[Sca-cooks] European Measurement Conversion

Fri Mar 19 23:58:48 PDT 2010

Margaret and Johnnae~ Thank you for your insight and help. Yes, goat cheese flavored with juniper berries does sound better then a full cup of actual juniper berries. Juniper berries are very strong in flavor. In fact a cup full of juniper berries could easily mask rancid mutton <insert tongue firmly in cheek>
Bear~ Thank you for the clarification on the measurements. Awesome info.
There are very few Saami cookbooks. There are Saami recipes in various Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish cookbooks. The rest tend to be handed down orally as part of the Saami tradition. Cooking duties were often split between male and female, but as time changed cooking traditions were maintained by the women.  In recent years various Saami groups (saiid) have gathered to preserve their culture and way of life. This is after many years of suppression and assimilation. Very similar story to the Native America history.
 The recipe I am working on came from a lead www.samiblog.blogspot.com. Down towards the bottom of the blog site is a list of links for traditional Saami cuisine. The Varanger Reindeer Women's/Várnjágga Nissonfierpámadat who mostly live in the Varanger Peninsula, Norway, were created as "consultants" to help educate other women and students about the Saami way of living. That is why the recipes are written in Norwegian. 
I have left over elk from another dish I made so I am going to use that meat for this "casserole." 
What is this groups definition of casserole? 
Takk Takk
Aelina the Saami

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From: Terry Decker <t.d.decker at att.net>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 7:48:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] European Measurement Conversion

There are two meanings that can be ascribed to "ss."  The older use is as an abbreviation for the Latin "semis" Meaning "one half."  This one pops up from time to time in medieval texsts.  You, however, are working from a modern Norwegian (if I'm not mistatken) cookbook, where "ss" would be an abbreviation for "spiseskje" or "tablespoon."  Both the spiseskje and the tablespoon are 15 ml.

Bear

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Godan daginn

I am translating a Saami recipe called Vesterelv's viltgryte (Vesterelv's Wild Casserole) What kind of meat is not mentioned in the recipe but I am assuming it is either reindeer or elk, which is a staple among the Saami. It just indicates cleaning the meat and cutting it into strips and cubes.

I am pretty familiar with most European measurements, but I am stumped on two that are mentioned.
1st one: 3-4 ss meierismør (which I have translated as 3-4 tsp dairy butter) Is "ss" equivalent to tsp? For the amount of meat cooked I would think more would be required.
2nd one: 1 beger (125 g) Snøfrisk Einebær ( which I have translated as 1 cup-125 g Snøfrisk juniper berries) If beger is cup that is a lot of juniper berries!

Does anyone know if there is a deference between regular juniper berries and Snøfrisk juniper berries?

I am going to try this recipe this weekend with left over elk.

Takk Takk
Aelina the Saami

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