Friday means a Fish Fry at the local VFW Hall

[The Polack MSgt]

Or Knights of Columbus or the Elks Lodge...

Around here there are many choices, but my favorite is the VFW.

So, Fish Fry Poll time.

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	Cod Chunks (Cod Cut-Ups in St Louis Speak)
	4 (50%)
	Catfish
	3 (38%)
	Whiting
	0 (0%)
	Swai
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	Perch, Crappie, Trout or other fresh water game fish
	1 (13%)
	EEEEWW gimme a burger
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[asiliveandbreathe]

1. I like to go for the turkey shoot....it's a card game folk's....just to be clear

If one of your three cards is called you win a turkey - we also had lobster - don't go much these days...bingo at the fort is my entertainment.....

[The Polack MSgt]

2. We used to hold meat shoots

At the VFW (I say "we" because I was an officer of the post in the past), but stopped when we got video gaming machines.

We can't be seen as having a secondary gaming operation and keep our gaming systems.

It's too bad, every meat shoot a fun day

[longship]

3. The Last Chance at Hawkins, MI!

All you can eat fish & chips for $7, Wed., Fri., and Sat. evenings.

Best fish&chips in west Michigan. These days, I can finish only the first serving. No more refills for me. But if one is really hungry, they'll keep bringing more fish (and/or chips) until you are done, no charge.

The place is regularly packed in spite of the fact that it's in the middle of nowhere.



It's cod, BTW. The way it ought to be.

[The Polack MSgt]

5. Sounds perfect.

[safeinOhio]

6. Up to the tip of the mitt

and the UP for Friday White fish dinners.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Look forward to the

Southern Minnesota Friday night Walleye feeds at the Belview VFW this Summer. If we decide to return late fall,well it will be Lutefisk Suppers at the local Lutheran Church's. Usually Tuesday and Friday nights. Swedish Meatballs and dirty Mashed Potatoes. Cake and Pie for desert.

[longship]

7. I'm Norwegian, but please!!! No lutefisk!!!

Keep that stuff away from me. Now lefse is great! I'm all over that. Pickled herring, too. Yummy! (Although the latter comes more from my mother's Finnish side of the family.)

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Lefse with lingen-berry jam.

Of course herring cutlets,usually someone brings homemade herring made with Hammer Handle Pike,but,Lutefisk in cream with tons of Butter. German Potato Salad finds it way into most of these feeds. Now,that is worth the price of admission.

[longship]

9. The only trouble is that lutefisk is a migraine trigger for me.

That, and bleu cheese. I have learned what my triggers are and after an entire lifetime of severe migraines I haven't had one in years.

Plus, who wants baked fish that was preserved in lye that has the consistency of jello? Smothered in cream sauce, no less!

IMHO Lutefisk is horrible stuff.

Sorry.

Now I'm all over yummy lingonberries. Not enough people know about that treat. Especially on aebleskiver!

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Funny is it not.

Dried Cod from Sweden,and Norway for the most part,shipped in bales like shingles and called dried Cod. It becomes Lutefisk after these dried Cod slabs are reconstituted in stock tanks with warm water and Lye,yes Lewis lye. Don't remember what the soak time was,but it is rinsed and put in plastic lined tubs for shipment.

Sold this Scandinavian Delicacy Wholesale for more than a decade. Still remember going to Olsen Fish Company in Minneapolis twice a week starting in the middle of October till Xmas Week. Lutefisk and Tubs of Herring.

[longship]

11. Delivered in stiff board-like filets.

Then, one has to soak the lye out of it, rendering it soft. Usually baked, it comes out like a white glutinous mass, the consistency of Jello. Top it with some horrible cream sauce, never before associated with any kind of fish.

Creamy fish jello? I could never stand the stuff.

I find it astounding how many people rave about lutefisk. I just rave at it.



BTW, I will take the tubs of herring, especially pickled.
Yummy! Especially served on knackebrod.

[Wellstone ruled]

12. Had a Couple of Customers who would

teat each forty gallon Tub to see if it was to their liking. They would reach in a grab a piece,rinse it off and eat it. I Know I know,there should be a law.

[longship]

13. Great! I am a Michigander.

My father was Norwegian; my mother Suomilainen (Finnish). Growing up in Detroit, there were plenty of Scandenavians around. But I grew up first in a Jewish and then a catholic neighborhood.

But when family got together to feast it was nearly always Scandinavian fare. My mother was a champion baker. She made a wicked nisua!

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Got to love the Holiday Breads.

[The Polack MSgt]

16. Well that looks horrible... who'd eat that?

Maybe just send it to me for proper disposal

[Lars39]

15. Catfish,done right.

[Freddie]

17. Wish I liked fish

Healthy, low in calories. I like standard tuna salad (drenched in mayo). Crab, lobster and shrimp are divine. Fish-fish? Bleah.

[Galileo126]

18. I voted cawd, but

I'd really like to try the Great Lakes whitefish in a fry. Looks yummy!