At the beginning of the 21st Century monsters still roam the remote, and sometimes not so remote, corners of our planet. It is our job to search for them. The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] is - we believe - the largest professional, scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992 the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world. Since 2009 we have been running the increasingly popular CFZ Blog Network, and although there has been an American branch of the CFZ for over ten years now, it is only now that it has a dedicated blog.
ST PATRICK AND THE LUTEFISH
Today being St Patrick's Day (Lá le Pádraig in Irish) I decided to tell you a legend of St Patrick and fish (for the zoological element). In Scandinavia they eat a dish called lutefish. It is made of dried whitefish soaked in cold water (5-6 days), then in cold water and lye (2 days) and then cold water again (4-6 days). There are probably variations on these procedures.
According to the legend, St Patrick was mightily wroth with the Norse for attacking Ireland, so he gave them this fish dish in the hope the lye would kill them off.
It didn't, due to the doughty nature of the Norse. The legend is without foundation. St Patrick lived in the 5th Century, while the Vikings first came to Ireland in the 9th.
No comments:
Post a Comment