Yeah, you probably are going to have to travel some from Orange Co. to find a countryside littered with little white Norwegian lutheran churches.
Anyone having lutefisk during the holidays?
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Yeah, you probably are going to have to travel some from Orange Co. to find a countryside littered with little white Norwegian lutheran churches.
proctorflash
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I remember when i was young, my mother had to soak the dried Lutefisk in the bathtub for a couple of days and rinsed it often to get it just right for cooking. We had that awful smelling stuff every Christmas Eve and invited the neighbors over and they had both cream sauce and melted butter available and boiled potatoes. About 10 years ago my Dad had cooked a little too much Lutefisk and nobody was left that liked it, so he ended up throwing the leftovers off the patio deck for the crows to eat. Guess what? they picked it up and dropped it, even they would not eat it.
Every culture...
Every culture and ethnicity has to have a traditional dish that tastes terrible and you wonder if the people that say that they like it are really telling the truth or just going along with the crowd.
Being from the south I can say that the worst thing I've tried was chitterlings. They smell like where they came from and they taste just like they smell.
Every culture and ethnicity has to have a traditional dish that tastes terrible and you wonder if the people that say that they like it are really telling the truth or just going along with the crowd.
Being from the south I can say that the worst thing I've tried was chitterlings. They smell like where they came from and they taste just like they smell.
I had a very good client who had emigrated from Lithuania.One Christmas she had made some borscht and I ate and smiled and said yum! Every time I was over there for the next week she fed me more! Food should not be pink :-O
Sven
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Ya, you betcha.
The mashed rutabaga puts their dinner a bit above the rest. That and some purty good fisk:
Mashed potato, rutabaga, meatballs, cranberry sauce, fisk, slaw, lefse and a roll. for dessert, rommegrot, krumkake and pie.
Rutabagies! That's what's missing from the local Lutheran church's lutefisk feed! Should have lingonberries instead of the cranberries, but I guess I'll just save them for my Swedish pancakes. I always look forward to the last Saturday in October!
Herknav
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I tried some for the first time last week. It was a 2-course Julebord (Christmas dinner). You could choose between Lutefisk, Pinechot (sp?-lamb), and Ribbe (pork). The Americans all chose lutefisk and ribbe. All the Norwegians (save one) chose "anything but lutefisk."
photocosmo
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A lot of the "old guys" at the bar always claimed that the best lutefisk feed was at the Lutheran church in Nerstrand so I went down with them once a few years ago. There were literally hundreds of people there and it turned out to be an all-day deal. I'm not much on lutefisk, but like you I will eat it because it's different and while waiting to be seated I was lucky enough to be invited to sample some Akvavit (also an "aquired taste"). All in all a great experience not widely available in most areas of the country,
straightshooter1
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I've eaten a lot of "strange" food in my life. I spent some time with the Vietnamese people when I was over there and never had anything I didn't like.
I meet Vietnamese here in the US and, sometimes, they bring me native foods. I still like them.
But this Lutefisk sounds terrible.
I'm afraid I'll have to put it in the same category as New York City-ain't never been there, ain't never going. Ain't never ate no Lutefisk (or smelled it), ain't never gonna.
Please help yourself to my portion.
Bob
I meet Vietnamese here in the US and, sometimes, they bring me native foods. I still like them.
But this Lutefisk sounds terrible.
I'm afraid I'll have to put it in the same category as New York City-ain't never been there, ain't never going. Ain't never ate no Lutefisk (or smelled it), ain't never gonna.
Please help yourself to my portion.
Bob
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That must be a different breed of Lut'ran down there in Rice County. One time some buddies went over to Beldenville and bought their tickets, then went back to River Falls for a few beers at Emma's. When they came back for dinner, the pastor chided them for having beer on their breath. After that, I don't know if anybody would dare smuggle in some akvavit.
By way of contrast, over at St. Mary's in New Trier, those Catholics will tap a keg right there in the church basement. They always have the Vikings game on, too.
I acquired a taste for akvavit early on. My Pop always had a bottle in the freezer; a frosty snit was the first thing he'd offer as an aperitif. For years he always gave me a bottle for my birthday, too.
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Well, Jinglebob, I'll go out on a limb, and guess that your family ain't been in East Texas all that long.
photocosmo
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Ja! For sure the drinkin' was on the "DL" (read: back at the car!) still, while I can easily pound half a dozen brewskis I find an ounce or two of Caraway Schnapps plenty sufficient and less attention-getting too!
BTW: As a volunteer fundraiser for the Parish School I can verify that the two greateast sources of revenue at any Catholic "event" will be the bar and the Pulltab booth...
just sayin'
'coz
BTW: As a volunteer fundraiser for the Parish School I can verify that the two greateast sources of revenue at any Catholic "event" will be the bar and the Pulltab booth...
just sayin'
'coz
george minze
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The chubby guy ,on the travel channel who will eat almost anything. Darned near had a attack when he ate it at a Norwegian celebration. Now I have seen this guy eat some of the most disgusting things called food around the world. Even he could hardly stomach it......That is enough of a hint for me....
Sven
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Nah, I think he read this thread and was just making a scene!
That's Andrew Zimmern. He lives in St. Paul, but he's not from around here, so he thinks he has to make a fuss. If he was from here, he would just roll with it.
george minze
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Well he does eat some nasty stuff.....Those worms out of the tree limbs just about got me..........Then when he says ...it has a intestinal taste. He means it tastes like ####.....I hope he gets paid a lot...I would hate to be his Colon doctor.........Garbage in garbage out...
That armadillo WAS pretty bad wasn't it....Well, I've eaten some strange **** before and I will always try something since there is a fairly good chance I might like it-and by not trying something just because is sounds nasty means one will not eat some truly great things. Lutefisk may or may not be one of those treats but I will withold judgement until I actually try some.
Some if the strange stuff (food) I have eaten and actually liked:
Boudin rouge (blood boudin)
Raw Oysters
Haggis
Raw fish
Steak Tartare
Liederkrantz cheese
Stewed Chicken gizzards, smothered liver
Rabbit,Squirrel,Deer,Goat,nutria,
Strange food I have eaten and NOT liked
Seagull (don't ask)
Possum, Raccoon
By-catch stew (anybody that has dealt with Vietnamese shrimpers knows what this is).
Armadillo (again don't ask but it also involved mescal, a large fire and three drunk Mexican ranch hands at some ranch in south Texas after a long ago dove hunt. Money changed hands
So in other words-I'll try just about anything at least once.
I didn't think we'd ever met.
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I've eaten a lot of "strange" food in my life. I spend some time with the Vietnamese people when I was over there and never had anything I didn't like.
I meet Vietnamese here in the US and, sometimes, they bring me native foods. I still like them.
But this Lutefisk sounds terrible.
I'm afraid I'll have to put it in the same category as New York City-ain't never been there, ain't never going. Ain't never ate no Lutefisk (or smelled it), ain't never gonna.
Please help yourself to my portion.
Bob
My sentiments exactly cept--I do wish to visit the Statue of Liberty at least once. L-))
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If a starving cat, dog or even a possum dont eat it? im not going to either. Where I got this from was once about 20 years ago, I bought 2 packages of VERY low grade hotdogs--though I didnt know it at the time. New product on the shelves and for an affordable price. I learned the hotdog lesson easily enough after that initial purchase.
Ive seen possums eat dirt and other nasty stuff, well, I had tried two of those ""hotdogs"" for lunch or dinner? and they were the nastiest thing I ate. Heck, they didnt even smell good when cooking and some kind of white stuff floating around each dog. I threw those out to a stray dog--it sniffed the product--turned up its nose and went to the next house. I couldnt believe it. Well, later that evening, I saw a stray cat sniff the items and run away. Later on as I was sitting on the front porch enjoying an iced tea and the evening breeze. I saw a possum approach the allegedly meat product expecting it to eat it--it didnt and waddled back under the house. Needless to say, I did try to feed the rest to strays, none ate it-so I covered the weenies with dirt expecting flies and ants to finish the job. Nope, they didnt either.
Ive seen possums eat dirt and other nasty stuff, well, I had tried two of those ""hotdogs"" for lunch or dinner? and they were the nastiest thing I ate. Heck, they didnt even smell good when cooking and some kind of white stuff floating around each dog. I threw those out to a stray dog--it sniffed the product--turned up its nose and went to the next house. I couldnt believe it. Well, later that evening, I saw a stray cat sniff the items and run away. Later on as I was sitting on the front porch enjoying an iced tea and the evening breeze. I saw a possum approach the allegedly meat product expecting it to eat it--it didnt and waddled back under the house. Needless to say, I did try to feed the rest to strays, none ate it-so I covered the weenies with dirt expecting flies and ants to finish the job. Nope, they didnt either.
Lutefisk in Nashville, TN on 12-7
We drove up to Nashville Thursday night for grand Christmas festivities that was cancelled because of the weather. On Saturday night there was a Norwegian dinner held by the Viking (Norwegian) Club at church.
The lutefisk was odor free, tasted great for the first time in 25 years, came with lefse and melted butter. We won a door prize for the "Farthest Travelled". I think we will do it again next year.
Three years ago my wife bought me a 'Deluxe Lefse Making Kit' for $300. I was shocked. We whipped up a 12# batch of potatoes for lefse just before Thanksgiving -- best batch we've made yet.
We drove up to Nashville Thursday night for grand Christmas festivities that was cancelled because of the weather. On Saturday night there was a Norwegian dinner held by the Viking (Norwegian) Club at church.
The lutefisk was odor free, tasted great for the first time in 25 years, came with lefse and melted butter. We won a door prize for the "Farthest Travelled". I think we will do it again next year.
Three years ago my wife bought me a 'Deluxe Lefse Making Kit' for $300. I was shocked. We whipped up a 12# batch of potatoes for lefse just before Thanksgiving -- best batch we've made yet.
