This is too easy an opportunity to pass up, so:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk

Generally though, Norwegians are surprisingly tetchy about eating healthily, which I guess explains the lack of deep frying.

They probably trout-slap as well, but I haven't provoked a local Viking into doing that yet.

This here Colonial loves a good fish & chips as well.

It is indeed ironic isn't it? The majority of Brits I know who left the UK did so to avoid the higher cost of living and the taxes while most of the people I know who immigrated to the UK did so for the employment opportunities.

almost as bad as the Icelanders & their buried shark ....
but how do they have their fish for the other 9 months of the year?

You guys "escape" to the Philippines because your money is worth more here; we go to the UK because the pay is far, far better there (yes, even with all the taxes and cost of living) than it is here.

How much better? To give an example, my entire month's salary here would be good for a 500GB hard drive, while I can earn the same hard drive and more with about 2-2.5 days' work in the UK. And remember, we're talking about the SAME JOB with the SAME RESPONSIBILITIES and the SAME PENALTIES if you make a mistake. Simply put, I can work in the UK and feed my family, while the same work here isn't even enough to cover rent and food for a month.


Thanks for the kind words, Vitesse. It truly will be life-changing and I hope I never regret this decision when I get old.

Mace, when the employers came here, they brought with them a video to show the "accent" of the area. Though the employers were careful with their speech, it took about a few milliseconds more than usual for my brain to process their speech into something I could understand --- the video was terrible as I could barely make out what the people were saying. So I guess getting used to the accent will be a major challenge for me... not that I'm worried much since I'll be working in a relatively-isolated part of the hospital.

What's with all the fuss about fish&chips? Is that like a national dish or something?

yes.

Fish'n'chips are a bit of a guilty pleasure in today's world of overindulgence, but nonetheless one of the popular take-away foods in the UK. Deep-fried chips (thick-cut) with battered fish;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips

It's not something that one ought to eat too often (unless you like heart bypass operations), but every now and then is great. Mmmm.

On that wiki article, the Stromness fish and chips photo is the benchmark. most of the others are pale imitations.

Well done Ice, glad you made it in the end! I hope everything else goes smoothly

True Fish and chips

HADDOCK + CHIPS + MUSHYPEAS

unfortuatly the southerner eat cod for some strange reason, i mean its the fish you give to the cat!

(This post was sponsored by a Grimbarian, dont challenge his fish and chip knowledge on pain of death!)

Well then Lewis, I shall never question your Britishness.

@ Ice - Best of luck and success to you in your new career and setting.