Thread: Rise and shine! The Breakfast car is now open. Show us your Breakfast !!

Yes sir..I'm all about the east and Northern European foods these days. I find it very satisfying. As for traveling of any kind...time and money I do not have. I guess you could say this is how I compensate for it. And I know about Lutfisk and agree with you. There are so many wonderful foods from the east and North...I dare say I could never tire of it. And of course one thing leads to another so from foods I learn the customs, and such the best ways I can, reading,You Tube ,international radio stations whatever I can get my hands on. including making friends on SRP from said regions. Probably when I'm old i'll figure some way to make a European journey....that would be a nice topper to the sum of my life.

Yes lutefisk is an acquired taste. I wasn’t used to eating it as a kid, and the first time I can remember tasting it, in a boarding school at 16, it tasted awful.
I’m sure it wasn’t prepared optimally, because a few years later I had lutefisk in the Norwegian part of Seattle. And it was good.

Usually I only eat lutefisk a few times a year. Right before Christmas, and I still think the accessories, bacon etc. are better than the fish.

Here's a little omelet I made for this mornings breakfast.
It is still not quite done in this image
I made it from 8 eggs, onion,leek, peppers, ham, cheese and pan fried potatoes.
Served on freshly baked rye-bread and with some fresh tomatoes on the side.

Originally Posted by Otto

Usually I only eat lutefisk a few times a year. Right before Christmas, and I still think the accessories, bacon etc. are better than the fish.

Lutefisk is a part of a traditional xmas table here on the west coast. Many people here have ancestors with Swedish/German origins so i guess the lutefisk tradition is originated from Sweden. The tradition is almost unkonown elsewhere in Finland. They have their own culinaristic weirdos like roosterfish

However, we have no lutefisk in our xmas table whatever the ancestors or not. Other accessories are ok.

Originally Posted by Sailor

Lutefisk is a part of a traditional xmas table here on the west coast. Many people here have ancestors with Swedish/German origins so i guess the lutefisk tradition is originated from Sweden. The tradition is almost unkonown elsewhere in Finland. They have their own culinaristic weirdos like roosterfish

However, we have no lutefisk in our xmas table whatever the ancestors or not. Other accessories are ok.

Very much the same here in Minnesota. A big tradition for Lutheran Churches to have lutefisk dinners during the holiday season.

Many Scandinavian ancestors here so I am sure a lot of our traditions are the same. My oldest son just married a girl of Mexican decent. The food at the wedding was wonderful. I look forward to their customs and cuisine being introduced into our family.

I've always heard that lutefisk originated after a fire in Kristiansund, Norway.

Here is a link with some more info.

So why not just have fish...why does it gotta be made in lye and soaked to death in water and all this other stuff just to make very stinky fish ? The concept of fish for dinner to me is fine but why the punishment ?

Originally Posted by Birnando

Here's a little omelet I made for this mornings breakfast.
It is still not quite done in this image
I made it from 8 eggs, onion,leek, peppers, ham, cheese and pan fried potatoes.
Served on freshly baked rye-bread and with some fresh tomatoes on the side.

My kind of omelet !!!

It was a way of preserving the fish before modern day's refrigeration.

Originally Posted by Otto

It was a way of preserving the fish before modern day's refrigeration.

No matter how it tastes it is better than starving.