Frozen pizza versus lutefisk: Which has been voted Norway’s least appetising food?
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- 27 Apr 2023
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Despite the success of its chefs on the world stage and the country’s catalogue of Michelin-starred restaurants, Norway doesn’t get a lot of love for its food.
A recent ranking from the food encyclopedia TasteAtlas ranked Norwegian cuisine the worst out of 95 countries in the world. Our own readers were also less than kind about Norwegian food, with a majority saying it deserved its lowly ranking.
TasteAtlas has since updated its ranking of the worst dishes in the world, with two (for different reasons) classics featured on the list.
Luckily for the defenders of Norway’s culinary heritage, the two dishes weren’t featured near the business end of the list. Instead, they were ranked 22nd and 23rd, with a frozen fish cube salad from Russia, Indigirka salad, taking the top spot.
The two Norwegian dishes to suffer the ignominy of being named among the worst in the world were Grandiosa frozen pizzas and lutefisk.
Surprisingly, the frozen pizzas were ranked the 22nd worst dish in the world, one spot above lutefisk- a meal infamous around the globe for its means of preparation, smell and texture.
While some may wonder why frozen pizzas were classed as Norwegian, with pizza traditionally being associated with Italy, Grandiosa (the Norwegian brand which dominates the market and introduced the product to Norway) has shifted more than 600 million pies since 1980. Read More…
