The Tongue Cutters: In Norway, Kids Cut Cod Tongues for Love and Money

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

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Food, Arts

4.4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In the fishing villages of Norway, kids as young as five enter the workforce as professional cod tongue cutters. Documentary filmmaker Solveig Melkeraaen tells us why kids slice up this delicacy, plus we meet former tongue cutter Ylva Melkeraaen Lundell, who explains how she mastered this skill—and how lucrative this job can be. Also on the show: Journalist Kenji Hall embarks on a quest across Japan to find the world’s best rice; Adam Gopnik goes to the movies; and we dress up a steak salad with pomegranate molasses and goat cheese.

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