Seven varieties

Elise Helene lager kaffeost

Elise Helene makes coffee cheese

Northern peoples

- Not many people have the energy to make coffee cheese now. It's gone. But I use to make it," says Elise Helene Solberg from Kåfjorddalen.

Ruth og Eliva lager blodpølser

Ruth and Eliva make black pudding

Northern peoples

Sisters Ruth Bergljot Larsen and Eliva Antona Henriksen from Skardalen make black pudding.

Mary lager trollkrem

Mary makes magic cream

Northern peoples

- Blueberries and cranberries were everyday jam. Raspberries and redcurrants were used for special occasions and weekends, because there wasn't much of them. Mary Johanne Pedersen from Skibotn makes magic cream.

12 brød

12 broke

Northern peoples

I used to say that I don't have a recipe for anything, I just make things. When I started to keep house, after I had the kids, we baked often and a lot. You know, with a young cook, there had to be a lot of bread," says Oliva Helene Nilsen from Manndalen.

Magda lager kake

Magda makes a cake

Northern peoples

- Here it says «A cake». That's probably the biscuit. I didn't know what to call them when I wrote this recipe, so I called them «A cake». Meet Magna Helene Anderesen who makes biscuits.

Bjørg lager Rognbollesuppe / Guohpparmális

Bjørg makes Rognbollesuppe / Guohpparmális

Northern peoples

- "People used to be creative, mixing meat with roe to give it flavour and make it edible. There wasn't the abundance we have today," says Bjørg Eline Fossli from Manndalen. Here is her recipe for roe ball soup.