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Even in the early 1900s, as far as I can tell people living in North Dakota would likely not have been unfamiliar with interesting seafood (or at least had neighbors who were).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_emigration_to_the_Un...

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As part of the ancestry of that Swedish immigration wave to the Midwest, all I know of is lutefisk, which is by no means sushi. It's about the most vile thing you can imagine - dried cod turned to fish jello in lye. You can smell it from miles away when it's being cooked, and... well, the smell is worse than the taste, but to think of equating that with sushi...

I don't think you can even call it seafood.

> It's about the most vile thing you can imagine

Surströmming beats lutefisk for that title.

Wait to try or smell Fisikh[1] and you'll change your mind instantly.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fesikh and pronounced like this "Fisíj" borrowing from Spanish

Lutfisk does not taste much at all and can be pretty decent if prepared properly. You generally want some strong tasting condiment to it like fresh ground black pepper on it though.

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