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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Anne <urbana at c...>" 
<urbana at c...> wrote:
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> 
> And here in southcentral Wisconsin, the Norwegian forbears saddled 
> their descendants with "delicacies" known as lutefisk (cod fish 
> soaked in lye, rinsed off and then dried, I think) 

 >snip<
> Anne U
> (who likes bangers and mash, and Brit-style fried tomatoes, but 
won't 
> go near lutefisk with a 10-foot pole)


Actually, Anne U,

lutefisk sort of reminds me of the italian dish "Baccala";
It's made with a dried (almost petrified?)salted cod fish that has 
been soaked in water for two or three days to get all the salt out.  
Then you make a white sauce, with spices and such, pour it over the 
fish and bake.  It's kind of like a casserole, only the only thing in 
it fish.  It's yummy!  But only the way my mother makes it (actually, 
I never have had it anywhere else but my mother's house.)
Oh, and speaking of weird food items, while on my honeymoon in Italy 
(many moons ago), we were served a tray with different appetizers on 
it and low and behold, it had pickled tongue on the it!
(eeewwww!!!)  My husband was the only one brave enough at our table 
to try it!  I think he said it tasted like a pickled deli meat. I 
just couldn't stand the looks of it! 8-(

Anna  . . .(who much rather have a bowl of popcorn right now!)