better living through chemicals?

[Happy Birthday Cat]

OK, granted, I'm very new to this board, but I gotta tell you, from reading these threads, I really LIKE how you guys think. It's like Monty Python meets Mickey Mouse.

 

[NHMickey]

Yup... And you should see it when we are bored...

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

I've never seen any cheese soup at WDW. It must be good. Where is it?

 

[NHMickey]

You have NEVER HAD CHEESE SOUP??? Well then the next time you are in Epcot you owe it to to yourself to go over to Canada and have a cup in Le Cellier Steakhouse.. It is very good. Really it is...

 

[NHMickey]

Le Cellier Menu

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

i'm an akershus person myself, although now that they;'re going over to sit down restaurant, I could be talked into trying LeCellier's cheese soup. I actually think I might have had it once...but it was after a day of frenzied pin buying and trading and my memory is a little hazy.

 

[NHMickey]

lutfiske

Be right back.. Gotta go get a food dictionary

 

[NHMickey]

Okay.. Here is what I found...

LUTFISKENS VÄNNER

I oktober varje år samlas många av Sveriges främsta kockar och matskribenter på Operakällan. De avsmakar och bedömmer årets lutfisk som betygsättes, mestadels i topp. Samtidigt byter de erfarenheter och ger oss fina recept, tips, med mera, för att vi på bästa sätt kan avnjuta lutfisken.
Sedan 1991 finns det Lutfiskens vänner. Ett litet exklusivt sällskap med sju kändisar. Initiativtagare är vinskribenten Bengt-Göran Kronstam och krögare Christer Lingström. Övriga fem medlemmar är matskribenterna Nenne Wåhlander, Eva Reichel, samt Tore Wretman, Ulf Elfving och PR-chefen Sven-Gunnar Svensson.
-Lutfisken tillhör det bästa vi har i vårt fina svenska kök och utgör sedan århundraden en omistlig del av vårt gastronomiska kulturarv, förklarar Lutfiskens vänner.
Liknande sällskap, men lite äldre, finns i Norge. Frank Jensen, Fredrikstad, bildade Norsk Konglige Lutefisklag 1988. Efter lite mer än tre år hade man 3 000 medlemmar varav drygt 100 av dem i Lysekil. Varje vinter drar flera norska bussar med lutfiskälskare till Lysekil Hotell som fullbeläggs och matorgien börjar. Matgästerna reser sig stolt vid bordet och sjunger "Hymne til lutefiskens pris: O, lutefisk, vi böyer oss For kongen iblant spiser". Efter första serveringen är det tid för de största lutfiskälskarna att få sina utmärkelser av olika slag. Efter 15 lutfiskmåltider om året upphöjs man till ridare av den "Gylne Lutefisk". Har man ätit 45 lutfiskmåltider inom tre år höjs man till tredje graden och får en guldfisk. Ritualer, humor, god mat (svensk lutfisk av långa) och dricka (norsk specialakevit) är mycket viktig för medlemarna.
Sverige har av Norge fått titeln "Lutfiskens hemland" och Lutfiskens dag i Sverige firas första fredagen i november. I bondehushållets gamla almenacka var Anna-dagen, 9 december, tidpunkten för vattenläggning för torkad lutfisk till julens måltid.

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

I may have spelled it wrong. I think it is an atomically unmentionable part of a Norwegian reindeer. Pickled. Hey, these little face guys are pretty fun.

 

[BeautyLLM]

UH oh Nat...your computer seems to have gonen ker floonie floonie again!

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

WOW> you really DO have a food dictionary. And a Norwegian one, at that! (All worship NH and his great knowledge of wierd food)

 

[NHMickey]

Okay here is what I found in english.. I .like the other one better... I am sticking to Cheese Soup...

lutefisk; lutfisk
[LOO-tuh-FIHSK]
A Scandinavian specialty made with unsalted dried COD. The age-old preparation method is to soak the dried cod in regularly changed cold water for a period of eight days. The cod is then soaked for two days in a mixture of water and potash lye, after which it's soaked for two more days in fresh water. (Thankfully, for fans of this dish, ready-to-cook lutefisk is commercially available.) The final step is simmering the fish for 10 to 15 minutes, just until it becomes translucent. Just before serving, lutefisk is sprinkled with ALLSPICE, salt and white pepper. It's accompanied with white sauce (see BÉCHAMEL) and, typically, boiled potatoes.

 

[NHMickey]

I may never be the same after this...

http://netnet.net/~pineaire/Lutefisk.html

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Luckily for you, Lutfisk is NOT the state dish in New Hampshire, although I'm thinking of starting a movement in Maine to give Lutfisk it's proper recognition. Of course, considering I didn't know the difference between reindeer **** and cod...

 

[BeautyLLM]

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

gee, not like THAT. Like meatballs. I'm the mother of 4 small kids, after all!!!

 

[Raulandpinboy]

Better living through Chemical dependency.

 

[buggin']

Ya'll are crackin' me up tonite!!!

Its a good thing I have my official Boa Brigade glass filled with drink!!!

Buggin'
Amber

 

[MeanLaureen]

I'm not touchin' this one.. somebody go wake up Jeff!!

 

[Duckfan]

I don't know too many people that actually like lutefisk so you are one of the first. Of course, now we will all know you as that fish lover but there are worse things.....like cheesesouphead