Food experiment: Risgrøt

Risgrøt (risengrynsgrøt (with raisins) or riskrem (with cream/whipped cream)) is Norwegian rice pudding. Probably my favourite from the Norwegian foods I’ve tried (a close second would be brown cheese).

Ris=rice and grøt I guess is the pudding (:P). Grøt is pronounced similar to “grert”.

It’s a traditional Christmas dish with lots of variations. You can make it with sour cream or mix in whipped cream to make a cold dessert etc. I only learnt to make it the most basic way, with milk, rice and salt. The best part is sprinkling sugar, cinnamon (Kanel if you’re trying to find it in a Norwegian supermarket..), and “an eye of butter” in the middle. You can also add raisins.

Recipes here: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Risgrot-Hot-Rice-Pudding-155893 this one uses only milk and rice, which makes it super rich and decadent.

and this one http://www.cybershingle.com/recipes/pp/rice/risgrot.htm uses water to start the rice off. I tried it recently and it was nice also. So if you don’t to use so much milk, use this recipe!

January 14, 2009

nothing much happened during these two days….lots of group work in class
we had two very interesting lectures, one on the studies of masculinities and one on power and empowerment.
The guest lecturer on masculinities was really fun (he started out reading from a script, but the discussion part was great). His field studies/research in Ecuador really put things into perspective. I didn’t realize how important it is that masculinities is included in gender research. The shift from Women in Development (WiD) to Gender and Development (GAD) makes so much sense now.

I did my laundry for the first time :P sooo proud of myself :P
there is a way to cheat the washing machines so you don’t have to pay…but I think A is right…if everyone does that..the whole system would fall. It wouldn’t be good for anyone.

wow…what a start to a day…

I couldn’t sleep last night…and I totally thought my class was in the afternoon today. So I overslept and was late for an hour. Today was a really great guest lecturer too…I felt soooo bad. I don’t think I’ve ever actually overslept and not gone to class before….

Then after class, my dearest fellow Canadian, L, tells me that she got an email saying her grandpa just passed away. Oh god…I had no words to comfort her…my best wishes to you and your family my friend. I’m agnostic..so whoever is out there…please let this family peacefully overcome these times.

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