Okay so no Rudolph not even a distant cousin. some unrelated reindeer. BTW, I read that only people allowed to raise and keep a reindeer herd is Sami people. Not allowed otherwise. Not even if you are Norwegian, Swede or Finn.

I'll ask if my neighbor wants faarikaal instead. A very rustic simple dish. Lamb, cabbage and peppercorn and some stock. I love lamb. So far, my neighbor has had me eat smoked Norwegian cheese. Pretty smokey and I think I can get to like it after several shots of aquavit. He also had me try pickled herring. I'm bit picky so the herring was good except for the "blood line" the dark meat down the middle. And the traditional Brot (bread) was mighty chewy... rye bread heavy stuff. his bread wasn't the big thin flat circular thing with a hole in the middle...

Yes Rudolph is spared. I think my neighbor will take faarikaal over reindeer any day. My neighbor can't cook all that well anymore so no worries about lutefisk. or maybe I should really be worried.