Originally posted by Vinegaroon:

Hearth and Home made me hungry and inspired me to look into what the Vikings ate. I doubt they ate eyescream lol, but I found a PDF of recipes for a history group I'm going to have to try some of these.

https://etc.worldhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/vikingrecipes.pdf

Thank you, I love culinary learning, it keeps my cooking sharp.

Originally posted by redgreen999:

Originally posted by TooTall1:

Surprised to not see Lutefisk in the list... hmmm. Perhaps that was a bit later.

Didn't see lefsa either. I am 50% Norwegian and may dad and I make homemade lefsa every fall to have for the holidays. Its potato/flour/butter. Then rolled out and grilled. You butter it and sprinkle sugar, then roll it up and eat. yum.

We go to a church that has annual Lutefisk meal with lefsa and rosettes. Plus Swedish meatballs.

Vikings didn't have potatoes, so...

Originally posted by Gnome d'War:

Originally posted by redgreen999:

Didn't see lefsa either. I am 50% Norwegian and may dad and I make homemade lefsa every fall to have for the holidays. Its potato/flour/butter. Then rolled out and grilled. You butter it and sprinkle sugar, then roll it up and eat. yum.

We go to a church that has annual Lutefisk meal with lefsa and rosettes. Plus Swedish meatballs.

Vikings didn't have potatoes, so...

Well that had to have been awful. No wonder they raided and pillaged so much.

my bad "hakarl" is what i was think of, look it up and gag out of gut reaction. That is real viking food....

Also, if you've never tried Mead (and you're legally able to buy and consume alcohol) you should consider ordering some. At least if you have a bit of a sweet tooth as it is very sweet. But it pairs great with an adventure into the plains or across the ocean ^_^

Originally posted by Isaac_Clark:

Also, if you've never tried Mead (and you're legally able to buy and consume alcohol) you should consider ordering some. At least if you have a bit of a sweet tooth as it is very sweet. But it pairs great with an adventure into the plains or across the ocean ^_^

I keep bees my man

Originally posted by TooTall1:

Surprised to not see Lutefisk in the list... hmmm. Perhaps that was a bit later.

Didn't see lefsa either. I am 50% Norwegian and may dad and I make homemade lefsa every fall to have for the holidays. Its potato/flour/butter. Then rolled out and grilled. You butter it and sprinkle sugar, then roll it up and eat. yum.

We go to a church that has annual Lutefisk meal with lefsa and rosettes. Plus Swedish meatballs.

Originally posted by redgreen999:

Originally posted by TooTall1:

Surprised to not see Lutefisk in the list... hmmm. Perhaps that was a bit later.

Didn't see lefsa either. I am 50% Norwegian and may dad and I make homemade lefsa every fall to have for the holidays. Its potato/flour/butter. Then rolled out and grilled. You butter it and sprinkle sugar, then roll it up and eat. yum.

We go to a church that has annual Lutefisk meal with lefsa and rosettes. Plus Swedish meatballs.

Also sounds amazing. I was doubtful this was anywhere near a complete list but hearing from the community is interesting. I really need to look into a trip to visit Europe and Iceland when the world opens up again.


Currently in south Texas we have amazing Tacos here.

Surprised to not see Lutefisk in the list... hmmm. Perhaps that was a bit later.

I'm sure it's a 100% complete list and all, I'll have to look up lutefisk. I'm making boiled pork tonight I have the ingredients so why not.

As the Vikings say "Bon Appetit", heh.

isn't lutefisk just ground aged shark meat?

ironically there are sharks that are poisonous if ate before they are buried in the ground and "aged", its still dangerous to eat but to each their own. Its a real thing in iceland to catch a greenland shark, bury it in the ground and come back for it some months later.....

It is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish), or dried and salted cod, pickled in lye. It is gelatinous in texture after being rehydrated for days prior to eating. Lutefisk is prepared as a seafood dish of several Nordic countries.

That sounds........

Amazing!!!! :D