taz: Tötet jede Geschmacksknospe! “Norweger in aller Welt essen zu Weihnachten Lutefisk – einen grauenhaften Stinkfisch” (Kills every taste bud! Norwegians in the entire world at Christmas eat lutefisk – a horrible stinkfish) Smells like home to me…
The article also cites the Clay Shirky taste test: “If you can taste the difference between caviar on a cracker and ketchup on a Kit-Kat while blindfolded, you have not had enough aquavit to be ready for lutefisk.”
Mama says she’ll serve lutefisk and aquavit to my father, but only without the lutefisk.
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Actually, I once ate lutefisk as a child and liked it, much to the amazement of all the grown-ups (half of whom hated the fish). The following year, I had learned that liking the fish is not socially acceptable behavior for a child and refused to try it again. Haven’t done so for years.
Happy holidays and congrats on the new job!