{"id":2066,"date":"2013-11-11T19:48:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T01:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2013-11-11T19:48:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T01:48:10","slug":"lutefisk-dinner-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2013\/11\/11\/lutefisk-dinner-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Lutefisk dinner 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday a couple of us attended a lutefisk dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christlutherandeforest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christ Lutheran Church<\/a> in DeForest. For those who are unfamiliar with lutefisk, it is air-dried cod preserved with lye. It&#8217;s a traditional food in the Scandinavian countries, and in the Midwest lutefisk dinners are common in the fall, typically sponsored by a Lutheran church with a Norwegian heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The lutefisk dinner at Christ Lutheran was quite good:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2066 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2013\/11\/11\/lutefisk-dinner-2013\/dscn1712-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN17121-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"This lutefisk dinner was held at Christ Lutheran Church in DeForest\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2069\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2069'>\n\t\t\t\tThis lutefisk dinner was held at Christ Lutheran Church in DeForest\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2013\/11\/11\/lutefisk-dinner-2013\/dscn1711\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1711-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2013\/11\/11\/lutefisk-dinner-2013\/dscn1713\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1713-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"We didn&#039;t have reservations so we had to wait about 50 minutes before being seated\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2070\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2070'>\n\t\t\t\tWe didn&#8217;t have reservations so we had to wait about 50 minutes before being seated\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2013\/11\/11\/lutefisk-dinner-2013\/dscn1714\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1714-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Clockwise from the top: mashed potatoes and gravy, rutabaga, meatballs, lutefisk with melted butter, cranberry sauce and coleslaw\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2071\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2071'>\n\t\t\t\tClockwise from the top: mashed potatoes and gravy, rutabaga, meatballs, lutefisk with melted butter, cranberry sauce and coleslaw\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2013\/11\/11\/lutefisk-dinner-2013\/dscn1717\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1717-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"I didn&#039;t get a picture of the lefse (which was quite good) but here&#039;s dessert: pie. I choose the cherry pie which was very good.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2072\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2072'>\n\t\t\t\tI didn&#8217;t get a picture of the lefse (which was quite good) but here&#8217;s dessert: pie. I choose the cherry pie which was very good.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>If you are wondering why a post about a Norwegian lutefisk dinner is on the web site of a German mens choir, just consider it an exploration of the stinky foods of other cultures. Or perhaps it&#8217;s because the web master had two great-grandparents who were born in Norway. Sk\u00e5l!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday a couple of us attended a lutefisk dinner at Christ Lutheran Church in DeForest. For those who are unfamiliar with lutefisk, it is air-dried cod preserved with lye. 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