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If you're looking for heart-healthy, low-fat vegetarian fare, don't have dinner at the Seattle home of Capt. Sig Hansen of the F/V Northwestern on Discovery Channel's Tuesday crab-fishing reality show, "Deadliest Catch." If you're a fan of fish, crab and steak, however, this son of Norwegian immigrants might just be the dinner host for you. But Hansen does most of his cooking on dry land. "The only time you have to cook on the boat," he says, "is if somebody complains about the cooking. 'He's the cook.' So that's how you get chosen." As for some of his favorite dishes, he names kumla, Swedish-Norwegian potato dumplings made with ham stock, russet potatoes, flour, baking powder, salt, pepper and cut-up bacon. "It's just a potato ball," Hansen says. "Back in the day, they didn't have a lot of meat. So, after a time, it became more of a meal with sausage or lamb or beef or whatever you could get. But they always have potatoes." And of course, for the patriarch of a fishing clan, there's fish. "We like fish," he says, "a lot of salted or dried fish. You have to soak the fish for a day, so the texture's a little tougher, but it's still really good. I like cod. That's basically the mainstay. My father-in-law will send over a lot of smoked cod." Hansen says he likes his cod "with potatoes, vegetables and a white gravy." He might even be found in front of a backyard grill. "When the sun comes out in Seattle," he says, "which isn't that often, there's a lot of steaks on the barbecue, grilled steak mostly. I don't do clams; it's like prawns, steak; scallops are good." Hansen's wife, June, taught him how to make Norwegian riba (or ribbe), made from pork belly with the bone in. "The outer lard," says Hansen, "they leave that on, and when you bake that, it becomes like a real heavy crust. It's really good. When the skin is almost broiled, it becomes this crust, and it's really good. Lard and fat in there, it's good." So, is Norwegian food healthy? Hansen laughs and says, "Absolutely not!" Capt. Sig Hansen Capt. Sig Hansen eats the Norwegian way BY KATE O'HARE BEST SHOWS WITH 'COLOR' "Green Acres" (CBS, 1965-71) A planned movie and stage show may carry forth the legacy of this down-home sitcom that made a pig named Arnold Ziffel an unlikely television star. "The Green Hornet" (ABC, 1966-67) Van Williams was the title hero, but his co-star became an icon ... Bruce Lee, who showed martial arts moves as Kato. "The White Shadow" (CBS, 1978-81) Ken Howard did great work as an NBA veteran turned-inner-city high- school coach in this drama created by Bruce Paltrow (Gwyneth's father). "Hill Street Blues" (NBC, 1981-87) This police drama's style had a big impact on the way television series were done ... and yielded some of the genre's classic characters, including Detective Mick Belker (Bruce Weitz) and Lt. Norman Buntz (Dennis Franz). "Murphy Brown" (CBS, 1988-98) The sitcom that earned Candice Bergen five Emmy Awards as the caustic title journalist now gets weeknight repeats on cable's Encore Classic channel. "NYPD Blue" (ABC, 1993-2005) Dennis Franz not only has two great "Blue" shows on this list, they were from the same producer, Steven Bochco. "White Collar" (USA Network, 2009-present) The escapades of a con man (Matt Bomer) and his FBI overseer (Tim DeKay) fuel this smart show, which is headed toward a Season 6. "Rookie Blue" (ABC, 2010-present) The Canadian-made drama – about a police division where personal relationships get as much attention as the crime of the week – returns for its fifth season in the U.S. on June 19. "Blue Bloods" (CBS, 2010-present) This saga of a New York law-and-order family, led by Tom Selleck as the city's police commissioner, will be bountifully visible this fall as repeats start on both ION and WGN America. "Orphan Black" (BBC America, 2013-present) Tatiana Maslany has won wide acclaim for her multifaceted-by- design performance as several clones in this sci-fi drama. "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix, 2013-present) A woman's (Taylor Schilling) prison term fuels the comedy- drama that has helped put its supplier on the map for original programming. BY JAY BOBBIN Tatiana Maslany Candice Bergen Travis Milne 8 The Goshen News • TV Spotlight • June 2 - 8, 2014

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