,p. S04<j and fuppöfe» that Pliny had-fortiê Imöwled^e of theiafh
«i^x abietis'cojtiqyb^Tn Noreegia;panen^ confichjnt fmgum in-
-opia, & ia regionibus bore® frigidioribus- ex glartdibuspQryk> &
fago. Placentae iHse Norvefpcae
.funf teriuiflimae, & lóngiorem setatem ferre poffunt, quibn panis
.cp&us,- feu buêcellatus, quq nautae in longis athiferibus lituntur.
;AÜas placenta» pinfunt éx farina hordei & aveneae quas flad-brod
vocant, qiiafi 'pahes planos. Plinn Artoptitii aseduntiar, de'^qun-
. bus.” Lib*. xviiï. G. II.
The peafants make themfelves a mefs like hafty-puddifig, öf
.•oatméal and barley-meal :• this, they :call foup,: and r-lomdimes
they will boil a pickled-herring in, itymr elfe'a halfdalted maekrel, g
jar fahnonr, along withr this fikqh It deems they do öét éhtÉfêTb
:felt >tiy Ifind^of fifb thoroughly, bnt rather let it turn foil#firft.
.God.and other fifh they dry in the air, which is thé wUll-dtdoivh
rBerg-fifh, fo called either becaufe mofbtaf It- is exjSorfecf from
.Bergen, or becaufe it is dried qn
.fun.
* They are better provided in Norway with frefti-fifti than in
moft countries, and up the country in the frefh lakbs ahd
they catch the iMmon-trout, the Geddef, and nther fffh in abundance.
Likewife Growfe, partridges, haaresj rfed-éeéfj^raft^jföéf,
&c. and what they cannot ctury in-the \Hhtër to markèttritfib
trading-towns, which are fometiiöes at a great diftance; thty
make ufe of themfelves They kill cows, j fheep,' and goats, for
their winter-dock. They do not pickle and fmoakraH, butcui
feme of- it in thin flices, fprinkle it with1 feJ$r;-öittï
wind, and -eat it likehung-beef. This they call ’SkMflkd, and it
requires a ploughman’s ftomach to digeft it; They prèjparê'Tari-
ous 1-iods of cheefe from the milk, and they alfb boil it io a thick
confiftency, and call it Moffe-Briim, This, according to their
opinion, is a great delicacy. But tafte, as well as every thing elfe,
is regulated by cuftom among our peafants.
They prepare themfelves liquors according to the cuftom of the
country, and at fet times, namely, againft Chriftmas they muff
• They d’refs a particular dilh, which 1 believe they ufed formerly ia Denmark,
froth whënct the Germans have taken the name of Grütz:koph or Graats-head.
This diih is . made of one half groats, or meal, and the other half fati bods fivers*
well chopped and mixed together; then they £11 a cod’s head with it, and boil it.
This they ’éaH lCarns-hovet, or Kamperute.
"" I. Tr , . . . . . . have
have a flock of good ftrong ale in the houfe, .as alfq againfl
chriftenings and entertainments. On other oecafions theymegalc
themfelves with very.indiffei;5|it; fmaH beer, which they call dun*
gat. But their common drink.‘in Kwrimer is milk and water, and
in the winter, water and faur.wheyj calfcd -fyrep This the peafants
wives in the fummer boil, and -lay. .up fct - the winter %
Qua vlrtqs et qu^Ata(T39ni ii vivere parvo
- Difcite---- --------- Hpr,
Here muft alfa be obferved, that as striid climates do nqt admit
of fo much tranfpiratitka as:#armericopBtmies, bifefeeeps‘the heat
in the ftomach by clofing up the pores, it eoftfequfendy gives the
jSTorvegians a much cgreatqr appetite, tod a^ ftronger digeftivfe1 faculty
than common. Our merchants are very fenfibla of -the
difference caufe4: • by change climatl with regard to the ap^i^.
'titej for: in hfardi, when«th&y^t>;tMit tbeir ftups for the Greeh-
land and Spitfberg voyages, the people require twice as large a
ftock of provsifitais as wdl feve the^me number of rilen
or Auguft, to go to Spain, or up-the Straits.:
What the Norwegian peafants, feamen, arid fifhermen fhe% Vo
brandy, which they are all extremely fond of) admire iriofc iis tobacco.
This weed they not only fmoak but dfo cheWi which
they think fe ds whdlforilj’^hd aa well-tafted as the 'indiahs^^
their Betel-areck. The -fmoakifig tobacco was firft introduced
into Norway in the year' 1616, and then afoot of rolt-tobaceo
was fold for eighteen-pence. If it could be planted here, and
brought to perfefiion (for our fummers are warm enough, but
perhaps of too fhort a conrimjtocef) it would be a great advantage
to the country# and would fave the naticai feveral hundred thou-
•fend dollars, .that are annually paid for that commodity* However,
we ought not to grudge it the feamen and the moPftfaineers,
to whom it is a great refrefhment in coldvwinds aswl feveise ffofts.
Snuff, which they call here Nasfe-meel, they are not lef§ fopd pff
and always cany their fnuff-horn about them. His excellence the
Stadtholder Gyldenlove, knew their tafte fo well in this particular,
that in his invaiion on Vug-Sidero, he diftributed a certain
*-Tkis Syrc, bicomes at laft as four as vinegar, and is oftfri died ift«r pur*
pole; but when they drink it fhey generally mix a good dcaj of water with it.
quantity