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12/25/11, 03:25 PM
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Well since you didn't provide any secret recipes, I'll do it for you. 
Lye fish? really? Lutren binder? That explains alot about Minnesoootans.
Lye fish? really? Lutren binder? That explains alot about Minnesoootans.
Lutefisk is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish) or dried/salted whitefish (klippfisk) and lye (lut). It is gelatinous in texture, and has an extremely strong, pungent odor. Its name literally means "lye fish."
It is made from dried whitefish (normally cod in Norway, but ling is also used) prepared with lye in a sequence of particular treatments. The watering steps of these treatments differ slightly for salted/dried whitefish because of its high salt content.
The first treatment is to soak the stockfish in cold water for five to six days (with the water changed daily). The saturated stockfish 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) has a pH value of 11–12 and is therefore caustic. 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. Eventually, the lutefisk is ready to be cooked.
Hotdish is a variety of baked casserole that typically contains a starch, a meat or other protein, and a canned and/ or frozen vegetable, mixed together with canned soup. The dish is popular in Minnesota. According to Howard Mohr, author of How to Talk Minnesotan, hotdish is, "A traditional main course, hotdish is cooked and served hot in a single baking dish and commonly appears at family reunions and church suppers." The most typical meat for many years has been ground beef, and cream of mushroom remains the favorite canned soup. In past years a pasta was the most frequently-used starch, however tater tots and local wild rice have now become very popular as well.
Hotdishes are filling, convenient, easy to make, and well-suited for family reunions, funerals, church suppers, and potlucks where they may be paired with potato salad, coleslaw, jello salads and desserts, and pan-baked cookies known as bars.
The history of the hotdish goes back to when “budget-minded farm wives needed to feed their own families, as well as congregations in the basements of the first Minnesota churches.”
Cream of mushroom soup is so ubiquitous in hotdish that it is often referred to in such recipes as “Lutheran Binder,” referring to hotdish’s position as a staple of Lutheran church cookbooks. The soup is considered a defining ingredient by some commentators.
Hotdish frequently appears, along with other stereotypical Minnesotan dishes such as lutefisk, in the radio program A Prairie Home Companion. Hotdish is also described in Howard Mohr’s book How to Talk Minnesotan. Hotdish is an integral element of the book Hotdish to Die For, a collection of six culinary mystery short stories in which the weapon of choice is hotdish.
It is made from dried whitefish (normally cod in Norway, but ling is also used) prepared with lye in a sequence of particular treatments. The watering steps of these treatments differ slightly for salted/dried whitefish because of its high salt content.
The first treatment is to soak the stockfish in cold water for five to six days (with the water changed daily). The saturated stockfish 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) has a pH value of 11–12 and is therefore caustic. 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. Eventually, the lutefisk is ready to be cooked.
Hotdish is a variety of baked casserole that typically contains a starch, a meat or other protein, and a canned and/ or frozen vegetable, mixed together with canned soup. The dish is popular in Minnesota. According to Howard Mohr, author of How to Talk Minnesotan, hotdish is, "A traditional main course, hotdish is cooked and served hot in a single baking dish and commonly appears at family reunions and church suppers." The most typical meat for many years has been ground beef, and cream of mushroom remains the favorite canned soup. In past years a pasta was the most frequently-used starch, however tater tots and local wild rice have now become very popular as well.
Hotdishes are filling, convenient, easy to make, and well-suited for family reunions, funerals, church suppers, and potlucks where they may be paired with potato salad, coleslaw, jello salads and desserts, and pan-baked cookies known as bars.
The history of the hotdish goes back to when “budget-minded farm wives needed to feed their own families, as well as congregations in the basements of the first Minnesota churches.”
Cream of mushroom soup is so ubiquitous in hotdish that it is often referred to in such recipes as “Lutheran Binder,” referring to hotdish’s position as a staple of Lutheran church cookbooks. The soup is considered a defining ingredient by some commentators.
Hotdish frequently appears, along with other stereotypical Minnesotan dishes such as lutefisk, in the radio program A Prairie Home Companion. Hotdish is also described in Howard Mohr’s book How to Talk Minnesotan. Hotdish is an integral element of the book Hotdish to Die For, a collection of six culinary mystery short stories in which the weapon of choice is hotdish.
12/25/11, 03:27 PM
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12/25/11, 03:28 PM
Originally Posted by cdynaco
Lye fish? really? Lutren binder? That explains alot about Minnesoootans.
12/25/11, 03:46 PM
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That's what Christmas is about! I love to see the little ones so excited for Santa.
I'll never forget my first Christmas morning as a single parent. My boys had just turned one and six and I was up so late the night before trying to set everything up so it would be a great morning for my oldest since its the first time their dad wouldn't be there. Had everything set up perfectly for when they got up in the morning. Had the camera ready and the video camera set up in the corner so all I had to do was turn it on and hit record. I was woken up at 5:30 in the morning to my six year old in my room, yelling "mommy, mommy, I opened all my presents!" sure enough, I came out and it looked like a tornado hit. Wrapping paper strewn everywhere. I was so upset. Ahhhhh, the memories
I'll never forget my first Christmas morning as a single parent. My boys had just turned one and six and I was up so late the night before trying to set everything up so it would be a great morning for my oldest since its the first time their dad wouldn't be there. Had everything set up perfectly for when they got up in the morning. Had the camera ready and the video camera set up in the corner so all I had to do was turn it on and hit record. I was woken up at 5:30 in the morning to my six year old in my room, yelling "mommy, mommy, I opened all my presents!" sure enough, I came out and it looked like a tornado hit. Wrapping paper strewn everywhere. I was so upset. Ahhhhh, the memories
12/25/11, 03:50 PM
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12/25/11, 06:48 PM
Originally Posted by cdynaco
I figured you'd have a better recipe than dose Minnesooootan's.
This guy's was 5 gal cheap whiskey, 1 0r 2#'s?? course sugar (course like rock salt for prime rib), 2 large jars (96oz?) Mariscino Cherries. Mix, shake like daily, age min 6 weeks. Says the stuff that has aged years is wicked!
Hope the photo is focused. Took it after I drank some
12/25/11, 06:58 PM
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Hot dish is very common. I don't know anyone who actually eats lutefisk though.
12/25/11, 07:01 PM
Originally Posted by Blue Notch
You never asked for recipes. You just called me some funky name.
Hot dish is very common. I don't know anyone who actually eats lutefisk though.