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Minnesota

chillfactor

(7,694 posts)

1. YUK!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 11:29 PM

Dec 2018

I was born, raised and educated in Minnesota. Every Christmas Eve until the death of my paternal grandparents who were Finnish, that side of the family would gather at their house and lutefisk would be served. I could smell the gross stuff cooking a mile away. My mother and my sisters could never bring ourselves to eat it. On Christmas Day we went to my maternal parents for Christmas Dinner. My grandmother was French and when we walked in the house the wonderful smells made our mouths water. What a difference between the bad and good of Christmas meals!

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Minnesota church ends 70-year tradition of lutefisk dinner [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2018 OP

YUK! chillfactor Dec 2018 #1

That does sound gross. TexasTowelie Dec 2018 #2

I had a Norwegian friend at university Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #3

Aw Geeze say it ain't so. Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #4

It's not just the old Scandinavians passing on dflprincess Dec 2018 #7

So true, Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #10

Uff da is right!! Olafjoy Dec 2018 #5

But surely you must still have the lefse with butter & brown sugar dflprincess Dec 2018 #8

Aw. What's Minnesota without lutefisk? I tried it when we sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #6

Years ago I was at a DFL dinner where it was served. dflprincess Dec 2018 #9