Jon - your gastronomical preference for slugs over lutefisk is more than
understandable. A friend of mine who taught at Jyvaskyla University tried
to bring back a can of the Finnish version as a treat for his folks in
England. Unfortunately, lutefisk and true vacuum packing are
incompatible, and as soon as his flight reached cruising altitude, the
can exploded in his carry-on luggage, suffusing the cabin of a relatively
small aircraft with atomized lutefisk. The result, believe it or die, was
an unscheduled emergency landing at Helsinki, where the equipment was
taken out of service and the passengers put on another London flight. Now
tell me that anyone ever aborted a scheduled passenger flight because a
slug was found on board......!

On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, Jon Anderson wrote:

> As the scion of Scots-German settlers who has tried lutefisk, I'd rather
> eat the slug...
>
> Jon. Anderson
> Olympia, WA
> anderjda at dfw.wa.gov
>
>
> On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, David B. Wright wrote:
>
> > In [I think it is here...] Daniel Mathews's _Cascade-Olympic Natural
> > History_ he relates that German settlers in these parts preyed on slugs
> > (Banana Slugs, if memory serves). Apparently boiling them in a vinegar
> > solution de-slimes them. No doubt they taste "just like chicken." Or
> > maybe Lutefisk.
>

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