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zippyt · 03-11-2012, 04:48 PM

You oystah sucker you !!!!

Congrats

do you have to shuck them first or just speed feed your self ???

footfootfoot · 03-11-2012, 09:40 PM

Perry Winkle · 03-12-2012, 06:37 PM

I've been interviewing with a place in Seattle. At the very least I'm hoping I can swing a trip out and get some good Thai, Vietnamese or seafood.

footfootfoot · 03-12-2012, 07:30 PM

I had an awesome Pho Bo two nights ago.

BigV · 07-14-2012, 02:06 PM

out of sequence update:

Today is Ballard SeafoodFest!

There's a lutefisk eating contest in an hour. I've already signed up and now I have to get there. I'll update you all with my victory speech afterwards! Wish me luck!

footfootfoot · 07-14-2012, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

out of sequence update:

Today is Ballard SeafoodFest!

There's a lutefisk eating contest in an hour. I've already signed up and now I have to get there. I'll update you all with my victory speech afterwards! Wish me luck!

I didn't realize one could use the word delicious as an adjective before Lutefisk.

You learn something new every day.

Glinda · 07-14-2012, 03:51 PM

Lutefisk? LUTEFISK!?!

*sigh*

Big V, you've totally changed my idea of who you are. I now consider you to be a what. Seriously, dude. Only psychotic lunatics eat lutefisk on purpose.

orthodoc · 07-14-2012, 09:15 PM

When cooking and eating lutefisk, it is important to clean the lutefisk and its residue off pans, plates, and utensils immediately. Lutefisk left overnight becomes nearly impossible to remove. Sterling silver should never be used in the cooking, serving or eating of lutefisk, which will permanently ruin silver. Stainless steel utensils are recommended instead.

Or perhaps a stainless steel stomach ... ? I imagine the white sauce is VERY important

.

It's all right - I'm Canadian (dual citizen). This is a big heritage dish for Norwegian-Canadians. Canadians are all about heritage.

Otoh, my heritage directs me toward Haggis ...

No wonder we Scots enjoy our single malts ...

orthodoc · 07-14-2012, 09:25 PM

Haggis aside ... I love, love, loved Seattle when I was there in 2009-10. Picking up purebred Siamese kittens on the Olympic peninsula for my then-cattery, but I had the chance to enjoy the city and the peninsula. I'd relocate there in a New York minute, for the market alone ...

Everything out west is BIGGER, somehow. I love where I live in the east, I love the Alleghenies, the steep conical hills, the rivers ... I love the lakes of Ontario ... and yet, the west is bigger. I could live out my days in Colorado, and I could live the rest of my life in the northwest.

What can I say? I'm a geographic hedonist.

BigV · 07-15-2012, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

out of sequence update:

Today is Ballard SeafoodFest!

There's a lutefisk eating contest in an hour. I've already signed up and now I have to get there. I'll update you all with my victory speech afterwards! Wish me luck!

I am here to report, regretfully, that I did not win.

I took second place in every round, up to and including the championship round. I lost to an eight time winner, so, no shame there. And I lost by a bare fraction of a second, or flake of lutefisk, as the case may be. Here's the video of the last two rounds. That's me at the far end with the blue bandana on my head.

Still, $150 for about a minute's work isn't bad. Plus, FREE LUTEFISK! Come on people, what's not to like?!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2012, 04:17 PM

Um, lutefisk.

Glinda · 07-16-2012, 12:45 PM

*watches video*

And nobody threw up. I'm shocked. SHOCKED!

Spexxvet · 07-16-2012, 04:28 PM

From Wiki:

Quote:

Preparation
Lutefisk 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.

Ok, so it's soaked in fricking lye, loses more than half its protien and becomes caustic. No, but thanks for the thought.

infinite monkey · 07-17-2012, 08:19 AM

Why wouldn't you just eat cod?

footfootfoot · 07-17-2012, 02:45 PM

You lost because you paused to look at your plate.

03-11-2012, 04:48 PM	#91
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	You oystah sucker you !!!! Congrats do you have to shuck them first or just speed feed your self ??? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-11-2012, 09:40 PM	#92
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	__________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-12-2012, 07:30 PM	#94
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I had an awesome Pho Bo two nights ago. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-14-2012, 02:06 PM	#95
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	out of sequence update: Today is Ballard SeafoodFest! There's a lutefisk eating contest in an hour. I've already signed up and now I have to get there. I'll update you all with my victory speech afterwards! Wish me luck! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-14-2012, 09:15 PM	#98
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	When cooking and eating lutefisk, it is important to clean the lutefisk and its residue off pans, plates, and utensils immediately. Lutefisk left overnight becomes nearly impossible to remove. Sterling silver should never be used in the cooking, serving or eating of lutefisk, which will permanently ruin silver. Stainless steel utensils are recommended instead. Or perhaps a stainless steel stomach ... ? I imagine the white sauce is VERY important . It's all right - I'm Canadian (dual citizen). This is a big heritage dish for Norwegian-Canadians. Canadians are all about heritage. Otoh, my heritage directs me toward Haggis ... No wonder we Scots enjoy our single malts ... __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

03-12-2012, 06:37 PM	#93
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I've been interviewing with a place in Seattle. At the very least I'm hoping I can swing a trip out and get some good Thai, Vietnamese or seafood.

07-14-2012, 03:51 PM	#97
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Lutefisk? LUTEFISK!?! sigh Big V, you've totally changed my idea of who you are. I now consider you to be a what. Seriously, dude. Only psychotic lunatics eat lutefisk on purpose.

07-14-2012, 09:25 PM	#99
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Haggis aside ... I love, love, loved Seattle when I was there in 2009-10. Picking up purebred Siamese kittens on the Olympic peninsula for my then-cattery, but I had the chance to enjoy the city and the peninsula. I'd relocate there in a New York minute, for the market alone ... Everything out west is BIGGER, somehow. I love where I live in the east, I love the Alleghenies, the steep conical hills, the rivers ... I love the lakes of Ontario ... and yet, the west is bigger. I could live out my days in Colorado, and I could live the rest of my life in the northwest. What can I say? I'm a geographic hedonist. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-15-2012, 04:17 PM	#101
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Um, lutefisk. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-16-2012, 12:45 PM	#102
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	watches video And nobody threw up. I'm shocked. SHOCKED!

07-17-2012, 08:19 AM	#104
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Why wouldn't you just eat cod?

07-17-2012, 02:45 PM	#105
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	You lost because you paused to look at your plate. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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