[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

put that bilge into formaldahyde

A freeper of Norwegian descent told me the other day that it was actually cod pickled in lye. I am a Finn, and we would never eat that poison!

[Clara Lou]

lu·te·fisk, also lut·fisk
n.
A traditional Scandinavian dish prepared by soaking air-dried cod in a lye solution for several weeks before skinning, boning, and boiling it, a process that gives the dish its characteristic gelatinous consistency.

[Norwegian : lut, lye (from Swedishfrom Old Norse laudhr, soap, foam) + fisk, fish (from Old Norse fiskr).]