Posted on 12/22/2017 3:16:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
Adventurous Minnesotans Seek Lutefisk Come Yuletide December 22, 2017 at 3:55 pm Filed Under:Lutefisk, Olsen Fish Company
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The holidays are full of traditions, and for many Minnesota families, that means serving up lutefisk.
The Olsen Fish Company has been providing traditional Scandinavian foods for well over 100 years.
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Norwegian immigrants in Minneapolis began importing herring and lutefisk then processed it themselves.
The same process is used to this day. This is still a common practice in Norway and even parts of Africa.
“Basically take the head off, cut the guts and tie the tail up. And in northern Norway they can hang them and let them naturally dry,” Olsen’s president Chris Dorff said. “Mother Nature would dry them in six months, and preserve it, as long as it’s dry.”
The Olsen Fish Company produces 300,000 to 400,000 pounds of lutefisk a year.
You can buy it at grocery stores and specialty stores across the country.
Lutefisk has been declared torture under the Geneva accords.
CC
That looks...gross. I’ll try most dishes from cuisines around the world, but yeah - think I’ll pass on this.
You need to get yourself invited to lunch at the Sons of Norway in St Paul. The menu is lutefisk and white boiled potatoes. The only color on the plate is a bit of melted butter and a sprinkle of parsley.
The whole purpose of the meal is to drink a whole bunch of aquavit, which makes the fish palatable. (If you remember the taste of the fish, you did not drink enough according to my member friends)
Skoal!
My daughter brought me some dried fish from Iceland or the Faroe Islands. That’s how they eat it. Dipped in butter. Sounds the same as Lutefisk.
It was no delicacy, but it wasn’t that bad. It would be great for those with no refrigeration.
It’s fish gelatin. Not very tasty and probably wasn’t meant to be.
Prolly because you forgot to add salt!
I actually had to eat it. My wife is Norwegian, born in Minnesota. It was mandatory at Christmas dinner. One year only. I threatened to not go next Christmas.
There’s a mashed potato ratio per teaspoon of lutakisk where if you mix them, you can get it down, then gargle with kerosene afterwards.
They’re leaving out the part of the process where they use LYE to soften the fish. I’ve had dried, smoked fish and it’s good. Specifically “nieuwe Herring” , a Dutch delicacy. No lye for me, thanks.
CC
Father in law was Danish. Got me hooked on herring, lefse, smoked eel, aquavit and cherry heering. Fit for a king!
Salmon jerky is excellent but soapfish not so much.
They should force every Somali to eat a full pound every time they pick up a welfare check.
It’s not that bad. Many people simply aren’t accustomed to the consistency or texture. Just get instructions for cooking it, or you’ll be cooking it off and on for too long.
The lye-water treatment is similar to that for Chinese noodles. It’s treated, until the lye neutralizes and balances. Been done for many generations.
We had to eat a piece of Lutefish every Christmas Eve smorgasbord before we could leave the table. Massive amounts of mashed potatoes and butter to gag it down! Oh the memories!
Friends don’t let friends eat lutefisk
Though I do live korv and lingonberries
White fish, baked with butter these days, served with white sauce....accompanied by mashed turnips, boiled potatoes with white sauce, and brown beans
Some adventures aren’t worth pursuing.
‘Weaponized’ fish.. umm Yummy.. I always looked forward to that dish at the table.. right alongside the blood sausage..
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