Posted 2 years ago
Falcon61
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12 Ounce Mug "Cream of Lutefisk Soup"
Picked this up for a quarter at a local thrift shop.
Cloquet. MN import shop. I bought a '67 Camaro from Cloquet years ago.... now I have an imported mug from there also.
Mmmmm...... Lutefisk...... :)
For those who aren't familiar with Lutefisk (from Wikipedia):
"For it to become edible, lutefisk must again be soaked in cold water. The first step is soaking it for five to six days, with the water changed daily. The saturated lutefisk is then soaked in an unchanged solution of cold water and lye for an additional two days. The fish swells during this soaking, and its protein content decreases by more than 50 percent, producing a jelly-like consistency.
When this treatment is finished, the fish (saturated with lye) is inedible, having a pH of 11–12. To make the fish edible, a final treatment of yet another four to six days of soaking in cold water (also changed daily) is needed. The lutefisk is then ready to be cooked."
Personally, Lutefisk is one fish I cannot eat. I will stick with Walleye.
Others love it.... at least they say they do :)
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Great mug Falcon61 made me laugh. Culinary prep is always interesting. So much trail and error and maybe illness or death involved in finding out what's edible or how to make it so. You must have had to be really hungry and or desperate to figure out how to make this fish palatable. How could anyone figure this process out. Amazing really !
Not a fish or a lye soap I would want to refrigerate, eat, or wash clothes with, and yet we wonder how can this be ? I don't think I would even drink from the cup if it originally had some of that soup in it. Great showpiece however, super great condition as all of your examples are !~
Umm Umm Good
I’d love to display that mug just to see the reactions it would get.
The very thought of eating such a concoction is repulsive but it’s still funny. ;-)