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[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

I`m always open to new kinds of food. Today I got to taste something I never have tasted before.

A friend of mine comes from a little valley on the Swedish border, where Norway narrows in and becomes a thin strip of land before it widens out again in the far north. This dish is from that area and it`s what we call husmannskost which means old-fashioned meal usually eaten on the farms in the old days, because you know, not all of us were vikings. :D It`s called skjørost which means fragile or crumbly cheese and is named for the main ingredient - a cheese that very much resembles cottage cheese.

These are the ingredients:
Skjørost or Cottage Cheese
Sour Cream
Buttermilk
Sugar

Make a mixture of buttermilk and sour cream. Pour that on top of the cheese and add sugar. Eat. I am thinking that maybe cinnamon would be good on top too, but I`m not sure as I`ve only tasted it with sugar and because the main ingredient is cheese and not rice - the dish does resemble rice pudding though.

It`s used for dessert and is mostly eaten after a dinner generally known as spekemat which consits of cold, salty meats, flatbread and sour cream or sour cream-porridge.

Comments

[dreamflower]

This sounds yum! I love buttermilk--it's one of my favorite drinks, and cottage cheese and sour cream are favorites of mine as well. (Actually, if it comes from a cow, I probably like it, LOL!)
I like to eat cottage cheese with fruit and a bit of sweetener mixed in, so this does sound very good to me!

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

I love cottage cheese and I do like sour cream too. However, I do not like buttermilk. It`s something to do with the "structure" of it. It`s neither completely runny or thick enough to not drip and I actually feel sick just looking at it. This was good though (I just had to not look at the mixture for too long), but I only added a bit of the mixture, just to moisten the cheese, not a half bowl ful like my friend did.

[(Anonymous)]

LOL! That's funny. I say that because I have buttermilk be one of *my* Merry's favorite drinks. *grin*

[dreamflower]

Rats. Forgot to log back in first. Sorry!

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

I don't like buttermilk either. The first time I drank it as a child I dropped the mug and it broke, splattering buttermilk all over the kitchen, LOL. I do like to cook and bake with buttermilk, though :-)

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

I do like buttermilk inside foods too. It was a bit interesting to see that I liked the taste of the buttermilk/sour cream though. :)

[oliviaramirez]

You cook with buttermilk? I am curious now, would you care to share any of your recipes when you have a moment? Please?

this time without a messed up layout :-)

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe cook wasn't the right word, lol. I sometimes make buttermilk pudding (a bad translation for "karnemelkse pap"). I don't know if you've heard of that and I like buttermilk scones and sometimes bread made with buttermilk in stead of plain milk.

The "karnemelkse pap" is very easy to make. put 75 grams of flour in a pan and little by little stir in 1 litre of buttermilk (with a wooden spoon), till you have a smooth mixture. Bring this to the boil and let it boil for a couple of minutes. It tastes best if you eat it with brown sugar or syrup.

The buttermilk scones aren't difficult either. I have several recipes, but this one I use the most.
Mix 2 cups of flour with 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of sugar and 6 tablespoons of butter. When it's crumbly add half a cup of buttermilk. Mix till the dough is soft and elastic. roll balls and flatten them a little. You can brush the scones with a bit of egg or with a bit of buttermilk. Bake for 10-15 minutes at 200-220 C till scones are light brown.

For the bread you can just take about any recipe and just used buttermilk in stead of milk (or water).

Re: this time without a messed up layout :-)

[oliviaramirez]

Weet je dat ik nog nooit karnemelkse pap heb gegeten? Ik ga het toch eens proberen. Ik ben niet zo'n fan van pap, maar ik ben toch wel benieuwd hoe het smaakt.
En yammie, scones. Dat is al een hele tijd geleden dat ik die gegeten heb. Dank je wel voor de recepten :D

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

Graag gedaan.
Ik houd ook niet van pap (brinta enz.) maar karnemelkse pap smaakt heel anders. Ik hoop dat je het lekker vind :-)