Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can now get it from the deep freezer at your friendly local store in Sweden. Heat it in the microwave. It has been dried and processed as Geir describes, then packaged and frozen. I am not sure you can get it all year round. This is actually a great step forward for mankind because the final step in preparing it 'manually' was quite critical. Just a tiny bit of overcooking and you had fish soup. >Hi Geir, > >My mother's parents both came from Norway and this dish was >traditionally served at Christmas. Is it considered a holiday dish >in Norway today or more commonly served? > >Regards, > >Greg > >Geir Bugge-Olsen wrote: > >>Lutefisk is made from dried cod or "lange"i do not know the english >>word for this fish,it in the cod family.The cod is dried in open >>air and later put in water with"Kaustisk soda"I do not know the >>english word for this as well.It is the opposit of acid and after >>put in water for some time so the "lut" is gone.It is then cocked >>in water and served with white sauce or beacon fat and in Norway >>with akevit and beer.The only thing i like is the beer. >>Geir >>PS. dried cod is very good to eat raw if you beat it with a hammer >>to it is soft. >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kit McChesney | acmefoto" >><kitmc@acmefoto.com> >>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >>Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:16 PM >>Subject: RE: [Leica] Sweet Tea, now catfish >> >>>Yes, isn't Lutefisk a type of cod dried in lye? My biz partner is a Swede, >>>and she's had it, but I've never seen it ... Yikes! >>> >>>k. >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Geir >>>Bugge-Olsen >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 12:11 AM >>>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Sweet Tea, now catfish >>> >>> >>>And what is Luddefisk? >>>If it is what i think Lutefisk a Norwegian or Swedish dried fish you sure >>>need a lot of some strong fluid! >>>Geir >>> >>>For that matter, the one time I was exposed to Luddefisk I found it >>> >>>>delightful, though I believe I'd had far too much Lagavulin at the time. >>>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html