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Re: I'll pass on the lutefisk, thanks.... (Reply to this comment)
by pilarzmom
Hey, I love Lutefisk! But I didn't have to prepare it hence my liking for it. Lived next door to a Norwegian growing up who always prepared us a wonderful News Years feast.
Great review,
Peggy
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Feb 15 '04
6:42 pm PST
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Cheeseheads (Reply to this comment)
by Stephen_Murray
are after my time. I was a Packer fan before the Vikings were invented (and when the Braves played in Milwaukee, before the Senators moved and became the Twins). The cheeseheads were invented after the Vikings and after I moved further east. I have no animus for them (except when the 49ers are playing the Packers), but I think they are despised in my native state. (Where I grew up, all our animus was directed southward, and Wisconsin was considered similarly superior to Iowa...)
Fun review of what sounds like an amusing book. I've been meaning to answer the question for days, but...
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Feb 10 '04
11:02 pm PST
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I once had an employee born in Minot and raised.... (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
...in Minnesota, and she used to leave us bent over laughing with her imitations of the regional lingo and accents.
Ya, shoor. cheers, nick
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Feb 10 '04
1:15 pm PST
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ugh, lutefisk (Reply to this comment)
by serc,  in Books
I live in Northfield, and St. Olaf (which is in Northfield, and also where I went to college) still serves an annual Christmas dinner featuring lutefisk. And people come from miles around and pay big money to eat it!!! Ew. (As a college students we pretty well determined that lutefisk = fish jello.)
Thanks for the great review!
-Sara R-C
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Feb 08 '04
12:52 pm PST
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kamel622... (Reply to this comment)
by quidrock
Great review! The book reminds me of the classic "How To Talk Minnesotan". (I know you can't wait to read that, LOL!)
I do think your dictionary is abridged, so I took the liberty of adding on the full compliment of definitions for one of the world's great (gulp, breathe, try not to throw up) dishes, lutefisk:
lut·fisk (lootfisk)
n.
1.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;2. a property of shoe leather when the shoes have been soaked in water with various forms of dead fish; 3. Scandinavian punishment invoked on their children, similar to the way in which some cultures include live insects in their diets; 4. theoretical cause for the brooding syndrome that haunts the lives of many silent Swedes; they are thought to live in fear that they will have to eat lutefisk again, especially at the holidays; 5. Main course to dinners that feature fruit soup (another Scandinavian delicacy made with dried fruit and milk) as the appetizer. Yummy!
I thought you'd appreciate seeing the whole spectrum!
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Feb 08 '04
1:27 am PST
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I'll pass on the lutefisk, thanks.... (Reply to this comment)
by hugh_u_kidden
...although I'm a native Minnesotan, and a Duluthian, besides. (that's a double threat)
Seriously, though, when I was in culinary school, my assigment was to prepare approximately thirty pounds of lutefisk for a Scandinavian banquet we held in the winter. I do believe i permanently damaged my sense of smell, and the sight of it left me feeling sick for days. Believe it or not, it was a popular item, which just goes to show that there some odd folks in the world. Hmmm....I wonder if Ed was there.....
Great review!
Hugh U. Kidden
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Feb 07 '04
5:20 pm PST
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Do (Reply to this comment)
by theresaro
I call you cheesehead now? lol. Awesome Job as always cheesehead OOps I meant Kathy he he
Teri :)
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Feb 07 '04
2:00 pm PST
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