OT Norwegian Christmas-food (was Re: Christmas Dinner in England (long and tedious), and is now longer and more tedious)

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Christian Stubø <rhodhry at y...> 
wrote:
> --- Michelle Apostolides <michelleapostolides at l...> skrev: 
> [snip]
> 
> Anybody desiring to make a fanfic based on the below, get in touch -
 I
> have some ideas for a Norwegian/Scandinavian school of magic 
(assuming
> that Rowling's recent statement was proof that Durmstrangs has her
> completely fooled).
> 
> If they go to a Norwegian school, they might get served lutefisk 
(dried
> fish that has soaked for a while in potash lye - sort of a belak 
yellow
> jelly-like wobbly substance smelling of dried fish and ammonia), or
> boiled codfish-heads.  The most prevalent theory on how lutefisk 
came
> to be, is that a storage house packed with stock-fish burnt down, 
and
> then the remains got soaked in a rainstorm.  Someone desperately 
hungry
> then to their great surprise discovered that it was in fact edible 
(not
> that all Norwegians would agree on that subject).  


Has anyone else here read Garrison Keillor's description of the Lake 
Wobegon butcher's annual self-inflicted torture, preparing lutefisk?
 He states that the butcher has a special lutefisk-making apron and 
hat which he keeps in the trunk of his car (Ford LTD), because his 
wife won't allow them in the house!
 The Catholic priest of L.W. is said to have stated, "The Lutherans 
don't need purgatory-they have lutefisk"

Not something I'm tempted to try, then.
- Noel, who's off to dig up his Garrison Keillor books. (waves wand) 
Accio! Accio! Accio!