American Reacts to a Typical Norwegian Dinner

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I am always shocked by the little differences in everyday things between nations around the world, which is why today I am very interested to learn and react to what Norwegians eat for dinner, from an America's perspective. Every time I watch a video like this I don't expect there to be any huge differences between food in Norway compared to the United States, and then I am always completely shock by something. If you enjoy my reaction feel free to leave a like, comment, or subscribe for more videos like this!

[@marianne9317]

If you googled "kjøttkake" instead of meat patty, which is a very literal translation, you might get the actual thing! (Kjøttkaker are closer to the swedish IKEA meatballs, though Norwegian style is a little different.)

[@Norwegian_Troll]

As a Norwegian I just have to say: The Norwegian balls are bigger than the Swedish. Naturally. Just saying ….

[@arnie98]

Yes, correct. Kjøttkake is very similar to the Swedish meatballs, only slightly bigger, and they are served with potatoes,pea stew and brown sauce. :)

[@Tegh1989]

5:46 they ate spaghetti bolognese, not spaghetti Bologna 😂

[@WolfFireheart]

Yeeeaah xD

[@toppy83]

Gas stations in Norway are more like your road side diners, the "food" part is usually run by another chain. It has gotten WAY better over the years and ALL eating places in Norway under strict rules for hygienic, and we have teams that do random checks and so one and they will be closed down if hygienic and quality is not up to snuff =) "Kjøttkake" is meatballs, but we make them often from scratch =)

[@mari97216]

I agree, gas station food is like up to par with burger places and stuff like that, its not high end but pretty good and some really tasty.

[@Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor]

If its NOT paired up with a diner, you are doomed to eat their burgerrolls. (The warming rollers in the heatingcabinet isnt connected! Its revolving on its own!"

[@mari97216]

@@Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor yeah those are not the same.. no thanks

[@cindimams4394]

“American don’t make homemade Pizza” My grandmother just rolled over in her grave. Of course we make homemade pizza. It’s one of the easiest things to make. I make my own dough as I’m Italian American (as is many others that make their own pizza) but you can buy a pound of dough from any supermarket or pizzeria. I make my own sauce but you can buy a jar of sauce. I prefer to use freshly grated Parmesan or fresh mozzarella, but you can buy a bag of shredded mozzarella. A little salt, pepper, and spice and some fresh basil and put it in a super hot oven for 20-25 minutes and you have homemade pizza. You really should see more of America it’s really diverse in some places. Not sure where you are, but it definitely doesn’t sound very cultured.

[@Luredreier]

Regarding dinner time. Remember, Norwegians don't normally eat a hot meal for breakfast or lunch. Just a couple of slices of bread with some kind of topping for each of breakfast and lunch. Dinner is usually the only hot meal for the entire day, then there's another cold, usually bread based meal for the evening.

[@5Gburn]

So your "dinner" is what we'd call "lunch" (around the middle of the day)?

[@Luredreier]

​​@@5Gburn No, our dinner is just after work. It could technically be anything between 14:00 and 20:00, but around 16:00 is pretty common. But you're right that the *name* of the meal, "middag" literally means "midday". It *used* to be a noon meal, but got shifted later. So now it's basically like this, you finish working, then you commute home or whatever, make dinner quickly after getting home, then eat dinner with the family. You being done at work and the kids finishing school is about the same time. Then afterwards they might go to football training or skiing or something...

[@mhelland]

Funny how noone mention "taco friday" And from old tradition dinner was at 12, and some farmers sill eat dinner between 12-01 pm. This is why Afternoon is called Ettermiddag (After Dinner) in Norway

[@jarls5890]

Actually.....if you think about it. It is the other way around. The word for dinner - "Middag" literally translates to "mid day". It was the main meal of the day - and eaten around the middle of the day. This is of course from a time when most people were farmers or related to farming and the workday started very early. (and you got to bed very early) Thus "Afternoon" and "Ettermiddag" means exactly the same (and NOT after Dinner) - "after the middle/peak of the day". Fun fact: The etymology of the word "Dinner" - is derived from old French for...Breakfast.

[@mhelland]

@@jarls5890 True LOL👍, but the point is still the same. dinner can be as early as 12 for some people still, and back in the day for most🙃

[@pemanilnoob]

Taco is my favorite :(

[@lilletrille1892]

Obviously this wasn't filmed on a Saturday, so nobody had Taco Friday yesterday 😂 My father's family would have dinner at 13 o'clock, then serve coffee and treats around four. Around seven they would have another hot meal for supper

[@Vixeneque]

Norwegian food is fantastic. I love it. I am a typical american too, but since i moved here, I actually eat allot healthier. More homemade meals. :D

[@cirthful]

Most Norwegians make home cooked food because restaurants are pretty expensive. I'd say that's what you do when you want to treat yourself. Last time I ate at a Restaurant, was last october. For my birthday x) I usually eat chicken for food with veggies, because it's soooo good.

[@Patrik6920]

same here in sweden, i think it apply for most of Nordic /Europe...we do cook more ourself and eat less fast food and much less processed foods compared to US. Love Tyles commen on the breakfast video lol...at some point there was someting ther about liver..that scared me LOL...ya better Look out for those Liver collectors ...😂

[@OriginalPuro]

I am glad we cook more, it's better for us personally in so many ways. We are going to eat 3 times a day every day of our lives, better get good at cooking fast if you want to eat good food.:D

[@8bloppy8]

Breakfast at 6:00-8:00, lunch at 10:00-12:00.. We are deffinetly hungry at 15:00-17:00.. then evening food at 19:00-21:00. You will love the meatballs in brown sauce =)

[@Gazer75]

Last meal of the day is "supper" :)

[@DillaryHuff]

I feel like more and more people here these days skip breakfast and eat dinner later than they did in the past, but your time estimations seemed to be pretty accurate for most people when I was still living at home with my parents 10+ years ago.

[@TylerWalkerYouTube]

4 meals a day? Sign me up!

[@pemanilnoob]

@@Gazer75 I thought supper was another word for dinner

[@gunnfredriksen]

@@pemanilnoob The Norwegian word for dinner, "middag", literally means "mid-day". So traditionally, Norwegian dinner would be around 12, and people who were working on factories etc. would go home to eat dinner, before they went back to work. Lunch (typically packed sandwiches made at home) became more common as the public school system was introduced and developed. Supper is the Norwegian evening meal (called "kveldsmat", which literally means "evening food"), and would often be eaten around 7-ish.

[@bruceesterhuizen3283]

What Americans call Bologne is not what she was referring to. Spaghetti bolognaise is spaghettini with a ground beef and tomato sauce (a little similar to what Americans do with meatballs, but with mince/ground beef)

[@conchayftw]

Bolognese is from Bologna Italy, it contains minced beef, minced pork (usually pork sausage), pancetta, carrots, onions, celery, tomatoes, white wine, salt and pepper. if you stray from this its no longer bolognese, its a Ragu, (very simulare, but u can put whatever u want in it)

[@lilletrille1892]

@@conchayftw YES! I was puzzled by the spaghettini comment... I mean the sauce is still Bolognese sauce after you have assembled a lasagna 😉

[@salticidaen]

Its common to work from 8:00 to 15:30 in Norway. Therefore, many have their lunch around 11-12, and then dinner around 16:00 when they get home from work

[@NafanuaisMYnick]

Common meal times on weekdays: Breakfast 6-7 (or skip) Lunch 12 Dinner 4-5 Supper 8-9 So if you eat early, dinner is not the last meal of the day, you have a light meal a bit later.

[@vegardpedersen]

IT is so fun watching you reacct to norwegian things, I binge-watched all your content lol

[@SnirlenTV]

the reason we eat dinner that early (usually around 3 - 5) is because in norway most norwegians eat evening food(kveldsmat) a few hrs before bedtime, usually a few slices of bread with some sort of toppings .

[@Orikix]

In Norway, we have four main meals: Breakfast Lunch Dinner Evening meal

[@Raffalius]

Based on where i live in Norway i would say most people eat dinner between 3 - 5, as soon as everyone is home from school or work. This way kids get to spend more time visiting friends, before they have to come home and go to bed. As for going to bed hungry, that's not an issue. Most Norwegians eat kveldsmat (evening food) around 1-2 hours before bedtime, usually a couple of slices of bread or some cereal.

[@conchayftw]

as others have mentioned. home cooking is normal, eating out is expensive, and mostly done for special occasions, The "meat patty" is closer to meatballs, than a burger patty, it usually contains ground beef, onions, binder (egg or potato flour), salt, pepper and nutmeg, you can also add breadcrumbs, it is served with a brown sauce (gravy), boiled potatoes, boiled carrots, peas and stewed cabbage. (if you are traditional)

[@MichalBergseth-AmitopiaTV]

we eat differently in winter and summer. mostly because Norway is affected by long days and long nights during the year. In summer we eat dinner later than in winter. dinner spans between 16.00 and 19.00 in the Oslo area of Norway.

[@BTinSF]

I know a surprising number of Americans who do make pizza at home and American cooking stores sell counter-top pizza ovens just to do it. As for the rest, you must come from an atypical family. Pork chops are hardly unusual. My Safeway meat counter has loads of them and I make them occasionally. And spaghetti bolognese is basically regular old American spaghetti with meat sauce (although Italian Bolognese sauce is a little different by having, for example, milk or cream and even chicken livers in it).

[@DivineFalcon]

Kjøttkaker are basically giant-sized Swedish meatballs.

[@evamayakornstad2576]

Are they fried on a fryingpan like the danish frikadeller???

[@Un4Given71]

@@evamayakornstad2576 , many people just give them a quick brown up in the pan, and then finish cooking them in brown sauce. That is the more traditional way of doing it. Personally I prefer them fried on a pan.

[@evamayakornstad2576]

@@Un4Given71 okay, thats different form the dsnish way of making "frikadeller"

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

Gas station food in Norway is pretty fancy and high standard, you can get alot of things there, burgers, hot dogs, various hot meat dishes with fries (beef) and even kebab dishes and a large selection of sandwiches. The selection of course varies depending on which gas station brand, but the quality is high. All food served to the public in Norway needs to meet a certain standard of approval by ''Mattilsynet'' to be allowed to be sold to the public, and that includes kitchen standard and routines around handling food.

[@pettercarmona526]

you should react to how Norwegians celebrate christmas compared to the US, and high school graduation celebrations lol

[@TheExegetic]

Bolognese is not baloney, its minced meat, carrots, celery, onions, tomato, spices etc. Very classic Italian dish.

[@zaph1rax]

"Kjøttkaker" is like meat balls, but larger and with a rougher texture. Both are made from grinded meat, but it's not grinded the same way.. They also typically are seasoned more than meatballs, more peppery.with onions mixed in.

[@lovemarsh8037]

A typical traditional Norwegian food/dinner would be, some type of soup, porrige or stew made of root vegetable, leaf vegetable, meat (pork, lamb, cattle) or fish, salt and pepper, sometimes beans and peas. We also have dishes with meat, sauce, and vegetables (boiled or fried). Sausages, eggs and milk produkts are also commonly used. Kjøttkake is meat stuffing made or minced meat, flour, eggs, milk and spices. They can be in different sized, all from thick hamburgers to meat balls. Some typical traditional dishes: kjøttkake(meat stuffing) , havregrøt(oatmeal), fårikål(cabbage and low quality lamb meat), lapskaus, grønnsakssuppe(veggi soup), kjøttsuppe(meat soup), risengrynsgrøt with cinnamon, sugar and butter (rice porrige, christmas times), pinnekjøtt, ribbe. Norwegians usually eat breakfast between 6-8 am, lunch ca. 11-12, dinner ca. 16-17(4-5pm) and supper from 20 (8 pm) or later. At week ends the dinner may shift to 7-8 pm, and take someting to eat if you get hungry before dinner. The size of the meals (the way i do it at least), are usually small/medium(cold), small/medium(cold), big(warm), small(cold/leftovers). It might vary, but dinner is the biggest and the "proper" meal meal of the day (the meal you use more than 15 min to make)

[@OriginalPuro]

I've never heard anyone be unable to pronounce the word "bolognese".:D PS: Both Meat patties, sauce and potatoes, and Fårikål are national dishes.

[@Rallarberg]

- Fårikål is our national dish, and it _SHOULD ONLY BE MEAT AND CABBAGE, THE STOCK AND SOME WHOLE PEPPER CORNS_! ;P It is super delish, even better as leftovers the next day. - Some tradisional fish dishes (we are a fishing nation after all) would be cured or pickled herring, simmered cod, lutefisk (stockfish treated with lye - also a christmas tradition many places), cured salmon, baked salmon, skrei (Arctic cod, often served with the roe and liver), pan fryed mackerel - Some traditional Norwegian meat dishes: "Anything" pork, pinnekjøtt (salted and dried sheep's ribs) for christmas and/or other holidays, sodd (meat and vegetable soup - typical sunday or festivity dish), wild game (deer, reindeer, and moose are most typical) steak and stews. "Everything" nowadays is served with boiled potatoes, more traditional Norwegian vegetables would be beat, cabbage, rutabega and peas. After potatoes arrived from South America, klubb/komle/raspeball became a staple dish. It's grated potato balls, simmered in vegetable or meat stock, typically served with diced bacon or salted meats, rutabega, and a whey cheese sauce, some times topped with refined sugar or sugar syrup. Kjøttkaker (_not_ meat patties, horrible translation in the video...) are more like Italian meat balls, usually made from a mix of pork and beef, often with finely chopped onion, egg and/or flour/potato starch. They are a surprisingly (even to most Norwegians) new dish in Norway, they came from Germany via Denmark, probably in the mid-19th century. In Germany they're called 'frikadellen'. We love tacos, and is the unofficial "2nd national dish". But our tacos are nothing like mexican tacos, ours are often served in a hard-shell, with ground beef (with waaaaay too much salt and cumin), diced cucumber, sour cream, "salsa" (aka watered out ketchup with chunks), canned corn, letuce, and grated cheese. And, yes, we also eat _alot_ of frozen pizza. But you said you microwaved yours? Dude... D:

[@rytterl]

Gas station food in norway is awesome! The burgers are incredible!

[@benkonto9499]

yes

[@wilhelmbergan5581]

Superburger

[@EspenJohan]

Kjøttkaker are my favorite food. So good and they must be homemade.

[@artugaradukin6119]

Mee too. I get it once in Norway, and it was insane good. And it was homemade.To bad i cant find it in Bulgaria. Or in another country. Maybe they only make them in Norway?

[@EspenJohan]

@@artugaradukin6119 I'm Norwegian and you could almost call it our national dish. It is very easy to make. You need minced meat, preferably from cattle (500 - 600 grams, a couple of eggs (I use 2). Potato flour, an onion, a little water, salt and pepper. Grind it in a grinder, not too long. Fry pan them, make a sauce and let them soak in the sauce

[@pepsimax8078]

Dinner is not the last meal of the day typically for Norwegians. We have dinner after work/school/kindergarden, and then will have «eveningfood» later, typically bread with some topping. Weekends usually people eat later, and then do not have the later evening meal, but have snacks.

[@Luredreier]

The dialects are centered around the middle because the channel is based in the city of Trondheim in the middle there. So most people came from the nearby region.

[@miwoj]

making pizza at home is very easy. it takes like 10-15 minutes. funny how amazed you are that people can make their own pizza.

[@oh515]

Homemade pizza takes more than 10-15 minutes. The dough needs some time.

[@0Quiwi0]

@@oh515 Yeah you usually make the dough in advance (or buy frozen), but the actual cooking is roughly 15min

[@oh515]

@@0Quiwi0 OK! I guess I’m a bit conservative. In the original Norwegian homemade pizza the dough is homemade.

[@0Quiwi0]

@@oh515 When you have done the dough as many times as I have it really takes just a few minutes. Then you go do something else while it rises. Toppings take a few minutes again and then you just put it in the oven. If it's a thin crust one 15min is pretty accurate for the time you actually are cooking. And it even includes the oven part where you have to check when it's looking good :P

[@oh515]

@@0Quiwi0 It's true! I use 2 minutes 😊 The bread machine do the rest 😂

[@Methalec1985]

In Trøndelag, "chips" can either be french fries or potato chips. We also say pommes frites. Gas stations tend to be more sanitary than food trucks or neighborhood fast food stores here. "Bolognese" denotines a sauce of minced beef, tomato, onion, and herbs, typically served with pasta. "Kjøttkaker" is basically a bigger meat ball. "Potetball" is a traditional dish from the times when people didn't have much food. If you mix potatoes with flour and water, you get "Potetball". It's more filling. The reason families eat dinner early is because kids tend to have afternoon or evening activities. Kids also have homework to do. Elderly people also tend to eat quite early. Before going to bed, kids tend to get an evening meal, consisting of open top sandwich(es) with butter and toppings (cheese, salami ect) and something to drink, typically milk.

[@olehaugan9555]

It's funny how Americans don't tend to make their own pizza, when I think the most normal home made pizza in Norway is amercan style😄

[@ahkkariq7406]

True.

[@lindastakvik2968]

"Fårikål" (literal translation: sheep in cabbage) is actually our national dish. It is somewhat controversial, you wither love it or you hate it. And it even has it's own day (last thursday of september). Kjøttkake I think almost everyone enjoys. Typically served with potatoes, brown sauce, lingonberry jam and pea puree.

[@geddon436]

11:57 As an American, we DO eat Lamb. I ate lamb yesterday at a "lebanese" restaurant.

[@johnnymartinjohansen]

"Are Norwegians living on pizza"? May look like it from this video, but that's far from the case where I live. Here, pizza is something we eat in the evening, maybe when watching something on TV. Norwegians rarely eat a heavy lunch. And earlier, most women were housewifes with no other job, and had dinner ready when her husband and their kids came home from job/school. That's why early dinners became the norm here, and still is for many. Dinner is NOT the day's last meal for most people. In my household, it varies a lot what we have for dinner,. Chicken, pork chops, sausages (very pppular in Norway), "kjøttkaker" (these are simply large meatballs), and different kinds of fish, and a lot more. My favourite dinner is smokes cod with carrots and white sauce :) And yes, Norwegians love potatoes. A typical dinner includes potatoes and either boiled vegetables or some salad. For younger adults, pasta is getting more and more popular, though. Btw, gas stations in Norway has become fast food "restaurants", and most of them have burgers, hot dogs, and a variety of sanwitches/baguettes. The quality on the food is actually quite good.

[@silh3345]

Kjøttkake is more closely related to Swedish style meatballs than hamburger patties. Kjøttkake is usually larger in size. Also Spagetti Bolognese is just the name for spaghetti with meat sauce, we don’t eat it with bologna.

[@mkitten13]

Eating out in Norway is not an everyday kind of thing, far too expensive. So the norm with meals here is that it's usually prepared at home. Breakfast is eaten at home, lunch is often brought from home, dinner is eaten at home, same with supper. Eating out is done as a treat, sure, some people can afford to regularly be lazy, but it makes very bad economic sense here to do so. Homemade pizza is definitely fairly normal here (but so is frozen pizza, getting pizza from pizza shops, etc. The microwave pizza is not as common, at least I have never had that). As for the bread for dinner thing, if I have days I feel lazy, that would definitely be one of my go-tos. Just have another bread-based meal instead of preparing dinner. "Kjøttkaker" is a traditional Norwegian dish, it's made from ground beef (similar to meatballs), you usually have potatoes and brown sauce with it, some also have cooked carrots or pea stew with it. We are very big on dinners that involve either meat or fish products, with potatoes and sauce, alternatively mashed potatoes.

[@SiljeKristin94]

I am from Stavanger,Norway, and I love watching your videos with you reacting :) I gotta say that I think you are pretty good with the pronounciation of words when you hear something in norwegian or read something in norwegian, sounded almost like you have been practicing before hehe :D I am binge watching these reaction videos and to listen to your views,opinion and reflection of these videos of Norway is pretty interesting :) I`m definitely subscribing to your channel, keep up the good work and the videos, take care! Greetings from one norwegian fan!

[@TylerWalkerYouTube]

Thanks Silje, I appreciate the kind words!

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Wow, it seems as if Indiana is the culinary desert of North America. When I lived in VA and later in CA, or when visiting relatives in the Pacific Northwest, salmon and/or crabcakes, lamb, etc were regularly served at dinner. Cabbage was one of the most common of cooked vegetables. The Brits call meat patties similar to those in Scandinavia, rissoles. Whilst at school in England, if a boy was caught sitting on or against a table in the refectory, a master would clip his ear, saying, "Tables are for putting rissoles, not arseholes, boy!" 🤭🧐

[@JOSyKo]

Norwegians eat dinner early because a lot of people have 4 meals a day. (as opposed to the "3 square" meals Americans have) There's a meal after dinner called "kveldsmat" (evening meal)

[@paulgudedeberitz2335]

Kjøttkaker is minced meat mixed with finely chopped onion - an egg, a little flour and milk to bind it and seasoned with salt, pepper and a little nutmeg. You fry the mixture in butter on a medium heat, in table spoon sized portions. The resulting consistency is not as dense as Mc Donalds hamburgers or IKEA meatballs. Typically served with boiled potatoes, boiled peas and gravy.

[@omlg4svector]

Bologna is a cured meat cut, bolognese is a meat sauce for pasta. You got them a bit confused there :)

[@wilhelmbergan5581]

The rules about cleanliness at any place that makes and serves food is VERY strict, if the kitchen is not clean «mattilsynet» the Norwegian Food Authority are entitled to and WILL close the doors if their standards are not met after they do random Checks.

[@Bluesons00]

Norway trip planned in the near future? You should come :)

[@karebear326]

Usually homemade meals in Norway is potato with carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and brown sauce, with meatballs(minced beef) (it is not meat patty its meat balls) Komle - is made from potato, and is eaten with sausages and lam meat Fish cake - which is more fish meatballs not patty. Eaten with potatos, veggies, and white sauce. Fish and seafood is easy to get in norway so pretty common. We also eat much more home cooked meals than going out. And yes most is cooked by boiling the potatoes and veggies. Weekdays we usually sat around the dining table. Depending on your household dinner can be anything from 3-7o’clock. Personally i ate dinner at 5. grilling is usually done bbq in summer time outside enjoying the weather in our cabins. Usual food schedule for norwegians are: breakfast (2slices of bread maybe cereal, weekends might be more fancy), lunch (2slices of bread during school or work hours), dinner when parents get home from work. Usually made at home. late meal around 8 which is similar meal to the breakfast.

[@jarls5890]

One thing that may shock foreigners is that during my childhood in the late 70s and 80s - we regularly had whale steaks (with potatoes, carrots and a sauce) for dinner. I hated it - as it has a liver like taste. That is also something that was not uncommon back in the day - liver for dinner. Beef liver slices, fried like a steak. Again with...potatoes, carrots and a sauce. Those were the two things I really disliked for dinner, growing up. Whale is now pretty rare - but you still find it in stores. And I have a piece of whale in my freezer....that has been sitting there for 5+ years now. Dinner in Norway have changed a lot, just over the last few years. A lot more "fast/junk" for dinner - as evident in this video (Pizza being one). However, just 20-30 years ago a typical week would maybe look something like this: Mon: Boiled cod with potatoes, carrots and peas. With some sort of fish sauce (white). Tue: Pork chops with veggies and potatoes or rice. Wed: Spaghetti with ground beef and sauce (Bolognese). Thu: Fishballs with potatoes, carrots in white sauce. Fri: Soup followed by pancakes (the thin ones). Sat: Home cooked fried chicken with rice and fries/homemade Pizza. Sun: A whole cooked salmon or trout with veggies. (sun meal was usually a "fancier" meal). Of course there are countless variations - but notice that there is no Burgers or pizza here - except, maybe for Saturday. I also noticed during my time in the military that the kitchens there often had something similar to the "menu" I wrote above - so I believe it is not far from "typical".

[@HrHaakon]

If you get whale today, it doesn't taste like liver at all. Better freezer technology has worked wonders. Without it the whale trade may have even died out. But pancake and soup is a regional thing. It's not un-Norwegian, but it's not pan-Norwegian. :)

[@jarls5890]

@@HrHaakon Yes - I know there are many regional variations. However, pancake and soup is/was pretty common in the south-eastern parts - where "most" people live. I believe you when you say whale no longer taste like liver. It is all about oxidation of fats. Some years ago I was on a visit to a cod liver oil factory. This factory experimented with freezing the oil as it is delivered to the customer. I got to taste a spoonfull of completely fresh oil. It was crystal clear, had no smell, and tasted...like walnuts. This is because it had not yet had to chance to oxidize and get the "fishy" taste/smell!

[@espekelu3460]

There are greater variations today than in the past, but as one of seven in the same family, dinner was often together when I was young (59), and when I had children myself, dinner often got faster and faster as the children grew up , especially when they started training in the afternoon, so either it was a light dinner before training or it was dinner after training, and it was like that until the children could cook something themselves now and then. Today it's just me and the wife in the house and since I'm not working, I cook dinner for us, which we have together. Also, there is usually a Pizza on Friday, also something extra good on Saturday evening, and the children also occasionally come to visit on Sundays, and then it is usually a meat dinner, such as Meatballs. Mao is a typical Norwegian dish. It also happens that we have pancakes for dinner together with a soup. Otherwise, we eat salmon or mackerel for dinner, together with potatoes and other side dishes. Quick dinners include burgers, pizza, sausage together with macaroni and cheese.

[@peacefulminimalist2028]

Bolognese is the name of the sauce that is originally made in Bologna, Italy. It has nothing to do with sausages lol

[@siv-nataliekravikamundsen3939]

As mentioned in other comments here, kjøttkake are similare to Ikea's meatballs but bigger and a bit flatter not patties Its made of mince, spices/herbs, some use nutmeg in them, flour, somtimes wipped eggs. You mix everything in a bowl, some uses their clean hands for shaping them, I use 1 hand and a tablespoon and some use two table spoons. You make the meat "cakes" round, fry them in a pan with butter, on both sides then as i like them, put them in the brown sauce to simmer (i think they are dry just pouring the sauce on, when it's on your plate) Served with vgetables, boiled potatoes, some use peas stew too

[@geddon436]

The way you describe meat patties, I would defintely try eating one.

[@TTDahl]

Breakfast 6am, work 7am-3pm, dinner 4pm, coffee and cakes ca6pm. evening food 9pm. Bedtime 10-10.30pm. In the weekend I ususally eat brunch Amix of breakfast and luch) only around 11am to 1pm. Dinner around 4-5pm on Saturdays. While Sundays I only eat dinner around 2-3pm and then evening food around 7pm. Off to bed around 9pm.

[@palmarolavlklingholm9684]

People in Norway usually eat dinner right after work in 16.00-17.00. If we get hungry later on, we eat "kvelds" which is a meal in the evening, usually consisting of slices of bread with cheese, or sliced meat or something else.

[@nordicbrick2460]

Breakfast 8-9 Lunch 11-12 Dinner 3-4 Supper 6-7 Dinner is rarely the last meal of the day, but usualy the only hot meal

[@Siseja]

Breakfast at 8or9, lunch at 11or12, dinner (middag, literally translates to mid-day) at 4-5, and then an evening meal that's basically the same as breakfast but before bed around 8or9. Since dinner isn't the last meal of the day, it happens a lot earlier. This comes from old farm culture where you needed a big filling meal in the middle of the day to refuel before you went straight back out into the fields. Some people are eating dinner later and later there days though. That's an adaption of more international habits

[@LarsEspen]

Fun fact about pizza in norway: Grandiosa which is the most famous Frozen pizza in norway is also eaten on christmas eve by some people, so the fact that people eat pizza alot is quite right

[@Midtveit]

The video was probably filmed on either a Friday or a Saturday considering so many people said pizza, because it’s common to have pizza almost every Saturday of Friday

[@AreEia]

Funnty to watch this as a Norwegian, while eating my take out Beef Chop Suey :p But yeah, this seems pretty accurate. If you ever visit Norway, then I would say that our fish and wild game dishes are top tier in the world. But most of our other staple/cultural foods are more often than not kind of bland, and mostly just meant to fill you up and give you energy for work. That being said, a homecooked meal from any norwegian grandma is pure heavenly delight. Especially elk or deer patties with homemade "hunter" sauce and boiled potatoes, pure culinarian bliss ;)

[@vegmel03]

for me it is lunch 1130 and dinner around 1600-1700 and an evening meal around 1900-2000 in the work days, but in the weekends usually dinner is around 1200-1400

[@TTDahl]

I feel in the area where I grew up, there mostly traditional dinnertime. If it's dinner, y'all sitt down and eat. Then everyone help with cleaning the table. BUT, younger people who starts families nowadaysa, they just grab some food and eat wherever they please. I am old-school so I am making myself dinner every day and sit down and eat with some soft instrumental music in the background. And if I have a guest or more, then it's always around the dinnertable.

[@paulgudedeberitz2335]

Spaghetti Bolognese is what the Italians would call spaghetti ragu. Minced meat in a mildly seasoned tomato sauce. We eat a lot of pizza too. Amercian food is hamburger with fries. Salmon and potatoes with asparagus and a creamy butter sauce called Sandefjordssmør is very good. Fårikål is very good in autumn, but as I don't eat meat anymore I eat a vegetarian fake meat in cabbage.

[@MaritHenriksdatter]

I grew up with fich 5 days a week, pizza on saturday and meat on sundays. My fatter came from a fisker and farmers family in Lofoten and my mother came from a fishers family in Helgeland (Træna). We make homemade food. I mostly do indian, japanese, thai, maroccan...food

[@espekelu3460]

The time you eat dinner depends on when you work, because in Norway most people are at work between 6 and 8, and finish between 2.30 and 4 pm, so therefore most people eat between 4-5 pm! And it's quite common to have a slice of bread around 19.00 and 20.00! And since I live in a housing association, you can see that most people turn off for the evening around 11 and 24.00. And many go to bed significantly later at weekends.

[@monicabredenbekkskaar1612]

We eat dinner about 4 or 5 in the afternoon. Later in friday and saturday and earlier on sunday.

[@benedikteh6661]

That's so funny! An American view on Norwegian dinner food and culture. 😄 (I actually know that guy who comes from Lier, outside Drammen.😊)

[@Orikix]

In Norway we often call «French Fries» -> «Pommes Frites» or «Chips»

[@johnnymartinjohansen]

Chips, not ChRips ;)

[@Orikix]

@@johnnymartinjohansen thx😅

[@baconsaus8335]

It´s more lika very large meatballs and sometimes with onion inside along with other spices. but the most important thing is the brown sause. Lots of it. on the potatoes too.

[@Nuclear-Viking]

Norwegians typically start their day earlier, so eating dinner at four isn't really that early. And we also eat one more meal before bed called "kveldsmat" or "evening food".

[@ludicolo378]

It’s funny how you think 4-5 in the afternoon is early for dinner, since it used to be as early as 12 o’clock not that long ago (like the 60s/70s). At least in the countryside. The Norwegian word for dinner ‘’Middag’’, translates to mid-day after all. 12.00 is basically the middle of the day. People had to have the dinner at this time since they got up very early in the morning to tend to the animals, and have time for all the other chores on the farm. I guess that’s why a lot of Norwegians still eat dinner as early as 3-5 in the afternoon even now. In modern times It’s also very common to have dessert or coffee with something sweet after dinner. Then you wait until sometime in the evening when you would have the last meal of the day (kveldsmat).

[@Kari.F.]

Spaghetti Bolognese is an Italian spaghetti dish. It has nothing to do with baloney. 😂😂😂 A kjøttkake is a really big meatball, sort of.

[@Ms.P.Sharma]

My fav. pizza is homemade pizza, those are the best, but we do have frozen pizza in the freezer, for whenever we need to eat something in a hurry. People ususally eat "early" dinner, because dinner is the "heaviest" meal of the day, so its about not eating something that heavy, very late. But yes, we do get hungry by 7 or 8 pm, and most norwegians eat bread slice or two.

[@Moffeliten]

We use to have liver in cream sauce for dinner sometimes and it's so tasty. You should try it. You should also try lutefisk. That's many norwegians favourit for christmas.

[@ovejohansen77]

Spaghetti Bolognese means Bologna style (place in Italy) We usually eat a evening meal , a small meal at like 9-10pm.

[@Jo-Heike]

Norwegians often eat supper before going to bed. They also eat lunch around 11-12, usually at work.

[@upscole]

You should make a video on you learning some Norwegian

[@Humpelstilzchen]

Yes. Meatballs /Pattys with gravy and/or lingenberry jam 🤤

[@gormviking6286]

Bolognese is not referring to bologna, the smoked sausage, but the Italian city of the same name, in which the sauce used is a local tradition. Minced beef, pancetta (traditional Italian cured pork belly), carrot, onion, celery, tomato, white wine, milk, salt and pepper. Pronunciation is closer to "Boluh-neighs".

[@hedbagaming]

As a Norwegian i love watching your content, funny to see the differents between USA and Norway. You should react to "The Norwegian Kings's speech" 😉

[@jillhelle2051]

Early dinner, because our 8 hour day usually starts at 7 am, so most people leave work at 3 pm

[@grnnmatportal615]

Most Norwegians have specific meal types in the weekends, since so many said pizza in the video, I guess this was filmed on a Saturday or Sunday. I guess Sunday since if it was Friday the day before, the answers would be"taco" for the most part. :p Taco is typically what everyone eat on Fridays, and pizza on Saturdays (or the other way around), more rarely on weekdays. And it also depends on location, age etc. Norwegians usually make most of their food at home, both because it is healthier, but also because restaurants are expensive here, so going out to dinner is mainly done on special occasions. I actually love to make all my meals at home, cooking is fun, and I save a lot of money. :)

[@runemonsen6885]

Norway's national dinner is mutton fårikål and potatoes (sheep in cabbage and boiled potato)

[@vikinnorway6725]

We have dinner sooner because norwegians start their workdays at 7-07.30 Breakfast 7 Lunch 12 Dinner 4-5

[@Goddybag4Lee]

Shocked that no one mentioned kompe!

[@nathanaelhauger2036]

The most popular store pizza in norway are called grandiosa, but many people dont want to say they like it, though it is very popular!

[@TiSa1985]

I do not know if you looked it up later but, Spaghetti Bolognese is spaghetti served with a sauce of minced beef, tomato, onion, and herbs. Also Kjøttkake is a big meatball haha. Not really a meat patty, what we call Karbonade is a meat patty while Kjøttkake is more like a meatball If this person is really asking about traditional norwegian food , it is Kjøttkake with potatoes and brown sauce, Cod fish with potatoes and cooked veggies (like broccoli, carrot, cauliflower), Salmon with veggies or/and potatoes, Fishsoup, Lapskaus (which is a stew). These are the things you more likely will see of traditional food on a Norwegian dinner table today. No foreign food can be called traditional Norwegian food. Now what people eat more for dinner today, that is different but does not make it traditional if its not something that is Norwegian. Like a lot of people eat Taco but just because many people eat it , it does not make it traditional Norwegian. Some of the answers was like baffling to me when someone that clearly are at least in their 30s do not remember what is traditional Norwegian food. We often have lunch early so you will be hungry again around dinnertime for sure, and regarding your comment about getting hungry before bed. We often eat a very simple meal at night so we do not go hungry to bed. When I was a little child i often had a slice of bread and maybe a yogurt 1 hour to 1h30min before bed.

[@kathryndunn9142]

They say not to eat after 7pm but ive been eating at 9pm of late as im busy

[@emkolstad]

In Norway, we always have «kveldsmat», directly translated to evening food. So eating dinner at 4, doesn’t mean you go to bed hungry:) Kveldsmat you may eat like around an hour or so before bedtime

[@aeffern]

kjøttkake (meat patty) is kinda like a big meatball that have been pressed flat but it still looks a bit round. if im wording it right

[@MrNiceguyofficial]

Im born and raised living in Trondheim and im making som Finnbiff as a 12 aclock hangover meal. Its just reindeer meat panfried with mushrooms sour cream salt n pepper 😍🍖

[@propm]

When I was a child we would usually eat dinner at 4 or 5, mostly 4 every day, but now I eat at 8 or 9 on the weekdays, for the most part, some times sooner and on the weekends it is very random but it goes from 8 to 11, I don't think I have ever eaten dinner later than 11. But I am not a very typical Norwegian I think. I also mostly make homemade burgers, homemade pizza, etc, It's just way cheaper, and especially burgers and pizza also happens to be super easy to make. But I do it a lot of Chicken, pork, sweet potato fries, etc. I'm not very good at making vegetables, I don't hate vegetables I am just too lazy to make them xD

[@stennis1999]

Breakfast is 0600-0900 depends on your job, 1030-1230 is lunch (mostly 1100 to 1130) dinner is 1600-1800 and then «kvelds» is between 1900-2200👍🏽

[@leifgunnartoth8070]

Most gasstations have better sanitary than restaurant here in Norway. And it's not Spaghetti Bologna, it's Spaghetti Bolognese. A HUGE different. Kjøttkaker is like meatballs, but bigger. While the swedish meatballs are small, the norwegian versions are alot bigger, jucier and taste ALOT better. Potatoball is probably "Komle". It's a potatodupling, where you grind potatoes, mix it with potatostarch and flour. Kneed into firm balls, and boil them. It's delicious. Usually eaten with salted pork, corse sausage and bacon bits :)

[@AriMalatesta]

5:39 The point here (It happens here in Mexico too) I thin he is referring to a commercial pre-packed, sealed, on a fridge, food that you can reheat either in the convenience store or your hour home, not like cooked right there...

[@AriMalatesta]

!4:48 Or maybe you are with your significant other and go right to the work on hands... I think that it's was she was referring to,.... not a "family" situation....

[@Sweenymee]

You usually don't eat sheep because the grown sheep meat taste a bit too strong, but the nice mild taste of lambs (also known as baby sheep) makes it much easier for us to adapt to the harsher sheep meat as well. It's looked upon as a bit worse to kill animals, and especially their kids in America than Norway.

[@alvsindre]

React to: norwegian king's speech - norway is one 🙏👍😁👍🇳🇴

[@nanach6276]

Norwegians also has a meal after dinner, usually. It's usually the same as breakfast

[@tomasjensenspo]

Some years ago it was more homemade but only on Fridays. Before the grandiose pizza now it's taco on Friday's. And grandiosa is any day.

[@MorderElg]

Most people in norway eat Tacos on average 2 times a months. Some more often, som less so. But Tacos are almost universally loved over here.

[@onelove6576]

Potato balls is like fries but prossesed and made into a ball

[@kjetilvesterlistrand3646]

For me, as half ryg half hord, the best meal is Komle, or potatooball, with bacon etc.