Takk! My grandmother Laura used to put the lutefisk in her bathtub with lots of lye. I never ate it nor did I ever take a bath in her tub!
LOL, you know the legend, don’t you?
St. Patrick tried to get the Norskies out of Ireland by putting lye in their fish stores.
Trouble was, the Norskies loved it and turned it into their national dish.
Short version.