Evan comes back:

> Even though it is in May, I cannot believe that you could
> possibly forget "Syttende Mai"( 17th of May - Norwegian
> Indepence Day).

As someone with a 100 percent Norsk heritage, I join the
legions of indignant Norwegian-Americans...      ;-)

> "If you can't fix it with duct tape - try a little bit of Lutefisk and
Lefse."

Lutefisk has been a big deal at Sons of Norway and other
Norwegian-American gatherings across North America for
decades....  but unless things have changed a lot in Norway
since I was there 20 years ago, you will find Lutefisk is not at
all popular in the homeland of the Vikings:  Lutefisk is basically
fish soaked and preserved in an lye solution.  I understand that
Norwegians ate a lot of it during WW2 because they had to;  in
some cases the occupying Nazi army didn't leave them a lot
else to eat.  After eating a lot of lutefisk for an extended period
just to keep from starving, I expect most Norwegians who went
through WW2 didn't want to see another piece of lutefisk again
as long as they lived....

....  good lefse is great stuff, though.....     :-)

Ken Sletten