Man vs. Food - Lutefisk

[paddyhasneeds]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk

Just.. why?!

[calibrax]

could be worse...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming

[otolith]

But what would other cultures make of stinking bishop, or pont l'eveque?

[Stu R]

otolith said:

But what would other cultures make of stinking bishop, or pont l'eveque?

If they like Lutefisk, they're not entitled to an opinion. I've tried it. It's forking vile.

[Huntsman]

paddyhasneeds said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk

Just.. why?!

Been listening to Radio 2 per chance?

[Megaflow]

You've been watching Man vs Food on Dave...

It was when he described the texture as warm frozen vasaline that I

[paddyhasneeds]

otolith said:

But what would other cultures make of stinking bishop, or pont l'eveque?

Honestly, I don't care - this stuff looked, and sounded really fking nasty, as in "why would that even exist" nasty.

[otolith]

paddyhasneeds said:

Honestly, I don't care - this stuff looked, and sounded really fking nasty, as in "why would that even exist" nasty.

Nastier than harvesting the secretions of a cow and allowing them to putrefy until they form a runny paste inside a crust? I love cheese, but I think it would be understandable enough for someone from a non-dairy eating culture to be horrified at the consumption of milk, let alone rotten milk solids that smell like something has died. Can't say lutefisk appeals to me any more than Hákarl, balut, casu marzu or silkworm pupae, but someone must like it.

[paddyhasneeds]

Oh I don't have much time for that either, it sounds wrong. Lutefisk just sounds like someone put a lot of time and effort into coming up with it though, almost like it was intentionally "developed" rather that stumbled upon, which is what possibly makes it seem quite so vile and twisted.

[otolith]

Off the top of my head, the only other food I can think of that's made by soaking in a caustic solution is olives.

[Cotty]

Megaflow said:

You've been watching Man vs Food on Dave...

Yep

Why would you want to eat something that has been soaked in lye that had "household uses, such as oven cleaner and drain opener".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye

[Stu R]

Cotty said:

Yep

Why would you want to eat something that has been soaked in lye that had "household uses, such as oven cleaner and drain opener".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye

As long as there's a market for Buckfast, it's probably not the worst thing out there you can consume

[otolith]

Cotty said:

Why would you want to eat something that has been soaked in lye that had "household uses, such as oven cleaner and drain opener".

I'm currently eating something that's been soaked in lye (olives). It's also used to chemically peel potatoes in some crisp making factories.

[Chris_]

calibrax said:

could be worse...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming

I had some in Sweden a couple of months ago. The strength of the smell is something else, but I didn't have a big problem with the taste and happily finished mine. My mate came close to puking though, so fair to say it is not everyone's cup of tea.

This is apparently a traditional way of serving it (or masking the taste) with chopped onions, tomato, boiled spuds, creme fraiche, and large amounts of aquavit to wash it down. You definitely do not want to spend the rest of the day indoors though.

[Caulkhead]

Meh, these are all pretty mild compared to Casu Marzu IMHO.

[Chris_]

Caulkhead said:

Meh, these are all pretty mild compared to Casu Marzu IMHO.

I've just googled that and I think you win!

[LordGrover]

What was that rotting fish sampled by Karl Pilkington in AIA2