Lompe = Lefse?

So what is a lompe? Well, you might have heard about

(Some (like me) sometimes put butter and sugar on the lompe as well. A perfect dessert after a pølse i lompe dinner…)

Pølse (hot dog)

You find all kinds of different hot dogs in Norway. In general we put them into two categories:

• Grillpølse (a hot dog that we fry in a pan, or barbeque)

• Wienerpølse (a hot dog that we heat up slowly in a pot with warm water)

It’s important to know that the preparation of these two kinds are not mixed, meaning that you would never fry a wiener hot dog, and you would never put a grillpølse to cook in warm water. The result would be a soggy grillpølse, a maltreated wiener hot dog, and it would make you look quite strange to any Norwegian witnessing this.

Toppings on a hot dog

The toppings on a hot dog in Norway can vary a bit in different parts of the country. But there are six essential toppings for a successful pølsefest (hot dog party).

• Kethcup (ketsjup)

• Mustard (sennep)

• Fried onions (sprøstekt løk)

• Raw chopped onions (rå løk)

• Potato salad (potetsalat)

• Shrimp salad (rekesalat)