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Post by mnhermit on Aug 4, 2013 18:30:42 GMT -5
How could we miss this vital Norwegian controversy bark up or down?I was contemplating the same problem as I was stacking wood for winter warmth over the last couple weeks and still haven't reached a conclusive decision. Any advice? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 18:45:54 GMT -5
Fun article. Unusually, the comments make for interesting(ish) reading too. Some Norwegian wood tv programming to be found here. Sadly no subtitles. tv.nrk.no/serie/nasjonal-vedkveld/dvnr30003513/15-02-2013(some guitar at 01:21:48) (possibly the world's most Norwegian man at 01:50:10) (wood based jazz at 01:58:30 but the film runs out  ) Stacking advice? Airflow seems to be a desirable thing. |
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Post by epaul on Aug 4, 2013 19:01:14 GMT -5
And people view us as a simple, uncomplicated folk that only think about sex and lutefisk. Torskafulnah! Those Swedes got nothing on us! . |
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Post by epaul on Aug 4, 2013 19:02:59 GMT -5
About the sex or the lutefisk? Both go better with lots of butter. . |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 19:10:15 GMT -5
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Post by dradtke on Aug 4, 2013 20:05:14 GMT -5
Ordinarily I would say stack it with bark up. Unless epaul says bark up. In which case, bark down!
You can always tell a Norwegian, but you can't tell him much.
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Post by Village Idiot on Aug 4, 2013 20:57:24 GMT -5
It's an interesting controversy, and my Iowa roots say "whatever is easiest". Yup, that' s the answer.
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Post by RickW on Aug 4, 2013 21:33:12 GMT -5
You leave the bark on? How utterly vulgar. All wood should be trimmed of any such extraneous cover, and each piece should be carefully sliced down to exactly the same dimensions. Otherwise, your fire is all uneven. And lumpy. Can't have that.
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Post by Doug on Aug 5, 2013 7:05:23 GMT -5
Don't stack it, just leave it in the big pile, you will just have to unstack it to burn it. And remember green cotton wood doesn't burn with out Indian fire starter.  |
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Post by kenlarsson on Aug 5, 2013 8:09:33 GMT -5
My Norwegian grandmother Helena, was an ardent bark up advocate.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 10:08:10 GMT -5
That reminds me -- I've got some firewood, in case anybody is needing any. If you're up here for IJam North, drop by and you're welcome to it.
And I've lived in Minnesota 19 years and have somehow avoided lutefisk.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 10:35:39 GMT -5
About the sex or the lutefisk? Both go better with lots of butter.
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Post by mnhermit on Aug 6, 2013 9:39:35 GMT -5
About the sex or the lutefisk? Both go better with lots of butter. . for health reasons I advocate olive oil. My generation of the family has finally given up on the Lutefisk - not enough fisherman in the family, and the look on the face of Uncle Bub (the designated lutefisk eater of the previous generation) as he took his ritual plate of it at family reunions - there was always a dish on the buffet but when Uncle Bub passed on so did the lutefisk. Maybe if we'd used butter instead of margarine. |
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