Norwegian Entree
POTATO WAFFLE WITH HOT DOG
(potetvafler met pølse)
INGREDIENTS
5 russet potatoes or 2 pounds brown potatoes
4 tablespoons butter
12 hot dogs or hot-dog shaped sausages
4 eggs
3 cups milk
2 ½ cups flour
½ tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
no-stick spray
makes 12 potato waffles with hot dog
SPECIAL UTENSIL
waffle maker
PREPARATION
Peel potatoes. Cut each potato into eight pieces. Put potato pieces into large pot. Add enough water to cover potato bits. Bring water to boil on high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 20 minutes or until potato is tender. Drain potato bits. Add butter to pot with potato pieces. Mash potatoes with potato masher.
While potato bits simmer, add hot dogs to pot with enough water to cover them. Boil on high heat for 5 minutes. Turn off heat.
Also while potato bits are simmering, add eggs and milk to mixing bowl. Mix with whisk until well blended. Add flour and baking powder to pot. Mix with whisk. Add egg/milk mixture, salt and sugar to pot. Mix with whisk until smooth.
Spray waffle maker with no-stick spray. Fry waffles according to instructions with waffle maker or until waffles are golden brown. Remove waffle. Wrap waffle around hot dog. Smaker godt (Tastes great.)
TIDBITS
1) An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
2) Garlic keeps vampires away.
3) Garlic infused apples would keep vampires doctors away.
4) There are no vampire doctors in Norway.
5) Thus, the Norwegians may eat whatever food they want and still feel safe.
6) Waffles are great comfort food. So are hot dogs.
7) Eating a waffle-wrapped hot dog will make you quite happy. Ecstatic even. Best not to overdo it. All things in moderation.
8) Potatoes, not pancakes as was once believed, enabled the Prussian kingdom survive the Seven Years War, 1756 – 1763. Invading armies destroyed the crops that grew above ground, such as wheat, but couldn’t find the potatoes lurking underground. The Prussian peasants simply waited for the marauders to leave, dug up the potatoes, ate them, and survived.
9) However, you cannot hide waffles or even hot dogs in the ground for any length of time and expect to find them edible. Which is why peasants never planted waffles.
10)) The Seven Years War of tidbit 8) fame really did take seven years.
11) However, the Hundred Years War, which ran from 1337-1453, took 116 years.
12) Similarly, Panama hats do not come from Panama.
13) They come from Ecuador.
14) Ecuador is not that far from Chile.
15) In Chile. It is impolite to eat using your hands.
16) So if you are carrying a potato in your Panama hat, because you never know when a ruffian soldier frisks you for a loaf of rye bread, be sure to eat it with a fork.
17) It might be hard to eat a raw potato with a fork. Eating mashed potatoes would be easier.
18) However, your Chilean friends will think that coming to their houses with mashed potatoes on your head is also impolite. And they will tell you so.
19) However, your Chilean hosts might forebear from social criticism if you are a vampire doctor.
20) It’s all so confusing. It’s why we have etiquette experts.
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