{"id":6613,"date":"2020-12-21T19:21:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/?p=6613"},"modified":"2020-12-21T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:21:52","slug":"norwegian-christmas-lutefisk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/?p=6613","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Christmas Lutefisk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">\n<p>This dish definitely is not for the faint of heart! Growing up with Minnesotan grandparents, I had often heard the word \u201clutefisk\u201d without any context. Learning that it has its roots in Viking plundering\u2014supposedly the Vikings burned a fishing village who had been drying cod and the water-soaked ashes created a lye slush\u2014lutefisk is rumored to have been brought to America on ships as it could withstand the long journey. Now it has made its mark on Norwegian-American heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The longest-standing Norwegian Christmas tradition is lutefisk,<\/strong>&nbsp;going all the way back to the 15th and 16th century. Lutefisk is dried cod that has been soaked in a lye solution for several days to rehydrate it. It is rinsed with cold water to remove the lye, then boiled or baked, and then served with butter, salt, and pepper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps this pithy statement best sums up the mixed reviews on its edibility:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>It is said that about half the Norwegians who immigrated to America came in order to escape the hated lutefisk and the other half came to spread the gospel of lutefisk\u2019s wonderfulness.<\/em><\/p><cite>Norwegian-American saying<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RECIPE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put the lutefisk you bought from a grocery in a large bowl, and cover with ice water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Change this water two to three times (to remove the lye) and keep in the refrigerator until ready to use. This firms up the fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lutefisk does not need any additional water for the cooking. Place the well rinsed cod in a frying pan over low heat, (do not use an aluminum pan as the lye in the fish will discolor the pan). Add salt, cover with a lid, and steam cook approximately 20 to 25 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Potatoes, mushy peas and some bacon can be added to the plate while serving this special Norwegian Christmas tradition.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This dish definitely is not for the faint of heart! Growing up with Minnesotan grandparents, I had often heard the word \u201clutefisk\u201d without any context. Learning that it has its roots in Viking plundering\u2014supposedly the Vikings burned a fishing village who had been drying cod and the water-soaked ashes created a lye slush\u2014lutefisk is rumored&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6615,"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6613\/revisions\/6615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}