Two things I had forgotten

[fpb]

1) How much I like gefilte fish.
2) What scary awful prices kosher foods cost. I guess that is one thing that stokes the legend of Jewish wealth - if they can afford to pay four pounds for a bag of gefilte fish or two or three for a few slices of salt beef, they MUST be well off!

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[fpb.livejournal.com]

Er no. I think the Scandinavian recipe is called something like lunkfish - I might be wrong. But gefilte fish is definitely kosher, and I should know, since the lot I bought bore the approval marks of two Beth Din (Jewish courts) as well as one Muslim Halal authority.

[super-pan.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I am thinking of the wrong thing! I think it's called ludefisk or lude fish or something.

Gefilte fish might be something I can actually find here in SC. I will have to look for it!

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Lutefisk - that's it! It's also meant to be something of an acquired taste, whereas I can tell you that gefilte fish is just plain nice.

Lutefisk & Yam (with apologies to Dr. Seuss)

[eliskimo.livejournal.com]

(excerpted from the original by Ulf Gunnarsson)

Lars did ask his name then. "I am Sven," he mentioned.
"Sven I am," he stated. "Do you like lutefisk and yams?"

"Nay." said Lars, "though largely like I food most goodly, but
I do not like lutefisk and yams, I do not like them Sven I am."

...

"Hmmm," said Sven, "Good fellow,
would you eat them on the field?
Would you eat them off your shield?"

"Nay!" cried Lars most wrothly,
"Like I food most goodly, but
I would not eat them on the field,
I would not eat them off my shield,
I would not eat them on a raid,
I would not eat them with a maid,
I would not eat them on a trip,
I would not eat them on my ship.
I do not like lutefisk and yams.
I do not like them, Sven I am."

Sven then looked most crafty. He then slyly stated:
"Would you eat them served up cold?
Would you eat them if I paid you gold?"

"Well," said Lars, "since largely, Like I food most goodly...
I might like lutefisk and yams. I might like them, Sven I am."

[eliskimo.livejournal.com]

You can get lutefisk around here (Ontario), although it's easier (not surprisingly, considering the demand) in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Manitoba.