Yummy, yummy, yummy, I got food in my tummy!

'Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch."  -Orson Welles

So nothing too much has been going on. Some class, some hiking, and some trip planning! Last night we had an internationals meeting and afterwards they served us a traditional Norwegian dinner. So with that I thought I'd tell you all about some of the food I've been eating here. We were served open faced sandwiches, which is a typical lunch here for most. Usually it is topped with some cheese, veggies and a slice of meat. Norwegians are known for their moderation, especially in their food. The Norwegian cheese cutter was designed exclusively to cut the thinnest slice of cheese possible. Here's a picture of it for those of you who don't know what one looks like.

Some of my favorite food here would have to be their bread and cheese. All of the bread is full of grains and seeds and is so wonderful. It's really fun to buy some at the grocery store because you have to put each loaf through a bread slicing machine. They also have so many wonderful kinds of cheese here, but two of my favorites are this Norvegia cheese and this brown goat cheese called brunost. My favorite thing ever is taking a piece of flat bread and putting Nutella and raspberry jam and some brown cheese on it. It tastes absolutely heavenly!

 

Unfortunately, everything here is pretty pricey. A jar of peanut butter about half of the size of a Jiff jar in the states costs about 6 US dollars and one apple costs 1 US dollar. So I'm learning to budget!
Otherwise I tend to get together with some other international students a couple of times a week and we all cook dinner together. One of the girls who lives on my floor is a vegan, so she does a lot of her own cooking and often shares with me which is wonderful. The most challenging thing for all of us is there isn't a microwave. I can cook just fine without it, but I have to get creative when I want to heat up some left overs.
Well all of this food talk is making me and hungry and it's almost time to make some dinner, so with that I will leave you all!
Sending my love back home!