Sterling Old Norway, Large Hearts!

[Mudman]

Growing this one for the first time this year along side Anna Russian for comparison. These are huge pink hearts. The largest in this picture is 21 ounces and it looks like most of the fruit on the plant will be well over 1 lb.

[remy]

Very nice. One of my best friends is from Norway, Hilde. She's a member here and helped me start the Buffalo~Niagara tomato party. She just went Norway for a year. Maybe we can work on a seed swap later this year if you would like?
Remy

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by remy

Very nice. One of my best friends is from Norway, Hilde. She's a member here and helped me start the Buffalo~Niagara tomato party. She just went Norway for a year. Maybe we can work on a seed swap later this year if you would like?
Remy

Well then she would be happy to know that this fall I will be offering a SASE of Sterling Old Norway, Norderås Busk, and Tante Ci, all Norwegian varieties.

[carolyn137]

http://tomatoville.com/search.php?searchid=1081706

Above is a link to a search here since I remembered that the Sterlings had been discussed here before. There are at least two specific threads and it appears that there's no documentation that either of Sterlings is actually from Norway, actually one from Germany, allegedly, and in addition, different information on color and shape of both.

Just trying to be helpful since, as you'll see when you read those links, I have a Norwegian connection myself in one part of my maternal line but the most direct line is from Upsala in Sweden. So while I've always been interested in Scandinavian tomato varieties you couldn't prove it by what my mother cooked, and she cooked as her mother did and my grandmother was born in Sweden and the culinary scheme was always white on white food and anything that could be creamed, was creamed.

I did like the creamed codfish though, and it was bought dried in a wooden box, then soaked forever to get the salt out and then creamed.

[remy]

Originally Posted by Mudman

Well then she would be happy to know that this fall I will be offering a SASE of Sterling Old Norway, Norderås Busk, and Tante Ci, all Norwegian varieties.

That will be great.

Originally Posted by carolyn137

http://tomatoville.com/search.php?searchid=1081706

Above is a link to a search here since I remembered that the Sterlings had been discussed here before. There are at least two specific threads and it appears that there's no documentation that either of Sterlings is actually from Norway, actually one from Germany, allegedly, and in addition, different information on color and shape of both.

Just trying to be helpful since, as you'll see when you read those links, I have a Norwegian connection myself in one part of my maternal line but the most direct line is from Upsala in Sweden. So while I've always been interested in Scandinavian tomato varieties you couldn't prove it by what my mother cooked, and she cooked as her mother did and my grandmother was born in Sweden and the culinary scheme was always white on white food and anything that could be creamed, was creamed.

I did like the creamed codfish though, and it was bought dried in a wooden box, then soaked forever to get the salt out and then creamed.

Even if they may not be directly from Norway, I still think she would like to grow them.
Hilde once had my husband and I over for a traditional Norwegian dinner. We had salmon baked with sour cream, boiled potatoes, and broccoli w/a white sauce. She did serve the broccoli sauce on the side.
I do know when she first came here, her husband (American) got sick of the potatoes real quick. She was making them with most every dinner.
The other thing she makes a lot of are sweet bread type desserts which I of course don't mind at all. They must be popular there.
Remy

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Just trying to be helpful since, as you'll see when you read those links, I have a Norwegian connection myself in one part of my maternal line but the most direct line is from Upsala in Sweden. So while I've always been interested in Scandinavian tomato varieties you couldn't prove it by what my mother cooked, and she cooked as her mother did and my grandmother was born in Sweden and the culinary scheme was always white on white food and anything that could be creamed, was creamed.

I did like the creamed codfish though, and it was bought dried in a wooden box, then soaked forever to get the salt out and then creamed.

Thanks Carolyn, I have read those links and did know that there was no certainty of Sterling Old Norway being from Norway. From my research Imur Prior Beta was even more unlikely to be Norwegian so I didn't grow that one.
As for the food, you are right on, white. For my friends that aren't of Scandinavian heritage I always explain to them that everything is white. And then for desserts you may get really crazy and add some cinnamon to the white stuff. My dad is 100% Norwegian and grew up eating large bowls of rømmegrøt for breakfast.

[lakelady]

Those look like great tomatoes! How do they taste? Sweet, tart, sour?

I love salted cod fish and of course, being Italian, we eat it every Christmas Eve dinner with all of the other fishes. Being a foodie, I'd love to try creamed cod, sounds interesting. Maybe I'll go look for a recipe. Although, my color preferences tend towards red and green for foods, which is based on my family meals as a child. Lots of tomatoes and lots of green vegetables.

I had a crush on a Norwegian boy in high school that I ended up dating in college for a bit. Boy was he cute !

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by lakelady

Those look like great tomatoes! How do they taste? Sweet, tart, sour?

I will let you know in a couple days. I picked them early because got heavy rain last night and I have been getting severe splitting this year. I wanted to get as many blushers inside before the rain as I could.

[lakelady]

We are supposed to have another huge storm here, torrential rains and hail (what is with the hail this year?). I'm going to get out and pick all my semi ripes again so they don't get destroyed. My son informs me (he's the one with the iphone) that a hurricane is headed up the coast....I hate hurricane season!

[Mudman]

Very good flavor, sweet with a nice zing. Very meaty. I will definitely grow it again.

[Tormato]

Mike,

Were those from my last few seeds, or did you ever find another seed source?

Gary

[Mudman]

Yes those are from the seeds you sent me. I forgot to look back at the other thread to see if yours were pink. I am very happy with them though.