Lutefisk.........uggggggghhhhhhhh!

[chinchekked]

Just curious as to who has tried this dish and what does it taste like. I have a pretty open mind with food as I have tasted gator, snake and other food that wouldn't be considered day to day fare in many places but this might be where I draw the line. The picture I saw of it reminds me of a big hunk of phlegm.

[El Kabong]

Quote from Garrison Keillor's book Lake Wobegon Days:

Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a goat. We did this in honor of Norwegian ancestors, much as if survivors of a famine might celebrate their deliverance by feasting on elm bark. I always felt the cold creeps as Advent approached, knowing that this dread delicacy would be put before me and I'd be told, "Just have a little." Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot.



Quote from Garrison Keillor's book Pontoon:

Lutefisk is cod that has been dried in a lye solution. It looks like the desiccated cadavers of squirrels run over by trucks, but after it is soaked and reconstituted and the lye is washed out and it's cooked, it looks more fish-related, though with lutefisk, the window of success is small. It can be tasty, but the statistics aren’t on your side. It is the hereditary delicacy of Swedes and Norwegians who serve it around the holidays, in memory of their ancestors, who ate it because they were poor. Most lutefisk is not edible by normal people. It is reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog or the world's largest chunk of phlegm.

[Andre]

Sounds like a once you start you cant stop sort of dish.

It would just slide on down in one .

[chinchekked]

Well apparently this is just the tip of the iceberg, I have also read about something called Hakari and a soured Baltic Herring that is described as having one of the worst smells known to man. Hakari is basically rotten and dried shark.......sounds delicious. I think I will wash it down with a bowl of chitterlings

[Dark Lord Al]

its pretty much is fermented rotten fish . and is pretty poor , the smell is enough to put anybody off.
I can only imagine its like chewing on Bella Embergs clit.