Folks keep searching my site looking for answers to additional lefse questions, so I thought that today I’d try to answer what I think searchers want to know.
On the topic of flour… I always use all-purpose, unbleached, white flour. Do not use self-rising flour! On occasion I have run out of [...]
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I used to love touring Grandma’s house. It was filled to the brim with all manner of bizzare items accumulated over the years. The glass eyes of the dead deer head on a panelled wall of the family room commanded me to pet the carcass. Sick, I know, but I found it necessary [...]
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Last night I attended a parent information session on writing instruction for Upper Elementary grades at my son’s Montessori school. Being a writing professor, I was particularly keen on learning more about their approach. Plus, frankly, I’ve been disappointed in the writing he has been doing this year. It seems to me that [...]
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My husband and I just started reading The Hobbit to our ten-year old son. We’d been thinking of doing this for a while, and the timing was finally right. I was very surprised to discover how much the first chapter spoke to my current situation so pointedly. In other words, I felt as [...]
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Stone walls, especially the really well-crafted ones … you know, when the individual stones fit together so neatly that they look made for one another … these constructions always command my attention. To native New Englanders, no doubt, these are so much a part of the landscape that they must appear almost organic, of [...]
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Someone recently came to this site having searched “lefse recipe no potatoes.” I just had to laugh when I saw that cause there IS no lefse without potatoes. I mean, that person is just outta luck if there are no potatoes in the pantry. Some things are non-negotiable!
I hope everyone had a [...]
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(Continued from last time… 
“Okay. I’ll just get the Yellow Fever shot as a precaution.” I attempt to smile, but it looks like a grimace. I hover on the edge of crying but swallow it down. Don’t be such a wimp.
”Right, well, then you’ll need to get the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella shot at [...]
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I should have accounted for the snow, but the first flurries of the season fell yesterday afternoon as I drove to the travel clinic at Lahey. I was getting my shots for my Peru trip and had worked myself into a state of near panic.
No, I’m not afraid of needles. It’s just that lately I [...]
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Ever since I posted my story about making lefse with my grandma, I’ve been getting steady traffic coming to my blog looking for a lefse. Of course, this is the season for lefse making, so that’s natural. Plus, cooking it together is a great activity to do with children who are on vacation. [...]
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Is that an oncoming ATV or the blustering wind in the treetops high above? You may think I need my hearing checked not to be able to tell the difference, but imagine, if you will, me wearing multiple layers of coats (topped with a flourescent vest that makes me look like a crossing guard but [...]
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