Re: Pequeno (was Re: Pilovese in the Romance Language Family)

Den 5. apr. 2008 kl. 21.09 skreiv Benct Philip Jonsson:

> there is a dish of food called _pytt_ or _pytt i panna_,
> Norwegian _lapskaus_.
Pytt-i-panne is known in Norway, too. But here it's generally
something you make from any available meaty leftovers, potatoes,
including potato leftovers, onions and anything else you like besides
that, usually in a frying pan. Lapskaus is a pot dish basically made
from pieces of medium quality beef, onion, potatoes, carrots with
various other additions. Myself I always prefer to add some leek.

Den 6. apr. 2008 kl. 22.15 skreiv Michael Poxon:
> Lapskaus? The sounds like "Lobscouse" - I'm not sure what lobscouse
> is exactly, but it's some sort of food, and I think the derivation
> for "Scouse" as in "Liverpool"; presumably they were big lobscouse
> eaters?
Hoy, that question has been discussed lengthily hereabouts. Lapskaus
is one of the most typical of the things we associate with our
national character here in Norway, and of course we would like be its
originators. Some of these discussions even have found their way into
English-language sites, like www.answers.com.

However, I researched the question myself a few years ago - I don't
have my notes though, or at least I don't find them, but the
explanation I found the most credible was that it came from "lob's
course", where lob is unexplained, and that it was an English
seafarer's course. Norwegian seafaring language and culture owes a
lot to English and I think lapskaus is part of this package.

And it's an attractive dish. Myself I eat a lot of foreign food these
days. Particularly I like a properly made pizza. But lapskaus still
is one of the standards. A good sized pot will feed me for a week or
more, and doesn't deteriorate noticeably with repeated cooling and
heating. Obviously it was important in such a seagoing city as
Liverpool as well, and I'm not surprised that the Scousers associated
it so strongly with their local character, even to the extent of
taking its name onto themselves.

LEF

...P.S.: Go LFC! YNWA!...

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