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Ladybug:
Lutefisk is still fairly popular as a traditional meal around Christmas here. My family always eats it on, ehm, Little Christmas Eve, but I find it fairly gross so I stick to the standard rice porridge with a hidden almond. I think Norwegian cuisine is pretty affected by the fact that we got very rich fairly fast, so a lot of the traditional stuff is influenced by much poorer times, but it's still tradition, so it's not likely to disappear any time soon, even though we are both richer and have influences from all over the world now.
Metope:
Haha god, lutefisk is probably the most absurd dish ever. I mean, who thought of that? And more importantly: How, and why? I know a few people who like it but most people around here hates it (at least of the people I know). There are a lot of great traditional Norwegian dishes too though, But for some weird reason the disgusting ones are the most well known.
Alex C:
I think it's a matter of pride and irony all mixed up into one confused mess. My grandfather is intensely proud of the fact that most people can't stand lutefisk. Minnesotans like to think they're sturdy people who don't care for whining, basically. Besides, it's his godforsaken lye-fish, dammit, and he's gonna be proud of it if it kills him.
Liz:
We eat a fair amount of traditional Norwegian food in my family, my mother's side anyway, but we stick to the good stuff and none of that lutefisk business. Lefse, krumkake, pølse, flatbrød (silly Norwegian letters), and probably some others that I am not thinking of right now.
snalin:
--- Quote from: Metope on 29 Nov 2008, 12:18 ---Haha god, lutefisk is probably the most absurd dish ever. I mean, who thought of that? And more importantly: How, and why?
--- End quote ---
Probably a dare. Or something. Seriously, you take dried fish, dump it in water for a week, then you make it fucking toxic by using , before you dump it in water for ten more days. People die from eating this if it's not prepared properly.
Smalahove is rather good though. Other fun traditional Norwegian food is the special potato dumpling (raspeball) which looks like brain that's rolled into balls. It's also got a consistency like... the first thing that comes to mind is tar.
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