[SOC] Happy Hannukah

[Fred Jensen]

Reicher, James wrote:
> HAPPY HANNUKAH

> Finally, the straw that broke the reindeer's back was the realization
> that Jewish households had far more delicious cuisine to offer.
> Gefilte fish, chicken soup, blintzes, knishes and the like are more
> palatable than the milk and cookies he got bored of after the second
> century.

OK, chicken soup, blintzes, and knishes work.  Gefilte fish?  My wife's 
heritage is from SD, MN, and WI [mainly Norwegian] where they delighted 
in eating lutifisk and lefsa each Christmas.  OK, they "say" they 
delighted, some didn't eat much.  I've done this -- hey, I joined the 
family, you eat the food -- it isn't all that good although it *is* 
memorable -- fish soaked in lye.  Didn't Garrison Kieler ask, "If it is 
so good, how come they don't eat it the rest of the year?

Now, nuoc mam is quite different, and truly addictive.  A fermented fish 
sauce with huge amounts of peppers.  We should introduce the Norwegians 
to the Vietnamese.  Different takes on the same ingredient ... rotten fish.

Happy Hannukah and Merry Christmas to my team of Second Class Ops,

73,

Fred K6DGW
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