Northwest Iowa

RRuark86 · Post by **RRuark86** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:24 am

Is anyone in NW Iowa? I'll be visiting my inlaws in Humboldt/Bode/Stormlake over the Christmas break and was wondering how many lutfisk and lefse eaters are on this board.

SwitchGrassWPG · Post by **SwitchGrassWPG** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:53 pm

Don't fall into those categories, but will be visiting NW IA myself over the holidays. Primarily east and south of Sioux City.

Jay

wolv1955 · Post by **wolv1955** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:05 am

Hi Ruark, I'm Bill from Kentucky.......gotta ask as no one else will. What is lutfisk and lefse??....Hope you ain't messing with my head. I might regret asking you that question. Also can you tell me what the daily limit is on upland birds.

Thanks

bird · Post by **bird** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:11 am

wolv1955 · Post by **wolv1955** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:50 am

Thanks Bird, The lefse sounds very good .....the lutfisk iffy. I was scanning the meat market products and was impressed. I have not seen ring bologna in years. As a czech, I was raised on garlic ring bologna. Do you get your meats from them often? if so what do you recommend?
Thanks Bill

ps. the link for the bakery will be bad for my diet...oh well..next year.

bird · Post by **bird** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:04 am

RRuark86 · Post by **RRuark86** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:04 pm

Lefse is great by the way! Put some butter and a little sugar on it and chow down. Lutfisk is a nasty plate of glop that Norwegians consider food. Imagine catching a nice Cod and then dehydrating it and preserving it in lye. You now have a dry fish that has the consistency of a 2x4 (I’m not kidding). They used to ship it over from the old country in wooden barrels. After you've picked your favorite "wooden fish," you take it home and begin the process of soaking the lye out of the 2x4. Once that is finished, boil the sucker and then serve with the most tasteless cream sauce you can imagine. When they started cooking it last year we were outside and could literally smell it through the walls of the house.
I think it is used as more of a "son-in-law-new-to-the-family" right of passage and as a form of fraternity hazing now adays.

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:27 pm

velkommen Iowegians,

Don't forget the Krumkaka...

deilig......

AceofSpades41 · Post by **AceofSpades41** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:20 pm

Welcome

RRuark86 · Post by **RRuark86** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:51 am

Uff Da! Gotta love the "Iowegians" Chaingang!

original mngsp · Post by **original mngsp** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:50 am

What is lutfisk

I've heard it described as fish pudding. Doesn't that sound appetizing?

RRuark86 · Post by **RRuark86** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:37 pm

It is a bad thing when something like lutefisk makes haggis actually taste good. Fish pudding, good gosh.

Post by **Greg Jennings** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:36 pm

I thought this article on lutefisk was interesting..

http://www.davethefox.com/words/0112lutefisk.htm

BTW, did y'all know that hominy is produced by the same kind of treatment?

Best regards, Greg J.

RRuark86 · Post by **RRuark86** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:32 pm

Funny you should mention that Greg, my wife thought it was important enough to call me at work today to tell me that Lutefisk had been voted off of the menu for this Christmas! The Lord works in mysterious ways!

schultz's honor · Post by **schultz's honor** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:06 pm

original mngsp wrote:
What is lutfisk
I've heard it described as fish pudding. Doesn't that sound appetizing?

Lutefisk was actually created by the Danes. The plan was to put the lutefisk in the Norwegians caves. Ultimately poisoning them with this lye soaked rotten fish. But there plan back fired and the Norwegians thrived on this stuff

I am originally from Story City, Iowa, a known Norwegian community, so I have had my experiences with lutefisk. (YUK)
You forgot to mention kumla, another fine Norwegian delicacy

The lefse is great as well as krumkake, and rosettes.

Lab Man · Post by **Lab Man** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:31 pm

I live close to Storm Lake. Will you be doing any bird hunting?

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