Comments for WRITING GRANDMA'S BOOK...finishing what she started

Comment on “lefse recipe no potatoes” and other miscellaneous matters by Mary Beth Sebby

Mary Beth Sebby — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:13:15 +0000

THANK GOD for YOU!!! I have been searching for my mothers lefse recipe with NO POTATOES and I believe you have it!! Would you be so kind as to share it with me? Mom has been gone 9 years and I have made it every year but somehow the recipe disappeared and Christmas won’t be Christmas without it!!!

Comment on “lefse recipe no potatoes” and other miscellaneous matters by Lynn Varney

Lynn Varney — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:29:58 +0000

I just pulled out my Lefse recipe card that I wrote out about 25 years ago while I was being taught how to make Lefse by my husbands grandmother. She was from Nesna, Norway and came here in 1906. There are NO potatoes in her lefse. Here are the ingredients:

2 eggs
1 sm canned milk, add sour cream to = 1 cup
1/2 cube of butter, melted
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp soda(use slightly less)
1/2 tsp cardamom
1/2 tsp salt
approx 2-1/2 cups flour

Roll into thin rounds. She baked on a cookie sheet in a 400 oven, using a lefse stick to turn. They were stored flat in a tin, becoming crispy as they cooled. To eat, they were placed between 2 wet towels for a few hours, then spread with butter and a sugar cinamon mixture. They were left flat and covered with a 2nd lefse sheet that had been softened. They were cut into triangles to serve. I had never seen them rolled.

Comment on “lefse recipe no potatoes” and other miscellaneous matters by Verdeen

Verdeen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:08:05 +0000

We are in the middle of moving and decided not to do lefsa for Thanksgiving as it seemed like too much, But with grown children and young grandchildren I decided I can pull it together and make a small batch, My grandma Nellie came from Norway when she was 6 months old,,,I am 57 and enjoy keeping this tradition alive. We normally get together and make enough just before Thanksgiving for Christmas as well. Our family originally from north central Iowa is split, some make it with riced potatos and my 92 year old mom and all of “hers” make it without…Everyone that trys it seems to love it! Thanks for your blog…I will try Lars recipe..ours is a little different but this looks good and I will use the time I am saving from looking for my recipe to MAKE it ans suprise the family!

Comment on Saved $60 but the dog hates me… by ladybeams

ladybeams — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:09:59 +0000

I understand. I had a pomaranian I inherited from my father. I used to just get him shaved, sort of like a poodle. It was so much easier on both of us. LOL

Comment on Little Lamb by ladybeams

ladybeams — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:04:04 +0000

Awww, that sounds so cruel (lambchops) LOL. Can you imagine how sore our necks would be if we slept like that black one? They are so cute.

I used to take my kids to a ‘petting zoo’ here when they were small. We always had such a great time. I miss those days. =(

Comment on Kreativ Blogger? Wow, thanks! by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:10:54 +0000

Comment on Summer Writing Assignments for Kids: Business Letter by institutrice

institutrice — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:48:13 +0000

When I have had my class write business letters, they love it. Two years ago after DARE, they wrote to our state politicians in support of the proposed state ban on smoking in public places. The ones who got replies were beside themselves! (But even though they wrote to different Senators and Reps, they realized it was a class project and stopped replying. What a shame because the kids had learned so much in the DARE program!)

Please let us know if they write back!

Comment on Saved $60 but the dog hates me… by Kitty

Kitty — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:07:06 +0000

That is a cute hair cut. If my two dogs could produce a pup, it would look just like your Maggie.

Comment on Saved $60 but the dog hates me… by writinggb

writinggb — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:54:36 +0000

Thanks, Lori, but you just couldn’t see it. What a rat’s nest! I mean Maggie’s mop, not your son’s!

Ah, but she seems to have sort of forgiven me now. She’s sleeping on the couch intermittently watching me grade on-line study sheets. Sigh.

Comment on Saved $60 but the dog hates me… by lori

lori — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:36:22 +0000

She had no more matting than my son does most days. She’s adorable, no matter the hairdo.