Lapskaus
Lapskaus is a thick Norwegian stew made of meat and potatoes.
There are many variations of lapskaus. The dish may be made of fresh or leftover meat and potatoes. Other typical ingredients are vegetables and spices.
Lapskaus is possibly linked to lobscouse, a European sailors' stew or hash particularly associated with Liverpool. Similar dishes include the Danish labskovs, Finnish Lapskoussi or the German labskaus.
The dish also figures in Norwegian American cuisine. In 1970, lapskaus was part of "the official menu for the seamen's mess" of the Norwegian America Line. Until the 1980s, Brooklyn's Eighth Avenue was known as "Lapskaus Boulevard" in reference to the high Norwegian-American population in the area.
