Gomme (food)
 A brown variant of gomme. | |
| Place of origin | Norway |
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Gomme (['gumːɛ]) is a traditional Norwegian dish used for dinner or dessert, usually as spread on slices of bread, lefse, and similar.
There are several regional and local variants. Whilst gomme is a sort of sweet cheese made of long-boiled milk, having a yellow or brown colour, there exists a white, porridge-like variant made of milk and oat grains or rice. Raisins and cinnamon are ingredients in most variants. The consistence varies from thin/soft to thick/hard.
Gomme is normally used as spread on lefse, milk cakes, and Norwegian-style waffles. Gomme is also used as regular spread on slices of bread. The use of gomme as an independent dish for dinner is rare nowadays,[citation needed] but has traditionally been used preferably at the end of large meals or instead of cakes after dinner.
See also
Literature
- Moe, Nils Harald: Tradisjonsmat fra nord: 480 matoppskrifter, gode råd og mathistorie fra Nordland,Troms og Finnmark, Vitus forlag, 2002
- Notaker, Henry: Ganens makt: norsk kokekunst og matkultur gjennom tusen år, Aschehoug, 1993, ISBN 82-03-26009-8
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