At last it is almost time, for that most beloved fishing season of the year, Lutefisk! I love lutefisk, too bad it last for only 4 weeks.
Sung to the tune of 'O Tannunbaum]
Lutefisk… Oh Lutefisk… how fragrant your aroma
Oh Lutefisk… Oh Lutefisk… You put me, in a coma
You smell so strong… You look like glue
You taste yust like an overshoe
Put Lutefisk … come Saturday
I tink I’ll eat you anyway.
Lutefisk … Oh Lutefisk … I put you by the doorway
I vanted you to ripen up … yust like dey do in Norway
A dog came by and sprinkled you … I hit him vit an army shoe
Oh Lutefisk … now I suppose
I’ll eat you as I hold my nose.
Lutefisk … Oh Lutefisk … how well I do remember
On Christmas Eve how we’d receive … our big treat of December
It vasn’t turkey or fried ham … it vasn’t even pickled spam
My mudder knew dere vas no risk …
In serving buttered lutefisk.
Lutefisk … Oh Lutefisk … now everyone discovers
Dat Lutefisk and lefse makes-Norweigians better lovers
Now all da vorld can have a ball … you’re better dan dat Yeritol
Oh Lutefisk … vit brennevin
You make me feel like Errol Flynn.
Lutefisk … Oh lutefisk … You have a special flavor
Lutefisk … Oh lutefisk … All good Norwegians savor.
That slimy slab we know so well … Identified by ghastky smell
Lutefisk … Oh lutefisk … Our loyalty won’t waver.
Lutefisk…Oh lutefisk…When my poor heart stops beating
The pearly gates will open wide, I’ll see the angels eating
From steaming platters of the stuff, and there will always be enough
O piece of cod that I adore, O lutefisk forevermore!
That was very NICE! :shock: :? :roll:
Parnelli, they do have copyright laws in your state, don’t they? What makes you think you can use THAT tune for background music?
Doug
I once had an opportunity to “savor” some Lutefisk at a Swedish Days Festival somewhere in California. After looking at the dish I opted for the Gluug (sp) instead and broke a tooth on a prune pit. Maybe I should have chosen the Lutefisk??
I have been told though, that even the broken tooth was a small price to pay for avoiding Lutefisk. Definitely an acquired taste.
Pardon my ignorance, but I had figured that the McGarthwaites had come over from Scotland or Ireland. Hmmh, of course, the Norwegians DID settle large parts of both.
Kommer du fra Norge?
Ed
p.s. I just remembered, in Norwegian, they don’t capitalize the names of countries.
Diane,
That would be scary having a whole bunch of Norwegians chasing you! :shock:
Do you remember last year when that lady came onto the ice before the Hockey game to sing the anthem, forgot the words, went to find the words and came back on the ice and fell on her butt and gave up and went home?
I wonder if Steven has the nerve to sing the Lutefisk Song at sporting events?
Doug
Doug, you’ve just inspired the coolest Duluth “Shake Off The Shack Nasties Fly Fishing Extravaganza” event of all time. We could get a huge crowd, I bet. The opening ceremony could begin with Parnelli singing the Lutefisk Song (yes, all employees will be provided with foam earplugs) and at the same time, out on the ice, we could have Betty in a pink tutu and tiara, casting beautiful aerial patterns with a pink fly rod. Does anyone make pink or better yet…sparkly??.. fly line? Weight forward preferred.
Diane,
We just successfully HIJACKED Steven’s POST!
It had to be done because his Lutefisk song was very dangerous.
One good thing is it will be 12 months before Parnelli posts the Lutefisk song again.
Your idea about Betty dancing around in a pink tutu, casting a pink flyrod, while Steven sings, does need further research. We need to hire a Advertising Firm. Get promo photos of Steven and Betty. PHEW! This is going to take a while! :shock:
As far as sparkling flyline, I suppose you could soak the flyline in a mixture of Elmers and sparkles.
Do you realize that there ISN’T a cloud in the sky and the SUN is shining? OUR Sun went out of town last month (12inches of rain!)
Doug
Sure am glad that my fancy new monitor is NOT Scratch 'n Sniff capable. Working for a Norwegian company I have been within range of Lutefisk and (not sure of the spelling on this one) Rocafisk. I refuse to eat either no matter what the reprucussions. I consider both to be weapons of mass destruction. Any food that smells bad enough to make your eyes water and elicit a gag reflex from 10 meters is just WRONG.
No wonder they drink Aquavit (aka Jet Fuel) . . . Skoal!
PS - Forgot to mention . . .
Back in October while driving around downtown Vancouver, BC there was a car in front of us with a bumber sticker that read . . . “LEGALIZE LUTEFISK”
Gotta love it!
Sorry about not attending to this posting, I have too busy, going to the Lutefish Dinners held in Minnesota during Advent (period of atonement, prior to the Christmas Season). Some Lutefish Dinners even include a large glass of Aquavit, before, during, and after dinner. 1st glass to kill the taste buds, 2nd glass to numb the nostrils from the smell of the Lutefish, 3rd glass to forget you ate the Lutefish. Then the few days later, you do it all over again. It is a Minnesota Thing, and my ancestors were Vikings that settled in Northumbria (region in England, around 1100 AD).
McGarthwaite means: Son of (Mc) Pasture (Gar) Keeper (thwaite). We did not own the pasture, just had to go pickup the Cowdung!
Try some Lutefish, it is one meal you will remember the rest of your life! (If you survive!)
Steven,
We have been worried about you! I have a few questions for you;
WHY would you go to more than ONE Lutefish dinner?
ADVENT (A period of atonement before Christmas)WHAT could you possibly have done that was so bad, that you would have to atone for it by eating LUTEFISH?
Finally, since your a Military man, which is worse BOOT CAMP or multiple dinners of LUTEFISH?
Thanks,
Doug
Steven, a garth can also be an enclosure. It can be, more or less, a synonym for a toft. An impgarth is the medieval term for a plant nursery.
I take it that your ancestors fished the Cowdung patterns ( http://www.flytyingworld.com/PagesS/sd-cowdung.htm ) for trout and salmon? Did they go to the coast and catch cod with which to make lutefisk?
:? :roll:
