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..::Previous entry: "DREAM with Cards and Frogs"::.. ..::Main Index::.. ..::Next entry: "DREAM: Warning: Gross Content"::.. 12:07:2005 Entry: "Ann : DREAM: Scandnavian Restaurant"DREAM: Scandnavian RestaurantI know there was more to this dream than I can remember, but it's just not coming to me. The only part I can recall is I was sitting outside some second-story restaurant or cafe (it was like an open mall in a building in an old section of some city/town and the restaurant was on the second floor with a walkway by it). It was early in the morning, and before the restaurant opened. I don't think Stan was with me, but possibly some other people were, including Bill, but I can't recall for sure. The restaurant had some Swedish/Norwegian name (what is this with Swedishness and Bill in my dreams? The two are NOT related!). There was a cook-looking guy that walked into the restaurant. He looked more Russian than Scandinavian...he had short buzzed brown hair, a very round face, round bulbous nose, moustache and very ugly (Picture a swarthier, lechier, Russian version of The Muppet's Swedish Chef). He was leering at me and I was repulsed. There was also something about a film crew being there, and I didn't want to be part of it because no one was supposed to know that I was there. --- A slight aside, and I've wondered this for over a decade, why doesn't Madison and this surrounding area have any Swedish/Norwegian/Danish restaurants? Or at least eat-in Bakeries? Danish Kringle is one of life's great pleasures! There's a Kringle bakery in Racine, and when I would visit there when I was young, my mom always bought Kringle. Some of the grocery stores here stock Racine Kringle. But why no Scandinavian restaurants? Supposedly the food is incredibly bland by American Standards, but then much American food is bland by other Standards (Asian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, etc....and often my own.) Once when Stan and I were guests at someone-we-used-to-know's family's T-Day dinner, we were served Lefse. Yes, it was a rather a pointless and tasteless item, but I suspect that other dishes prepared by good cooks could find a place in the dining appetite of this region. Or maybe because Scandinavian, especially Norwegian food, is so ingrained in the home culture here, people have no need for a restaurant that features that food. A Norwegian restaurant featuring food their families served would be as nightmarish for those people as it would be for me going to a frank 'n beans and overcooked cheap fish and meatloaf restaurant. --- I also remember a dream from yesterday: It was late Wednesday night and I suddenly realized we forgot to watch Lost.
14 Comments Here in Mon-Dak, most restaurants serve dishes like fleishkuekle or lefse or even lutafisk (during holidays anyway). We are too backwoods to have many restaurants that cater to just one kind of (ethnic) food, unless it is in a city like Bismarck or Billings. So we can pretty much order anything, as long as it isn't too fancy! Except Chinese food. We have Chinese food! Glendive even had an Italian restaurant once, but now it is a credit union. (Private, not Olive Garden.) The Jordan Inn has a lunch buffet that serves homecooked types of food like broasted chicked, mashed potatoes, even meatloaf type dishes and homemade soup. Real Soup. Real Salads. Not that packaged stuff. My husband learned to cook there. They even make bread pudding from old (hard or stale, not bad) donuts and rolls and stuff. Think Depressin Era mentality- and that is how they cook. Another time to get Norwegian style food is summer carnevals. Locals set up booths with the yummiest dishes ever! Fry breads and sausages and all sorts of ethnic goodies. Way off topic, at the U of Mary in Bismarck, there were "minority" students who had the audacity to say that North Dakota wasn't ethnically diverse! I had to laugh. All white people must look the same to them! (ND is full of Ukrainians, Norwegians and German-Russians, etc, who all embrace their cultures and have festivals. I was always impressed by the large amount of diverse culture in the MonDak region. Oh, can't forget the Native Americans, either.) Posted by Dawn @ 12:07:2005:11:11 AM CST I can sort of understand the minority student's point of view though. Even though there were lots of different ethnic cultures represented on campus, they were basically from the same region of the world (with the exception of the Native Americans): northern Europe. As a minority, I'm sure it would mean a lot to have people who look like yourself. Nonetheless, I still think a Scandinavian restaurant (a place with good chefs) could be a hit in a place like this, playing up the region's Euro heritage. There's German restaurants in Milwaukee and a Central European restaurant outside Kenosha, so it would only make sense for a Scandinavian restaurant here. I suspect the elite university culture would look down on it as being too...um...Garrison Keilor/Lake Wobegone Ya Hey Youbetcha Fargo, and it would remind them too much of Grandma, the culture of which they would want to remove themselves from. But I still maintain if done well, with an upscale flair, it could work. For someone like me who has not experienced this ethnic cuisine, I would love to taste it, if for just one time. One thing Madison has is a bunch of excellent restaurants, especially Middle Eastern, Thai, Indian, Japanese (my faves). But it wouldn't hurt to try something else as well (not me try something else, I try to try as much as possible, but I mean the restaurant entrepreneurial community should try it). Oh, and Madison could sure use an African restaurant or two. Ever since Horn of Africa left, it's not been the same. I miss is terribly. Oh, and if the Bingo halls and Casinos that are run by the Native Americans actually served Native American-style food, I'd actually go--not to play, but to eat. People are so scared to try foods not of their own heritage while at the same time embarrassed of their own heritage's food unless it is Italian, Mexican, French or Chinese. I want to try it all. Posted by Ann @ 12:07:2005:11:48 AM CST Yeah, I thought of that- You can't get Native American food out here. Isn't that wierd? I have never had African nor Japanese, although Chantz worked at a Sushi bar (as the "American Food" cook, lol). I worked with 2 women from Thailand and experienced homecooked Thai food. It was excellent! I don't know why they don't do Scandinavian restaurants, but they would go over well in Mon-Dak also, I am sure! The college newspaper did an article on lack of diversity and interviewed students of different groups. They all said they wanted it more diverse. I pointed out in class, like you said, that it means they want more people like themselves to feel comfortable, and not more people from different minority groups. For some reason people got mad at me and didn't understand. They were all out-of-high school freshman and I was 27. The instructor told the students that they weren't *listening* to me. It was speech class, lol! Posted by Dawn @ 12:07:2005:12:50 PM CST As far as African food, the kind I have had has been Ethiopian/Somalian/Eritrean (I have no idea what food from southern or central Africa is like). It is absolutely delicious! Meats, vegetables, squashes served with very thin bread that is more like a very large, skinny crepe that has sort of a zingy flavor (that's the only way to describe it). You pull off a piece of bread, and pick up the meat or veges with it...eat with your hands, which is the best way to eat IMHO (I think metal silverware is a very odd invention). The bread is VERY filling...your stomach will hurt when you are done because it is so delicious and you will have eaten so much! We've tried to simulate it at home, but we can't get the bread right. :D Hey Stan, you reading this? Let's attempt some African food again, even if the bread is odd. Posted by Ann @ 12:07:2005:01:14 PM CST Belgian food. You never hear of Belgian food. Chocolate, yes, but you can't live on chocolate. Finnish food. South African food. Aboriginal Australian food. Baltic food. And what about Latin cultures, not Spanish or Mexican, but South American food? I've never experienced that eiter. I am so hungry right now, and I don't even know what these cuisines taste like. Posted by Ann @ 12:07:2005:01:18 PM CST Sidney, MT had many migrant workers back when I was in HS. I made friends with a Mexican family who ended up staying for a whole year. I was invited to a dinner at a church that was serving authentic mexican food. You know how they eat it? They also used the tortilla pieces to pick up the food! At first I thought they were messing with me (this family had a sense of humor) but they weren't. Good luck trying to duplicate the bread. When I look for new recipes, I never think of different cultures to look up! Are you sure you can't live on chocolate? Absolutely sure? 100%? Posted by Dawn @ 12:07:2005:01:55 PM CST I'm sure. ;-) I'm not one of those chocolate-obsessed people. I mean I love it and all, but I love other things too. I once lived without chocolate for MONTHS (medical experiment on myself) and I didn't crave it that badly. Posted by Ann @ 12:07:2005:03:03 PM CST Wow. You are very brave! I love chocolate. Posted by Dawn @ 12:07:2005:05:08 PM CST One of the great things about living in Madison is that there is food from all around the world. There is also that great German food place outside of Kenosha, but I still agree that there could be a lot more euro-ethnic food types. When we first moved here it was hard to find good Mexican food and I think only Casa de Lara was the most authentic. Now, with lots of people imagrating here there is plenty of great Mexican food to find. Chocolate... so good and so heart healthy too... really - it's true. Posted by Stan @ 12:07:2005:08:18 PM CST Didn't know people ate norwegian food in Wisconsin (and I'm not even sure if they do or if they just think they do ;) Don't think traditional norwegian food is excellent in any way, it's basically just various meat and fish with potatoes, and naturally I don't eat it. Posted by Nico @ 12:08:2005:09:29 PM CST ... Lutefisk was very good though! Posted by Nico @ 12:08:2005:09:30 PM CST Maybe traditional Norwegian food is boring (I wouldn't know...never had it), but that doesn't mean a good chef couldn't prepare it in a new and exciting way. English food has been known to be bland as well, but I've noticed that there seems to be a trend toward "English Pub Food" (almost typed "english Pug food...ha!) due toward the increase of microbreweries/bars. Hey Stan, you reading this? (probably not...he doesn't go back in journal history much) We should get out those British Isle cookbooks we have and try some of those dishes again! Note to self...talk to Stan about this. Posted by Ann @ 12:09:2005:09:21 AM CST "... Lutefisk was very good though!" What? Are you insane? Nobody likes lutefisk! People make it and eat it our of tradition! Yuck! Plah... Ewwy... Gross ;D Posted by Dawn @ 12:09:2005:02:02 PM CST I'm not very insane, but I am norwegian. If nobody like lutefisk, I suppose I'm nobody ;) I don't eat it anymore though as I'm vegetarian. Other known vegetarians: Paul McCartney, Richard Gere, The Dalai Lama and Adolf Hitler. And is norwegian traditional food boring? Yeah............. Posted by Nico @ 12:10:2005:11:59 AM CST By Ann @ 07:22 AM CST:12:07:05 ..::Link::.. |
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