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omega lambda
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 Posted: 12/15/04 - 14:21 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | Lutefisk & lefse |
Serously???? The lefse I can agree with.
In our family, it's bacala and fried bread. Blech for the bacala.
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Cappy
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 14:23 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | Lutefisk & lefse |
Would a Pencilvanian like this 
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 14:38 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: |
Would a Pencilvanian like this |
If they were Nowegian they would.
Us Mid-Western Germans like the lefse, but leave the lutefisk to the Nordic types.
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 14:44 Post subject:
WTF are lefse and lutefisk? 
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 14:52 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | | WTF are lefse and lutefisk? |
I don't think its Steak and Potatoes
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 14:54 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | | WTF are lefse and lutefisk? |
I'll let the Norge answer this.
(cause I'm not sure what lutefisk is either...I know there's fish in there)
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 15:40 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | | WTF are lefse and lutefisk? |
http://www.sofn.com/norwegianculture/recipes/Lutefisk.html
Lutefisk (dried cod treated with lye) must surely be the strangest culinary effort credited to the Norwegians, but what a treat when prepared properly. Everyone of course is not a devotee of lutefisk, but those who are defend it vehemently. Others go to the opposite extreme and claim it's a national disgrace. In years past, the homemaker had to go through the complicated task of treating the dry fish with lye, but now, even in America, frozen lutefisk is readily available at selected fish markets and at Scandinavian delicatessens.from
http://www.sofn.com/norwegianculture/recipes/Lefse.html
6 cups riced or mashed russet potatoes
1 tsp. salt
3 T. margarine or butter
1 T. sugar
2 T. heavy cream or evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Combine all ingredients except flour; refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Add flour; mix well. Heat lefse or other griddle to 400 degrees. Form dough into long roll and cut into 12 sections. Form each section into a small ball. Roll out very thin with cloth-covered lefse or regular rolling pin on cloth-covered lefse board or other surface. Dust board with flour when turning lefse dough. Bake on ungreased griddle until brown spots appear. Turn and bake other side. Stack lefse between 2 towels to cool. Store in refrigerator in plastic bags. Can be frozen.
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 16:49 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | Lutefisk & lefse |
Every Christmas since I've been old enough to eat fish. You do realize that we're eaing mud fish. 
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 16:54 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | I don't think its Steak and Potatoes |
Fillet and potatoes... of sorts. You're close though. 
Good stuff. 
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 16:58 Post subject:
Don't you make soap out of lye? Isn't that stuff dangerous?
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 17:01 Post subject:
 You should smell the kitchen when the lutifisk is cooking...mmm, mmm, as JRJO would say.
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 19:51 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | Don't you make soap out of lye? Isn't that stuff dangerous?
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thats what i was thinking...
my favorite holiday foods are stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, mashed potatos, and pumkin pie!
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Posted: 12/15/04 - 20:00 Post subject:
I like homemade toffee, mini-reese's muffins (basically mini-mufffin peanut butter cookies, with a mini-reese cup stuffed in at the last minute of baking), dressing, turkey, sweet potatoes, and lots of leftovers.
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 09:51 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | | Don't you make soap out of lye? Isn't that stuff dangerous? |
Yes, lye is poison.
| Quote: | | a strong alkaline liquor rich in potassium carbonate leached from wood ashes and used especially in making soap and washing; broadly: a strong alkaline solution (as of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) |
Also note that potassium carbonate is used for making glass, and sodium hydroxide is used for making rayon and paper.
People eat stuff made with this?
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 11:03 Post subject:
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People eat stuff made with this? |
My thought exactly. Let alone the fact that I wouldn't want to handle it without some pretty serious protection, as it's supposed to be uberbad when it comes in contact with any kind of moisture. i.e. eyes, skin, mouth, etc, etc.
and double
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