Food: The good, the bad, and the ugly

When trying new foods my family uses a rating scale to determine if we will prepare a meal again. It is as follows…

Food Scale
Excellent (Can’t wait to make it again)
Good (Would enjoy eating it again)
Fair (Would eat it again, but not often)
Poor (Would prefer not to put it back in my mouth)
GROSS! (Wouldn’t touch it with a 10 ft. pole)

I’m going to use this scale to assess some of the things I have tried here in Norway. I have vowed to try everything at least once.

Salmon- Prepared with lime juice, jalapeños, and spices. Good

Wild sheep- No idea how it was prepared but it was Excellent!

Trout- Prepared with spices and covered in cheesy sauce. Fair

Bacon and Cheese “paste”- (comes in a toothpaste looking tube) Poor

Marcel in tomatoes- tastes a bit like canned tuna. Fair

Liver- Spreadable liver to put on bread. Actually tasted a little like meatloaf. Poor

Hot dogs- no they are not the same as in the states. Fair

Black liquorish- Very salty. GROSS! (had to spit it out at the movie theater)

Note: I have yet to try brown cheese. It’s a common sandwich topper. I will try it soon and report back

As I can’t read the labels I rely on pictures and previous knowledge from shopping trips with Kristine. I needed to buy more orange juice, and not knowing the difference I grabbed the cheapest one. The next morning at breakfast Kristine commented that I had bought the orange juice with the most fruit “meat” (pulp). I decided to give it a chance. As I poured, the juice came out as a chunky liquid. I tried it anyway. Disgusting! I’m ok with a bit of pulp, but I don’t think even our high pulp orange juice in the US could come close to this pulpy juice. I immediately gifted the juice to Kristine and decided never to buy that again.

Off to eat some PB&J,
Allison

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