Trolling for Lutefisk--The final word on lutefisk

Albert Lea Tribune/Redwood Falls Gazette ^ | 12-13-05 | Dick Herfindahl

[SJackson]

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Lutefisk, with silverware about to melt.

[Reaganesque]

Lutefisk melts silverware?!!

[SJackson]

Lutefisk melts silverware?!!

Turns it black. It's the lye. Use stainless.

[Charles Henrickson]

Ping to the Swedish Ping List.

Or should I say: Ling to the Swedish Ping List?

[xcamel]

Lutefisk is indeed troll bait.

[Triggerhippie]

It does one hell of a lot worse than that!

A man complained to his Scandinavian neighbor that he had skunks living under his porch and he couldn't get rid of them. The neighbor said, "Put some lutefisk under the porch and the skunks will leave in a hurry." One week later the neighbor asked the man if the lutefisk had worked. The man replied, "Oh yeah, it worked on the skunks but now I've got a worse problem. Do you have any ideas on how to get rid of some Norwegians?"

[p. henry]

Lutefisk, like haggis, is the product of famine. When there was nothing else to eat, our Scandahoovian ancestors were forced to eat lutefisk. It then became a beloved tradition. There can be no other explanation for the consumption of this vile concoction.

[basil]

This Texan once lived in Williston ND for three and a half years. Some of the finest people in the world are in ND.

Having said that, I can report that I found a way for three years to avoid eating lutefisk. The smell would drive a maggot from a gut-wagon!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Ice covering a lake?? Yea sure ..... this must be a joke, it's 70 outside .......

[greatvikingone]

Wrapping lutefisk in perfectly good lefse ought to be a crime.

[RichInOC]

The Power of Lutefisk

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/ic/lutefisk.html

(Not recommended for general audiences, due to one brief but pivotal crudity. Click at your own risk.)

[Lil'freeper]

ping

[JenB]

Ew!

[HairOfTheDog]

Lutefiske is the dish served to guests we don't want to stay a long time.

We don't actually ~eat~ it.

[geopyg]

The article reads a lot better if you put a Norsk accent on it. (Or at least Minnesoootan where I'm originally from).

I had heard one story that told of how the enemy poured lye on the fish the villagers had hanging out to dry. With nothing left to eat they ate the lye-soaked fish!?

Also - what is the story on gravloks (spelling?). Literally Grave Fish. Something like bury it in the fall and dig it up at Christmas or Easter???

[Lacroix]

I saw a T-shirt once that showed a Viking Boat under full sail. The crew was crowded towards the back of the boat, which was very low in the water and the bow was high above and not touching the water. The caption was the captain saying "OK, some of us are going to have to sit up front with the Lutefisk."

[Reaganesque]

If you've ever seen "So, I Married an Ax-Murderer" with Mike Meyers, there's a scene where he and his wife-to-be discuss haggis. His take on haggis was that it was "invented on a dare." LOL!

[Tench_Coxe]

Lol. Third paragraph down?

[Charles Henrickson]

. . . lutefisk. Now all good Norwegians must at least be samplers of this Scandinavian delicacy.

As should all good Swedes. Only we call it, lutfisk.

After soaking the lutfisk for days on the back porch, Grandma Henrickson then made it and served it every Christmas Eve. And I liked it! She served it with a choice of a mustard sauce or a cream sauce. Of course, we had all the traditional side dishes: boiled potatoes, limpa bread, rice pudding, etc. The adults drank homemade glögg. Afterwards, we would listen to an album of Swedish Christmas songs. What good memories!

Lutfisk: The piece of cod that passes all understanding.