# Scandinavian fish recipes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavian-fish-recipes/507739 "2009-08-26T03:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavian-fish-recipes/507739/41 "2009-09-01T10:21:21Z")
But there is a reason for so much butter and fat … surviving the cold takes calories and fat is a good concentrator of calories … OK, and it is tasty … My favorite thing to do with the melted butter they serve with lobster and other seafood is to smuggle in some garlic granules, and add it along with lemon juice from the lemon wedges and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Once I am done with my lobster tail, I pour the lobstery butter on my baked potato. MrAru and i do a lobster dinner out every september [his birthday is august 27th, and mine is october 27th, so we split the difference and go out in the middle =)] And it is almos ttime for our annual lobsterfest \ We need a squeeeee smiley! ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavian-fish-recipes/507739/42 "2009-09-01T10:33:39Z")
Lutefisk doesn’t taste like anything (similar to adder meat), but it smells like a puddle of day-old cum. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavian-fish-recipes/507739/43 "2009-09-01T14:45:50Z")
> [@Toxylon](#): > > Lutefisk doesn’t taste like anything (similar to adder meat), but it smells like a puddle of day-old cum. Really. When I was an innocent virgin and first told my mum I didn’t like lutfisk anymore, she asked me why. I said, "Because it tastes like, I don’t know… " “Oh, I know!” she said. “It tastes like semen, heh heh. What do you think the sauce and green peas are for?” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavian-fish-recipes/507739/44 "2009-09-01T16:48:17Z")
I had Plokkfiskur at a recent Icelandic Cod festival at a local pub, and it was pretty good. [http://www.recipezaar.com/Plokkfiskur-from-Iceland-254484](http://www.recipezaar.com/Plokkfiskur-from-Iceland-254484) The version I ate was very similar to this recipe but had cheese melted on the top of it (as mentioned in the Edited to Add section of the recipe). ---
**Author:** ![NoLAFIN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@NoLAFIN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoLAFIN)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavian-fish-recipes/507739/45 "2009-09-01T17:56:34Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > That looks fantastic, **NoLAFIN**. How much carrot and celery? 2 carrots & a stalk of celery, chopped. Also, you might want to use about a tablespoon of flour to thicken the soup more. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavian-fish-recipes/507739/46 "2009-09-01T19:35:46Z")
Thanks, **NoLAFIN**. I’ll give it a try when the weather cools down a little. I’d do it sooner, but I think I’m going to OD on salmon soon, as my gravlax turned out nicely. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavian-fish-recipes/507739.md?page=2)