Gravlax or gravad lax (Swedish), gravad laks (Danish), gravlaks (Norwegian, Danish), graavilohi (Finnish), graavilõhe (Estonian), graflax (Icelandic) is a Nordic dish consisting of raw salmon, cured in salt, sugar, and dill. Gravlax is usually served as an appetizer, sliced thinly and accompanied by hovmästarsås (also known as gravlaxsås), a dill and mustard sauce, either on bread of some kind, or with boiled potatoes.
During the Middle Ages, gravlax was made by fishermen, who salted the salmon and lightly fermented it by burying it in the sand above the high-tide line. The word gravlax comes from the Scandinavian word grav, which literally means "grave" (in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch), and lax (or laks), which means "salmon", thus gravlax means "buried salmon".
Today fermentation is no longer used in the production process. Instead the salmon is "buried" in a dry marinade of salt, sugar, and dill, and cured for a few days. As the salmon cures, by the action of osmosis, the moisture turns the dry cure into a highly concentrated brine, which can be used in Scandinavian cooking as part of a sauce. This same method of curing can be used for any fatty fish, but salmon is the most common.
[Words: Brian, Riffs: Duffy]
Addicted to the horror, I love to see the blood,
excitement runs through my veins
as I watch them kill the young
adrenalin is strong,
I thrive brutal death depicting scenes of graphic violence
is what fills up my head.
[Chorus:]
Murders, stabbing, snuffing I watch in sheer intent.
Slaughters, bleeding, eating, amusement makes me laugh.
People going crazy, killing just for fun,
Hitmen getting paid to kill victims with their guns.
Heads cut off here, guts chewed up there,
eyes scan the screen with that sickening vile stare.
As long as there is Adism,
scraping and messy gore,
I won't even care
Words: Brian, Riffs: Duffy
Addicted to the horror, I love to see the blood,
excitement runs through my veins
as I watch them kill the young
adrenalin is strong,
I thrive brutal death depicting scenes of graphic violence
is what fills up my head.
Chorus:
Murders, stabbing, snuffing I watch in sheer intent.
Slaughters, bleeding, eating, amusement makes me laugh.
People going crazy, killing just for fun,
Hitmen getting paid to kill victims with their guns.
Heads cut off here, guts chewed up there,
eyes scan the screen with that sickening vile stare.
As long as there is Adism,
scraping and messy gore,
I won't even care
Repeat chorus