Definition of Lutfisk

1. Noun. Dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency.

Exact synonyms: Lutefisk
Generic synonyms: Dish
Geographical relationships: Scandinavia

Definition of Lutfisk

1. lutefisk [n -S] - See also: lutefisk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lutfisk

luteotropic hormone
luteotropin
luteotropins
luteous
luteovirus
luter
luters
lutes
lutestring
lutestrings
lutetium
lutetium oxide
lutetiums
luteum
luteus
lutfisk (current term)
lutfisks
luth
lutheran blood-group system
lutherie
luthern
lutherns
luthier
luthiers
luthiery
luticole
luticolous
lutidine
lutidines
luting

Literary usage of Lutfisk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide Sweden by Elisabet Olesen (2005)
"These days many will wait and have the lutfisk on Christmas Day. ... On Christmas Day there are usually big, late family lunches and many eat lutfisk. ..."

2. Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden by Margaret Howitt (1866)
"To-morrow we are to eat lutfisk, a peculiar kind of dried cod prepared in a lye of ... Every Swede eats lutfisk, as we eat turkey, and even Swedish nobility ..."

3. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1883)
"... for preparing "lutfisk," which is eaten after having been soaked in lye (lut). Salted Bohus Herrings. CHRISTIANSSON, O., Merchant and Saltery Owner, ..."

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