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For me, it's kompe. It's a dish that's eaten in southern Norway, which consists of a little ball of salt pork surrounded by a potato dumpling. As the dumping is boiled, the flavor of the pork spreads through the potato, and it's a way to make a very poor meal feel like much more.

Most often eaten with butter, sugar, and lingonberry jam, I think the leftovers fried up on the second day are the best!

[Image description: split image, kompe cut up on a cutting board, and slices of kompe browned in a frying pan.]

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[–] remington 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] thrawn21 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, but add sliced hotdogs, peas, and loads of ketchup!

[–] storksforlegs 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Porcupine meatballs. It's meatballs cooked in a tomato sauce (tomato soup basically). The meatballs are blended with uncooked rice that cooks while they boil. Besides takeout, this was probably the favourite dish of my siblings and I growing up.

[–] jmbmkn 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this a local dish or sonething your family invented?

[–] storksforlegs 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Your question made me wonder, I actually had no idea. But its an American recipe, it has a wiki. (i find it funny that a meatball has its own wiki)

They were a staple during the Great Depression requiring only a few basic ingredients: ground beef, uncooked long-grain rice, onion, and canned tomato soup.[1] The name comes from the appearance of the meatballs, which appear prickly when the rice pokes out of them as they cook, resembling a porcupine.[2]>

[–] TheGiantKorean 4 points 1 year ago

I've heard of it before, but never had it. Pretty sute it's a local thing.

[–] alottachairs 5 points 1 year ago
[–] Templa 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mashed potatoes with beans on top 🤤

[–] TheGiantKorean 3 points 1 year ago

Never had it before, but it sounds good!

[–] marin 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine would be pancit luglug from the Philippines. My dad would always buy it for me after Sunday mass. It came wrapped in a banana leaf and news paper and tied shut with plastic straw.

[–] thrawn21 4 points 1 year ago

Oh that looks good, I'll have to give a try at making it!

[–] TimTheEnchanter 5 points 1 year ago

Instant ramen noodles are a childhood comfort food for me. My friend and I would make them at her house and we felt like we were expert chefs because we were using the stove, ha ha!

[–] Witch 4 points 1 year ago

Bologna sandwich.

It's just bologna on white bread and I find it delightful.

[–] jadenity 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My family would make a dish which we called Hot-dogs-with-cheese-on-top-in-the-oven. We'd take hot dogs and cut them in half, place them flat-side down on a piece of white bread, and put 2 slices of American cheese on top. Pop them on a pan in the oven until the bread is crispy and the cheese is melted. Simple and delicious.

[–] TheGiantKorean 3 points 1 year ago

Spaghetti with meatballs and sausages. My mom would make gigantic fist-sized meatballs swimming in a huge pot of sauce. So good.

[–] azureeight 2 points 1 year ago

Pot roast using Knorr onion soup mix in a crockpot for 8 hours over white rice. 💙

[–] storksforlegs 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I ask about the kompe, what is the potato dumpling made from? Potato flour or is it made from mash? It looks pretty delicious, especially fried

[–] thrawn21 3 points 1 year ago

It's made with finely shredded potato and a mix of potato and regular flour. It's actually best made with shriveled old potatoes, as they've lost a lot of their water, which makes the dumpling hold better.