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.]
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.