Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: naughty Pascal Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:11:36 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: <20260112081136.00004beb@gmail.com> References: <10jo4bg$1e3l8$6@dont-email.me> <20260108184608.07ed7f69@coppelia.commodorejohn.com> <20260108201342.60f93466@coppelia.commodorejohn.com> <10jqjjk$292fm$3@dont-email.me> <546dnQj9vYmXn_70nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10jv3tv$3kkhi$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1381e039aae46fb34971eb0d7574b47f"; logging-data="2566049"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18/OQgqx/i+yjUQTNiq2/SGqa/lZXuRNn0=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:s4ux9mlUknRaVefQG8PyfUqvj70= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80993 alt.folklore.computers:233564 On 11 Jan 2026 21:38:00 GMT Niklas Karlsson wrote: > > Butter, lots of butter. Big problem if the cows died off and there > > was no butter. It shows up around here at Christmas time. I've > > been told by knowledgeable people Norwegians in the US eat lutefisk > > and Norwegians in Norway eat frozen pizza. > > I am not that familiar with that aspect of our neighbors, but I can > believe it. We have lutfisk (yes, we spell it without the E) and I > certainly don't care for it. Fortunately, very rarely has anyone > attempted to serve it to me. It's Considered Traditional among the older generations of Norwegian- Americans, to the point where you can find it in the grocery store in the northern Midwest. Have never tried it myself, but I've seen (and smelled) it at family gatherings. Now krumkake, *that's* a slice of the Old Country I can get behind.