Simply put my favorite Sunday dinner as a kid back in the 80ies. I loved it so much I was looking forward to this dinner for days, and I still do! And now that it’s fall in Norway, we have loads of lamb meat in the stores too.
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Norwegian Fiskesuppe fish soup with fish balls
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Norwegian rye breaded pollock & creamy cauliflower
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