Americans do not appreciate good food...

[Jstpssng]

Well - Jstpssng - being more or less a bread product - lefse should store well in the refrigerator. It's a thin potato pancake. Now Lutefisk - that is a WHOLE different story. The smell when cooking the fish - described by the uninitiated - boiling or baking rotten dead bodies. The taste/flavor - definitely an acquired situation here. I like/enjoy well prepared Lutefisk - most won't go beyond the smell and try a small bite. I belong to the Sons of Norway chapter in Spokane. I enjoy a good Lutefisk, lefse & trimmings meal during the holidays every year. Sometimes - 2 or 3 times during the holidays.

My wife ABSOLUTELY refused to cook or try Lutefisk. The more than obvious green pallor was just a prelude to her vocal refusal. It's like good Japanese Kim Chee - you either like it or stay away from it.

It was the potato part which really piqued my interest... I should have a bumper crop this year and am looking for different ways to use them. A few years ago somebody gave a recipe for potato sausage (not the real name for it) which also sounded interesting. I like cooking things which provide me with several easy meals.

as for the other; I've never boiled, baked, or even grilled a rotten dead body. I think for now that I will keep it that way.

 

[jjp8182]

Other than the instant grits I'm not sure I've seen anything in this list I wouldn't (or haven't already eaten) ...and enjoyed in most cases. The pie floater just sounds like a pot pie with an an overabundance of peas added to it, with some additional flavor added with the tomato-ish flavors from the ketchup.

Then again, I also enjoy a nice shark steak/fillet as I figure if I'm going to eat fish I'd rather it taste like fish than whatever it was eating off the bottom.

....and being one of those "dang Yankees" (that had a southern-born grandmother) I'd agree that many southerner's also don't know how to make grits either (especially if they are young enough that they never experienced proper home-cooking) as I've had some grits that were worth eating, and some that were just a waste of good corn (the latter seeming to be the case for almost all instant varieties of grits).

Of course what seems to confuse, baffle and otherwise put-off most people is watermelon pickles ...which aren't anything more than a watermelon rind that has been pickled with some additional seasonings (it's almost like candy if done right).

 

[Tomtint]

Fried seafood is about all we go out for and being Maine, the coast has some of the best but it's a long ride to the coast but we do it now and again..

Being from Mass and growing up on the water...I think I'm probably spoiled as far as seafood goes. When I was a small kid, my uncle would go out swordfishing every week.. had literally thousands of swordfish dinners that were as fresh as you can get. My grandfather would catch cod,haddock, flounder, striped bass, ..basically every fish imaginable here and that would be Sunday dinner at my grandparents house.....( really really miss that ) .. he also made incredible stuffed quahogs.. never a written recipe..just did it by eye, and unfortunately that died with him. My father would dive a few times a week and bring up literally dozens of lobsters..every week....to the point where I can no longer eat it ...then there are the steamers and muscles..dig them, wash them steam them...all on the beach by a fire... that's New England seafood at its best.

 

[atsah]

then there are the steamersand muscles..dig them, wash them steam them...all on the beach by a fire... that's New England seafood at its best.

Yes sir...

 

[Tomtint]

I'll throw this one out there as well. I can't take credit for inventing it, ...I first had one while tailgating before a Patriots Super Bowl game a number of years ago....for all you other NFL fans who don't know what that is..its where you go to watch the Pats win the last NFL game of the year ..lol.. But seriously.. A friend made fillet minion burgers.. You slic the fillet thin..burger thin...then butterfly it, marinate it in salt/pepper and olive oil..grill it, stick it on a grilled and buttered bun with melted cheese..... You can all thank me later.

 

[oosik]

Ha, ha, ha - LOL. GRITS. During the great TAPS( Trans Alaska Pipeline System) build days grits became an Alaska "favorite". So very many workers came from Texas to Louisiana and all other OIL states. The local restaurants began preparing and serving "grits". The polite just refused to eat them - the boisterous sometimes would throw them across the room.

The truly smart restauranteurs imported cooks/chefs from the OIL states to prepare southern food. That's how - while still living in Alaska - I learned to sample/enjoy so many different southern prepared foods.

For those who don't know - the ENTIRE TAPS build was a cost plus project. NOTHING was too expensive - price was NEVER a concern. Total cost was always going to be passed on the final consumer. The oil consortium(Alyeska Pipeline Service Co) was going to make big money - regardless of the "cost to build". It was a truly wild time for all Alaska residents.

 

[Industrial Toys]

How could you throw your food across the room and not expect a good amount of spit in your next dish? lol

 

[k0ua]

I'll throw this one out there as well. I can't take credit for inventing it, ...I first had one while tailgating before a Patriots Super Bowl game a number of years ago....for all you other NFL fans who don't know what that is..its where you go to watch the Pats win the last NFL game of the year ..lol.. But seriously.. A friend made fillet minion burgers.. You slic the fillet thin..burger thin...then butterfly it, marinate it in salt/pepper and olive oil..grill it, stick it on a grilled and buttered bun with melted cheese..... You can all thank me later.

Man, that sounds good. I have eaten grits. They don't taste bad if buttered. About like buttered corn. I haven't had them in years. We are a bit north up here in "yankee lands" (southwest missouri).

 

[oosik]

A man, or woman, with a roll of $100 bills in his jacket pocket - big enough to plug a 4" pipe will never get anything except what he wants.........

 

[Steppenwolfe]

When in New Orleans you must try Grilled Oysters from Drago's, BBQ Shrimp from Pascal Manales and boiled Crawfish from anyplace in the height of the season.

New Orleans has the best food in the country. Period...:licking: