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Being Texan, all I know of it is the "King of The Hill" episode....
(Season 3, Episode 21)
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRCO368vi5U[/ame]
Lutefisk season is here again.
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Being Texan, all I know of it is the "King of The Hill" episode....
(Season 3, Episode 21)
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRCO368vi5U[/ame]
vigil617
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I get the lutefisk and the meatballs, I clean my plate, I get up, I say "Uff, da!"
I've only had it a few times and I'm sure I was at the mercy of the cooks each time. It was texturally a tad on the Vaselineish side but edible.
But, then again, I like jellied eel, creamed herring, pickled herring, kippers and anchovies.
But, then again, I like jellied eel, creamed herring, pickled herring, kippers and anchovies.
22-year survivor of MN Lutheran church suppers.
Pickled herring, taters, coleslaw, meatballs, dark rye - yum! Lutefisk...no. Best lutefisk recipe is the cedar plank method: plank the cod, butter, salt, mustard, bake for 90min at 375. Serve when cooled; discard the fish, eat the plank.
Pickled herring, taters, coleslaw, meatballs, dark rye - yum! Lutefisk...no. Best lutefisk recipe is the cedar plank method: plank the cod, butter, salt, mustard, bake for 90min at 375. Serve when cooled; discard the fish, eat the plank.
Obviously a highly intelligent family!!!!!
Sistema1927
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Everything I know about Lutefisk I learned from Garrison Keilor:
“Lutefisk is cod that has been dried in a lye solution. It looks like the dessicated cadavers of squirrels run over by trucks, but after it is soaked and reconstituted and the lye is washed out and it’s cooked, it looks more fish-related, though with lutefisk, the window of success is small. It can be tasty but the statistics aren’t on your side. It is the hereditary delicacy of Swedes and Norwegians who serve it around the holidays, in memory of ancestors, who ate it because they were poor. Most lutefisk is not edible by normal people. It is reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog or the world’s largest chunk of phlegm.”
“Lutefisk is cod that has been dried in a lye solution. It looks like the dessicated cadavers of squirrels run over by trucks, but after it is soaked and reconstituted and the lye is washed out and it’s cooked, it looks more fish-related, though with lutefisk, the window of success is small. It can be tasty but the statistics aren’t on your side. It is the hereditary delicacy of Swedes and Norwegians who serve it around the holidays, in memory of ancestors, who ate it because they were poor. Most lutefisk is not edible by normal people. It is reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog or the world’s largest chunk of phlegm.”
I have tasted lutefisk twice; once on the way down, then once again on the way back up.
Better the second time around?
I saw a car in a post office parking lot once with a bumper sticker that read, LEGALIZE LUTEFISK. I mentioned it to the woman at the counter and she said, "That's mine. My husband is of Norwegian descent."
I had a girlfriend at university whose parents were Swedish. Her dad liked surströmming, which is probably even worse than lutefisk. Her mother forbade her dad from eating it in the house, insisting that he take it to the cabin. No idea where "the cabin" was but I assumed it was a long way from the house.
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muddocktor
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Thanks, but I will stick with my Cajun heritage and eat gumbo and other Cajun dishes.
bobcat
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bulletslap
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My wife is of Swedish extraction, lutefisk every Christmas, I think it is from the same barrel that gammelfarfar brought over in 1898.
deadin
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I'm sure glad someone invented refrigeration and pickling, jellying, salting etc. is no longer necessary.......
ParadiseRoad
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...section 2f of the: WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES —
REGULATION OF INDUSTRY, BUILDINGS AND SAFETY
2. “Toxic substance” does not include:
f. Lutefisk.
REGULATION OF INDUSTRY, BUILDINGS AND SAFETY
2. “Toxic substance” does not include:
f. Lutefisk.
ParadiseRoad
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...Barbacoa...is the stuff that made Elizabeth Taylor pass out in the movie "Giant" (1955)...
So they were trying to get rid of it over there way back then? Tells you something...
.38SuperMan
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Being of German heritage, lutefisk is just a bit too far North to be part of my regular diet.
But I manage to gross out most of my friends when I snack on my pickled herring straight out of the jar
I’m with you on the herring. Limburger cheese on dark pumpernickel thins my friends out too.
I’m a mix of Norwegian and German but German food has it all over Norwegian. My wife is Norwegian and she’ll prepare lefse occasionally. I drive her crazy by spreading peanut butter on it. Lutefisk, I’m not sure anything could help that.
.38SuperMan
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This is a similar recipe for what’s called bugle mouth bass or Tennessee river trout ( carp ).
Nail a carp to a cedar plank, sprinkle with seasonings and roast slowly over an open fire. When done toss the fish and eat the plank.
I'll bet all you whiners eat grits -- another name for 'fresh boiled sand'.
HOUSTON RICK
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I have heard of Lutefish, are they the fish prepared with lye?
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