[Sca-cooks] lutefisk and Lefse

[Susan Lin]

I'm all for pickled herring and gravlax!  Not so much the lutefisk and
Lefse.
But eating it is probably like eating matzoh at Passover - to remember and
of course:
Tradition, Tradition! (singing in my very best bad Topol impersonation!)

Every year I try to convince someone (anyone) that mixing flour and water
(and - remember, yeast) into flat cakes is not matzoh but lasagna noodles -
or at least pita bread, so far I haven't gotten anybody to come over to the
dark side!

Shoshanna

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Katherine Kretchmar <
katriona at irontreeworks.com> wrote:

> At one of the closest restaraunts to my house, it is a holiday
> special.  It is posted on the outdoor sign when you can actually get
> it there because there are enough people who drive by that will make
> the stop to eat it then.  People really do eat it by choice.
>
> Not that I am one of them, but I live near lots.  Lefse is MUCH more
> popular.  And pickled herring.
>
> Katriona
> north of Minneapolis, MN in the modern world
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:58 AM, H Westerlund-Davis <yaini0625 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Lutefisk and Harkle (which is half rotted shark from Iceland) are all
> eaten as reminders of the "starving times." Why would they eat something
> like this. It's kind of why people would eat lamprey?
> > Aelina
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> > From: Georgia Foster <jo_foster81 at hotmail.com>
> > To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 7:19:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] lutefisk and Lefse
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> > The stepfather, being born and raised outside of Grand Forks, to
> immigrant parents, has a fondness for Lefse and Lutfisk (lutefisk).
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> > http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/LutefiskHistory.htm offers "Today
> the fish is celebrated in ethnic and religious celebrations and is linked
> with hardship and courage."
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> > My personal opinion is one would have to be in extreme 'hardship' in
> order to summon sufficient 'courage' to eat it, but eh ... each to their
> own.
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> > For my own part I prepare the lefse required for him to enjoy his family
> tradition.  I take it to mother's door.  That is as far as I will go.
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> > My hold will eat the lefse ... hot from the 'takke',  spred with butter
> and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar and rolled up.  Mine is a little thick
> for my stepfather's personal preference his choices are 1)eat it or 2)do
> without.  Makes me evil ... I know ... but without the thin sticks mother
> used to have I can't get it any thinner and still get it off the board.
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> > Cheers
> >
> > Jo (Georgia L.) Foster
> >
> > Never knock on Death's door.
> > Ring the doorbell and run ... he hates that.
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> > I don't want to set the world on fire, I'm just trying to light a candle.
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