Re: Re: Haggis, now lye

Well I don't eat grits or olives so thank God.

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From: jim singer <jsinger@igc.org>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:09:19 -0500

>and most of the olives processed in this country are lye cured; most 
>processed in Europe are salt cured.
>
>
>At 02:54 PM 12/16/02 -0600, you wrote:
>>Corn is treated with lye to produce hominy.
>>Cathy
>>On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 08:40 AM, Pamela J. Evans wrote:
>>
>>>Excuse a silly question, but isn't lye poisonous??
>>>Who dreams up these culinary nightmares??
>>>
>>>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>>>From: Evelyn Ford <eafrn1@yahoo.com>
>>>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>Date:  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 04:58:41 -0800 (PST)
>>>
>>>>About 35 years ago I lived in Minneapolis and had many
>>>>friends of Norwegian descent. If you think Haggis
>>>>sounds bad, try Lutefisk...which literally means lye
>>>>fish. It's Cod fish soaked in a lye solution before
>>>>cooking. This is a popular treat (?) for many
>>>>Scandinavians. Personally, it stinks, and if not
>>>>cooked right can turn into a slimy mess... Phew!! The
>>>>only good thing about the Lutefish I've tried was the
>>>>creamy, rich sauce used to pour over it!. Guess it all
>>>>depends on what you're used to ;-)
>>>>
>>>>Evelyn
>>>>zone 6 Southern MO
>>>>
>>>>--- Kitty Morrissy <kmrsy@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>>Sounds similar to something I had once in Toronto.
>>>>>Went to an authentic
>>>>>Greek restaurant.  Asked the waiter to suggest
>>>>>something, because the menu
>>>>>was written in Greek.  He suggested his favorite.  I
>>>>>said, "What is it?"
>>>>>He said, "Is meat".  "What kind of meat?", I asked.
>>>>>"Is lamb, how you say?
>>>>>Delicacy.  Very Good.", he says.  He'd just gotten
>>>>>off the boat and didn't
>>>>>have much of a grasp of the language yet.  So I
>>>>>ended up with tripe,
>>>>>entrails, brains, what-have-you, stuffed into a
>>>>>casing wrapped in cabbage
>>>>>leaves or something.  Still not knowing, though, I
>>>>>tried it and just about
>>>>>upchucked right there.  I made my brother-in-law
>>>>>trade plates with me
>>>>>because the b...d knew what I was getting (he speaks
>>>>>Greek) and just sat
>>>>>there being of no help at all.
>>>>>
>>>>>Kitty
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>Pam Evans
>>>Kemp TX/zone 8A
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