Never eaten it and after reading The Power of Lutefisk I don't think I ever will. Funny writing in a "Three Men in a Boat" style. How to describe that first bite? Its a bit like describing passing a kidneystone to the uninitiated. If you are talking to someone else who has lived through the experience, a nod will suffice to acknowledge your shared pain, but to explain it to the person who has not been there, mere words seem inadequate to the task. So it is with lutefisk.