Definition of lutefisk in US English:
lutefisk
nounˈlo͞odəˌfiskˈlo͞odəˌfisk
A Scandinavian dish prepared by soaking dried cod in lye to tenderize it, then skinning, boning, and boiling the fish to a gelatinous consistency.
Example sentencesExamples
- Christmas meal traditions vary by region and may include roast pork, other meat, or lutefisk.
- We have German bratwurst and beer, we have Scandinavian lefse (a potato-based soft, flat bread) and lutefisk, we have greens and chitlins.
- That night I was aboard the Kottur og Stulka preparing lutefisk for 90 burly sailors with fairy tale accents and tattoos of anchors.
- So next time you smell someone's rotting corpse around the old folks home don't go calling the morgue until you confirm whether there's lutefisk for dinner that night.
- One of the most popular dishes is lutefisk, stockfish softened in a solution of lye.
- For the uninitiated, lutefisk is an infamous Norwegian dish made of dried cod fish soaked in lye.
- The Norwegian word lutefisk means ‘fish washed in lye’ and refers to an ancient manufacturing process that involved drying fish and soaking it in lye.
- These are cleared, and a hot entrée is brought out - in their case usually a fruit-filled pork loin with red cabbage and boiled potatoes rather than the more traditional lutefisk.
- At Christmas, many Finnish Americans eat lutefisk (lye-soaked dried cod) and prune-filled tarts.
- They ‘drive great distances and spend much money for the delicacy, they'll risk their lives on icy roads going to lutefisk dinners in faraway communities’.