Traditional Lefse/ Holiday Food
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:52 pm
This Winter Holiday time of year was always a food fest. Treats you wouldn't make or see at other times of the year are in full abundance everywhere you go. Cookies are usually present , after all, Santa Claus was going to need a few extra blasts of sugar to make all those magical stops!
But what about all the other traditional treats that were part of the Holy Days. What did you all grow up on? and what made the food part of your holiday special?
I have just finished the last piece of Lefse. boy was that good . My grandmother used to make this traditional Norwegian food that she always served at Christmas. Another was fattigman, a real rich egg cookie (super yummy!) and spritz, frequently there were other foods like pickled herring and creamed cucumbers, potato dishes and lutefisk, which in my opinion is the worst smelling thing in the world and I never did try it.
Lefse is best served shortly after it comes off this giant iron griddle like pan. When it cools you spread butter on it then sprinkle granulated sugar on top and roll it up! (looks reminiscent of a taquito). Enjoyed with the rest of the meal, it was always present, even after g-ma passed away my Aunt started making it and sending to the relatives via over night mail. Love her for that, what a gift. It's no small endeavor. It feels like the holidays when it is served and to me that feels like a special link to all the ancestors.
Recently I have been looking up recipes, would like to pass this on to my daughter so the chain is not broken. Unfortunately my mother never did make it so I hadn't learned from her. The thing my mom passed on were the Spritz cookies and I was making those up until I went gluten free. (*note to self...look for alternative recipe for spritz)>>darn wheat cookies<<( may need to alter the lefse too as it contains wheat flour...but sometimes you just have to splurge!!!!)
So what is everyone's winter guilt free goodies?
BB, Firebird
But what about all the other traditional treats that were part of the Holy Days. What did you all grow up on? and what made the food part of your holiday special?
I have just finished the last piece of Lefse. boy was that good . My grandmother used to make this traditional Norwegian food that she always served at Christmas. Another was fattigman, a real rich egg cookie (super yummy!) and spritz, frequently there were other foods like pickled herring and creamed cucumbers, potato dishes and lutefisk, which in my opinion is the worst smelling thing in the world and I never did try it.
Lefse is best served shortly after it comes off this giant iron griddle like pan. When it cools you spread butter on it then sprinkle granulated sugar on top and roll it up! (looks reminiscent of a taquito). Enjoyed with the rest of the meal, it was always present, even after g-ma passed away my Aunt started making it and sending to the relatives via over night mail. Love her for that, what a gift. It's no small endeavor. It feels like the holidays when it is served and to me that feels like a special link to all the ancestors.
Recently I have been looking up recipes, would like to pass this on to my daughter so the chain is not broken. Unfortunately my mother never did make it so I hadn't learned from her. The thing my mom passed on were the Spritz cookies and I was making those up until I went gluten free. (*note to self...look for alternative recipe for spritz)>>darn wheat cookies<<( may need to alter the lefse too as it contains wheat flour...but sometimes you just have to splurge!!!!)
So what is everyone's winter guilt free goodies?
BB, Firebird