On Friday I lost my favorite hat and I blame NSB for it!

It has gotten to a point where I blame most of my problems on NSB, the company that runs the railroads in Norway. I spend a significant part of my day on a train. A little over a year ago we made the decision that we wanted to get a house and a garden and the only financially sound way to do that was to move outside of Oslo. I was aware that I would be spending a lot of time on the train when I moved but what I wasn’t really ready for was the constant train delays, cancellations, and pretty much every other trouble you can imagine when it comes to trains.

Not to say it is all bad. I mean I have a never-ending source of small talk conversation topics with other commuting colleges. I always have a plausible excuse for coming in late because nobody will ever doubt you when you say your train is late. Yeah it is that bad! And lets not forget that it adds excitement into my otherwise monotonous life. It is a constant thriller almost everyday: will I be able to reach Kindergarten on time to pick up my daughter.

So why do I blame them for loosing my hat? Well, after a week of everyday delays and cancellations, I was sitting on the train trying to get some work done. The train was already delayed, no surprise there. I however wasn’t expecting to be booted off the train three stops ahead of my destination. The absent minded me all of a sudden realized everyone was leaving and I scrambled to get my laptop packed away into my backpack. I completely forgot about my hat, which I had placed on my lap.

You might say it was my own fault but that is not the conclusion you come to when you realize you lost it while you are fuming away in anger over having to switch to a slow, overcrowded bus. It is clearly their fault!

I must say that I am happy we have family close by that I know I can call if there is an emergency, otherwise it would be impossible to live here. Talking about family, the tuna salad I am posting today is something I got a lot of inspiration for from my future mother-in-law. I still feel hers is a notch better but this is a pretty decent Sunday lunch or as a tapas dish.

Tuna Salad

Tuna Salad

1 box tuna fish with water (the 170 g type)
3 small cold boiled potatoes cut into little bites
1/3 tsp Curry
1/2 tsp aromat
½ red onion, finely chopped
½ bell pepper red, finely chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
1/3 tsp white pepper
3 boiled eggs in small bits

Approx 110-130 g Mayonnaise
Salt

Prepare all the ingredients and mix it all in a bowl with the exception of the mayonnaise and salt. I find it easiest to rip the tuna fish from the box with a fork. The egg I usually cut once horizontally in an egg cutter and then once vertically. Now add approx 2/3 of the mayonnaise and stir. Keep adding mayonnaise until you reach a consistency you like. Taste to see if salt is needed. The Aromat is quite salty so it is not always needed.

Perfect on baguettes for lunch or as a Tapas Dish