On Saturday my Grandma’s niece and her husband came to “Christmas Eve” dinner at our house. They live in Vermont and had to drive down (and back) through a snow storm to share this time with us (what nice relatives!) My son and I made the lefse right before they got there, so as to [...]
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Ah, the crispness in the air 9we’ll hit a low in the 20s tonight), the wind swaying the bare branches of the trees, the red and green decorations appearing in the stores…yes, it’s … lefse time! HUH?
For those of you uninitiated ones, lefse is just the most delicious treat ever, that’s all. I’ve already posted [...]
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Lefse That Is Not Lefse, Rommegrot That Is Not Rommegrot, and
Grandma’s Stinky Cheese
Today I learned a lot about Norwegan food, mostly how everything I
thought I knew about it was wrong. Or at least not quite right. We
had a chance to visit again with my oldest relative in Norway,
Kristianna, and I asked her a [...]
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Blood rains from the cloudy web on the broad loom of slaughter. The web of man, grey as armour, is now being woven; The Valkyries will cross it with a crimson weft.
Okay, not my words! This comes from the Great Icelandic work, Njal’s Saga, written around 1200 AD. But I thought I’d start with it [...]
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This year was the second Christmas without Grandma. I didn’t fall apart like last year, when we decorated the tree. I didn’t get all sniffly when I prepared the lefse and rommegröt. I didn’t feel particularly glum when I cooked Grandma’s Swedish meatballs.
But I ate. A lot.
Even so, I did not [...]
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As I stated earlier, lefse is pretty good all on its own … but here is another Scandinavian dish that goes great with lefse for Christmas Eve dinner. As always, stories are included My lefse recipe and tips can be found in earlier posts (see lefse category at the right).
I like to [...]
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What to serve with lefse…? Nothing! Eat a stack of lefse for your whole meal No, seriously, there are a few items that go really well with lefse. I’ll be putting up recipes in the next few days, so you’ll have time to shop for ingredients. (P.S. Bonus [...]
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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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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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