I did a quick google image search for "lefse" to come up with this picture. It is surprising all the variations that come up, most of which don't actually look like "real" lefse. This one does, but it has the heading "potato lefse rolls" Anyone who has to call it that, doesn't really know what it is, do they? My German Russian friend, Reese, recently made lefse with some friends and told me that while no on in her or her husband's family is of Scandinavian descent, she still served lefse at Thanksgiving. We had our annual Fall Festival at church a couple of weeks ago, and while it was the kringle that brought in the big bucks, the fresh lefse brought in a very good price as well. Unfortunately the only lefse I've had in the past year came from the store and would have been better as a tortilla than lefse. I was fortunate to have Thelma Bang from church show me how to make lefse a couple of years ago and tasting the fruits of her labor brought back a flood of memories of fresh lefse at the farm in Minot. My Pennsylvania Dutch grandmother was also not Scandinavian, but she learned to make a wonderful lefse. I have no point to this entry, just thought that this food of the Norsk gods deserved a little time on my blog. That, and I read a comment today regarding "ole miss" meaning, I assume, the school in Mississippi, but it truly took me till the end of the paragraph before I realized that it wasn't the set up to an Sven and Ole joke. (also, fyi, googling "Ole" brings up a lot of Mexican restaurant/recipe sites before you get to anything resembling my great uncle).
How bout you, did you get any lefse this Thanksgiving? I know Mom will make fruit soup (frutsoppa? that looks more scandinavian and definately more polite than what my brothers and I call it) for Christmas, and krumkakke will appear lots of places, but does anyone have plans to make fresh lefse, or rommegrot, or kringle, and if so can I come?
2 comments:
How 'bout this, if you come I will make it. (At least I will have your Uncle find some from a Williston farm lady.)
Good post, Dear.
Awnt C
We had lefse at Thanksgiving. Often my in-laws will make it, but this year had some very good store bought lefse. Only problem is that they prefer it with no sugar. I've actually been told "its great to mop up the gravy". I and the other son-in-law have learned to ask for sugar. I feel I speak with some authority when I tell the rest that they are doing it wrong. If you want it with gravy, get a tortilla. Don't waste good lefse on gravy.
N
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