Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - There should be a law against..

office potlucks.... I'm going to explode...:D:D

I do my best to avoid them, with the excuse that 'it could have MSG' :) .

Doesn't work very well with desserts though.

East Hill

Just make what you like and only eat your own food.

Just make what you like and only eat your own food.

I always make macadamia nut shortbread :D .

East Hill

I always take a fruit tray with lots of pineapple. I love pineapple, but I think I have gotten too many people enjoying pineapple now.

Just make what you like and only eat your own food.

That doesn't work so well, when your work place is like mine, out of 12 people all of the continents are represented save Antarctica. You just gotta try everything..... I think that's the key to potlucks, you give yourself a spoonful of each item, nothing is more then 2 or 3 bites, so if you don't like something, you can probably choke it down, without offending the maker. Then again, your not going to stuff yourself with something you do like. Our work potluck one of the ladies from the Philippines, made this banana dish, oh man was that nice. Bananas and sugar rolled in a pastry, since my trick is to have a little of everything, I had one, but only one. You can excuse yourself from eating more, by saying you want to leave some for others.:D

office potlucks.... I'm going to explode...:D:D

Sounds like you need to take Ludefisk! That has always done the job of avoidance of overeating for me.....just start with ludefisk :D

Sounds like you need to take Ludefisk! That has always done the job of avoidance of overeating for me.....just start with ludefisk :D

It is also great at avoiding friends. Now, if there is some lefse to wrap it in, I'll skip the lutefisk and cover the lufse in butter and sugar. Hey, what isn't better with butter and sugar.

Just stand while you eat. You'll come out 'Even Steven'!:D

Bring a Haggis!

Hey now, I LOVE a good haggis!
I work at a school where most of the staff are African-American women who love to eat and cook. When we have a feed, we have a FEED!!!!!! I was stuffed yesterday, then again today with leftovers. I really do try to take small portions, but it ends up being small portions of a LOT of dishes.

Bring a Haggis!

We used to have a Scottish Lass at my workplace, and one year she did bring a haggis. It still got gobbled up by the rest of the crew, and we did na even hae any alchohol to wash it down :eek: .

East Hill

Why does this thread start with post #5? "Caincando's "office potlucks...I'm going to explode."

Can anyone see posts 1-4?

Sounds like you need to take Ludefisk! That has always done the job of avoidance of overeating for me.....just start with ludefisk :D

Tom, Caincando1's in MN... we have Lutefisk TV dinners here. For real.

Why does this thread start with post #5? "Caincando's "office potlucks...I'm going to explode."

Can anyone see posts 1-4?

Odd, for me, that IS the #1 post.

Another Bike Forums mystery!

East Hill

Tom, Caincando1's in MN... we have Lutefisk TV dinners here. For real.

I know that ;) I used to work in Lake City, over on Lake Pepin ;) I was teasing using an obscure reference only a Minnesotan would get ;)

Mine is post #5, and yes I can see his #1 post.

Hmmm. Your post is #9 on my screen. Weirdness is...weird.

Hmmm. Your post is #9 on my screen. Weirdness is...weird.

Here is post #4:


I always make macadamia nut shortbread :D .

East Hill

Thread is fixed now on my end.

Macadamia bread is indeed #4, and the thread starts out with post #1.

That was really bugging me.

Thread is fixed now on my end.

Macadamia bread is indeed #4, and the thread starts out with post #1.

That was really bugging me.

Strange database happenings...oh well.

Back to potlucks! I love lumpia when it gets made on the spot :love: .

East Hill

I know that ;) I used to work in Lake City, over on Lake Pepin ;) I was teasing using an obscure reference only a Minnesotan would get ;)

Lutefisk is no joke Tom. Norsemen do not appreciate having their foodstuffs denigrated on internet forums!

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/27/seriouscall.jpg

Actually, I've never even had Lutefisk. I do like lefse though. :D

Yah! Lutefisk is no joke. I think maybe they asked you to LEAVE Lake Pepin, and I can understand why. You betcha. And V1k1ng1001, at least you're from North Dakota, so you can be slightly less embarrassed for never trying it. But still... get thee to some Lutefisk!

I suppose now you'll be making fun of my Hardanger Fiddle (Norwegian):

http://www.umbc.edu/eol/8/jenner/pegbox.gif http://home.freeuk.net/musicworks/images/hardanger2.jpg

I read recently that the last shop offering lutefisk in Ballard has closed its doors. There were not enough Scandinavians left in Ballard to sustain sales :( .

East Hill

Why would I do that? :eek: That's a beautiful instrument! :D
Yah! Lutefisk is no joke. I think maybe they asked you to LEAVE Lake Pepin, and I can understand why. You betcha. And V1k1ng1001, at least you're from North Dakota, so you can be slightly less embarrassed for never trying it. But still... get thee to some Lutefisk!

I suppose now you'll be making fun of my Hardanger Fiddle (Norwegian):

http://www.umbc.edu/eol/8/jenner/pegbox.gif http://home.freeuk.net/musicworks/images/hardanger2.jpg

Why would I do that? :eek: That's a beautiful instrument! :D

Well, that's not mine... I don't have any photos of mine. But it's a pretty one. Mine is plainer. Made by a Norwegian boat builder in Seattle.

Made by a Norwegian boat builder in Seattle.

Not Seattle!

Ballard....

East Hill

No, really... my fiddle was made by a Norwegian in Seattle. His phone number is inside the fiddle, and I talked to his son.

No, really... my fiddle was made by a Norwegian in Seattle. His phone number is inside the fiddle, and I talked to his son.

Ballard is in Seattle :p .

But Ballardites call it 'Ballard'. I used to live in Ballard when I first came to Seattle.

East Hill

Ah! I understand now. I just looked in my fiddle and the maker was from Tacoma, anyway. I misremembered.

Ah! I understand now. I just looked in my fiddle and the maker was from Tacoma, anyway. I misremembered.


:p

And here I thought all the Scandinavians were in Ballard!

Just teasing you, solveg!

East Hill

I've always been curious about lutefisk but I think all of the Scandinavian heritage disappeared with my parents' generation. Cookie recipes and lefse are about the only things left in my family.

From some forgotten source:

To understand the relationship between aquavit (a fairly strong anise
liqueur) and lutefisk (a Norwegian "delicacy"), here's an experiment you can
do at home. In addition to aquavit, you will need a slice of lemon, a
cracker, a dishtowel, ketchup, a piece of lettuce, some caviar,
and a Kit-Kat candy bar.

1. Take a shot aquavit -- drink it.
2. Take two. (They're small.)
3. Put a bit of caviar on a bit of lettuce.
4. Put the lettuce on a cracker.
5. Squeeze some lemon juice on the caviar.
6. Pour some ketchup on the Kit-Kat bar.
7. Tie the dishtowel around your eyes.
If you can taste the difference between caviar on a cracker and ketchup on
a Kit-Kat while blindfolded, you have not had enough aquavit to be ready
for lutefisk. Return to step one.

Lutefisk is definitely an acquired taste. It is best eaten after consuming
a very hot cup of glog. The hot glog will burn off all your taste buds
making it safe to eat the lutefisk.

Lutefisk: Fish jello with an attitude.
The peace of cod which passes all understanding

Be glad you have an office pot-luck to go to, it means you have a job.

Be glad you have an office pot-luck to go to, it means you have a job.

Amen.

From some forgotten source:

To understand the relationship between aquavit (a fairly strong anise
liqueur) and lutefisk (a Norwegian "delicacy"), here's an experiment you can
do at home. In addition to aquavit, you will need a slice of lemon, a
cracker, a dishtowel, ketchup, a piece of lettuce, some caviar,
and a Kit-Kat candy bar.

1. Take a shot aquavit -- drink it.
2. Take two. (They're small.)
3. Put a bit of caviar on a bit of lettuce.
4. Put the lettuce on a cracker.
5. Squeeze some lemon juice on the caviar.
6. Pour some ketchup on the Kit-Kat bar.
7. Tie the dishtowel around your eyes.
If you can taste the difference between caviar on a cracker and ketchup on
a Kit-Kat while blindfolded, you have not had enough aquavit to be ready
for lutefisk. Return to step one.

Lutefisk is definitely an acquired taste. It is best eaten after consuming
a very hot cup of glog. The hot glog will burn off all your taste buds
making it safe to eat the lutefisk.

Lutefisk: Fish jello with an attitude.
The peace of cod which passes all understanding

:roflmao:


When I read v1k1ng1001's comment that he'd always been curious about lutefisk, my first reaction was to think:

'YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT LUTEFISK!'

East Hill

Yah! Lutefisk is no joke. I think maybe they asked you to LEAVE Lake Pepin, and I can understand why. You betcha. And V1k1ng1001, at least you're from North Dakota, so you can be slightly less embarrassed for never trying it. But still... get thee to some Lutefisk!

I suppose now you'll be making fun of my Hardanger Fiddle (Norwegian):

http://www.umbc.edu/eol/8/jenner/pegbox.gif http://home.freeuk.net/musicworks/images/hardanger2.jpg

An 8 string fiddle? Is that set up like a Mandolin with paired strings? Nice looking instrument, but really how does it SOUND....

I've seen violins that looked like crap, and sounded magnificent, and ones that looked magnificent that sounded like crap, and back when I used to play, I would rather play the former then the later.:D

Mine is one that is very plain, but sounds MAGNIFICENT!

4 of the strings are drone strings. It sounds like a bagpipe and a violin mated. It was used in "Lord of the Rings" and "Fargo" and in a lot of celtic music. You have to tune all 8 strings differently for each song, and there's no written music for it. The songs are handed down from player to player. Most of the old instruments were destroyed during some dark part of history because there was a lot of "devil" lore that went with it...it is said that in order to really play this fiddle you have to go down by a certain waterfall, hang your fiddle on a certain tree, and the devil will switch it out with a magical one.

It is extremely* tough to play. It's not played like a violin... your wrist is bent straight back and your bow arm is totally different. You actually play the song and the accompaniment at the same time, emphasizing the melody note any given time. The rhythms are the toughest, and I haven't been able to adjust to them, yet. Traditional Hardanger songs sound like dance songs with a heart murmer to me.

Here's what it sounds like:
http://www.laurielewis.com/featured.htm

Here's an example of the insane Norwegian rhythms, which just do not vibrate in my Italian heart. It just sounds like a mistake to me:

http://www.hfaa.org/Code_music_samples/fanta_code.mp3

This is ONE instrument you hear playing in each song.

Amen.

I really didn't miss it this year.

But, interviewing is not that much fun after 24 years with the same company.

Here's mine. It is a learner's hardanger. Sounds the same, but less ornate. As you can imagine, the fancy ones cost a ton. Even the learner ones are expensive and you have to get them from Norway with a few exceptions. I found mine in the basement of a violin shop in a small town in MN, with the case completely covered in dust. It has the more traditional dragon as the scroll. Note the F holes and how rounded the instrument is for reasonance:

http://homepage.mac.com/sbacig/.Pictures/Me/IMG_1926.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/sbacig/.Pictures/Me/IMG_1927.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/sbacig/.Pictures/Me/IMG_1928.jpg

Here's mine. It is a learner's hardanger. Sounds the same, but less ornate. As you can imagine, the fancy ones cost a ton. Even the learner ones are expensive and you have to get them from Norway with a few exceptions. I found mine in the basement of a violin shop in a small town in MN, with the case completely covered in dust. It has the more traditional dragon as the scroll. Note the F holes and how rounded the instrument is for reasonance:

http://homepage.mac.com/sbacig/.Pictures/Me/IMG_1926.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/sbacig/.Pictures/Me/IMG_1927.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/sbacig/.Pictures/Me/IMG_1928.jpg

I have a Finnish made Classical guitar. :D Made in Hagstrom's old hand luthiery in 1948.

Photos, Tom!

Actually, maybe we should have a "Clyde's other interests" thread, where we can all get to know a little more about each other! If you make one, you can move my hijacking hardanger over there...

I really didn't miss it this year.

But, interviewing is not that much fun after 24 years with the same company.

Well, try spending 6 yrs in a Ph.D. program only to have your department take a major nose dive just as you've completed your classwork and requirements. :(

Well, try spending 6 yrs in a Ph.D. program only to have your department take a major nose dive just as you've completed your classwork and requirements. :(

What does that mean? Does it affect getting your Ph.D. or where you planning on working in the department when you were done?

Well, try spending 6 yrs in a Ph.D. program only to have your department take a major nose dive just as you've completed your classwork and requirements. :(


All of our business was shipped to Mexico where the labor was cheaper. It was a Canadian owned company, and they decided we were the one that could be easily replaced. Tough thing to have happen after working your butt off for them for 24 years.

Hopefully you Ph.D. program will allow you to move up elsewhere.

Well, try spending 6 yrs in a Ph.D. program only to have your department take a major nose dive just as you've completed your classwork and requirements. :(

Could be the department was once prestigious and has recently lost a lot of status.

Having to work the day before Christmas falls right up there for me on the list of things that should be outlawed. Well at least I can catch up on some surfing.....:-)