The Norwegian art of the packed lunch

Re:The Norwegian art of the packed lunch by tomcam on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:25AM (#18830576)

I have found a similar approach extremely effective for productivity. I have to admit, however, that when I worked at places like Microsoft and QSC I enjoyed lunches with my colleagues immensely because they were all so damn smart and interesting.

However...

> Another hallmark of the matpakke is the addition of small, bread-sized squares of mellomleggspapir – between-layer paper – between each slice of bread; these can be peeled off as you eat your way through the layers.

Could one of you Vikings give me a better explanation of this practice?

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Re:The Norwegian art of the packed lunch by therein on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:39AM (#18830614)

That paragraph makes it sound exotic but I believe it is simply the equivalent of parchment paper we have between slices of presliced cheese.

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Re:The Norwegian art of the packed lunch by adamcik on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:11AM (#18830692)

Correct, it's basically pre-cut parchment paper.

The thing to watch out for though is that the parchment paper is not suited for baking (mainly thinner and cheaper), we once baked a pizza on the matpakke type and it was a pain to get the paper off the crust.

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Re:The Norwegian art of the packed lunch by jpatokal on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:41AM (#18830767)

Sandwiches in Scandinavia default to open-faced. Unlike the US, there's no second piece of bread on top, so you need something to stop them from getting smashed together.

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Re:The Norwegian art of the packed lunch by tomcam on Saturday January 05, 2019 @06:41AM (#18831183)

Thank you, that was the key to my puzzlement. The article implied, to me anyway, that a single sandwich might have three or four layers. Now I see that it is actually multiple open-face sandwiches, which is awesome to me.

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Re:The Norwegian art of the packed lunch by kasperni on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:13AM (#18830697)

Yes, basically it is avoid the toppings on each bread sticking to the next bread.

This is how a rye bread "sandwich" typically looks in Denmark: https://www.madling.dk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Hjemmelave...

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Re:The Norwegian art of the packed lunch by unixhero on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:54AM (#18830822)

Very simple. It is dividers, usually made of a strong paper material, but plastic or aluminium foil works too. It must be stronger than cellophane, that won't work.

Just think about it, if you make a nice slice of bread with strawberry jam, without mellomleggspapir and it would hit right into the slice above and mix with the ham and cheese.

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