Gomme (food)

Gomme
A brown variant of gomme.
Place of origin	Norway
Cookbook: Gomme Media: Gomme

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, but has traditionally been used preferably at the end of large meals or instead of cakes after dinner.

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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Gomme (food)

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