What I think was the most interesting part of the experience of Tuesday's tour (aside from our charismatic guide) was being able to straight up walk into the buildings that were chilling outside. On one very shallow level, dang, in the United States some idiots would go and vandalize that. On another, some of those buildings were older than the United States as a nation, and one we had pointed out on the map was from the 1200s. I think, as I suspect everyone on our tour did, that the Stave Church was a beautiful building. I also found the animal care procedures in the earlier history of Norway quite interesting. While depressing, the "birch porridge" they would feed to livestock was a solid idea to reduce suffering.
The apartments provided a neat window into how lives in different time periods would have been, with the Beatles kitchen thing having QUITE the excess of garlic.
On another, less scheduled note, a small group of us decided to take an adventure around to view some buildings, such as The Royal Palace, where we found some statues of important figures, as well as navigating the embassies nearby (finding a comical diplomatic Fiat Punto.)
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Norwegian Cultural History museum, a cold take thereof:
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Re: birch porridge
ReplyDeleteI was also intrigued by the various methods the Norwegians used to carry themselves through such harsh winters. As our guide had mentioned, the birch porridge was used to keep the stomachs of livestock full in order to subside their suffering. While actively starving, the animals were still respected enough to be treated with compassion. I would think that during such intense times of struggle, any and all energy the farmers had would have been conserved, but they still went out of their way to mix and cook nutrition less meals for those that were not going to make it through the winter. At a 30-40% yearly livestock mortality rate from starvation alone, this is something that will remain in my mind on both the accounts of humanity and ingenuity. It took some real creative thinking to solve this issue of suffering.