What is "lutefisk"

n. A traditional Nordic dish made from stockfish and soda lye.

n. dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency [syn: lutfisk]

Lutefisk ( Norwegian) or lutfisk ( Swedish) (pronounced in Northern and Central Norway, in Southern Norway, in Sweden and in Finland ) is a traditional dish of some Nordic countries. It is traditionally part of the Swedish julbord.

It is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish) or dried/salted whitefish (klippfisk) and lye (lut). It is gelatinous in texture. Its name literally means " lye fish".

Lutefisk was an American alternative rock band based in Los Angeles. It was active in the 1990s as part of LA's "Silver Lake" alternative music scene, during which time it released two studio albums on Bong Load Records and recorded a third unreleased record for A&M Records.