The Greatest Party Of Your Life...(And A Recipe..Because It´s Me)

So my oldest baby is celebrating Russ with her class now. As I explained in an earlier post this is a tradition for every last year high school class in Norway. Sarah is a red russ...

For the entire russ celebration time, which lasts about 3 weeks and is finished on the National day in Norway on the 17th of May, they have to wear their overalls and russ clothing. They are not allowed to wash anything...this is apparently part of the tradition. Friends sign each other´s overalls and memories for a lifetime are made in these three weeks which include major weekend long parties which take place all around Norway. Sarah has been to Tryvann and this past weekend Lillehammer. Next weekend she is suppose to go back to Tryvann but she´s decided to spend the weekend with her boyfriend...she´s tired...which is understandable considering the last weeks events. Below are some photos which Sarah took at the Lillehammer weekend party....

This is Van-Land....the russ van is also a tradition. Groups of 5-8 people get together and buy a van which they decorate with their group´s name, photos, and anything else they care to have on the vans. Big stereos are a must as loud music, alcohol, and party party is the name of the game. After the russ celebration each group sells their van to the next year´s russ and the tradition continues.


If you´re Daddy is Kjell Inge Røkke or Donald Trump (for you Americans reading this) then you can afford one of the busses which are bought for the russ celebrations. Even bigger groups get together and buy busses which they then hire someone to drive for them and these busses are party clubs on wheels. Decorated inside like any hot nightclub and with amazing sound systems, DJ´s, and lighting systems...seriously nightclubs on wheels. I heard a russ talking about how his group spent 1 MILLION Norwegian Kroner on their russ celebration with the bus, clothing, parties, and everything else...and they are truly amazing...

This is the Garden. Each bus has it´s own name...like any good nightclub...

Here is this rolling "nightclub" (CNY, Chinese New Year)by day....

and by night...

According to Sarah the dragon spits smoke throughout the evening. I asked Sarah with all these buses in a circle, how do they play their music without blasting the others...she said they have play times they have to follow...each bus gets a certain amount of time to play their music and then the next bus...and so on and so on...

Here is a video teaser for the party in Tryvann...for a brief moment while watching this I was wishing I was 18 again....and then the video ended and I was happy I wasn´t 18 and could sleep in my bed and not get beer tossed in my hair..

Now for we adults who don´t spend our weekends in front of million kroner buses, with out of this world sound systems, dancing and tossing beer in each other´s hair...a recipe...which I really just made up today when I was making a vegetable stew and needed a good bread to go with it.

I used 4dl warm water and about 30 grams fresh yeast. Let the yeast dissolve in the water.

In a mixing bowl add about 1 kilo of regular flour. 1 healthy teaspoon of sea salt, chop up some rosemary, oregano, basil, and garlic finely and toss this in...you can use as much or as little as you want. I had about 1tbsp of all these spices combined. 

Finally 4tbsp olive oil. Add the water and yeast mixture. Combine and continue adding flour until you get a workable dough. Let this rise about 30 minutes, then roll out and cut into triangles and roll up. Let rise again for about 30 minutes and brush with egg and water mixture. Bake at 200C (400F) for about 20 minutes or until golden in color. Then voila...you get tasty herbal rolls to serve with a wonderful soup of your choice...

Thanks for stopping by...as always it´s been my pleasure sharing a little bit of my world with you....have a lovely Sunday evening....

Until next time my friends....