Dried cod is soaked for 5 days, placed in lye of 20 g caustic soda in 5 l water, soaked again for 3–8 days and boiled in little salted water. From Erken's Stor kokebok (the Big Cookbook, 1949), p. 787.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 787 (falt i det fri)
Lutefisk is a traditional winter dish; in the book the lye is placed in the chapter on slaughter and preserving.
Make the lye
Dissolve the soda in the water.
Lye the fish
Put the dried cod, soaked for 5 days, in the lye.
Soak out
Pour off the lye and soak the fish for 3–8 days.
Boil
Boil in quite a little salted water.
Note
Note: Caustic soda is corrosive; wear gloves and eye protection, and rinse the fish very thoroughly before boiling.
A safety step on caustic soda has been added. Quantities and times are as in the original.
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