[Sca-cooks] rommegrot?

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Dec 29, 2006, at 2:40 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Maire commented:
> <<< Hi, Malkin...I dug through my cookbook shelves, and came up with
> exactly one recipe for lefse.  It doesn't give any quantities,
>
> Now, if you'd needed recipes for rommegrot...those, I have.  ;o)  >>>
>
> Another unknown/unusual item? What's "rommegrot"?

I'm pretty sure we've talked about it here before. IIRC, it's a warm  
junket/pudding made from sour cream thickened and stabilized with  
flour. Another Scandinavian Christmas dish... you serve it with  
berries and sugar sprinkled on top, as I recall.

Adamantius




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