I don't have a problem with anchovy paste... does he eat "Ducal cheese" (Vis's term for that whey cheese, dark brown, from Oslo and the like. He claims the only people he knows who eat it willingly are Dukes -- him and Cariadoc.)
What, Gjetost? Silly man. I inhale it when I can get it, whihc is christmas, when I'm home, and at Buttery New Year, because Marian keeps a good cheeseboard.
Gjetost, also known to Butterers and former-Butterers as "The Last Cheese Standing".
Tell us, they asked, of the nature of the Block of Gjetost. And he answered them, saying, "Way back in the Dawn of Time (when men conversed with fishes and the Giant Turtle still sang Doo-Wah-Diddy) when the Buttery New Year's celebration began at Xmas and lasted until Twelfth Night (or what you will), even then, upon the Cheese Board, could be found the Block of Gjetost. And yea, upon the Morning of the Omelets, when all things cheese were shredded and consumed, yet did the Block of Gjetost live on and was not taken. And yea again, even after the vast host of guests had departed, with such leftovers as might be forced upon them, yet did the Block of Gjetost continue within the fridge. And for many weeks after, though it did dwindle, yet it was not consumed utterly, but lingered unto the last. And of all the Cheeses of the Fridge was it the utmost. Year in and year out, unto all the Generations of the Buttery, the Block of Gjetost was found the Final Leftover, the Ancient of Days, the Remnant of Remnants. Now let us sing, What A Friend We Have in Cheeses." And they did.
It's possible that his theory was "Dukes and Scandinavians" but if so, I don't remember that part of it!
I found it to be "interesting" but not something I'd seek out. I had it every morning during the week I was in Oslo, thinking maybe it would grow on me, but no. Ate many other strange and interesting foods that week, though.
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(Or plenty of other places around the web, but this is the place Mom goes to get swedish meatball mix, gjetost, and silte for Christmas)
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Date: 2007-07-03 07:54 am (UTC)Tell us, they asked, of the nature of the Block of Gjetost. And he answered them, saying, "Way back in the Dawn of Time (when men conversed with fishes and the Giant Turtle still sang Doo-Wah-Diddy) when the Buttery New Year's celebration began at Xmas and lasted until Twelfth Night (or what you will), even then, upon the Cheese Board, could be found the Block of Gjetost. And yea, upon the Morning of the Omelets, when all things cheese were shredded and consumed, yet did the Block of Gjetost live on and was not taken. And yea again, even after the vast host of guests had departed, with such leftovers as might be forced upon them, yet did the Block of Gjetost continue within the fridge. And for many weeks after, though it did dwindle, yet it was not consumed utterly, but lingered unto the last. And of all the Cheeses of the Fridge was it the utmost. Year in and year out, unto all the Generations of the Buttery, the Block of Gjetost was found the Final Leftover, the Ancient of Days, the Remnant of Remnants. Now let us sing, What A Friend We Have in Cheeses." And they did.
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Date: 2007-07-02 03:04 pm (UTC)The trick is to stop collecting data as soon as you've proved your point, and before you sample any Scandinavians. Loves my gjetost, I do, I do.
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Date: 2007-07-02 03:33 pm (UTC)I found it to be "interesting" but not something I'd seek out. I had it every morning during the week I was in Oslo, thinking maybe it would grow on me, but no. Ate many other strange and interesting foods that week, though.