that time that on my first evening when were about to make dinner I asked for an apron, and I was answered with “do you want a burka too?”. #LabNoonFood #LabNoonInNorway

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