Rye crispbread

These leavened flatbreads are baked in an oven unlike the uniquely Norwegian Crisp Flatbread, which is not. They are common all over the Nordic region and in many other parts of the world to which they are being exported.

Today very few people bake these kinds of breads themselves but rather buy them readymade. A meal with pickled herring that doesn’t include darkly toasted rye sourdough crispbread, good salty butter and mature cheese is for many, including myself, unthinkable.