Every year around Christmas time, my Grandma and Grandpa Aune would dust off the lefse pan and get to work on several batches of the Norwegian goodness. It’s just one of those things that we’re supposed to have around the holidays. So I jumped at the offer to go and make my own batch when Trisha called earlier in the week. On Thursday night I got my potatoes cooked, mashed, mixed and cooled to be ready in time for Friday Night Lefse Making!
Grandma Katie (my Grandpa’s sister-in-law) certainly has the whole process down to an art. She’s transformed a section of their garage into a second kitchen complete with 3 lefse pans, rolling stations, and lots of space for cooling. With her and Trisha rolling the lefse at lightning speeds and the talented flippers (Auntie Judy, April, and myself) working the griddles – the time flew by and 20 pounds of potatoes were transformed into 120 pieces of lefse!
It was just fun to spend time with family, to listen to stories and laugh, and to wrap the evening up with a VFW burger. I hope this’ll become a tradition I can take part in every year!
Much COOLER.
Wow!
I haven’t made my lefse yet this year… it’s a huge job! Sounds like you guys have a good crew, though. 🙂
Merry Christmas!
Melissa, Josh, Evan and Baby #2
Sounds fun! Lefse making is on my list of things I need to learn to do…
There is NOTHING like great memories and family traditions to make us appreciate the holidays! Glad you had a great time and best wishes to you and Bill this Christmas.
God’s Richest Blessings,
Andrea <
I got my first lefse making lesson this fall, from the church ladies at my Norwegian congregation. We served lutefisk, meatballs, taters, rutabagas, and of course lefse to 700+ people in one day! That’s a lot of potato pancakes!
I can’t wait to learn more.