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MineralMan

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27. Exactly. In Norway, they don't eat the stuff.

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #26)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:33 AM

Dec 2018

It's not unusual for immigrants to establish traditions that link back to the hardest of times in the place they came from. Traditional foods that were eaten in hard times become symbolic for them of their heritage and a reminder of why they left. Corned beef is another one of those hardship foods that became a tradition for Irish immigrants.

Back in the home country, often those foods are no longer part of life. It often seems strange to people who still live in those places that people in the US have made them a traditional meal.

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In Minnesota there are lots and lots of Lutherans of Norwegian Heritage. [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

When I was in high school in northeast Iowa back in the late 1960s and early 1970s rsdsharp Dec 2018 #1

My mother's Norwegian family never touched the stuff. It never turned up The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #2

The time I tried it, it wasn't "horrible," but MineralMan Dec 2018 #3

Norwegian baked goods, on the other hand, are magnificent. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #4

I'd agree with that. But, then, most baked goods from any culture MineralMan Dec 2018 #5

"Norwegian Cuisine - The only cuisine in which flour is a spice." mitch96 Dec 2018 #13

Married into a Norwegian family exboyfil Dec 2018 #6

I never eat raw oysters unless I can smell the ocean if I step outside. MineralMan Dec 2018 #7

Don't anymore on any occasion exboyfil Dec 2018 #8

Yup. Always cooked oysters for me these days. MineralMan Dec 2018 #9

It's a shame what has happened to our oysters LuvNewcastle Dec 2018 #25

I went to high school in Gulfport exboyfil Dec 2018 #28

I don't know it for a fact, but I think the oystermen LuvNewcastle Dec 2018 #36

Someone once said mindem Dec 2018 #10

I tried Lutefisk twice.... Dickster Dec 2018 #11

I like it. mn9driver Dec 2018 #12

I feel more or less the same about corned beef and cabbage. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #14

I actually like corned beef, but I can do without the cabbage. MineralMan Dec 2018 #15

Corned beef from the deli is a different beast. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #16

Once my mother-in-law got tired of cooking at age 80, MineralMan Dec 2018 #17

I grew up a Lutheran of Swedish heritage. trotsky Dec 2018 #18

Everybody likes lefse. Yes, indeed! MineralMan Dec 2018 #19

Don't forget the Swedes!! marked50 Dec 2018 #20

Who? MineralMan Dec 2018 #21

Uffda... marked50 Dec 2018 #22

Always, uffda! MineralMan Dec 2018 #23

Making lutefisk should be a crime. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #24

Please don't purchase swordfish. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #35

The last time that I ate it was in 2012 in Boston. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #38

In Norway the Norwegians will tell you it's gross. madaboutharry Dec 2018 #26

Exactly. In Norway, they don't eat the stuff. MineralMan Dec 2018 #27

Gefilte fish at least doesn't stink. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #34

Your description does not sound very appetizing The Genealogist Dec 2018 #29

Oh, it's not appetizing at all. MineralMan Dec 2018 #30

Lots of glogg makes everything taste OK. virgogal Dec 2018 #31

Yuck to that awful stuff, too. MineralMan Dec 2018 #32

I am friends with a Danish-Philippino couple. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #33

My grandfather did that too Lordquinton Dec 2018 #37