The Power of Lutefisk
2005.08.10
Lutefisk is the Norwegians’ attempt at conquering the world. When they discovered that viking raids didn’t give world supremacy, they invented a meal so terrifying, so cruel, that they could scare people to become one’s subordinates. It’s an infamous dish composed of fish soaked in lye.
Important points to remember about lutefisk:
- Ingredients: 1 kg dried fish, 100 g caustic soda, 30 liters of water;
- Preparation time: about 2 weeks;
- Lutefisk dates to the Viking era and literally means “cod soaked in plutonium”;
- Environmental Protection Agency classified lutefisk as a toxin in 2001;
- You can’t eat lutefisk more than once a year;
- You must have aquavit with lutefisk.
Testimonials:
- Lutefisk is not food, it is a weapon of mass destruction.
- I gladly eat worms and insects, but I draw the line on lutefisk.
- Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot.
- But some people say that they like lutefisk. Do you think they tell the truth?
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