Small pieces of wax paper, precut for packing sandwiches together? Wonderful!
I would love for my own culture to adopt such a convenience! So much better than cling film or foil.
How to pack a Norwegian sandwich, the world’s most boring lunch
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Re: How to pack a Norwegian sandwich, the world’s most boring lunch
#182Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is simply not true. Milk is tested frequently and antibiotics are very rarely found [1]. Milk tankers that test positive for antibiotics are discarded and this milk never enters into the human consumption stream. 1. https://www.fda.gov/federal-state-local-tribal-and-territori...
https://bcdairy.ca/milk/articles/does-milk-contain-growth-ho... >While the administration of growth hormones known as BST or rBGH to dairy cows is allowed in the US, it is illegal in Canada and therefore not permitted for use with any dairy cows. https://www.healthcastle.com/what-you-should-know-about-milk... >In both Canada and the United States, all milk sold must be antibiotic-free, so the issue is more about pote…
There's another, simple reason which predates the very real concerns another antibiotic resistance these days; it's impossible to make cheese or other dairy products with even slightly antibiotic contaminated milk.
Source - grew up on a NZ dairy farm. Every milk collection from every farm was sampled and tested for bacteria, and antibiotics. Too much of the first, and you were penalised with a lower payment for a start. Any of the latter, and you paid for disposal of all the milk in the tanker load, from your farm, and the others it collected. This was thirty years ago, if anything it will be stricter now.
Solution was simple, look after the cattle, and keep the medicated ones out of the milking herd.
Re: How to pack a Norwegian sandwich, the world’s most boring lunch
#183This is not unique to Norway. In the Netherlands I was basically raised on a "Norwegian" sandwich lunch, although peanut butter could be used as a topping as well.
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#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a single slice of cheese or meat. American deli-style sandwiches where there is more filling than bread are not a thing in Scandinavia. Also, if you were wondering what's up with "caviar" as a topping, it's this stuff made from cod roe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalles_Kaviar
Warning, Kalles Kaviar actually contains sugar and lots of it. It's horrible, and I'm swedish. They actually make ads on the TV with people from other cultures trying to eat it. It's not as bad as surströmming but ew...
I can believe they have those ads!
To be fair, though: My spouse, the resident Norwegian, really likes it. Soetimes with a sliced, hard-boiled egg. But he's also been eating it since he was a child as it is a cheap and easy thing to make children. It is more akin to American children with peanut butter.
I, however, being the import to Norway, find it fairly disgusting.
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No offense, but honestly your lunch sounds depressing as hell. I never understood this nordic lifestyle I saw in Scandinavia, Benelux and Northern Germany where people refuse to take a proper lunch break and just eat some random cold food in front of their computer for the sake of productivity for their employer. It's just depressing to see and unhealthy in the long term. In southern Europe(Austria) having a walk to…
> No offense, but honestly your lunch sounds depressing as hell. I don't know about the preferences of the parent you're replying to, however the description in this article - and what others here have said - sounds depressing as hell. You're being strongly downvoted because you're not allowed to say anything negative about Scandinavian culture. If this food story were about the US, it would be held up as an example…
So correct..
I guess now Scandinavians are also a "protected" "race"- list...
Re: How to pack a Norwegian sandwich, the world’s most boring lunch
#186The British version is the plowman's lunch. Without the add-ons one sees today. The Japanese version is Calorie Mate Balanced Food Block, from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company. Available in convenience stores and vending machines.
I thought you were joking about the Calorie mate, but they have a wikipedia page...
In NZ you can get a "One Square Meal" pair of muesli bars, but they're expensive, so you'd only expect people to buy them if they were in the middle of a road-trip, bike ride or other activity
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
As an Italian, I am profoundly offended by this statement and most of the comments in this thread :D
I've worked in Italy a few times and i just can't get my head around it. One sleepy little town basically shut down between 12:30 and 14:30 every day. Everyone went home for lunch but also the majority of the local shops shut too. How do you get anything done??
It can be bloody hot so you might as well take a nap.
If everything adjusts to that schedule it’s a nice way to live.
If, however, you run out of water and stumble in to such a village at 12:35 you’re in bad luck.
Re: How to pack a Norwegian sandwich, the world’s most boring lunch
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This is just like Dutch lunch. Indeed, I'm not sure what's special about it. Definitely not limited to Norway. My previous girlfriend was also Dutch and used to this kind of lunch. Her employer sent her to London for a month, and she got used to expensive lunches. Spending a couple of pounds everyday on lunch, hoo boy, that adds up.
I worked in the Netherlands on and off for several years, and the thing I never got used to was how appalling the lunches were. I did a presentation at KLM corporate headquarters, and at lunch asked the people I was presenting to - "How do you put up with this, day after day?" They all looked glum, and said "There is no alternative". And don't get me started on what passes as Chinese food in the Netherlands.
> They all looked glum, and said "There is no alternative".
Most people that I know here in the Netherlands prepare lunch at home and bring it to work or school. I work from home now and still usually eat simple sandwiches for lunch so at least for me it's not about "no alternatives".
It gives me more time to go outside or stop working early - I honestly don't want to spend (at least) an hour going out just to have lunch and then a similar ritual in the evening for dinner.
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> 3 slices of bread ... liver paste, cheese or peanut butter ... waste 2 hours in the middle of the day on a heavy calorie lunch How many calories are in your sandwich though?! Sounds extremely calorie dense!
Yeah, if you look at the calories in the ingredients (3 slices of buttered bread each with a slice of cheese, liver paste, or peanut butter) you're looking at something that at best has the same amount of calories as a quarter pounder with cheese, and likely significantly more than that. A lot of people seem to be under the wrong impression that simple foods are low in calories. Compared to other sandwiches the Norwe…
Around 500kcals sounds about right. I wouldn't really call a single QP a big meal.
I think your comparison to other subs is off thought. Depending on the meat of the sub you might be reducing protein, but the Norwegian sandwich definitely has less fat (less cheese, less calories in the butter than mayo or other sauce, less fatty meats). Usually the bread preferred also has more whole grain and fibers than what's used in the US.
Re: How to pack a Norwegian sandwich, the world’s most boring lunch
#190This is not unique to Norway. In the Netherlands I was basically raised on a "Norwegian" sandwich lunch, although peanut butter could be used as a topping as well.
As a German, I’m confused why this article was written. Doesn’t the rest of the world eat bread with cheese on it?
> They typically consist of two or three slices of bread, smeared lightly with butter, each topped with a single slice of cheese or meat, or perhaps a thin layer of jam, liver paste, or tubed caviar.