It's wiggly. It's jiggly. And it tastes like, well, you be the judge. Lutefisk has a bad reputation for being smelly and foul-tasting. But those who love it swear by it. Like Tom Swanson of rural ...

Although the doors don’t open until 11 a.m., the parking lot is already filling up on a Friday morning at Lakeview Lutheran Church in Madison, Wisconsin. Inside, volunteers busily set tables, stir ...

Consider the Nordic culinary tradition of lutefisk. A Lingcod is pulled from the north Atlantic, filleted and kiln dried until every drop of moisture is removed and it resembles a piece of rawhide ...

Lutefisk -- dried cod soaked in a lye solution and then rinsed and cooked -- is a traditional Scandinavian-heritage American food tradition, often prepared at Christmas. Pictured is lutefisk prepared ...

It's terribly stinky at our family Christmas Eve evening meal. Each year, the center platter dons a fish with a texture that reminds me of Jell-O. Fish Jell-O for Christmas? It's technically lutefisk.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --If you've never tried it, at the very least, you've probably smelled it. Lutefisk season is upon us, as many Minnesotans celebrate their Scandinavian heritage. Dining halls and ...

She comes from a pro-lutefisk tradition. "I told my parents I knew I'd found a good program when I learned about the lutefisk dinner," she said. Lutefisk, as you may know, typically is dried codfish ...

It’s a tough sell for what’s supposed to be a festive meal: a pile of translucent jelly with a questionable aroma. But, as I prepared to celebrate Christmas in my native Norway for the first time in ...

If you’re wondering about the future of lutefisk as part of Minnesota culture, a look around the dining hall at First Lutheran Church in Duluth earlier this month might offer an answer. Gray heads of ...